we get them in New England, never seen them in FL or CA...
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Thunderbird Club
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You should suggest they replace it with one of these.Yes, there's 4 or 5 feeding on the back deck any given time (among others). It's our state bird. Some some blue trash the people in Lexington would have preferred.I think Kentucky was the first state to choose a state bird.
or even.
I s'pose a little 'splaining is in order.
The first Thunderbird I ever held(in'70)may have been a reverse. Long ago, don't remember. All I know is that I was blown away by the neck, so the quest began. However, I was playing mostly keys and sax at the time-along with my '66 EB-3, so it wasn't urgent. Two years later when I went back to playing bass, I took a gig in NYC to be able to "stalk" the 48th(?)street music stores to find one. That's when I found/was found by the '66NR. And that's the main bass I've been playing since '72. IOW, I'm used to the NR configuration. I've since held-not played-a reverse at a GC. Felt familiar but not quite right.
For me.
And now you know (most of) the rest of the story.
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I get them here all the time. They love sunflower seeds.
And those don't
on everything.
Maybe further northwest from Laud? Don't remember them but that could also be me...
And they love to "expel" them even more.
There have been some sightings in SoCal in the Whittier Narrows area by the City of Industry and Bolsa Chica near Huntington Beach. They’re not native. I’d love to see one someday. Much nicer than the nasty parrots spread out over parts of SoCal which have become noisy pests in some places.
Nah, we got 'em in Miami too. And I see them in the Orlando area.
Hey Everybody! I've bee interested in the Epi Thunderbird Vintage Pro. Has there ever been any talk of them making a Non-reverse model?
do we sense more NR love coming this way?.......
Your bass, your call! Assuming you find a choppable or pre-chopped 64...dunno, for me the whole point of the Fenderbird is the snappiness of the maple fb along with the TB running gear...ymmv
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where's Rick?...Chumlee?...
I know there are pockets in southern Arizona.
Nothing from NAMM this year that I'm aware of. (I didn't go, but have followed some of the news, especially Big/Epi.)
I guess... can't really think of a reason to replace the heavenly neck of a TBird for a 7ender one unless it is to move away from the rosewood fb, but that's just me....
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who doesn't "get" a 7enderbird.
Tweetchie Zone.
Not that I’m aware of, that’s why I ended up making my own. If Eppi does jump on that band wagon I’m all in.
On a related topic, Epiphone did make a NR Tbird in the 1990’s but it wasn’t meant to be a reissue and it certainly doesn’t compare to a VP. It had a P/J pickup layout and reversed headstock. Not a bad bass if you can find one in decent shape under $700 but not exactly a Tbird sound either. On the bright side there’s a bazillion pickup options for a PJ to fine tune the tone to your taste.
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I have one and dropped some passive Geezer Butler pickups in it. Sounds pretty good, but not the same as a thunderbird sound.
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Still checking things out but there's definitely love.
