Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

The ‘64 in action.
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It already has a headstock repair, it’s in a reasonably controlled environment on a Hercules stand when not in use, and is just too sweet a bass not to play it!

DI to FOH so the Rumble is my bass monitor.

Love it!

I used my '64 today (days old DTFs) and left the '66 NR at home. Still the top dog. And those strings....
I noticed it had more bigness than the NR with older DTFs. The 916s are definitely brighter, but work great, just different and not and exact reproduction. Possibly more punchy.

 

[MCF]

It doesn't say neck through, so I would assume it's set neck. But the description says 24 fret, so I wouldn't assume anything

At least they have sense enough to call it a “special shape” and not a Thunderbird. I think you’re right that it’s probably a set neck. I’ve mentioned before that those look like Arctec pickups which are ever so slightly narrower than the Gibsons. So someone would likely need to widen the routes to put better pickups in it. I have no interest in giving them any of my money…

 

[dagrev]

Happy Birthday Mr Gator!

 

[MCF]

Happy Birthday Mr Gator!
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That headstock makes me dizzy.

 

[Count Bassie]

Thanks Roger! And Simonon is one of my favorites! Was blasting this one this AM…fun line.

That *is* a nice rolling line! Rock n roll should be fun.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Nice pic and the A58 in mahogany is a great match!

Thanks! My wife took it. I nearly went with mahogany but went with rosewood instead.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Love it!

I used my '64 today (days old DTFs) and left the '66 NR at home. Still the top dog. And those strings....
I noticed it had more bigness than the NR with older DTFs. The 916s are definitely brighter, but work great, just different and not and exact reproduction. Possibly more punchy.

In case it wasn’t obvious from the photo, my bass is wearing purple silks!

 

[ectoflanger]

Thanks! My wife took it. I nearly went with mahogany but went with rosewood instead.

I thought about rosewood and went with mahogany instead- nice that they have that option with no extra charge like with some products-

 

[RedVee]

Very cool!

Yes they were!

One small point, iPhone auto corrected cajon to canon. No cannons involved even though we were at a Sub base (ex).



Some decorated fiddles


And cheese / chopping boards as guitar bodies!

 

[JJR58]

So Happy Birthday to you too Glen!

Ditto!

 

[GonePlaid]

Happy birthday, @Instagator !

From me too also.

 

[MCF]

Supertone Sunday. I forgot I had this bridge in the drawer. Thought I’d give it a try. Works ok on the CP we’re bringing back to life. This Thunderbird has a light body. And the bridge weight makes it noticeably heavier. But nothing worth complaining about.

Not bad. I need to make a few more string height tweaks. I’d prefer the Babicz for finer string height adjustability, but that ain’t gonna happen on this $200 bass.

 

[Thumper]

Has anyone ever seen a stock 60s Thunderbird or SG/EB with a rosewood tugbar? I can only find references to Ebony or plastic.

 

[RedVee]

Happy birthday Glen, @Instagator !

 

[dagrev]

That headstock makes me dizzy.

Several things are disturbing.

 

[dagrev]

Thanks! My wife took it. I nearly went with mahogany but went with rosewood instead.

Now I can't help but wonder which would have sounded better.

 

[dagrev]

Has anyone ever seen a stock 60s Thunderbird or SG/EB with a rosewood tugbar? I can only find references to Ebony or plastic.

All the old one's were Mahogany I believe. But may have used whatever was handy at times.

 

[dagrev]

Supertone Sunday. I forgot I had this bridge in the drawer. Thought I’d give it a try. Works ok on the CP we’re bringing back to life. This Thunderbird has a light body. And the bridge weight makes it noticeably heavier. But nothing worth complaining about.
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Not bad. I need to make a few more string height tweaks. I’d prefer the Babicz for finer string height adjustability, but that ain’t gonna happen on this $200 bass.

Sunning color.

 

[BuddhaFingas]

So Happy Birthday to you too Glen!

Ditto, even if you did swipe my name...

 

[dagrev]

Sunning color.

That is, stunning color...