Thunderbird Club

[Dark Horse]

It's gunna' rock! What are the sculpted paddle tuners on it now? Hope you feel better soon -

View attachment 7473259

Those are the stock tuners that come on the newer Broncos. They’re actually fine, but may replace them with the Hipshot Lollipops “just because”.

 

[GonePlaid]

rain's not all that bad.....
View attachment 7473150View attachment 7473151

WT7 kind of amp is that?

 

[TBird1958]

Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, the BroncoBird will be alive sometime in the next week.

It’s a project I started a couple years back, but my cancer fight has kept me from completing it. I have an infusion tomorrow morning so I’ll feel crappy for a few days, but after that, the plan is to start assembling this little beast.

Not sure if it qualifies for this thread, but I thought y’all might dig it.

Bronco body
Bronco neck
EY Thunderbird pickups
Albridge bridge (these are FANTASTIC!)
3 way Gibson style switch
CTS pots
PIO cap
Hipshot tuners

Here’s a quick mockup ….


View attachment 7473225

You are always welcome here! We wish you the very best, and enjoy the project!

 

[Dark Horse]

You are always welcome here! We wish you the very best, and enjoy the project!

Thank you so much for the kind words, my friend … I hope you have an awesome week !

 

[Dark Horse]

Best wishes and prayers for a full recovery.

Thank you so much !

 

[JIO]

Those are the stock tuners that come on the newer Broncos. They’re actually fine, but may replace them with the Hipshot Lollipops “just because”.

Interesting - when you can, can you post more close-up pics of them (stock tuners) frt & bk?

 

[JIO]

WT7 kind of amp is that?

Whatever it is - it's guaranteed to have a lot of horse-power!

 

[Dark Horse]

Interesting - when you can, can you post more close-up pics of them (stock tuners) frt & bk?

I’ll post tomorrow. They’re decent quality sealed tuners, single screw attachment iirc. They work fine and honestly look pretty good. Would be cool on some more “updated” vintage style projects that just needed something a “little” different visually from the norm, without being way far out there

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

WT7 kind of amp is that?

speaking of amps......thing sounds awesome broken..

 

[JIO]

speaking of amps......thing sounds awesome broken..

I am always open to learn more... thanks Chucky!

 

[MCF]

speaking of amps......thing sounds awesome broken..

Somehow, I understand that.

 

[dagrev]

Did they not change to red, white, and blue like the RS66s?

Yes they did, but I don't know when that was.

 

[dagrev]

speaking of amps......thing sounds awesome broken..

FWIW, Marshall and I were thinking power amp as well.

 

[TBird1958]

Dennis Dunaway is a monster player, maybe Alice Cooper's best song.
Some folks had LZ or PF or whatever, this was some of the music that made me want to play the bass, and fueled my liking of Gibson bass guitars.

Dennis Dunaway

Lungs burning, sweat soaking their shaggy hair in the Arizona sun as miles passed beneath their feet, Dennis Dunaway and Vince Furnier shared endorphin highs along with an appreciation for surreali…

www.vintageguitar.com

 

[Dark Horse]

It's gunna' rock! What are the sculpted paddle tuners on it now? Hope you feel better soon -

View attachment 7473259

Here are some pics of the tuners …

 

[MCF]

Dennis Dunaway is a monster player, maybe Alice Cooper's best song.
Some folks had LZ or PF or whatever, this was some of the music that made me want to play the bass, and fueled my liking of Gibson bass guitars.

Dennis Dunaway

Lungs burning, sweat soaking their shaggy hair in the Arizona sun as miles passed beneath their feet, Dennis Dunaway and Vince Furnier shared endorphin highs along with an appreciation for surreali…

www.vintageguitar.com

He is. Pushing 80 and still at it.

 

[dagrev]

Dennis Dunaway is a monster player, maybe Alice Cooper's best song.
Some folks had LZ or PF or whatever, this was some of the music that made me want to play the bass, and fueled my liking of Gibson bass guitars.

Dennis Dunaway

Lungs burning, sweat soaking their shaggy hair in the Arizona sun as miles passed beneath their feet, Dennis Dunaway and Vince Furnier shared endorphin highs along with an appreciation for surreali…

www.vintageguitar.com

An AC show was a thing to behold. Everyone should have seen them once. Unbelievably impressive--especially for the time. Years ahead of their time for a theatrical band. (Not sure what the correct term might be, and that sounds too close to Meat Loaf!) Liked some of AC's music (who didn't?), but even I was super impressed by them live. Just incredible. AC may have invented the concept of "sensory overload"! A friend really liked AC and I went once, if not twice to see them. Maybe someone else was doing what they did, but as far as I know they charted the course, set the bar so crazy high it likely too decades for other such bands to catch up. Can't help be be impressed with them.

 

[JIO]

Here are some pics of the tuners …

First time I've seen that combination (Y tuner machines/post with sculpted pegs)

 

[MCF]

This wasn’t in the forecast. I have work to do outside. At least I have the SVT, a few Thunderbirds and most of my albums up here.

 

[Albert Ross]

Geezers are on my short list of replacements, I think I'll give them a try.

I'll second what @GBassNorth and @JIO have said. GZRs are excellent P replacements.