Yeah, but you have a very monogamously-minded wife, right?
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Thunderbird Club
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The impetus for that thread was Fender’s threatening to sue everyone using a Strat-style body shape.
If Marshall were representing Dave, this is where he was say, "Shut up and don't say a thing."
Six days and my to-be ThunderPbass is still sitting in the same location <20 mins away in town....
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Nor can I for 519096. Gibson gave me three different possibilities.
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Let me know if that black Jazz bass ever hits the market…..
- Jun 30, 2010
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...used to be - closer to double that now
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,588
- 221,965
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
I recall having that information pre-internet -
Zero doubled is still zero
Seriously, I’d be shocked if any 30 and under person on a college campus had a clue what that adapter was made for.
Gibson--'nough said.Nor can I for 519096. Gibson gave me three different possibilties.
I think the double comment referenced Goth prices.Zero doubled is still zero
Seriously, I’d be shocked if any 30 and under person on a college campus had a clue what that adapter was made for.
As for the adapter, I know several young people who know. Some own one along with 45s.
Alas, all my 45s are long gone. I think we have one or two kid 45s…
I won’t let go of any of them.
That was a few years ago. I tried searching today-no luck. Called Gibson-on hold for ~18 minutes then got disconnected. I did find out the pots are from the week of 9/27-10/3 of 1965.Nor can I for 519096. Gibson gave me three different possibilities.
- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
Digging around a little I find that the Non Reverse Firebird was debuted at the Summer 1965 NAMM show, and Gruhn's does list Thunderbirds as being produced from '65-'69.
This is from Fly Guitars.
"In May 1965 Gibson stopped producing the older reverse body Thunderbird and redesigned the instrument for a 1966 launch. Whether any were actually available in 1965 is unclear, however price lists were heralding the new instrument as early as June 1965. Interestingly enough the Thunderbirds were not as expensive as the much smaller EB basses. The Thunderbird IV was priced at $289.50 compared with $337.50 for an EB3, whilst the II was $239.50 - just 50 cents less than the $240 EB0.
The major difference to the 1963 Thunderbird was of course the reverse body style, but also the neck was now the typical glued in 'set neck' that appeared on all other Gibsons of the period. The new set neck meant the body was one flat slab, without the raised central portion. This allowed an unusual scratchplate that covered a lot more of the guitar body. The hardware and pickups remained unchanged, though the nickel plated covers were all switched to chrome."
The quote below is from "Vintage Guitar" magazine.
"Another concern came from Fender itself, which made noise about a lawsuit claiming the body shape encroached on Leo’s patented “offset waist” design. A letter dated February 7, 1964, shows Fender’s patent attorneys prodding Leo to file suit against Gibson: “…the question of Gibson’s Firebird models should be reconsidered. When the Gibson catalog pages are held up to the light and looked at from the reverse side, the outline is very similar to a Fender outline. I am sure you are aware of this but I felt I should write this letter to remind us that the question should be reconsidered at a later date.
”This was CC’d to Fender sales head Don Randall, and while it sounds like lawyers trying todrum up business, it resulted in discussions with Gibson.
McCarty, though, was dismissive.
“Leo always wanted to sue somebody… so Fender got their attorneys and we had a meeting… there were engineers and attorneys,” McCarty said in Gil Hembree’s Gibson Guitars: Ted McCarty’s Golden Era 1948-1966. “Our presentation ended the discussion about a lawsuit.”"
This is from Fly Guitars.
"In May 1965 Gibson stopped producing the older reverse body Thunderbird and redesigned the instrument for a 1966 launch. Whether any were actually available in 1965 is unclear, however price lists were heralding the new instrument as early as June 1965. Interestingly enough the Thunderbirds were not as expensive as the much smaller EB basses. The Thunderbird IV was priced at $289.50 compared with $337.50 for an EB3, whilst the II was $239.50 - just 50 cents less than the $240 EB0.
The major difference to the 1963 Thunderbird was of course the reverse body style, but also the neck was now the typical glued in 'set neck' that appeared on all other Gibsons of the period. The new set neck meant the body was one flat slab, without the raised central portion. This allowed an unusual scratchplate that covered a lot more of the guitar body. The hardware and pickups remained unchanged, though the nickel plated covers were all switched to chrome."
The quote below is from "Vintage Guitar" magazine.
"Another concern came from Fender itself, which made noise about a lawsuit claiming the body shape encroached on Leo’s patented “offset waist” design. A letter dated February 7, 1964, shows Fender’s patent attorneys prodding Leo to file suit against Gibson: “…the question of Gibson’s Firebird models should be reconsidered. When the Gibson catalog pages are held up to the light and looked at from the reverse side, the outline is very similar to a Fender outline. I am sure you are aware of this but I felt I should write this letter to remind us that the question should be reconsidered at a later date.
”This was CC’d to Fender sales head Don Randall, and while it sounds like lawyers trying todrum up business, it resulted in discussions with Gibson.
McCarty, though, was dismissive.
“Leo always wanted to sue somebody… so Fender got their attorneys and we had a meeting… there were engineers and attorneys,” McCarty said in Gil Hembree’s Gibson Guitars: Ted McCarty’s Golden Era 1948-1966. “Our presentation ended the discussion about a lawsuit.”"
- Mar 13, 2008
- 18,897
- 142,225
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
I feel your pain, those model train cars of mine were 29 days in transit from Pennsylvania to Seattle, They took a trip on the barge to Alaska for more than two weeks.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
My EB-2 has a serial number that makes no sense. I do not know when it was really built.
Shortly b4 they shipped it.
