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Thunderbird Club
- Thread starter TBird1958
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With the chrome (which I luv)... I'm partial to a lighter toned pick guard like the white , or parchment, or "mother of toilet seat". But what I'd really love to see, would be a vintage mint pick guard with a dark red old-school Thunderbird icon. I'm not sure I've seen a vintage mint T-bird PG before... but I think that would give it some heavy duty vintage mojo
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Firebird? Not sure they fit. Also got a switch hole at the tip.
€: oh btw I like the idea. Would shake things up a bit.
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godofthunder59
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Yes I have made them in the past. Might have a few stashed away. For accuracys sake mint is a 7ender thing.
godofthunder59
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hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
With the chrome (which I luv)... I'm partial to a lighter toned pick guard like the white , or parchment, or "mother of toilet seat". But what I'd really love to see, would be a vintage mint pick guard with a dark red old-school Thunderbird icon. I'm not sure I've seen a vintage mint T-bird PG before... but I think that would give it some heavy duty vintage mojo
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Wrong bird, dude!
Basvarken
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hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
Speaking of parchment (or creme) pickguards:
I like the black-on-cherry thing!
With these knobs:
At least they're not TORT
That looks great also!
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
That’s parchment? Wow, looks quite white on my screen.
Ya wanna know what's funny? I've apparently spent so much time Thunderbird hunting, that I kinda forgot about the Firebird! When I spotted that out on the web, I just thought, "OH! What a cool old T-bird icon!".
Part of the appeal to the vintage mint, is that it doesn't really look all that 'green', unless it's shown against other greens, or white. I think that, if it were cut to the appropriate size & shape, it would look great on a Gibby! We've all seen MOTO, tort, and various other PGs that aren't historically associated with Gibson... why not vintage mint?
WOW man!!! Yup! I woulda made that same trade a hundred times over! Great score!
This sounds great and bridge pup is a little brighter than my bird. Can use it for my GnR band I just joined. Two bands, double the chances for gigs. Just need to learn 20 more songs.
yes... yes...Wrong bird, dude!
My name's Mike. I trip down stairs, slip on banana peels, and find unique innovative ways to shove pies in my face. It's kinda my "thang"
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This is parchment pearl and it has more colour than white and is generally a bit 'greyer'.
yup... forgot about them fancy 6 string soprano basses!
Thinking of painting my white pickguard and putting on a third replacement logo. Thinking black on black would be great for my Crue bandYa wanna know what's funny? I've apparently spent so much time Thunderbird hunting, that I kinda forgot about the Firebird! When I spotted that out on the web, I just thought, "OH! What a cool old T-bird icon!".
Anyone know where I can find a single Rotosound 65 gauge RN 66LD? Nickel on steel... some string company somewhere?
I just went to re-string the Mutant Hamer, and my friends picked me up a set of these at a yard sale. The 65 had been replaced by a used, bent flat-wound. What- ehh. Glad they only paid .99 for 'em!
I just went to re-string the Mutant Hamer, and my friends picked me up a set of these at a yard sale. The 65 had been replaced by a used, bent flat-wound. What- ehh. Glad they only paid .99 for 'em!
Are these the same as you’re looking for? If so, I’m happy to send them over to you. Barely used.
