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Thunderbird Club

Depends where they are - in the US, with.
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Long, but funny, NBD story.
Last week I bought 2 Epi bridges off of @wolfkeller , one chrome and one black, the black one being for the Goth project, chrome one just to have. My dad tried telling me to only get the one I needed, but I didn't listen. Fast forward to today, I finally had the chance to pick them up this morning before I did a bunch of running around. Went about my day doing the running around. Just before we went home, my dad decided to go to a couple pawnshops to look for a small air nailer, one of the pawnshops we stopped at was the same one I b!tched about a few months ago that had damaged Thunderbirds for stupid prices. When we went in, there was THIS! A WHITE Epiphone EB-3...... MISSING THE CHROME BRIDGE, and 3 screws on the E-tuner. For the low price of $70.00 cash! I plugged it in and tapped on the pups and got sound so the electronics aren't fried. Didn't check truss rod though. Overall looks like it's in good condition. But the icing on the cake is I got to tell my dad "Atoadaso"!

@PillO I actually have 2 FSO basses, only 1 with tort though (EDIT: 3 if you include EBMM StingRay)

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Long, but funny, NBD story.
Last week I bought 2 Epi bridges off of @wolfkeller , one chrome and one black, the black one being for the Goth project, chrome one just to have. My dad tried telling me to only get the one I needed, but I didn't listen. Fast forward to today, I finally had the chance to pick them up this morning before I did a bunch of running around. Went about my day doing the running around. Just before we went home, my dad decided to go to a couple pawnshops to look for a small air nailer, one of the pawnshops we stopped at was the same one I b!tched about a few months ago that had damaged Thunderbirds for stupid prices. When we went in, there was THIS! A WHITE Epiphone EB-3...... MISSING THE CHROME BRIDGE, and 3 screws on the E-tuner. For the low price of $70.00 cash! I plugged it in and tapped on the pups and got sound so the electronics aren't fried. Didn't check truss rod though. Overall looks like it's in good condition. But the icing on the cake is I got to tell my dad "Atoadaso"!

@PillO I actually have 2 FSO basses, only 1 with tort though

Beautiful. Been looking for one of those
 
The Vintage Pro will not have the same P/UPs as the Classic Pro so the verdict is still out as to whether it'll sound as good as the Classic Pro. So far, I'm assuming that most would favor the looks of the Vintage Pro so if the sound isn't to one's liking then a P/UP swap would be needed. That would probably be close to the price of chroming a Classic Pro.

I'll try to wait a bit then. Emphasis on "try". Anyone actually know when the Pro will be hitting stores?