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Thunderbird Club

#6,845
Alright, well I don't think im trading off the ric. Between how much they're going for now, and you guys, i think it would be a decision I would regret.
I also think it would be a very very long time before I would be able to replace it.

GC has a worn Blackbird going for cheap. I might pick that up instead. Have a gift card with $800 that would finally serve a purpose.
 
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SVTbird said:
GC has a worn Blackbird going for cheap. I might pick that up instead. Have a gift card with $800 that would finally serve a purpose.
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That sounds like a great idea!! My second BlackBird is well-used and that is fine with me. I won't be too worried about banging it into anything like I would with my clean one.
 
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SVTbird said:
Alright, well I don't think im trading off the ric. Between how much they're going for now, and you guys, i think it would be a decision I would regret.
I also think it would be a very very long time before I would be able to replace it.

GC has a worn Blackbird going for cheap. I might pick that up instead. Have a gift card with $800 that would finally serve a purpose.
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My advice: If you have a great Ric and you can afford to keep it - Do so...

Get the Blackbird or another Thunderbird. With the going prices of a Ric, you'll never know when you could afford one again.

I bought mine used and in mint condition without the OHSC for only $ 535 in '77 and sold it in '87 for the exact same price, and was happy for that - Little did I know the prices would sky-rocket after that... :(
 
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Dadagoboi said:
...And I might be the oldest. This is 1968.

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I don't even remember that bass.
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The macramé strap is really what makes it. My mom has plant holders from the 60's that look like that!
 
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#6,853
ThaCoast said:
Probably a baldwin hollowbody. It's the closets i've come up with so far.
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I played a sunburst EB2D for a while but that was in '66.



mistergoats said:
The macramé strap is really what makes it. My mom has plant holders from the 60's that look like that!
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Those rope things used to part of horse bridles. That's how I know for sure it wasn't my bass. I hated those straps.

I'll be 69 in August. You can ALL get off my @#$ lawn
 
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marko57 said:
Yes! What Larry said! Tell me more about the Mercyful Fate merger!
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Well, I may not have all the details in place but here it goes:

In 1977 I met this guitar player named René Krolmark (aka Hank The Wank aka Hank Shermann). René and I rehearsed for about a year at my parents house, mostly playing Kiss covers and some punk covers as well.
About a year later we formed a punk band called The Brats with two other guys, whom I had met in the growing punk movement in Copenhagen. Rene (or Hank as he chose to call himself) and I were the song writers of the band, but eventually I split the band due to musical differences. The band went on for a short while with a new bass player.

In the mean time I had started playing with two other guys (better known as Yenz Leonhardt & Lars Monroe) - Great guys, but somehow it didn't really work out as intended and we abandoned the project before it actually got off.

Somehow down the line The Brats dissolved more or less at the same time, with the drummer leaving for England and the singer getting more and more into drugs and alcohol.

Hank eventually teamed up with Yenz (Vocals & Bass) & Lars (Drums) to carry on with The Brats as a power-trio - This new line-up was pretty amazing, and recorded a great self-funded punk album in 1979. However due to a new record deal with CBS, who wanted to market them as a heavy band, the album was shelved - A real shame because the album was pretty great for the time (I was present during the recordings and heard all the tracks)...

However, 29 years later someone dug out the tapes to this album and released it in 2008 (Invalid Link Removed).

Anyway, with the new record deal with CBS, The Brats added a 4th member (guitarist Michael Denner) and recorded their first (and only) official release "1980" (Invalid Link Removed)

The rest is kinda hazy, but at one point King Diamond joins the band on vocals in 1981 and The Brats broke up shortly after this with Yenz and Lars going separate ways, Michael Denner forming Danger Zone with Hank and King Diamond helping out on guitar and vocals. Eventually King and Hank formed Mercyful Fate bringing over Michael Denner and Timi Hansen from Danger Zone to complete the line up with drummer Kim Ruzz...

The rest is history...
 
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#6,859
SVTbird said:
I pulled the trigger on the GC Blackbird.
Its definitely worn, but in a cool way, its a '91 so yeah...Lotta mojo.
Had it on sale for guitar-a-thon for $780 too, so not bad for a gibson.

Here's some pics they sent. Figure I'll either love it or have Marty Bell fix it up.
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Has to be a 2001. They didn't make then in 91. Lots of mojo is right!! Looks like that bass has been played!!! Congrats on the new Bird!! :bassist:
 
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