• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

Thunderbird Club

#6,982
SVTbird said:
Man...I don't know if I want them to come on here and show it off or not...

They need to know though
Click to expand...

I'm not sure what could be done to the seller at this point? It was a new profile with zero history that is probably going to disappear the moment he ships. He re-badged a beat up Epi and found a un-knowledgeable buyer to rip off. It sucks but I'm sure he'll get away with it and the buyer will eventually find out he was ripped off.
 
#6,983
Larry V said:
I'm not sure what could be done to the seller at this point? It was a new profile with zero history that is probably going to disappear the moment he ships. He re-badged a beat up Epi and found a un-knowledgeable buyer to rip off. It sucks but I'm sure he'll get away with it and the buyer will eventually find out he was ripped off.
Click to expand...

paypal should refund the money since its a case of fraud, and deduct the money from the escrow funds of the seller.
I'd just hate to be the one to break it to the guy that there's a helluva good reason why he got such a "deal" on a Gibson
 
  • Like
Reactions: Dadagoboi and Larry V
#6,985
Well........
As they say, "Fools and their money are soon parted"

I think the seller is a thief, but the buyer is just stupid if they paid that kind of money for that bass.


the_stupid_zpsubvf8546.jpg
 
  • Like
Reactions: Klondike, SVTbird, Nocturnal and 3 others
#6,990
I'm back! I'm sure you all waiting for my return! <crickets> :roflmao:

Anyway, things we learned from repainting an 2008 Epiphone Goth Tbird.
  1. The black "goth" paint was sprayed over a sunburst body.
  2. The raised panels on the front and back of the body were held on with both glue and nails! (yes, we found nails under the black paint!)
The story. My drummer had been talking about wanting to refinish a guitar. I had this beat up Epibird that I had picked up from a pawnshop with the intention of refinishing it at a later date when I get into a new house and actually have a workshop. SO I offered him the body to try his skills on. It is not perfect, it is more of a 5ft paint job. Did not come out the way I was hoping, but i think it looks good for his first try and will look good on stage. FWIW, I was wanting 1970s bass boat sparkle (big metal flakes deep in clear) I think that was too much for his first attempt. But for what it cost me (nothing) I am happy.

089_zpsz6gjhezc.jpg

090_zpsfnbvbhuu.jpg

091_zpssotvla6k.jpg

094_zpscv9v1kuz.jpg
 
  • Like
Reactions: mistergoats, Klondike, JIO and 9 others
#6,991
  • Like
Reactions: Klondike, Larry V, Nocturnal and 1 other person
#6,996
Justice said:
Might have to qualify that as lest expensive set neck, my Sunbust bird was $85 and the Goth I had painted silver was $99 :p, but that was a good score for him! I would have jumped on it.
Click to expand...

I bought my Goth for $70, but it was beat and damaged so I don't consider that the same as getting a good condition Bird for under $100. So if you got a clean burst for $85 that sounds like the current bolt-neck champion :thumbsup:
 
  • Like
Reactions: mistergoats, hillerup and ThaCoast
#6,998
Does anyone have actual information about this? Apparently (who knows if they still have it or who owns it now) it belonged to John Entwistle. What is curious to me is that any production information I can find anywhere states no IV's were made in '63, and only 2 II's were produced. So if that is true - this bass shouldn't exist.

Thunderbird
Production
Numbers

Model/Year
1963-1965 T-Bird II
1963 - 2
1964 - 501
1965 - 205

T-Bird IV
1963 - 0
1964 - 235
1965- 87

63tbird-wlam_th.jpg

Link Removed has on display one of John’s 1963 Gibson Thunderbird IV basses. ©West L.A. Music.


This is from vintageguitar.com - 25 Most Valuable Basses | and confirms in a less than specific manor, it's "less than" 2 year production - so '64-'65. More curious than anything.

3. 1963-’65 Gibson Thunderbird IV
($20,000 to $23,000 in custom-color finish)

Arguably Gibson’s greatest bass, the two-pickup, “reverse-body” Thunderbird IV, with its neck-through design, combines style and function like few others. With a production run painfully short at less than two years, it could be ordered in any of 10 flashy colors and is the ultimate Gibson four-string (sunburst models from the same period go for $9,000 to $13,000).
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: Larry V, Nocturnal and hillerup
#7,000
JIO said:
Does anyone have actual information about this? Apparently (who knows if they still have it or who owns it now) it belonged to John Entwistle. What is curious to me is that any production information I can find anywhere states no IV's were made in '63, and only 2 II's were produced. So if that is true - this bass shouldn't exist.

Thunderbird
Production
Numbers

Model/Year
1963-1965 T-Bird II
1963 - 2
1964 - 501
1965 - 205

T-Bird IV
1963 - 0
1964 - 235
1965- 87

63tbird-wlam_th.jpg

Link Removed has on display one of John’s 1963 Gibson Thunderbird IV basses. ©West L.A. Music.


This is from vintageguitar.com - 25 Most Valuable Basses | and confirms in a less than specific manor, it's "less than" 2 year production - so '64-'65. More curious than anything.

3. 1963-’65 Gibson Thunderbird IV
($20,000 to $23,000 in custom-color finish)

Arguably Gibson’s greatest bass, the two-pickup, “reverse-body” Thunderbird IV, with its neck-through design, combines style and function like few others. With a production run painfully short at less than two years, it could be ordered in any of 10 flashy colors and is the ultimate Gibson four-string (sunburst models from the same period go for $9,000 to $13,000).
Click to expand...

And here's a thought for you:

Considering how many of those '64 & '65 T-Birds are owned by members of this forum, and how many that may have been lost due to broken head stocks - There really can't be that many left out there to us mortals that crave one... :)
 
  • Like
Reactions: Klondike, Larry V, Nocturnal and 2 others

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back