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Thunderbird Club

#71,863
TBird1958 said:
End shots of a couple Thunderbirds, seems tapered wings are very common. I didn't shoot pics of all of them, the Greco was downstairs in the display case, it's taped as well

'76 Gibson, tapered, no tummy cut.
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Much less so, but tapered none the less and with a tummy cut, Epiphone Vintage Pro.
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Thin, tapered and tummy cut, '89 Gibson. This may be one of the reasons I like playing this bass live so much
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Tapered and no tummy cut, Orville, very similar to the '76 Gibson.
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A bit thicker (mine was still a prototype) but with a radical arm carve and tummy cut, Lull T4
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One of these things is not like the other ones! The Jackson, with a bound top, no taper, has a tummy cut. In playing this bass I've never missed the taper, it hangs nice on me and is super comfy for a 3 hour night on stage.
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And I would be remiss if I didn't offer gratitude to our queen, for again providing us with some great ass shots. :thumbsup:
 
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#71,865
Fab Superlative said:
Man, I step away for 2 days and here we are 20+pgs and 360+msg later!
I'm not even going to attempt to catch up, as catch can- with commenting other than to say: Welcome back @Nocturnal, and thanks for not being too stubborn in the end. after all. (sorry, couldn't resist :rolleyes:)
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Thanks Fab! I try not to make an ass of myself :cool::smug:
 
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#71,869
Larry V said:
It’s just me playing the intro to Tom Sawyer very badly. :roflmao:
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Cool! I'll have to listen to it. Their basslines and music are no issue to me. It's the high pitch, ear piercing Geddy nasal voice that I can't tolerate. With Green Day it's the monotone voice coming Billy Joe Bob John's left nostril that twists my knickers. Offspring doesn't bother me, I was just looking out for Fixer.
 
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#71,870
GBassNorth said:
Cool! I'll have to listen to it. Their basslines and music are no issue to me. It's the high pitch, ear piercing Geddy nasal voice that I can't tolerate. With Green Day it's the monotone voice coming Billy Joe Bob John's left nostril that twists my knickers. Offspring doesn't bother me, I was just looking out for Fixer.
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Noted and appreciated;)
 
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#71,871
RedVee said:
The street trees outside my house are a pear of some sort. No fruit, leave change colour and fall, and pissy little flowers that blow away after a couple of days - petals like confetti made of tissue paper.
Much ado about nothing.
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theFixer said:
Was that Haiku? Kind've a downer man…
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Actually, a Haiku would be more like...

Trees beside the street,
Full of colour but no fruit,
Pissing small flowers.
 
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#71,876
godofthunder59 said:
My bad I was thinking of the Gibson vs the Epiphone CP and VP.
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So... Is the cutaway deeper on the CP and VP compared to the Gibson or not?

To the naked eye it sure looks like the cutaway is deeper - Or at least the lower wing is shifted slightly backwards compared to a Gibson

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To my eyes it appears that the upper bout starts at the 15th fret on both basses, whereas the lower cutaway starts at the 16th fret on the CP and at the 15th on the Gibson.

Also the rear end of the two have different angles with the CP having a more vertical slope to account for the lower wing being shifted more backwards than on the Gibson - That would also account for the bridge appearing to be slightly more forward than on the Gibson.

If you take a close look on the pictures, it seems that bridge is more or less in the same position on the upper wing on both basses, but not on the lower wing.

So at least on my CP the neck seems to be in the same position as on the Gibson - only the lower wing is shifted backwards...
 
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hillerup said:
So... Is the cutaway deeper on the CP and VP compared to the Gibson or not?

To the naked eye it sure looks like the cutaway is deeper - Or at least the lower wing is shifted slightly backwards compared to a Gibson

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To my eyes it appears that the upper bout starts at the 15th fret on both basses, whereas the lower cutaway starts at the 16th fret on the CP and at the 15th on the Gibson.

Also the rear end of the two have different angles with the CP having a more vertical slope to account for the lower wing being shifted more backwards than on the Gibson - That would also account for the bridge appearing to be slightly more forward than on the Gibson.

If you take a close look on the pictures, it seems that bridge is more or less in the same position on the upper wing on both basses, but not on the lower wing.

So at least on my CP the neck seems to be in the same position as on the Gibson - only the lower wing is shifted backwards...
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This is a job for Vince. He’ll tell you down to the millimeter what’s going on :)
 
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