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Thunderbird Club

#8,041
D.M.N. said:
Yeah, my grandfather bought it in '72 and it's been passed down. My dad and I are working on restoring it. Outside the obvious paint work it needs, the roof also needs new hydraulics and some rechroming and interior stuff. But the engine runs pretty strong, it's a '62 Sports Roadster with the tonneau cover to make it a two seater, 390 V8 (not the dual-barrel carb M-code though).
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That's really cool! I like the early '60s Thunderbirds best. The metal looks good, what a great project for you and your father!
 
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#8,043
hillerup said:
NBD (almost...)!

Just won an Ebay auction for a mint Epiphone Thunderbird Pro-IV in Trans Black with OHSC and shipping from Germany for only € 309 ($ 342)... :)
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Am I somehow the cause of all these purchases you guys make? :laugh:
 
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#8,046
Klondike said:
Well, my Queen, you do participate in the enablement that we all help each other with.
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Just don't get in trouble with your respective Misses gentlemen!
 
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hillerup said:
NBD (almost...)!

Just won an Ebay auction for a mint Epiphone Thunderbird Pro-IV in Trans Black with OHSC and shipping from Germany for only € 309 ($ 342)... :)
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TBird1958 said:
Just don't get in trouble with your respective Misses gentlemen!
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Speaking of trouble, did you ever tell your wife about the Pelham blue Bird Michael?? Now you have another purchase to talk about :dead:
 
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Nocturnal said:
Speaking of trouble, did you ever tell your wife about the Pelham blue Bird Michael?? Now you have another purchase to talk about :dead:
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Not really, but she knows it there, or at least the number of basses as she helped move them to a storage facility while we redecorate the apartment, and she did the inventory of all the things we moved... :)


Also next week I'll be bringing the red and the blue home for setup and new strings before moving them to our rehearsal space.
:)
 
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So Im guessing what Im going to ask is impossible since Ive searched all over the web and found nothing but anyway I have a vintage sunburst epi and I was wondering if there is any way I can make the paint colors darker at home without repainting the whole damn thing. If I wanted a solid finish I would have already painted it but I still want burst, just with the center color being darker and Id problably end up screwing up the burst part
 
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Epiphone T-Bird Classic Pro IV. In white!

LOVE IT!

Just took delivery a couple weeks ago from GC. Along with HipShot extender and from eBay. . . er. . . AP Custom Gibson truss rod cover (FYSA, requires minor trimming due to smaller Pro head stock). Had to, felt out of place. My lead and rhythm are running a Custom and '59 re-ish Gibsons, respectfully. . . although, my fully HipShot'ed Allen Woody did seem too out of place. lol!

Only had it for days and brought it into the studio to lay tracks. Stock strings and all. Producer said it sounded much better than the G&L (stock '00 SB-1) and raw direct line is useable as it is. Still bouncing down thru mic'd amp and cab, thou.

Pic to follow soon. Putting on HipShot as we speak.
 
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#8,052
redstrand said:
I'm the exact opposite, can't stand the clang of rounds. too much buzz and nonsense. I settled on half rounds for the tbird though :D
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That's why I generally go with nickel rounds- SS rounds are too noisy for me (probably because I am a bit heavy handed). I am liking the sound of the set of Fender Pure Nickel rounds I put on my Bird a month ago- they get better as they get older I find. On my P Basses- I use them newish on the split coils and then as they age I move them across to my single coil P Basses. I find older rounds on the single coils Ps cut a bit of the annoying initial spike while maintaining some zing. I run TIs on a few of my older basses solely to conserve the frets on them. I really don't care for the feel of TIs.
 
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I use these exclusively on my T-Bird now...

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It's taken a couple of years to get me to stop playing Power Slinkys, but these are my jam now.
 
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Leiria said:
So Im guessing what Im going to ask is impossible since Ive searched all over the web and found nothing but anyway I have a vintage sunburst epi and I was wondering if there is any way I can make the paint colors darker at home without repainting the whole damn thing. If I wanted a solid finish I would have already painted it but I still want burst, just with the center color being darker and Id problably end up screwing up the burst part
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Throw on a good dark pair of sunglasses and it'll darken up quickly.

Hehe sorry, it was an open door.
 
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#8,060
aceytrixx said:
I've thought about trying a similar gauge at standard tuning. Currently drop c. Will need some truss rod adjustment I imagine.
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Not sure that it would. Mind you the last time I played in a drop tuning I was using a much lighter string gauge. I think it was 40-100s. I always thought the greater the string size, the greater the tension, the greater the neck bow.
 

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