Thunderbird Club

[PillO]

Now that Henry J is gone, do you suppose we will see more of this kind of thing? Warmouth making 'Bird bodies again, for example? I kinda hope so.

Not sure, but that RD copy has been available for more than a year I think.

 

[D.M.N.]

Some good stuff over on Ishibashi UBOX at the moment:

Kaminari Yardbird
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Greco II:
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[theFixer]

I think that the intent of the Eastwood guitars and basses is to reproduce the look of the originals, with no regard for the sound. WRT their take on the RD it is all passive whereas the RD was always active (many with some extensive preamps).

I have tried a couple of Eastwoods. They played well and sounded good, but were not what I was looking for.

IMHO... Eastwood fixed what was wrong with the RD in that regard. I just wish they woulda used chromed humbuckers.

 

[PillO]

IMHO... Eastwood fixed what was wrong with the RD in that regard. I just wish they woulda used chromed humbuckers.

I'm partly with you.

Humbucker > Precision p/u > Jazz p/u

But I am wedded to neither passive nor active p/u. Both can be great.​

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Some good stuff over on Ishibashi UBOX at the moment:

Kaminari Yardbird
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Greco II:
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Like 1800.00 for the Kaminari without tax or shipping. Never heard of them. Any good?

 

[Christine]

Did someone step on a duck?

 

[GonePlaid]

Pffft, birds don't even have flame maple tops. Les Paul guitars sell for over a quarter million dollars routinely, Firebirds don't come close. Not to mention the whole reason we have Thunderbirds in the first place is because Gibson was trying to compete with Fender. Les Paul basses only exist because everyone loves Les Paul guitars and bass players wanted them too. Keep deluding yourselves bird brains.

Interesting theory. Incorrect but interesting.

 

[Christine]

Les Pauls give you blisters on your thumb!! Fact

 

[GonePlaid]

Les Pauls give you blisters on your thumb!! Fact

I saw yer little self-torture tools on the build thread!

 

[theFixer]

Did someone step on a duck?

No. Sorry. That was just me (how embarrassing) It's a gastrointestinal reaction prompted by my aversion to bullsh!t

 

[Christine]

I saw yer little self-torture tools on the build thread!

My hands are killing me LOL Think I'm having a day off tomorrow to get over it

 

[Christine]

No. Sorry. That was just me (how embarrassing) It's a gastrointestinal reaction prompted by my aversion to bullsh!t

Your aversion??? You're the north coast distributor

 

[theFixer]

Your aversion??? You're the north coast distributor

ok... valid... but not when it comes to Thunderbirds

 

[Christine]

ok... valid... but not when it comes to Thunderbirds

True

 

[GonePlaid]

Like 1800.00 for the Kaminari without tax or shipping. Never heard of them. Any good?

Jeez! When I was in Japan it was 360 yen to $1. Things have changed since 1967!

 

[Nocturnal]

I think the most exclusive club may be the Gibson Midtown club with all of 36 members....

But Thunderbird club is the most fun!

I would not mind joining the Midtown club but so far, still no Midtown in my collection. These get me all tingly!!

SOLD - Gibson Midtown Signature

 

[dukeorock]

Check out this offering from Eastwood. They really screwed the pooch with their selection of pickups (my opinion of course), but otherwise, it looks great!

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J pickups on a Gibson copy? I wouldn’t be interested in that :/

I think that the intent of the Eastwood guitars and basses is to reproduce the look of the originals, with no regard for the sound. WRT their take on the RD it is all passive whereas the RD was always active (many with some extensive preamps).

I have tried a couple of Eastwoods. They played well and sounded good, but were not what I was looking for.

Same here. I’ve own a few...none were quite right for whatever reason

Some good stuff over on Ishibashi UBOX at the moment:

Kaminari Yardbird
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Greco II:
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Don’t know anything about Kaminari apart from that being pretty expensive :/ looks cool.
Greco is sweet though!

 

[ThaCoast]

Check out this offering from Eastwood. They really screwed the pooch with their selection of pickups (my opinion of course), but otherwise, it looks great!

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Their copy of a Gibson Kirst Novoselic sig RD. Interesting.

Beat me to it. I kinda dig my own take of the RD i built for my bud couple years back & refurbished back in april. It's foundation is a Gibson, but the feel is 7ender - since that's what my friend wanted. It's a lot better IMO, & i'm not one to enjoy J pickups much. I'm more Split pbass/humbucker when it comes to bass. Guitar goes anywhere.

 

[theFixer]

I would not mind joining the Midtown club but so far, still no Midtown in my collection. These get me all tingly!!

SOLD - Gibson Midtown Signature

Yeah... that Pelham Blue one is a sweetheart! I really dig the Midtown in sunburst as well

 

[GonePlaid]

I would not mind joining the Midtown club but so far, still no Midtown in my collection. These get me all tingly!!

SOLD - Gibson Midtown Signature

There's a couple of them on ebay(GC)and Reverb from $850 up.