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Thunderbird Club

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Haven't been in in a while but as my recent post I just put up a day or two ago says, I won $2500 on a lotto scratcher and I got Tbird gas bad lol.I got my Epi Goth that has been holding it at bay for sometime but now that I've got the coin to finally get one which yr bird would be a good one to look for or is there that much difference if any between them?My local GC only has a few Epi birds in stock.
 
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tomshepp said:
THAT, is badass!
I've never seen one in Cardinal Red. White, Black and SB, but never Red. I wonder how many they made? Iverness Green would be rare too.
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It says it's a refin. I don't think that was a finish option back in the 70's. Looks bad ass tho :bassist:
 
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ThaCoast said:
Well after hours of drawing & locating, i've picked out the pickup for the bridge spot: NYC soapbar 4. For one, it'll look better with the precision splits, + in the future if i decide to add a 2-3 band eq i can with those pickups. Different growl, but still there nonetheless.
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Before i draw out the cavity control for my Tigerbird, was wondering about the eventuality of me equipping it with an EQ system. Would go for individual pots & 3 band EQ (bass/mid/treble - all boost & cut). My question is: stereo output jack for anything active (be it pickups or preamp)? & also if you guys would have suggestions on what EQ system i should look for :P thanks
 
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tomshepp said:
THAT, is badass!
I've never seen one in Cardinal Red. White, Black and SB, but never Red. I wonder how many they made? Iverness Green would be rare too.
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There was a guy on tb who had a factory finish Pelham blue aged to green early 60's T-bird - a real stunner. Not sure if he's a T-bird club member or not. I also recall seeing a (factory) less (Cardinal) bright red early bird years ago but perhaps it was a special order custom colour. They made 60's Firebirds in other colours so anything's possible.

Just looked this up (Vintage Guitar Magazine) - it appears there were a number of colour options in the early 60's.

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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).
 
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1963 Gibson colour chart - And speaking of Oddball Colors… | The Gibson ES-335

It states it's a '63 chart but the illustration shows the non-reverse Firebird... (?) Sunburst was considered a 'stock' colour.

1) Golden mist 2) Silver Mist 3) Kerry Green 4) Cardinal Red 5) Heather Poly 6) Inverness Green 7) Ember Red 8) Pelham Blue 9) Frost White

Ember Red is the red I was talking about. Also, the 'aged' Pelham blue bird I mentioned was Inverness Green.

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hillerup said:
That is NOT a Classic Pro-IV...

It's a Korean Limited Edition bolt-on Epi - Not comparable with the neckthrough Classic Pro, but still a nice looking and sounding bird...
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It's not really worth the money for me to go over to the Island to get it, but if I lived there, I would grab it in a second just to mod the crap out of it.
 
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