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Thunderbird Club

#9,023
ThaCoast said:
I think i'm more a burst fan on 7end3rs rather than gibsons (unless it's on a les paul, then anything is pretty cool)
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I know the TBirds are bursts but I really don't think of them that way.
Funny thing- I have about a dozen Fenders and only a couple of bursts- two of the older two tone bursts and an Antigua.
My tastes are weird.
 
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#9,024
veebass said:
I know the TBirds are bursts but I really don't think of them that way.
Funny thing- I have about a dozen Fenders and only a couple of bursts- two of the older two tone bursts and an Antigua.
My tastes are weird.
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A DOZEN FENDERS!? Wow that's a lot!!!

Not the biggest Fender fan here, but the Antigua is a pretty nice burst - Would look cool on a T-Bird... ;)
 
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#9,026
veebass said:
Something nicer. :)
The Birds and my "truck". Larry's neat sticker is just visible on the window near the head of the Gibson.


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Great shot, Vee!
 
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#9,027
veebass said:
I know the TBirds are bursts but I really don't think of them that way.
Funny thing- I have about a dozen Fenders and only a couple of bursts- two of the older two tone bursts and an Antigua.
My tastes are weird.
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I know what you mean about the Thunderbirds not feeling like a "burst". They clearly are, but I think the shape of the 'Bird mitigates the amount of burst that you can actually see, or maybe more the way you see it. The burst on a Fender seems round and obvious, especially with the tort or gold guard.

I too tend to favour solid colours. That said, my 6 instruments are tobacco burst, clear acrylic, white, vintage clear amber, vintage burst, and clear over tiger maple. Major fail.
 
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#9,029
Nocturnal said:
I have bursts on one of my Hamer FBIV's and an Epi Bird. The Epi now has a rusted metal guard on it that makes the burst look a LOT better to me. Still need to get rid of the momentary kill switch and install a strat type jack for the input on the Epi.

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If you could do that strat style jack also in the rusted metal... dang.
 
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They are cool creations, but for some reason i wouldn't have one (sorta hypocritical on it but i wouldn't play a fender shaped bass with tbird/gibson pickups, yet i'd play gibson shaped basses with fender pickups - such as i'm doing now for my thunderbird build & my friends RD bass build)

I guess i'm too die hard for Fs but love the looks of Gs :p

Shameless self shoutout: here you go
 
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