Thanks. It'd be for a tbird, someone nearby got a used rockcase, gonna check that out.
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Thunderbird Club
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Thanks. It'd be for a tbird, someone nearby got a used rockcase, gonna check that out.
The next one will be yours, Larry!
Thanks, Michael, but probably not at the bargain basement price the last one went for.
Gaolee
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"The Chosen Few" - An alternative Club name!
Thunderbirds know. They choose us. I'm not sure it's the other way around. I had a bolt-on 'Bird for a little while and then gave it to my son. But, I missed it. Now I have a fretless 'Bird and just sold a Ric so I can buy another fretted 'Bird. This time an older Gibson. I'm not quite as chosen as our Queen, but if everything was shaped like a Thunderbird, I would be pretty happy.
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You know, I've had a lot of basses ( like 50-60) over the years, I only regret letting my '73 4001 go.......Otherwise Thunderbirds and a lonely Washburn AB20.
That's funny you should say that. The one bass out of seven that I own that isn't a TBird is the one I'm looking to sell to get another TBird.
Gaolee
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I may or may not regret selling the Rickenbackers. Yeah, through a quirk of trading, I ended up with two of them. But probably not. There are non-Birds I would regret selling, but two are Gibsons and only one is a 7ender.
Honestly, the only gibson bird i'd wanted branded gibson logo is the blackbird. Period. I've tried others & compared to the epiphone classic, i'd rather have the epiphone. the neck feels better in my hands rather than the gibsons (too narrow for my taste). + i'll look for a white one & make it just like my dad's 76-79 bird that he refinished in white ala hanoi rocks !
Gaolee
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Epi 'Birds are very similar to Gibson 'Birds to my hands, except for bolt-on 'Birds, which have really nice baseball bat sized necks. Best of both worlds and cheap!
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hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
Not really, Although probably close, the epiphones have a wider nut width (on the neck throughs) & i've played some bolt ons where the neck profile was slim (the IV burst version, goth has wide string spacing & baseball bat profile).
Gaolee
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I am Cro Magnon. There's baseball bats and noodles. I don't mind noodles, but I really like baseball bats. Given the choice, I would have a neck-through Thunderbird with a baseball bat neck, which means I probably should be hunting for a Greco, but I really want a Gibson, for purely superficial reasons. And I have played both Gibsons and neck-through Epis. My fretless 'Bird is an Epi. It's a noodle. I like it anyway.
The tuning machines of my classic are acting up. Anytime the strings are within the range of the standard tuning they extremly tighten up - even feels as if the slip when I turn them too much. They stay in tune nonetheless, but are there replacements that don't require extradrilling or sanding?
yeah I use warwick Tuning machines for that case.
after much of a hassle, plans for modding this and that and this and that... trying to sell my limited classic White Korea bolt on.... I FINALLY! decided what to do. the stock neck stays on, warwick Chrome Tuning pegs, neck pickup only, badass II style Bridge (Fender AmStd) and a refin in turquoise. this. is. gonna. kill.
after much of a hassle, plans for modding this and that and this and that... trying to sell my limited classic White Korea bolt on.... I FINALLY! decided what to do. the stock neck stays on, warwick Chrome Tuning pegs, neck pickup only, badass II style Bridge (Fender AmStd) and a refin in turquoise. this. is. gonna. kill.
Yes, the tone just doesn't do it for me and I don't want to modify her but I do enjoy the short scale for couch noodling. So my hunt is on for a SS TBird.
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
I tend to disagree on this...
My Epi Classic Pro IV and active Pro IV both have a 1,5" nut like the Gibsons...
In regards to the bolt-on Epi's these seems to be with both wide nuts and 1.5 nuts - All depending on year of manufacture and which factory did them. Most of mine have the wider nut, but my TV Silver has a 1.5" nut.
I wish I had known you wanted one. I watched that thing the entire time it was up. Next time I see one I will make sure its posted here....that Pelhan Blue would've been mine.
It would've showed up at the house and I'd say it was a bargain and she'd say that's good. She knows I'll at least break even or make money on my basses so they're just money hanging on the wall that I get to play with. She trusts my judgement which is key.
Excluding nut widths, how bout neck profile. Totally not the same thing on gibsons vs epiphones. Gibsons to me feel slimmer than a jazz bass profile, like extreme narrowness, epiphones bolt on some have baseball bats, others have a slimmer profile (more pbass ish IMO), i like the active pros & the classic pros. Those necks are good in my hands.
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THIS is crazy expensive. $1300 not so much but still out of MY budget lol
THIS is crazy expensive. $1300 not so much but still out of MY budget lol
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
I just compared four of mine...
I didn't notice any particular difference between my Epi Pro-IV, Epi Classic Pro IV, Gibson 50th Anniverssary and Gibson 2005 - All four feel pretty much identical to me both back to front and neck width, with the same size nut and taper.
If there are any differences they are extremely subtle to the border of being non-existent...
