Thunderbird Club

[hillerup]

Lake Placid Blue compared to Pelham Blue

Not much of a difference...

Probably more noticeable IRL, though...

 

[TBird1958]

This ROCKS!!

Thanks guys! We just kind of play that with a little more attitude than the original, always goes over well.

 

[Dadagoboi]

Carlo, the one on top is stunning!

Thanks, Mark! Lives in the UK. Vintage tint Jazz neck and parchment pickguard.

 

[Klondike]

Carlo this is flipping beautiful!

 

[Gaolee]

So somebody is very close to reading my mind! Now I need to decide, 3 point bridge or Hipshot.View attachment 730411

Babicz is another option. That's what's on my 'Bird.

 

[Count Bassie]

Andy is doing major surgery with hand tools on his Bird. That means you suck if you don't just wind your own pick ups.

I'm building a new body for my Epi Tbird Pro, and I'm going to chew the shape out of a slab of Paduak. Pix as the project develops...

 

[Count Bassie]

Here you go Andii:

Nice. I now have designs to put the Ebony board from a mid-80s Ibanez onto my T-Bird. Cool. Thanks for sharing, nocturnal!

 

[Haji]

I'm building a new body for my Epi Tbird Pro, and I'm going to chew the shape out of a slab of Paduak. Pix as the project develops...

Add chewed into flakes to be used as a wood dip between the cheek and gum, which is possibly healthier-and certainly more toneful-than tobacco. Natural flavor.

 

[FunkyWilly]

Love the TV Silver, might even like it a bit more than my Silverburst! Looks like it has the same pickups as my Silverburst and those things rock. They're really hot and have a cool raw, grindy tone. Good to know that bag fits it well.

I think the Silverburst is cool too, but I do love the TV Silver, and with the chrome pickups and bridge it just looks hot to me. My fiance, who bought it for me as a gift, thinks it's sexy. That's good enough for me! ;^)

 

[Count Bassie]

The good folks at Epiphone appear to have put the nicer-looking cut of wood under the pick guard.

Also I'm sure the tort on there now id a DIY, as it appears smaller than regulation. Working on that.

 

[Count Bassie]

...it is sort of "book-matched", though. Starts to rule out a future nitro-shoot, I guess.

I guess...

 

[kirillstokes]

Work in studio with my t-bird

 

[Count Bassie]

Work in studio with my t-bird

Cool bass.

 

[Klondike]

Question that I should be able to answer myself but...

I have sanded with 80 grit sand paper, what grit should wood be sanded with prior to: a) primer - b) paint?

 

[Gaolee]

When finishing wood, my process was to sand to shape with 80 grit, then polish it with 100 grit progressing through 220 or 400, depending on what kind of finish. The final sanding was always done after wetting the wood a bit to raise the grain. That final step got repeated until no grain would raise. Then I usually rubbed in an oil finish with either fine steel wool for dark colored wood or the finest grain Scotchbrite I could find for lighter colored wood. Steel wool leaves dirty looking spots in lighter wood surfaces. That was what I did back when I was building furniture off and on. I'm not sure you need to be quite so anal if you are refinishing a guitar, and I especially don't know that you need to be that anal if you are painting it. But, consider that if you want a really smooth, professional looking finish, it's similar to painting an auto body.

 

[Klondike]

Makes sense to me. Here is where I am now:
I have removed all paint from the lower wing and sanded everything to 80 grit.

I will be getting started on 100 grit later today.

 

[Klondike]

Now my chalenge is:
Babicz vs Supertone

 

[ThaCoast]

Now my chalenge is:
Babicz vs Supertone

I'd go babicz. Just cause it looks sleeker on a thunderbird than that hipshot supertone bridge. But that's just me

 

[Klondike]

I just thoughtbof another option. We have a member that makes his own tail piece but I cant remember who that is.

Edit: scott dasson, thats it.

 

[mistergoats]

Have any of you had the truss rod cover on your Gibson 'Birds warp? I compared the two I have and they are both made of thinner plastic than a pickguard, and one of them has sort of "wrinkled" a bit and won't sit flush. And Ideas how to iron that out? I should have taken a picture.