Thunderbird Club

[PillO]

His bird is in great shape!

Ahem!

 

[JIO]

 

[Gaolee]

Looks like our yard almost every day. There are three herds in our neighborhood. It's been a while since this happened, but we have had an entire herd in our back yard, a heard in our front, and a herd in an adjacent neighbor's yard.

Aaah! Lunch!

 

[JIO]

Ahem!

...Felix Pappalardi's Gibson Thunderbird II bass, for being at least 55 years old is in remarkably excellent condition.

 

[Gaolee]

Ive been looking at it but, its alittle pricey, kinda heavy, short on details, etc. I'll bet it's a solid instrument though.

We have a mission - keep looking for a short scale for you. It will take time, but it is a calling.

 

[JJR58]

We have a mission - keep looking for a short scale for you. It will take time, but it is a calling.

Saw a few on Reverb, don't remember the prices though, but they are out there.

 

[GonePlaid]

It's too bad the film got scratched so much. Nice bass tone.

 

[Gaolee]

Gave in to temptation and installed rotosound 77's. Lowered the action to stupidly dangerous levels and loving it.

I feel like the neck / fingerboard could be offset a few degrees couter clockwise to offset the tendency of the body to hang with the upper bout drifted away ay a small angle. Not enough to kill it for me although I did briefly entertain the idea of flipping this baby. I think I've got it where I want it now.

Thunderbirds take a little bit of mind-set alteration if you aren't used to them. It is like coming home for some of us. Others take a little longer, but get there in the end. And then there are those that Thunderbirds just don't choose. Once you have if figured out, it's hard to play anything else and enjoy it as much.

 

[Gaolee]

from left field...

In a similar, but slightly more accessible vein:

 

[Gaolee]

The singer puts me in the mind of a friend from when I lived in New York. She looked similar to that 35 years ago as a 20 year old. The semblance was still there when I last saw her about 15 years ago. She was about the most expressive person I ever met. You knew exactly what she was thinking just by looking at her face.

 

[Gaolee]

Saw a few on Reverb, don't remember the prices though, but they are out there.

We have to find one now. It's a requirement. We suck at enabling if we fail.

 

[JJR58]

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Gibson Thunderbird Studio Bass - Heritage Cherry w/OHSC (2007)

 

[Larry V]

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Gibson Thunderbird Studio Bass - Heritage Cherry w/OHSC (2007)

I believe they are looking for a short scale TBird.

 

[Border]

Couldn't resist tossing in a couple of does that live behind my shop. Just hoping they are eating the grass and not my irises.

 

[JJR58]

I believe they are looking for a short scale TBird.

Oh crap!, i'm failing miserably here.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

what/who is that? never heard of her/them....foreign?..

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

here we go....
Gibson Sues Dean and Luna over Infringement

 

[TBird1958]

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Gibson Thunderbird Studio Bass - Heritage Cherry w/OHSC (2007)

Pretty good price on the black one...…...

 

[PillO]

Thunderbirds take a little bit of mind-set alteration if you aren't used to them. It is like coming home for some of us. Others take a little longer, but get there in the end. And then there are those that Thunderbirds just don't choose. Once you have if figured out, it's hard to play anything else and enjoy it as much.

I'm not sure about that. I love playing my bird but I also love playing my Midtown and my JC with have much bigger necks. My Yamaha has the most bird-like neck and I enjoy playing that too. Maybe I just like playing all the basses I have...

 

[PillO]

Couldn't resist tossing in a couple of does that live behind my shop. Just hoping they are eating the grass and not my irises.

Mmmmm. Venison....