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This right here is the ethic! Mine is already on the road to Modville, albeit a slow one, and it's now my favorite player. Plus there's not a lot of collectability anyway... Not that I care...
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This right here is the ethic! Mine is already on the road to Modville, albeit a slow one, and it's now my favorite player. Plus there's not a lot of collectability anyway... Not that I care...
Gaolee
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Exactly. My '91 is now purely my bass guitar. It's going to undergo more modifications over time. It might even get a refin someday, since I have four 'Birds and they all look fairly similar. I think a royal purple 'Bird would be good. I'm not competing with our Queen, just aspiring to being some kind of minor princeling.
For what its worth, I found a chance to use the drop D peg that was on my 2015 when I got it. The BL gave me a funny look when the floor shook at the end of a song that ends on a D. I'm not sure he liked it, but I sure did. It's far easier to intonate and keep tuned than I thought it would be.
UGH. I want a non-reverse. THANKS SCOTT.
*G.A.S. at maximum
*G.A.S. at maximum
I weep for not having money...
GIBSON Thunderbird Bass 2015 VS
RARE WHITE GRECO THUNDERBIRD BASS TB VINTAGE RARE OLD JAPAN FIREBIRD MIJ
GIBSON Thunderbird Bass 2015 VS
RARE WHITE GRECO THUNDERBIRD BASS TB VINTAGE RARE OLD JAPAN FIREBIRD MIJ
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
That sticker mark on the Greco.
Now there's a mod a can't get behind... unless you're a famous rock star already. Then it adds to the instrument and makes it more valuable.
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Ok you've convinced me ! Rings and tailpiece tomorrow!
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
That sticker mark on the Greco.
I'd take it to pieces, sand it lightly, & varnish the whole thing again to have it match, then put it back together. no visible mark.
I'd cover everything but the mark with tape and put it in a smoker's lounge for 2 weeks.
You guys have me really wanting to put a black guard on my white Classic... I really like it with the white guard, but in some pics from last night, it looks like it doesn't have a pickguard at all. I've also wondered about doing a faux "binding" on the body and pickguard perimeter with black pinstripe tape...
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
I wouldn't think so but I guess anything is possible.
I wonder who the "luthier" was that mounted the tail piece.
Was thinking the same myself for mine. I put on some DR Black Beauties, black pickguard would complete the "ensemble"!
My 2013 Thunderbird Classic Pro does have the rout under the PG whereas my 2013 Gibson Thunderbird IV does not.
Damn, well if i ever get one, i'm gonna block the route under the guard, paint white & varnish. Then i can have a guardless white bass all the time xD
But maybe not cause i'd just turn the whole thing into a 76 reproduction like the one my dad had way back before my time
But maybe not cause i'd just turn the whole thing into a 76 reproduction like the one my dad had way back before my time
I just found (cheap) copies of TB : Thunderbird Basses Promotion-Achetez des Thunderbird Basses Promotionnels sur Aliexpress.com | Alibaba Group
By cons, there are Gibson trussrod cover at the bottom of the page.
By cons, there are Gibson trussrod cover at the bottom of the page.
