I meant that as more of a rhetorical comment, point being, they developed some pretty bulletproof RF data encoding schemes.
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Thunderbird Club
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irebird.
Needs a Tbird to go with that Firebird.
Needs a Tbird to go with that Firebird.
Agreed!Loved the cover better than the original!
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Gotcha. Both seem bulletproof now.
Greetings from the North,
I've been contemplating a Gibson TBird to FenderBird conversion and was wondering if someone here could recommend a place with the expertise to do it. My 76 TBird has been a wall mount for the past few years. Its a wonderful piece of art that saw me through different periods of my music endeavours (prog, funk,punk,new wave, 90s etc) but after being decapitated and repaired in the 90s it finally succumbed to the neck damage. So.... Like me there's still some life left in the 'Ole Bird' and if I could find someone that knows what they're doing I'd like to put a Jazz neck on it. Thanks for any recommendations.
Rezdog
I've been contemplating a Gibson TBird to FenderBird conversion and was wondering if someone here could recommend a place with the expertise to do it. My 76 TBird has been a wall mount for the past few years. Its a wonderful piece of art that saw me through different periods of my music endeavours (prog, funk,punk,new wave, 90s etc) but after being decapitated and repaired in the 90s it finally succumbed to the neck damage. So.... Like me there's still some life left in the 'Ole Bird' and if I could find someone that knows what they're doing I'd like to put a Jazz neck on it. Thanks for any recommendations.
Rezdog
I have a BSX Allegro that sounds sort of close to an amplified upright. More importantly the neck has the same ergonomics so it’s good for practice.
Any good luthier should be able to do it, but a good luthier could also splice on a new headstock. Where are you located?
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I know Mike Lull has done this, but he's here in Washington State, won't be cheap.
Paul made most of his money, by far, by buying the rights to music, on the advice of Linda's father. Paul, in a Howard Stern interview some years back, noted this. He also stated that he was worth $7 million when the Beatles broke up. He is now worth over $1 billion.
I don't like fooling with much money and all the hanger-ons and is why I worked at not riding the old fame and fortune bus. It's worked really well for many years now.Paul made most of his money, by far, by buying the rights to music, on the advice of Linda's father. Paul, in a Howard Stern interview some years back, noted this. He also stated that he was worth $7 million when the Beatles broke up. He is now worth over $1 billion.
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Greetings,
In answer to Engle & TBird1958
The truss rod is wrecked. Unfortunately even the best attempt would not save this brittle neck from warpage. I'm in Toronah.
Mike Lull probably could do it and probably bankrupt me as well ;-) I had thought about one of his fab TBirds but I committed ($) to another build in the spring.
In answer to Engle & TBird1958
The truss rod is wrecked. Unfortunately even the best attempt would not save this brittle neck from warpage. I'm in Toronah.
Mike Lull probably could do it and probably bankrupt me as well ;-) I had thought about one of his fab TBirds but I committed ($) to another build in the spring.
How about moscustomshop on facebook, he's in Redland CA, that's who's doing my ThunderJazz. He also does work on Dingwalls and for Noordstrand
That link takes me to a bookmarking page, not a posting...
Not what I was thinking of, but interesting,
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He has used different woods when representing the different states. Even put Tassie on.
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He has used different woods when representing the different states. Even put Tassie on.
Don't know about luthiers up your way, but down here I'd be looking at TB'ers @Dadagoboi or @JIO or @johnk_10 to see what they can offer.
Drat. Fixed it. Thanks Pillo!
Thanks for noticing-and linking.
Things are, sadly, MUCH different now, but THAT is a discussion for another forum. . .
