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Thunderbird Club

#137,725
GBassNorth said:
Been looking for a black and gold PG for a while as well with no luck.


LOL - you too. I've never been fond of stark white pickguards on any bass. Aged white or cream/parchment yes, bright white nope.


LOL - the three amigos. I'm in good company.


If I can get the logo in gold at the current asking price I'll bite. I had planned on contacting the seller and asking if he could do that. If you guys are serious let me know and I'll let him know there are several other buyers that want the same thing. I think he's just silk screening them on so it shouldn't be a big deal. I also plan on buying a cream or aged white one for my black VP to give it more of a vintage look.
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Good afternoon GBassNorth, I liked the looks of that black and gold pickguard. Count me in as well if he decides to build more!
 
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#137,729
fasterpussycat said:
Actually, if you want to do something useful ... you could measure the OA length + the width of the arse on the JC as those dimensions don't appear to be online anywhere (just packing box dimensions). Then I'll know whether one would fit in my gig bag.

millimetres/centimetres/inches will work -- please no parsecs.
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My Imperial to Angstrom converter isn't working so well. My measures:
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But, you are relying upon me to hold the tape measure and take a picture more reliable maybe the interior measure of a case made for a JC.
Yorkville Sound - Yorkville Jack Casady Bass Case
• Length: 50.00 inches (127.00 cm)
• Lower Bout: 16.00 inches (40.64 cm)
• Upper Bout: 12.50 inches (31.75 cm)
• Depth: 3.50 inches (8.89 cm)
 
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Gaolee said:
Just for grins, I took a look at Thunderbirds on Reverb. They sure are expensive these days. But, there's a fairly inexpensive black VP for sale.
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Funny how that works. Back in the late 1990's brick and mortar and mom and pop shops had relatively high prices, pawn shops and classified ads were bargain territory if you could separate the good stuff from the junk. Then eBay hit and there were bargain prices on everything. Fast forward about ten years and eBay evolved more in the direction of on line retailers where bargains are harder to find, still there but not in the numbers they were before. Then Reverb came out and once again, lots of good bargains. Now about 8 years or so into Reverb and the bargains are getting harder to find. Craigslist has remained fairly constant but can be sketchy to deal on. TB classified and Guitar Center have been fairly constant as well, bargains to be found fairly often. I wonder where the next big bargain location will be?


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Good afternoon GBassNorth, I liked the looks of that black and gold pickguard. Count me in as well if he decides to build more!
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Will do.
 
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#137,732
fasterpussycat said:
Thank you. Too big for existing gig bag. Typical.
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I suspected as much. It is a bigger bass than any of my others (and bigger than most I have seen). The 20th Anniversary came with a (cheap) gig bag that is obviously bigger than a standard bag. But I prefer to have a hard case and so bought the Yorkville case.
 
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GBassNorth said:
Funny how that works. Back in the late 1990's brick and mortar and mom and pop shops had relatively high prices, pawn shops and classified ads were bargain territory if you could separate the good stuff from the junk. Then eBay hit and there were bargain prices on everything. Fast forward about ten years and eBay evolved more in the direction of on line retailers where bargains are harder to find, still there but not in the numbers they were before. Then Reverb came out and once again, lots of good bargains. Now about 8 years or so into Reverb and the bargains are getting harder to find. Craigslist has remained fairly constant but can be sketchy to deal on. TB classified and Guitar Center have been fairly constant as well, bargains to be found fairly often. I wonder where the next big bargain location will be?



Will do.
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Each innovation made price discovery easier and expanded the potential market. Both served to close the gap between bid and ask.
 
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I've been naughty, bought myself a little present. It's a 1965 Epiphone Newport, I got it for a good price. It has a cracked headstock that I am sorting out but is complete and in good shape.
The headstock repair had two completely unnecessary screws, I have removed them and filled the holes. I can't wait to get it back together and play it.
 
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On the flip side of that, my wife is convinced OfferUp is more "I want to move this quickly because I just stole it and need to sell it before it becomes track-able". :roflmao: :laugh: :roflmao:

In her defense, she worked for DeWalt for years and literally had people stealing stuff right out of the store right in front of her, and it would pop up on OfferUp within hours, with nothing they could really do about it.
 
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My only complaint about sites like Reverb and Ebay is the shipping fees. I just don't want to pay those fees to have it shipped to me, or I just don't have the extra cash to cover the shipping. I only buy locally because of that one factor, I need to go pick it up myself because shipping is enough to kill the deal for me. So while Reverb has opened the market up on a global scale, shipping continues to kick holes in my budget.
 
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TerribleTim68 said:
I find way better deals on OfferUp and FB Marketplace. I find that CL tends to be "firm on price" while OfferUp tends to be "I'm willing to negotiate because I want to move this quickly".

But, as we all love to say..... YMMV.
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I forgot all about offerup. There can be some smokin hot deals there, but the operative word might be "hot". Regardless, there's a steal there right now and folks considering a 2015 would be insane to pass on it...
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GBassNorth said:
I forgot all about offerup. There can be some smokin hot deals there, but the operative word might be "hot". Regardless, there's a steal there right now and folks considering a 2015 would be insane to pass on it...
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Somebody thought "What are the ugliest strings I can put on this bass?" thinking that would help get it sold. I suppose it might just to get it out of the hands of such an abuser.
 
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