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Thunderbird Club

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Gaolee said:
I don't recall what the guys I knew called it. There were a bunch of them over the years. I don't remember any of them saying much of anything about it at all. It was like they wanted it to go away, which is probably true.
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A friend was in the Tet offensive. He never speaks of it. One of a few from his platoon who made it back.
 
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JIO said:
Not always - my '64 had all of its original covers etc and really didn't leave marks. Both the pu cover & bridge cover had black plastic spacers between them and the body. The brass mute was attached to the underside of the bridge - so no trace of it either.
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True- there are exceptions, which is why I said "typically" and "if those parts were removed early on.":) You are fortunate. Not one vintage bass I ever owned didn't have impressions or some kind of shadow of what was once there. Even my '71 Jazz which is a closet queen and is near mint has them. My '64 IV has the brass mutes and the cotton mutes themselves, but there are no marks where that once was. I suspect that might have been the first thing t be removed, though it shows signs of use.

I can't get over how cool that bass is you posted. That's really something.:thumbsup:
 
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dagrev said:
True- there are exceptions, which is why I said "typically" and "if those parts were removed early on.":) You are fortunate. Not one vintage bass I ever owned didn't have impressions or some kind of shadow of what was once there. Even my '71 Jazz which is a closet queen and is near mint has them. My '64 IV has the brass mutes and the cotton mutes themselves, but there are no marks where that once was. I suspect that might have been the first thing t be removed, though it shows signs of use.

I can't get over how cool that bass is you posted. That's really something.:thumbsup:
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Person who posted it found it on-line and doesn't have a clue of where it came from. It is pretty cool. :cool:
 
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