Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

It is TT again. I built a funky warmoth 7-bird many years ago; blurry pic yeah. What a slab. I think I sold it tohelp fund a 2nd '76. I was in a sort of a funk band (ashes to ashes, brickhouse, higher ground sort of stuff) for a short time and it did it's job. I probably couldn't play any of that now, LOL.
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When I first started looking at a second bird, I wanted to build one. Neither Warmoth nor anyone else I could find was selling Tbird bodies (much less necks). I don't have the machinery, patience, or skills (or time to gain them) to DIM.

 

[bylar13]

For those who want to incorporate a weight lighting routine into every gig or practice session:

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[Miles_ONeal]

For those who want to incorporate a weight lighting routine into every gig or practice session:

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But they don't say HOW heavy.
I'd have seriously considered this had I not just bought a new bass.

 

[Larry V]

But they don't say HOW heavy.
I'd have seriously considered this had I not just bought a new bass.

They sell acrylic TBirds on junk guitar and bass websites from China... Stone City Guitar probably started there and bolted their neck and guts to a Chibson.

 

[MCF]

From Reverb? I have been looking at that one for a while, too. I don't want a NR, but exceptions happen. Thank you for removing temptation.

Ditto.

 

[bylar13]

But they don't say HOW heavy.
I'd have seriously considered this had I not just bought a new bass.

Ha! I know. I am in the middle of some other music related projects taking away cash. If that was not the case I might send a low ball offer to the seller and see if they bite.....

 

[PillO]

Yeah, kinda weird, but Gibson/lawyers can't say it's a copy.

They can say a lot of things. Whether it will hold up is another. And, where Ashdown will tell them to put it is yet another.

All presumes that Ashdown have not already dealt with Gibson. A detail not yet in evidence.

 

[Larry V]

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[Miles_ONeal]

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If an acrylic TBird is something you need in your life, start here and replace parts as necessary. I'm thinking everything will need to be swapped out but YMMV.

At that price, I would assume so! The bridge could be 97% pot metal and 3% mercury.

 

[TerribleTim68]

My friend has an orange AMC like the one that flips over the missing bridge! It's in rough shape but he mentioned this Bond movie when he first talked about it with me.

That was a Hornet. There was a stunt team back then that used Javelins, Hornets and Gremlins to do the "Astro Spiral" jump.

 

[PillO]

At that price, I would assume so! The bridge could be 97% pot metal and 3% mercury.

Don't be silly. 3% mercury, 3%, lead, 3% cadmium, and 91% pot metal with traces of plutonium.

 

[Gaolee]

They sell acrylic TBirds on junk guitar and bass websites from China... Stone City Guitar probably started there and bolted their neck and guts to a Chibson.

They do? Hmmm....

 

[JIO]

That was a Hornet. There was a stunt team back then that used Javelins, Hornets and Gremlins to do the "Astro Spiral" jump.
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Very interesting - unless you knew this one would wonder why a Javelin was used.

 

[Gaolee]

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If an acrylic TBird is something you need in your life, start here and replace parts as necessary. I'm thinking everything will need to be swapped out but YMMV.

This one's a little more expensive, but you don't have to buy two. It looks a little nicer in the pictures. Photos on the internet never lie, do they?
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That one is a fiver, but they would probably make a four string. For the price, it might be OK. It might not.

 

[Gaolee]

Very interesting - unless you knew this one would wonder why a Javelin was used.

Given enough modification and parts removal, a Matador from that era could look pretty good. I'm not sure you could make it driveable without putting the body onto a different frame. But I'm shallow, so looks matter a lot.

 

[TerribleTim68]

Very interesting - unless you knew this one would wonder why a Javelin was used.

Yeah, they were pretty popular back in the day. Kinda like jumping orange Dodge Chargers over everything too. Killed a lot of really cool cars.

Given enough modification and parts removal, a Matador from that era could look pretty good. I'm not sure you could make it driveable without putting the body onto a different frame. But I'm shallow, so looks matter a lot.
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I have a buddy who has one that looks a lot like this, full cage, massive rear tires, 401 with a tunnel ram and dual carbs, parachute hanging off the back -

Maybe not as "cool looking" but man that thing is fast on a drag strip! At the local diner, it pretty much just sits there looking different, which appeals to me.

 

[dukeorock]

I'm picturing it with a proper PG and I think it would fix its "look".

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Yeah, I found the pg offputting too :/

 

[Butcherboy]

From Reverb? I have been looking at that one for a while, too. I don't want a NR, but exceptions happen. Thank you for removing temptation.

...yes, Reverb.....as mentioned before, in case I’m tempted to sell it, I’ll let you know....

 

[GBassNorth]

Did the American Motor Corp had a contact with the Bond movie studio; trying to make their cars cool?

In 1974 when the movie was made there weren't many cool American cars left. Most were bloated body under powered boats compared to offerings from just a few years earlier. Mopar probably had the most extensive lineup of hot cars at the time, but I suspect AMC was able to strike a better deal with the producers to have its cars in the movie.

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I bet there's no neck dive on that bird!

 

[Engle]

Thanks! I haven’t gotten to play but 3-4 times in over a month. I practiced for close to an hour with it and realized new Rotosounds are cheese graters! I did almost no sliding and my index finger is still spitting and hissing at me. But otherwise it felt great and sounded great, too.

The Rotos will chew up your frets as well. But I never let that stop me