He’d never admit to it if he did get one. Have you seen his post about paint jobs he’s doing? Very cool.
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Thunderbird Club
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More thoughts about my new Vintage Pro:
The tuning stability is excellent. It arrived perfectly in tune and a few days later, after a lot of playing and handling: Only the E string was very slightly out. Not noticeable to my ear. But my tuner says it was.
The neck is really good. This is not a big/thick neck. But also not super slim. I have seen people claim the neck was a fat one but....what? I would call it medium slim. It does have less taper at the edges (which I am a fan of). So I guess that's why people have called it a fat/cumbersome neck?
Mine does neck dive. I guess that's the price I pay for a light weight Thunderbird.
the reach to the first fret is absolutely fine. I am not a big/long dude and have certainly played some basses with much worse reach.
The tuning stability is excellent. It arrived perfectly in tune and a few days later, after a lot of playing and handling: Only the E string was very slightly out. Not noticeable to my ear. But my tuner says it was.
The neck is really good. This is not a big/thick neck. But also not super slim. I have seen people claim the neck was a fat one but....what? I would call it medium slim. It does have less taper at the edges (which I am a fan of). So I guess that's why people have called it a fat/cumbersome neck?
Mine does neck dive. I guess that's the price I pay for a light weight Thunderbird.
the reach to the first fret is absolutely fine. I am not a big/long dude and have certainly played some basses with much worse reach.
Hey man, I do recommend you going for the regular Sub n' Up, mainly because of the two octaves up function. For me, the mini works just okay tho.
- Mar 13, 2008
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That's not the bridge Mike used, he had Hipshot do them. It looks a lot like the one on my Orville.
Nope, not me. I'm close to WP, though.
Butcherboy
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...buying a Thunderbird is good for health.... even being short scaled and shipped from Switzerland ...
I just shipped a Warmoth from Virginia to California. In a gig bag and fender cardboard box via USPS...$117.00 insured.
I've never had to pay more than $69 via the Post Office (best price of all shippers here). I do appreciate the confirmation. We arrived at $65 for my part of shipping, so I'm fine with that.
No idea. J/K. He's never shown any interest in a 'Bird.
Wasn't planning on buying something like this, but ran across it and decided to take the plunge with a modern Gibson Thunderbird. May not be my cup of tea, but we'll see. Don't think I like the aluminum pickguard, but my wife thinks it will look good on the white VP.
Sounds right but if you don't mind me asking... What did you insure the bass for and what was the purchase price?
Yeah I recently shipped a bass from Virginia to Albany NY -- ran about $70 including insurance.
Paid his asking price (1,000). Seemed plenty fair enough to me. It seems to be in exceptionally good shape. He has the original pickguard, TR cover and 3-Point Bridge. Also a really nice gig bag for thunderbirds--if it will fit in the box. The pickguard and TR cover will go back to original.
Not sure how much he will insure it for, but he is meticulous and cautious so I expect it will have some. I generally don't care if it's around that price. Higher up and vintage is another story.
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Wasn't planning on buying something like this, but ran across it and decided to take the plunge with a modern Gibson Thunderbird. May not be my cup of tea, but we'll see. Don't think I like the aluminum pickguard, but my wife thinks it will look good on the white VP.
If you decide to part with the metal guard and TRC I might be interested. Not likely to fit a VP due to the shape difference, but it might.
Good thought. Obviously hadn't considered that. But I did think about selling it and the TR cover to lower my price a little. I'm sure they look good on something (a solid color maybe), but I'm not quite sure it looks good on that bass.
Hey Larry.
I sold the Bass for $950 and insured it for $900..just used a round number..here’s the shipping receipt.
I can only imagine what sales would be like if rates were quadrupled..
Thanks, Insta. The reason I asked is because I believe people put insufficient insurance on their basses when they are shipping them and I wanted to see if you had taken that into account.
God forbid, the bass ended up damaged with a broken neck, the purchaser would want his money back and then you'd have to pay to ship back your broken bass that now would need a skilled luthier to put it back together.
I always double the insurance to avoid this if a problem occurs. I could refund the purchaser and get the bass reshipped to myself. Have it fixed hopefully and probably be ahead of the game money wise and still have the repaired bass.
I wouldn't be happy about the situation but at least I wouldn't be out a bass with no money.
Thoughts?
My practice has been as mentioned in my post above, when the buyer. When I am the seller, however, I always ask if they want additional insurance. I sell it with the price of basic shipping included and if they want something additional that is extra. I leave that up to the buyer, generally, and they decide if they want to take the chance or not. That is always worked well for me. I do always require signature so I know the package was delivered.
