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Thunderbird Club

#15,621
Bassic Playing said:
There's a truly beatiful Greco Thunderbird for sale near me for a pretty good price, but unfortunately its a single pickup model. I play tuned to C standard and with a lot of power chords and drones, I just don't know if I would cut through enough with the single pickup. Disappointing, but oh well. That old school tobacco burst finishes the Greco T-birds have are really nice.
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It's been said by Scott and Mark. You won't have trouble cutting through with it.
I have a 77 single pickup Greco. One of my favourite basses. They are very powerful.
Here she is.

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#15,623
DerekW said:
That is a shame, oh well, gives it mojo ;)
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The Bass was unplayable when I bought it. No Gibson parts and a failed headstock repair. I gathered up parts, paid $500 for a 60's pickup (this is before the plethora of pickups that are available now ) re did the headstock repair and turned it into my main stage bass. The thought was I would not worry about it like I do my better examples, as beat as it is she plays and sounds great and it doesn't leave my sight.
 
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#15,625
Bassic Playing said:
Now you've got me fantasizing...

77 tobacco-burst Greco, chrome pickups and cover, Roto flats, played with a pick through an Ashdown tube amp...

Delicious.
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Good luck if you decide to go after that Greco.

I had designs above my station and can't get the funds together (without consequences :( ).
It would be good to keep it in the forum family.

( And remember me if you decide to part with it in the future :) )
 
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#15,627
veebass said:
I run mine with Roto Rounds and she RAAAAAWWWWRRRRRSSSSSS!
The other thing with these basses is they have a 42mm nut (standard P Bass width).
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Hmmm.... I may need one. I like a fistfull of neck. That's why I really like bolt-on Epis. Those have to be some of the bigger necks out there. P width, but not road kill 7ender flattened out.
 
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#15,628
Gaolee said:
Hmmm.... I may need one. I like a fistfull of neck. That's why I really like bolt-on Epis. Those have to be some of the bigger necks out there. P width, but not road kill 7ender flattened out.
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Yes, I grew up on P Bass necks and the neck on my Greco TBird is very comfortable for me.
Although these are on the wide side at around 42 mm they are not as wide and chunky as some P Basses which go about 44mm.
It feels a lot like the B width neck (40mm) P Bass neck from the 70s (which I love) to play, even though it is actually a little wider.
 
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godofthunder59 said:
The Bass was unplayable when I bought it. No Gibson parts and a failed headstock repair. I gathered up parts, paid $500 for a 60's pickup (this is before the plethora of pickups that are available now ) re did the headstock repair and turned it into my main stage bass. The thought was I would not worry about it like I do my better examples, as beat as it is she plays and sounds great and it doesn't leave my sight.
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That's what it's all about, when a labor of love returns the favor.
 
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#15,630
veebass said:
Yes, I grew up on P Bass necks and the neck on my Greco TBird is very comfortable for me.
Although these are on the wide side at around 42 mm they are not as wide and chunky as some P Basses which go about 44mm.
It feels a lot like the B width neck (40mm) P Bass neck from the 70s (which I love) to play, even though it is actually a little wider.
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Funny thing is that my hands like a round backed neck or V shaped neck. My favorite 6 string guitar is a Loar knock off that's based on 1930s era Gibson archtops. It's got a V shaped neck that I really like a lot, aside from the thumpy nature of archtops.

7enders have a flattened out shape that's awkward, even though I like the P I have. It's got a 1-3/4" nut, which is about 44.5 mm. The bolt-on Epi is the same width, or close enough, except that it's got a big round neck instead of the flatter neck. For a long time, I thought the EB-2 had a fairly big neck, but it is only 1-1/2" (just over 38mm). Shape is more important to me than actual size, which is why I like Thunderbirds as much as I do. They generally have narrow necks that have roundness to them. Even the Zombiecaster has a round, not flattened out, neck. All that aside, give me a fistfull and I'm happy.
 
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Gaolee said:
Funny thing is that my hands like a round backed neck or V shaped neck. My favorite 6 string guitar is a Loar knock off that's based on 1930s era Gibson archtops. It's got a V shaped neck that I really like a lot, aside from the thumpy nature of archtops.

7enders have a flattened out shape that's awkward, even though I like the P I have. It's got a 1-3/4" nut, which is about 44.5 mm. The bolt-on Epi is the same width, or close enough, except that it's got a big round neck instead of the flatter neck. For a long time, I thought the EB-2 had a fairly big neck, but it is only 1-1/2" (just over 38mm). Shape is more important to me than actual size, which is why I like Thunderbirds as much as I do. They generally have narrow necks that have roundness to them. Even the Zombiecaster has a round, not flattened out, neck. All that aside, give me a fistfull and I'm happy.
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I agree about shape being important. My original 56 P Bass has the full 44mm wide neck, same as my 69 Telecaster bass- but the 56 has the fabled soft V profile they only did for a couple of years. One of the most comfortable necks I have ever played. I really does feel like you are playing a much narrower neck. The 69 Tele has quite a deep D shape and is quite a hand full- but I grew up on those type of necks so it doesn't worry me. I also have an 82 Fullerton 57 RI P Bass with the 44mm wide neck that is very flat, with a soft V profile- I know what you mean.
 
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Gaolee said:
Hmmm.... I may need one. I like a fistfull of neck. That's why I really like bolt-on Epis. Those have to be some of the bigger necks out there. P width, but not road kill 7ender flattened out.
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You can try the Greco, but you have to come visit :roflmao:
 
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#15,636
Bassic Playing said:
Seller is having a small case of cold feet, so it might be staying right in the family :D
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I can understand someone being reluctant to part with one.
If that one is a no go, there's one on eBay in WA (that's Western Australia for our international friends) right now, but it goes off in 16 hours.
I don't know anything about that one, except he has it wrong about them being neck through- all the ones I have seen are set neck.

Greco Gibson Thunderbird copy 1978 vintage bass guitar
 
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veebass said:
I can understand someone being reluctant to part with one.
If that one is a no go, there's one on eBay in WA (that's Western Australia for our international friends) right now, but it goes off in 16 hours.
I don't know anything about that one, except he has it wrong about them being neck through- all the ones I have seen are set neck.

Greco Gibson Thunderbird copy 1978 vintage bass guitar
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That's a nice and clean specimen, right there... :)
 
#15,638
Larry V said:
TBird breathren(but mostly @hillerup), I have a question. Is the shape and screw pattern for an Epiphone Thunderbird IV the same as an Epi Classic Pro or an Epi TV Silver? Or is it something entirely different? :banghead:

If anyone has the time to check on this for me I would greatly appreciate it!
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I am really lat to this and it may have already been answered but I have
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