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Thunderbird Club

#159,101
KaraQ said:
Matching headstock? Like, the black bit painted? Interesting idea, hadn't thought of that...
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Or not. It would be the TRC that could be painted, or at least replaced so it matches the scratch plate. Or maybe a chrome TRC. I'm spending your money with my imagination. It's fun!
 
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#159,102
Miles_ONeal said:
There’s more than one kind of poly.
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#159,105
FlyingPigSound said:
I need to stay off Reverb...
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I know the problem. I have a closet full of odd mics and other equipment courtesy of curiosity and Reverb. The kid will shake his head when it's time to pick through the wreckage I leave behind. But he's a musician, so that wreckage may amuse him a bit.
 
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#159,106
Gaolee said:
Or not. It would be the TRC that could be painted, or at least replaced so it matches the scratch plate. Or maybe a chrome TRC. I'm spending your money with my imagination. It's fun!
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Hmm...how about, TRC same red color as the body, with silver Epiphone script? Set against the regular black, and red edges/back of the headstock?

Imaginary money is the best kind to spend! :cool:
But once I get worked out what I want, have to come up with the real $$ ($$) :crying:
 
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#159,107
KaraQ said:
I've just been looking for a string nut for my new "project", as it doesn't appear to have one, and I've discovered something I was unaware of. :jawdrop:
The nut width on my Epiphone Thunderbird IV is about 1 11/16", give or take (1.73" according to Google searches). The Project (really need a new name for that... :meh: ) is an Epiphone Thunderbird Classic Pro, apparently, which is listed as having a 1.5" nut width. :wideyed:

Is this:
A) accurate?
B) the same as Gibson Thunderbirds?
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That is correct. 1.5 for the CP
 
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#159,109
MCF said:
That is insane. I paid $1200 shipped from Texas to CA in January. It’s a great bass and I’ll never part with it. Good luck to the seller at that price. I think we kinda figured out that there were 400 of those and 400 bursts, most made near the end of ‘12 and called ‘13s.
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Chucky Stiletti said:
jeez...he's dreaming...twice what the going rate is..
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Well, in his defense he does have a unique one. I mean how many of these are still around that haven't had the headstock snapped off, and that balance nicely on a strap, and that don't sound like mud, and have a nice factory finish without blems all over it, and that still have all the saddles in the bridge in the right order, and a bridge that hasn't pulled out of the body, and a track record of being able to be used in any genre of music. We all know that a TBird that fits that description is as rare as a unicorn. I'm sure offers at his asking price will be equally rare.
 
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#159,113
TBird1958 said:
Do you think the bass is a Gibson? Long ago one fellow posted an Ibanez Lawsuit NR it reminds me more of that.
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From AC/DC's Cliff Williams reflects on four decades at the top of rock's bottom-end | Guitar World

Have you ever experimented with a different bass in AC/DC?

I played a Fender Precision for a little while, when I originally joined the band. Then—what is that little headless graphite bass that looks like a toothpick? Steinberger. Those were the first active pickups I ever used, and I really liked the sound, but I hated the bass.

I played it on the road for a while, but I just couldn’t stand the shape, so I pulled the guts out of it and dropped them into the P-Bass, which wasn’t bad. I’ve also fiddled around with a Fender Jazz over the years and a Gibson Thunderbird as well, but not for very long. I always seem to go back to the Music Man.
 
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MCF said:
That is insane. I paid $1200 shipped from Texas to CA in January. It’s a great bass and I’ll never part with it. Good luck to the seller at that price. I think we kinda figured out that there were 400 of those and 400 bursts, most made near the end of ‘12 and called ‘13s.
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Sounds about right. Mine was made on October 31st, 2012. Maybe it was dressed up that day as a Steinberger.
 
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BklynKen said:
Sounds about right. Mine was made on October 31st, 2012. Maybe it was dressed up that day as a Steinberger.
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Mine is a quality, well made bass. Very good condition. And is a monster with your SITs on it. Frankly, I would still have still bought it for a little more. If that one is truly Mint and the case is equally unmarked, I’d go maybe 1500 - 1600 were I in the market.
 
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BklynKen said:
From AC/DC's Cliff Williams reflects on four decades at the top of rock's bottom-end | Guitar World

Have you ever experimented with a different bass in AC/DC?

I played a Fender Precision for a little while, when I originally joined the band. Then—what is that little headless graphite bass that looks like a toothpick? Steinberger.....
I’ve also fiddled around with a Fender Jazz over the years and a Gibson Thunderbird as well, but not for very long. I always seem to go back to the Music Man.
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That's sounds about right. I'd consider my Stingray just about polar opposite to my Thunderbirds in sound and feel. I can see where if he liked the Stingray sound he may not find the thunderbird as much to his liking.
 
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