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Thunderbird Club
- Thread starter TBird1958
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Yes, and this is taking waaaay too long!
It's almost like Xmas! But with 100° weather...
Parts!
Parts!
What's with the scratched-out serial number?
I'm thinking it may have had headstock repair/replacement?
Looking close, the stamped numbers appear to match the ones written in the pickup cavity...
Seller listed it as a project they never got around to doing.
This is what's connected to that number
Guitar Info
Your guitar was made at the
Kalamazoo Plant, MI, USA
on January 30th, 1981
Production Number: 1
I think that would make it a Gibson, not an Epiphone though, right? Or at least the headstock...
It has the rear output jack like a Classic Pro...
Both Gibson TRCs line up, the Epiphone is too big. Does the CP have a different size from the bolt-on Epi?
No idea.
All I can say is it looks close like my Gibson made in 2005 in Nashville. All I did was check the number at the Gibby site.
Looks like a fun little project. Was this the one you were considering painting red?
Yep!
Plan, atm, is to send it to Marty Bell to be stripped & painted. Then work on getting the hardware, etc. , as I can without overstressing my budget by too much
