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Thunderbird Club

#15,961
Mosstone said:
The Classic IV is an awesome bass. I liked it better than the Gibson birds I A/B'd it against. Not sure why Gibson would let Epiphone make a T-Bird that so closely rivals the American made Thunderbird, but I'm glad they do!

Now make with the pics, or it didn't happen! :)
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Well since Gibson has given up the ghost on basses, seems like it doesn't really matter. I'm glad we still have a great alternative to Gibson. I just wish the designers would wake up one day thinking "Oh my god what are we doing? Chrome is amazing! We need more of it everywhere!"
 
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#15,962
Bassic Playing said:
Well since Gibson has given up the ghost on basses, seems like it doesn't really matter. I'm glad we still have a great alternative to Gibson. I just wish the designers would wake up one day thinking "Oh my god what are we doing? Chrome is amazing! We need more of it everywhere!"
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Chrome... is amazing... but plastic and lack of chrome is cost effective :beaver:

I prefer CHROME.
 
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#15,963
Bassic Playing said:
Well since Gibson has given up the ghost on basses, seems like it doesn't really matter. I'm glad we still have a great alternative to Gibson. I just wish the designers would wake up one day thinking "Oh my god what are we doing? Chrome is amazing! We need more of it everywhere!"
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Yeah, I keep forgetting that Gibson isn't making basses this year. Has anyone heard anything further about whether this is just a temporary hiatus in production, or if they're giving up on basses altogether?
 
#15,965
Bassic Playing said:
I wish you Americans felt the same way about chrome on your basses as you do about chrome on your cars :D
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Did you say, "Chrome?"

A bit more found it's way onto my 08 Gibson. I bought this bridge cover which I was told was a 70s TBird cover some years ago.
I like the bridge covers as a palm rest.
There is also one of Scott's tailpieces on the way as well! More pics then.

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#15,967
Bassic Playing said:
Nice. Have you ever tried a pickup cover?
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No, I worry one might get in the way as I sometimes play over the neck pickup.
Though, I do always use a pickup cover on all my single coil P Basses ( I have three) to protect the potentially flimsy pickup they have in them from damage by being knocked while playing or broken by putting a string through the side of the pickup.
The single coil P Bass pickup is a fairly delicate little flower.
 
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#15,968
Trainwreck said:
I suppose "emblem" was the wrong word. I was trying to find out the what was on the headstock of the Classic IV-Pro. My confusion was the difference between the Pro-IV and the Classic IV-Pro. The Pro-IV has "T-Bird Pro" on the truss rod cover, and the Classic IV-Pro just has Epiphone on the truss rod cover. I just got a Classic IV-Pro yesterday and it's a great bass! My third bird, the first being a goth and the second being a limited release TV Silver. The Classic has them all beat by far.
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Nice to hear your flock is healthy and coming along nicely... :)

All three are great birds, but the Classic Pro is in a league of its own... ;)
 
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#15,970
Bassic Playing said:
Nice. Have you ever tried a pickup cover?
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I have one on the chromed out 1991. It isn't an issue, but it does make the location you play a bit more definite. I generally play that one up near the neck, which gives it a rounder sound, if that makes sense. My P has a pickup cover as well. Bling is gooooood.
 
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#15,972
Bassic Playing said:
I wish you Americans felt the same way about chrome on your basses as you do about chrome on your cars :D
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I got yer Chrome.............
The real deal with all of it's stock chrome parts. drool

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#15,975
Bassic Playing said:
Is that a refin? So many of your birds are in really awesome colours.
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Yes, it was a Natural finish originally but it was a wreck when I bought it, the finish was mostly gone from it and it was missing parts (notably a pickup!) so a re-fin seemed like a good idea at the time. It went thru Mike Lull's shop for the paint work, I still remember his office manager Roger Gee at the time saying I was crazy for doing it, he didn't think it was worth it. (I doubt he realized the true scarcity of unbroken '76s) Anyway, the day I came to pick it up I still remember Mike's excited voice coming from the back of the shop " Roger! Did you see this Green Thunderbird!!???.
 
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#15,976
TBird1958 said:
Yes, it was a Natural finish originally but it was a wreck when I bought it, the finish was mostly gone from it and it was missing parts (notably a pickup!) so a re-fin seemed like a good idea at the time. It went thru Mike Lull's shop for the paint work, I still remember his office manager Roger Gee at the time saying I was crazy for doing it, he didn't think it was worth it. (I doubt he realized the true scarcity of unbroken '76s) Anyway, the day I came to pick it up I still remember Mike's excited voice coming from the back of the shop " Roger! Did you see this Green Thunderbird!!???.
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Love that one!
 
#15,977
TBird1958 said:
Yes, it was a Natural finish originally but it was a wreck when I bought it, the finish was mostly gone from it and it was missing parts (notably a pickup!) so a re-fin seemed like a good idea at the time. It went thru Mike Lull's shop for the paint work, I still remember his office manager Roger Gee at the time saying I was crazy for doing it, he didn't think it was worth it. (I doubt he realized the true scarcity of unbroken '76s) Anyway, the day I came to pick it up I still remember Mike's excited voice coming from the back of the shop " Roger! Did you see this Green Thunderbird!!???.
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Is that your St Patrick's Day T'Bird?
 
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