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Thunderbird Club

#163,701
godofthunder59 said:
Cath and I spent the week on Seneca Lake in a vintage 1920s cottage. We spent most of our time hiking and enjoying the fall foliage. I did pick up a pre WWII piece of folk art a representation of the Spirit of St. Louis, it was made with lots of love and attention to detail. Aside from Tbirds this is the kind of stuff that gets me excited. View attachment 4019420 View attachment 4019421 View attachment 4019422 View attachment 4019424
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Nice! Glad you had a nice week.
 
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#163,702
TBird1958 said:
Donnervogel Donnerstag, my Autumnal Bird.


I don't play this Bird, or any of them enough, two days off every week is just not sufficient time to enjoy them
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I seem to notice a trend. Every time you post a pic of one of your Thunderbirds....I want it! You have some really nice basses! I'm glad they're at a worthy home.
 
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#163,703
jd56hawk said:
Played another Epiphone Vintage Pro today. Still can't get over how comfortable the neck was, the rolled fretboard is very nice, and the tone was incredible...top pickup, bottom pickup, both pickups, no matter how I adjusted the tone control it sounded amazing.
I know why people buy Gibsons, but I can't understand why anyone would prefer a new one over the VP.
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Gibson's are simply made better and are high quality. VP's simply sound better, but are not low quality by any means. (Yes, I have both, and the gold standard 60s version.)
 
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#163,704
dagrev said:
Gibson's are simply made better and are high quality. VP's simply sound better, but are not low quality by any means. (Yes, I have both, and the gold standard 60s version.)
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I don't believe Gibsons are made better or have inherently better quality, in fact I believe the opposite.
 
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#163,705
godofthunder59 said:
I don't believe Gibsons are made better or have inherently better quality, in fact I believe the opposite.
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I understand. I can only speak from personal experience with the ones I own. My 06 feels and plays like my '64. Maybe I got a great one. It just feels great. No rough edges, hardware is smooth. Light and just feels like the '64. I prefer lacquer as well on the Gibson. As much as I'm a VP fanboy (thanks to you), there are a few refinements the VPs that I have seem to lack. However, all things considered, the VP is the better buy and value than modern Gibson's--especially when you factor in the amazing classic tone. Why Epi did something so great and Gibson passed when they could have had an amazing Thunderbird is beyond me. If I wanted a new Thunderbird of those two. It would without question be a VP.
 
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Thursday.
I carried it around with me for days and days, to see if I still liked it.
I did!

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#163,708
The mystery unfolds... :rollno:

The saga continues... :meh:

Eh, whatever :banghead:

Box

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a box from within Box

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inside of a box, I found one of these...

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as promised, it came with one of these...

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...and a couple of these...

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Otherwise seems brand new. No other scratches, marks, etc.

Plays & sounds great; the strings are so light it almost feels like playing a treble guitar. Weird. :cautious:
 

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#163,710
KaraQ said:
The mystery unfolds... :rollno:

The saga continues... :meh:

Eh, whatever :banghead:

Box

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a box from within Box

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inside of a box, I found one of these...

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as promised, it came with one of these...

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...and a couple of these...

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Otherwise seems brand new. No other scratches, marks, etc.

Plays & sounds great; the strings are so light it almost feels like playing a treble guitar. Weird. :cautious:
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that has had a nasty bump on the headstock. The question is: how bad is the neck? Just enough to crack finish or did wood crack too? Is it worth doing some preemptive gluing>
 
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#163,711
MCF said:
Nice! Will you be attempting to fill them or leave as is? Either way, enjoy.

If you will be attempting repair, read up and watch vids using this stuff. IMO pretty much the best way to go. No affiliation, just looks like the best solution for those type of issues.
Products - Gluboost
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That stuff looks pretty interesting, thanks!

For now I'm going to leave it, see whether it worsens; as far as I can tell, they appear to be cosmetic. Which normally means I shouldn't mess with it, or I'll likely make it worse :bored:
 
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PillO said:
that has had a nasty bump on the headstock. The question is: how bad is the neck? Just enough to crack finish or did wood crack too? Is it worth doing some preemptive gluing>
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I *think* it's just the finish. I'll look into it more when I have more time on the weekend.
But it was pretty cheap; I bid on/bought it with the assumption it was wood damage
 
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I've just recently discovered two (2) interesting things:

1) VP does not fit well in new Epiphone Thunderbird case. Neck heel area doesn't seem to go in fully, causing lid to not want to close (as expected, doesn't fit at all in the old case - too long)

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B) 2007 Unsung China Thunderbird doesn't fit either, too wide in the bottom :bag:
Nearly identical Korean? 'bird fits perfect :eyebrow:
 
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KaraQ said:
I've just recently discovered two (2) interesting things:

1) VP does not fit well in new Epiphone Thunderbird case. Neck heel area doesn't seem to go in fully, causing lid to not want to close (as expected, doesn't fit at all in the old case - too long)

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B) 2007 Unsung China Thunderbird doesn't fit either, too wide in the bottom :bag:
Nearly identical Korean? 'bird fits perfect :eyebrow:
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That’s very strange. My ‘17 VP shipped and fits perfectly in the newest version of the Epi Thunderbird case.
 
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#163,720
bassgtarman said:
I don't know much about Slade, but that's really cool.
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Slade were huge in the uk Bk in the 70s glam rock they got one of the best Xmas songs ever soon as you hear it in England it feels like Xmas wouldn’t be Xmas without hearing merry Xmas everybody you should check it out if don’t know it also check out cum on feel the noize oasis do a good version it was a b side on the don’t look back in anger single also check out gudbuy t Jane, mama we’re all crazy now, coz I luv you they’re, far far away skweeze me pleeze me were some of the biggest hits they were like the sweet if you know the song fix on the run off the guardians of the galaxy 2 soundtrack if you like that you’ll love slade
 
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