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Looks very nice!
Unfortunately, that color isn't really my cup-o-tea
Looks like it could stand to have some chrome tuners to match the bridge & knobs...
That burst Greco on Reverb tho.....if I hadn't recently bought two (that I like really well, btw)....
On a slightly separate topic...
What's the best way to intentionally remove bridge inserts?
LOL - or you could just pop them out with a lever or a good yank. Looks like you can disregard my previous post.
between the body and insert shoulder. Figured they were at least partly glued/glued improperly. 
have you had the luck of playing a 70’s one? I’d love to try that thing....wonder if the pup is similar to the later 80’s ones....not to offend anyone but a Greco NR that is more true to the 60’s Gibby the way the reverses are, would be a dream bass imho...
With a Hipshot 3 point?Looks very nice!
Unfortunately, that color isn't really my cup-o-tea
Looks like it could stand to have some chrome tuners to match the bridge & knobs...
That burst Greco on Reverb tho
On a slightly separate topic...
What's the best way to intentionally remove bridge inserts?
Donnervogel Treffen Northwest!My Greco is a '77, I don't think there's any difference in the pups, you know where I live if you want to try it!
Lol
Now that I think about it, I might actually have one of those somewhere....
You would. and there I was being facetious and/or inappropriately witty
have you had the luck of playing a 70’s one? I’d love to try that thing....wonder if the pup is similar to the later 80’s ones....not to offend anyone but a Greco NR that is more true to the 60’s Gibby the way the reverses are, would be a dream bass imho...
My Greco is a '77, I don't think there's any difference in the pups, you know where I live if you want to try it!
How can you fall for it?? It said stop opening the spoiler tags!
I would make a guess that he/she did not want to drill through the neck plate.
Hey a Blackbird... I had one, it was a nice bass, even for a non-Nikki fan... What's next?Yes, the metal inserts in the body, that the threaded posts screw into - and your idea was actually where I was headed
I have a couple of very small - maybe 6"? - pry bars that I was going to try, with a bit of wood as a pad. I got the geniusidea to see how tight they really were....and they just sorta came out with a firm pull
Should'a tried that before asking, I guess
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), once I've cleared out some of these non-Thunderbird basses I don't really play.
laying around I don't need... maybe an NS-2X....
I've always been a one-bass guy, just played an approach, worked a sound. Lately (ok it's been some years now, but...) being in several projects and gigging a good bit (normally...) has called on me to have a quiver of approaches and sounds. Call me a late bloomer... I've got like 5 heads and cabs, a couple basses. I'll be filling out with another instrument or two and letting a couple amps go. The VP coming this weekend isn't something I'm in great $hape for, but I can hustle and make it work, and I'm really liking the Thunderbird thing.I've pretty much got everything I need (a bit more, actually...) as far as Thunderbirds go.
....except for a II. I can't afford a real 60s Thunderbird II, so maybe a Greco version, at some point.
Oh, and maybe a Suzi Quatro Thunderbird also (almost had one last year
Also, maybe someday, if I have lots of extra
So yeah, mostly got everything covered.....
Let's talk!I seem to be the reverse - I've got two amps (one's just a very small practice amp), but basses....let's just say, several? Working to trim that back a bit
One word. STUPID- sums it up nicely. Or SUCKER. Well, that's somewhat redundant I suppose. I am what I am.How can you fall for it?? It said stop opening the spoiler tags!
