Thunderbird Club

[MCF]

$99!

I remember “$19.95. No ups, no extras.”

 

[dagrev]

starting rehearsals with these guys on Friday...was telling Plaid that since they could give a rats azz what kind of bass I use, they are guaranteed primo tone every time..
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That should do the trick! Book some dates East of the Mississippi.

 

[dagrev]

That's the man!

 

[dagrev]

I remember “$19.95. No ups, no extras.”

I never recall anything that low. The $99 is all I recall. But I wasn't shopping much for paint jobs then.

 

[godofthunder59]

That's the man!

Ugh I actually remember this one.

 

[tyohars]

That’s my VP and I have no concerns about its safety in that Yorkville case. I bought it from Long & McQuade.

Well worth the $15.

I kinda doubt it, but if you can find out the interior dimensions you would know for sure.

Thank you!

You don't own a Thunderbird. It chooses you if you are lucky enough to be chosen. Based on your questions, there's one looking for you right now.

Soon

 

[GonePlaid]

Ugh I actually remember this one.

In Miami/S. FL, It was "Johnny and Mack by the Railroad track, the world's finest, and that's a fact". I had my 62 Impala ragtop painted there-Emberglow. Looked great 'til some @$$bucket hit-and-runned me and messed up the steering.

 

[bylar13]

For the NR lover on a budget:

Ibanez Non Reverse Thunderbird Pre Lawsuit 1972 Sunburst Vintage Rare | Orbitando: Vintage Guitars and gear | Reverb

 

[GonePlaid]

is it fit? Is it safe? Or should I customized it (extra bucks) @TBird1958 @GonePlaid

I can't get a fitted one for my NR. For one thing I need a minimum of 52".

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

That's a good point, I hadn't thought about that yet.

I do have a brass nut on that bass (maybe factory?), but I like to use coated strings, so I may not want to rely on that?

Probably easy enough to extend the ground wire, or, maybe, use a small strip of the same copper sheeting used to line the pickup/electronics cavities, and run it under all 5, connected to the bridge ground.....

Dig how devoted you are about working on these, great results too.

 

[TBird1958]

For the NR lover on a budget:

Ibanez Non Reverse Thunderbird Pre Lawsuit 1972 Sunburst Vintage Rare | Orbitando: Vintage Guitars and gear | Reverb

I like it!

 

[GBassNorth]

Indeed! And anything/person near the car. They've been out of business for years around here. Hardly anybody paints a car now to keep them presentable. They just get another one.

You're right about that.
The last car I considered doing a full repaint on was a 1974 Corvette coupe in 1984. At the time, a full factory quality paint job was going to run about $10,000 and that was without any fiberglass repairs. If I wanted a concours level custom paint job it was up around $15,000.

Needless to say, I didn't do either. Ended up selling the car in 1988 for about $8000 and used the money to by a top of the line Apple Macintosh II computer with a whopping 4 meg of RAM and 40meg hard drive, a 12" 16bit color monitor, a laser printer and a 40meg tape back up drive. Fast forward a few years and the Corvette was worth about $15,000 and the computer system was worth basically nothing. Lesson learned, always buy with the resale in mind.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

For the NR lover on a budget:

Ibanez Non Reverse Thunderbird Pre Lawsuit 1972 Sunburst Vintage Rare | Orbitando: Vintage Guitars and gear | Reverb

Would love to try that...looks like a @JIO creation...

 

[KaraQ]

Dig how devoted you are about working on these, great results too.

I've actually been doing some measuring, calculating, & guess-timating , and I think the Babicz FCH-5 may work. But it'd be a tight fit on the upper frets, only about 1/16" left on each side of the fretboard, above & below the strings, at the 20th. I think

Seems like it would make the string width & spacing there about the same as what it is at the bridge, atm.


Possibly the only way to know for sure, is get one & try it




Or email Babicz & ask them
But where's the fun in that?

 

[D.M.N.]

1970
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A Firebird AND a GTO, now that's what I'm talking about. Tough choice, though I prefer the hardtop GTOs so I'd go with the 'Bird.

 

[godofthunder59]

For the NR lover on a budget:

Ibanez Non Reverse Thunderbird Pre Lawsuit 1972 Sunburst Vintage Rare | Orbitando: Vintage Guitars and gear | Reverb

Very cool! Maybe the second time I have seen one for sale. Medium or short scale I am guessing it sounds nothing like a NR. The Epiphone bolt on from the 90s would be a better option fitted with a Thunderbucker.

 

[tyohars]

It's a national holiday here and I go to the shop (again) today. So the ebony is out of stock and they're still looking for the sunburst. But, the Alpine White one still have a rosewood fingerboard. I'm confused, the VP should be on laurel, right? On another note, I love the sound of neck pickup solo and tone off with stock strings. I think I'm into VP more now

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

It's a national holiday here and I go to the shop (again) today. So the ebony is out of stock and they're still looking for the sunburst. But, the Alpine White one still have a rosewood fingerboard. I'm confused, the VP should be on laurel, right? On another note, I love the sound of neck pickup solo and tone off with stock strings. I think I'm into VP more now

where are you? Happy holiday!

 

[tyohars]

where are you? Happy holiday!

Indonesia. Thanks!

 

[dagrev]

You're right about that.
The last car I considered doing a full repaint on was a 1974 Corvette coupe in 1984. At the time, a full factory quality paint job was going to run about $10,000 and that was without any fiberglass repairs. If I wanted a concours level custom paint job it was up around $15,000.

Needless to say, I didn't do either. Ended up selling the car in 1988 for about $8000 and used the money to by a top of the line Apple Macintosh II computer with a whopping 4 meg of RAM and 40meg hard drive, a 12" 16bit color monitor, a laser printer and a 40meg tape back up drive. Fast forward a few years and the Corvette was worth about $15,000 and the computer system was worth basically nothing. Lesson learned, always buy with the resale in mind.

Ha! Well the Apple Mac was the Corvette of personal computers of the day!

I had an uncle who bought a '75(?) Silver Ann Corvette in the very late 80s. I asked him why, and he said it was one of the few cars he could drive for a few years and sell it for what he paid for it, assuming regular maintenance was kept up. He was right. He left if parked at our house for a while and told me to drive it whenever I wanted. I was so used to "real" Chrysler's that it felt like I was in a sardine can dragging my butt on the blacktop! I've never driven anything that handled like it since. I still recall the first expressway ramp in it. Stuck to the road like nothing I ever experienced, and stuck is an understatement. Made sense with the low center of gravity...and my butt dragging like it was! Of the Corvette's I really like the very late 60s through mid 70s or so.