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Thunderbird Club

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Not sure if this is old news or not, but I thought I’d pass along that the price for black pickguards with gold birds has dropped dramatically over the past month or so. I used to see them on eBay and Reverb for $70+ all the time. They are now in the $20-30 range. They’re still coming out of China and have a long lead time, but that’s a huge price cut! Ordered mine yesterday for my 2015 Gibby.
 
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Warpeg said:
Not sure if this is old news or not, but I thought I’d pass along that the price for black pickguards with gold birds has dropped dramatically over the past month or so. I used to see them on eBay and Reverb for $70+ all the time. They are now in the $20-30 range. They’re still coming out of China and have a long lead time, but that’s a huge price cut! Ordered mine yesterday for my 2015 Gibby.
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dagrev said:
Good, I'm glad to hear that.

I used it today live and every time I play it it's confirmed to my ears why every other Thunderbird doesn't measure up. I don't know why it sounds better, but it just does. I could easily never use another bass. Even the VPs sound great, but not that great. The '64 just has "it," whatever "it" is. Interestingly enough, at home I have a number of basses that sound better, but none ins a live mix.
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There are so many factors involved, but I agree that a T-bird of that year has a unique sound/tone. I also play other basses for specific reasons but my T-bird holds court whenever I play it. :bassist:
 
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Warpeg said:
Not sure if this is old news or not, but I thought I’d pass along that the price for black pickguards with gold birds has dropped dramatically over the past month or so. I used to see them on eBay and Reverb for $70+ all the time. They are now in the $20-30 range. They’re still coming out of China and have a long lead time, but that’s a huge price cut! Ordered mine yesterday for my 2015 Gibby.
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Nice! And a black and gold pick guard is pretty much required on a '15.
 
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Warpeg said:
3 Ply Black For Gibson Firebird Thunderbird Bass Style Guitar Pickguard | eBay

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https://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Thunderbird-Firebird-Pickguard-Black-1/dp/B09KZQ9FK7/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=2LP8G0KVQMQQL&keywords=black+thunderbird+pickguard&qid=1640578782&sprefix=black+thunderbird+pickguard,aps,107&sr=8-3

The measurements check out for my 2015 model. We’ll see how it fits/looks when it arrives in a month or so.
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BklynKen said:
That's cool, but too bad they use the Epiphone logo and not the Gibson one.
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How well do they fit? I'd hate to have to modify my Flamingo.

I didn't know there was a logo difference.

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Chucky Stiletti said:
got lucky to come across a rare matched duet of yugoslavian made 6CA7s (american nomenclature for the EL-34)…..putting them through the paces (bandwidth/gain/power) in my modified Dynaco tube test bed….
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I had a couple of those years ago, nice sounding power amps. Had a MK III too. I still have the PAS preamp somewhere or other.
 
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WillyW said:
How well do they fit? I'd hate to have to modify my Flamingo.

I didn't know there was a logo difference.

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Mine fit my Gibson 2015 Tbird perfectly, including all the screw holes. It was from China but a different eBay seller and cost about twice as much. Interested to see if the new supplier has as good a product as the old one.
 
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