Thunderbird Club

[RedVee]

Found this after viewing the 64 videos.

 

[dagrev]

Love the whole album, but sides 2 & 3 definitely got more worn out than 1 or 4 in college.

I hear ya! I love listening with earbuds to hear the various instruments panned to different sides on Mountain Jam. It's great for the twin drum solo. You can tell what Jaimoe and Butch were each doing. Ah, when music was about...the music!

 

[dagrev]

Found this after viewing the 64 videos.

I like mine. Sound good with just about any string (which is rare), sound really good with Roto 66s. The neck is different from the '64. Feels slightly bigger and flatter, or sharper on the fretboard edges.

 

[GonePlaid]

Probably a fake. I'd still give you $2k to ease the pain of this discouragement.

You've likely visited the https://www.gui****aterproject.org/gibson.aspx

Guitar Info
This result is a match only if the serial number is impressed on headstock and stamped on headstock
Your guitar was made at the
Kalamazoo Plant, MI, USA
in 1965 or 1968
Production Number: 519096

Yeah, been there and emailed Gibson. It was sold to me as a 1967 in 73. Thus, its true age is a mystery. I've always referred to it as a '67.

 

[GonePlaid]

thought they said 68……did you ask them again?

No, just adding my $.02 to an ongoing discussion.

 

[GonePlaid]

My EB-2 is completely mysterious that way. Every explanation of serial numbers comes up with a different idea for what year it is. I call it a '68, just because it ought to be a '68. When I got it, the salesman told me it was a '65. Not a chance, since it has a later, intonable bridge and is an EB-2D from the factory. So, it's a late '67 at the earliest. It has cloverleaf tuners, so it's a '69 at the latest, more or less. Except Gibson kept using those off and on for a while longer and put Y tuners on some in '69. So, who knows. The more I try to figure it out, the more of a failure that is.

We be in the same boat. WT7?

 

[GonePlaid]

Oh, ok ... I've seen spellcheck "correct" things like that. As far as TP in concerned - can't live w/o it!

Well, can, but certainly don't wanna.

 

[GonePlaid]

Pretty sure my VP is a 2023.

 

[GonePlaid]

I hear ya! I love listening with earbuds to hear the various instruments panned to different sides on Mountain Jam. It's great for the twin drum solo. You can tell what Jaimoe and Butch were each doing. Ah, when music was about...the music!

Yeah. People lost interest in them 'cos they didn't dance.

 

[Engle]

Status update on the BlingBird…

shielding complete, planned on using conductive paint because it looks more factory, but my 10 year old can of paint went bad so had to use copper shielding tape. Works just as good…
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did a bunch of the soldering and installed the pots, just need to solder in the pups, ground wire and output jack…probably tomorrow….(the black tape is temporary, to keep dust and debris out of the pots during construction, it’ll come off when done)
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started laying out the rings by eyeball, was getting dark so I’ll do all the alignment work and drilling when I have good light. Also set the pup wire lengths allowing slack for removal and trouble shooting (hate it when there’s not enough slack to lift a pup out of its route and set it aside without having to unsolder wires)…
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same thing at the other end, gotta get those pup wires to the right length for proper wire management and future repair work…
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Looks great George!

 

[Gaolee]

Here's one for the "time capsule" books - with an asking price to match. (no affiliation) Played professionally - but babied.
1966 Pristine Fender Precision Bass Sunburst w/ original case hanging tag & cord | eBay

That's amazing. People like me are not allowed to have anything like that, for lots of reasons. I'm a little surprised that the asking price for that is similar to the asking prices of nowhere near as pristine '60s Thunderbirds.

 

[Gaolee]

Probably a fake. I'd still give you $2k to ease the pain of this discouragement.

You've likely visited the https://www.gui****aterproject.org/gibson.aspx

Guitar Info
This result is a match only if the serial number is impressed on headstock and stamped on headstock
Your guitar was made at the
Kalamazoo Plant, MI, USA
in 1965 or 1968
Production Number: 519096

That website was confused by my EB-2 as well. I don't recall what it said, but whatever it was didn't make any sense.

 

[JIO]

Found this after viewing the 64 videos.

I'd have to flip a coin - both are Uber-cool. They still are continuing the myth about the NR being intro'd, replacing the gen1 "reverse" due to a Fender law suite. The final word was it was due to poor sales -

 

[JIO]

That's amazing. People like me are not allowed to have anything like that, for lots of reasons. I'm a little surprised that the asking price for that is similar to the asking prices of nowhere near as pristine '60s Thunderbirds.

Probably because there were many units less of those T-birds than a same years P-bass. The rarity-factor.

 

[GonePlaid]

I'd have to flip a coin - both are Uber-cool. They still are continuing the myth about the NR being intro'd, replacing the gen1 "reverse" due to a Fender law suite. The final word was it was due to poor sales -

And poor marketing by Gibson; good marketing by 7ender.

 

[JIO]

Well, can, but certainly don't wanna.

hillbilly TP

 

[JIO]

And poor marketing by Gibson; good marketing by 7ender.

Some of that too, but I get the feeling professional bass players then had an aversion to exploding hs's on a neck-thru instrument...

 

[JIO]

So who's the tenth?

oops... 9, not 10

 

[GonePlaid]

oops... 9, not 10

Pretend it's a jazz reference=close enuff.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Tubey tues…