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Thunderbird Club
- Thread starter TBird1958
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I actually liked the PUs in early 5er that were ceramic. They changed to Alnico like the regular SR, but I never clicked with it. Maybe it was the cabs at the time and now it would be great. Sold it and bought the '06 Thunderbird, I think. They are nice and I love unfinished necks. All the finish has worn off my '62 J and it feels great.
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I agree with everything you said. I think this is where Leo got the perfect feel worked out. G&L has a different body, but is equally comfortable and perfectly balanced. At home my SR would sound nice, but live it was just blah no matter what string I tied or the EQing, it just sounded average for my tastes.
They were all dual coil humbuckers except for the 50's EBs and very early EB-2s, even the slightly later brown plastic pickups were sidewinders. EB-1's were reissues of the EB with normal sidewinders.
Gibson EB Single Coil Pickup (1950s)
The jack is on the side on my 2018 LE along with a Babicz bridge, same as the cherry 2018 picture.
also, notice no TB pups for sale…wonder how much 60’s and 70’s go for…Although you probably already knew that.
- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,588
- 221,963
- Disclosures
- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
I never see them for sale.
I'm amazed at how much the prices have gone up since the pandemic. I bought a modded '62 EB-0 at the beginning of last year for about 1200 bucks from a seller on Reverb, the guy agreed to hold it until I got back to the U.S. in April, meanwhile Peru closed the airports so I told him i would be a little longer but to send it to my brother's house in Mass if he got tired of waiting. He sold it for 1800.00 without telling me and refunded my purchase price minus 10% 'stocking fee' I complained and Reverb made him pay me the 10%. Even the new NR T-Birds went up 100.00 since I bought mine.
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I have a pair I'd sell for ~$12K* and I'd throw in the bass-and CoffinTM case.(TBH, IDK if the bridge pup is any good-might just be the pot. It works but sounds like
-to me).*plus shipping[not FedEx].
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wonder if that pickup is worth more than the illegal piece of mahogany it replaced.....I have a pair I'd sell for ~$12K* and I'd throw in the bass-and CoffinTM case.(TBH, IDK if the bridge pup is any good-might just be the pot. It works but sounds like
*plus shipping[not FedEx].
wonder if that pickup is worth more than the illegal piece of mahogany it replaced.....
It was legal in 65-or 67(?).
I’ve always looked at it a bit differently. I’ll spend as much on as bass as I think I can get out of it if I ever decide to sell. So getting a great deal on a Tbird gives me that much more money I can spend on it to make it even better or to personalize it.
It seems to me that bass finishing has gotten more expensive over the last year or two. The finish job on the BlingBird was top notch but cost about $750. Pat Wilkins does some of the best work in the business, so I didn’t mind paying a premium and would absolutely go back there again. The holoflash finishes on that website look great and are pretty much in line cost wise with other places I looked. I was considering the red holoflash on my next build or mod.
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