Thunderbird Club

[TBird1958]

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Do any of you fine Thunderbird players have a line on where I might obtain an Orville truss rod cover?

I found an Orville (or possibly Epi Japan) Thunderbird being sold as a Greco. It looks so much like my first (76) Thunderbird that I kinda fell for it. It has a small, repaired (but visible) headstock crack and no TRC (so it sold relatively cheap), and I'd like to clean it up and make it pretty when it gets in. I actually like the Japanese copies so I don't want to hide its provenance with a Gibson TRC. Thanks for any help or ideas!

Also me please!

My orville has a Gibson TRC.............Wish it didn't.

 

[GBassNorth]

That looks like a handy tool to have in the guitar toolbox. Leave it to Stwemac. They have some great specialized tools. But you certainly pay the price for them.

Yeah, they’ve got just about something for every guitar task out there. Pricing can sometimes be a little high, but when you figure in that it’s probably the only one of those you’ll ever buy in your lifetime I guess it’s priced about right.

I will say, having the right tool for the job can make a cakewalk out of an otherwise total PITA repair job.

 

[GBassNorth]

Also me please!

My orville has a Gibson TRC.............Wish it didn't.

Paging @Engle …

 

[MCF]

Paging @Engle …

He’s probably working like I should be.

 

[GBassNorth]

He’s probably working like I should be.

Work? What’s that?

 

[Bent77]

Work? What’s that?

I’m downloading 2.0 software

 

[MCF]

Work? What’s that?

Something I hope not to do come 03/01/24.

 

[Engle]

Paging @Engle …

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Do any of you fine Thunderbird players have a line on where I might obtain an Orville truss rod cover?

I found an Orville (or possibly Epi Japan) Thunderbird being sold as a Greco. It looks so much like my first (76) Thunderbird that I kinda fell for it. It has a small, repaired (but visible) headstock crack and no TRC (so it sold relatively cheap), and I'd like to clean it up and make it pretty when it gets in. I actually like the Japanese copies so I don't want to hide its provenance with a Gibson TRC. Thanks for any help or ideas!

Also me please!

My orville has a Gibson TRC.............Wish it didn't.

Hey folks,
Yes I can provide the Orville (or other) TRCs - send me a PM.

 

[Engle]

Something I hope not to do come 03/01/24.

Good for you Marshall!

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Hey folks,
Yes I can provide the Orville (or other) TRCs - send me a PM.

this?..

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I'll tell you the difference and it's just amazing what my industry has done with sheet metal stampings.

I've got 37 years in die engineering, 32 with GM and back when I first got in the business, car panels could be over 2mm in thickness. Over the years that thickness has been pared down for lightening the overall weight of the car. I remember all the incremental changes through the years. 2mm went down to 1.5mm. Then 1.5 went down to 1.2 and 1.0 and today, all these years later, an unbelievable .5mm sheet metal thickness for some panels.

Quite believable for anyone who ever sat on a hood or inadvertently slammed into a door and watched it dent. Used to be you'd break a bone before denting most cars.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Round Rock is under the judgment of God.

Just giving all the transplanted yanks a taste of home before the traditional warm weather shows up and they all start melting.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

View attachment 4596738 Frozen air sun halo. We’re at -19C (C is for Canadian)

We're hovering just below 0Can here today, but my team mate way up high in the Rockies is at your temp.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

The other issue is the metal content. They add copper to the aluminum to made it less abrasive to the stamping dies but that also makes it softer as a body panel. Nothing like a steel panel from the 60s and 70s. I could throw a baseball off my dad's 66 Galaxy 500 and use it as a pitchback.

I might have done... (side eyes checking for Dad watching)

 

[RedVee]

Crappy weather here. 21.1 c (but feels 24c) and 100% humidity.

 

[Engle]

this?..

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I’m not sure about the detail in the wingtips of that bird. Send me a higher res photo and the size, & I’ll see what I can do with it.

 

[icefly]

It´s in my GAS list: someday, I´ll have one Longhorn.

More like these

 

[Engle]

View attachment 4596738 Frozen air sun halo. We’re at -19C (C is for Canadian)

Yikes! I was griping because it dropped down to -5C last night.

 

[69'Vette]

this?..

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Even without the bird, if a Bach TRC is on the table I'll need a few of those as well!

 

[PillO]

Love phasers. My current phaser is this Hardwire stereo phaser. 2-stage mode cops Squire's phased Thunderbird on "Safe (Canon Song) pretty well and when I get the new rehearsal space running I'll try the 10-stage with the Yamaha CP30 piano (used by Max Webster, The Cars and Field Music) for some Tony Banks/MXR Phase 100 vibe. Not that I can play it really....View attachment 4595821

Are you an undercover Canadian??