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highway_star · Post by **highway_star** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:14 am

On second thought, maybe I'll pass on the Thunderbird after reading all these broken headstock stories.

seth_lorinczi · Post by **seth_lorinczi** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:20 am

Hee hee...yes I'm afraid it's true. The newer ones have an improved design, but then again they're...newer.

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:24 am

The neck is so thin it's scary. Plus the headstock is big AND angled to the back.
They don't sit on stands worth a damn & my drunk *** knocked it off the stand one time.

It was like the slow motion "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....!" in the movies.

It survived unscathed, but I understand why 95% of T-birds on ebay say "headstock repair".

seth_lorinczi · Post by **seth_lorinczi** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:44 am

Too true; I feel a little too ginger about knocking this thing about. John Stephan, among others, does an extremely effective technique essentially gluing a thick veneer to the headstock/neck join.

lshaia · Post by **lshaia** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 7:14 am

Sorry about that, Peter, wouldn't want to contribute to a spirit of dispropitiatedness

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 7:24 am

I've only ever owned Rics, I've only ever wanter to own Rics, long as they're Fireglo.

Since 1973 I've been a Ric-O-Holic, and perfectly happy with the affliction !!!

ps . I do have a P-bass, but the nice folks at Fender gave it me, so doesn't count.

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:51 pm

"it has the biggest case ever"

I think that award goes to the hardshell case for the Alembic Spoiler/Exploiter body style I had a few years ago, like Entwistle's Alembics.

lars · Post by **lars** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:17 pm

I have one even bigger case! For the Ampeg AEB-1.

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 4:47 am

Never seen either one of those cases, but if they're bigger than the T-bird I feel for you gentlemen!!

Lars, do you still have the AEB-1?

Always liked those...

lars · Post by **lars** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 9:52 am

Yes, I have it! A very strange bass...
But beautyful, and interesting historicly and soundwise!

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 11:15 am

Rick Danko played one of those for awhile...just the one p/u in the bridge?

Kind of a quirky bass, huh?

lars · Post by **lars** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 12:06 pm

Danko's fretless had a magnetic PU. His sounded really good. The problem with the PU system on this one is that the whole bass is microphonic. It's more like an amped upright.

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 3:33 pm

So that's the difference? The fretless model had the bridge p/u? I never knew that.
So, how responsive is yours?

I assume it's VERY mellow...

Man, they look fantastic though!

lars · Post by **lars** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 11:22 pm

Read all about Ampeg basses here:

Johnson's Extremely strange musical instruments company home page

pekka · Post by **pekka** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 3:45 am

I have a natural finish Bicentennial Bird. When I bought it I told the store that I have a Rick and they said something like "oh, we thought that it would go to a home that had a Rickenbacker bass also!".

I'd love to own a '65-'69 non-reverse Thunderbird IV.