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Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 6:31 pm
by scott_s
"Here you go Jeff, this one's right up your alley! Straight from the Gibson website:"
I think Jeff would be too tempted to make it a 6-string. He's only human, you know.
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 8:28 pm
by atomic_punk
Scott, I use D'Addario 160's (long). I still end up cutting a little off, but the G string needs to be long.
Speaking of the Thunderbird....a VERY good friend of mine (the GREAT guitar player in my band..) did some adhesion testing on the Ford Thunderbird when it came out...he was going thru some stuff the other day, throwing out things, when lo and behold, he ran across THIS...a genuine, unstuck, Thunderbird logo from the Ford.
So....he HAD to give it to me, and it just HAD to decorate my white 'Bird.
Now there will be no doubt as to what it is!
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 8:47 pm
by jingle_jangle
All you need is a set of Sprewels on that thing and you be pimpin', too...
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:12 pm
by atomic_punk
What are those, Paul?
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:27 am
by cheyenne
OK, whats the best color for a 'bird, if your looking for the best future resale.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 2:35 am
by phlemmy
alpine white and the blue seem to be rarer colors.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:08 am
by jps
Steve,
That bass belongs to a guy in Monterey, Ca. who bought these tuning keys from me.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:34 am
by phlemmy
is that a studio model or a standard TB?
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:31 am
by atomic_punk
Sean, I think the studio was only introduced this year, and I haven't seen many of them around, so I would think this is an older 'Bird. Especially with the chromed-out PU's.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:34 am
by phlemmy
ok, 10-4.
someone here needs to sell me their t-bird. all of the ones i am finding on ebay and elsewhere seemed to have neck and headstock repairs.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:41 am
by atomic_punk
You would love it, methinks! If I see a good one, I'll send the info your way.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:45 pm
by jps
The green T'Bird is either a '64 or '65, I don't remember which. The tuning keys I sold him were NOS '60s keys so he was really grateful to get them from me, as it completed his restoration.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:53 pm
by jps
The owner of this bass also found a bridge (aftermarket) that offers a greater range of adjustment; he said the original bridge was marginal and he could not get the bass to intonate properly with it.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:37 pm
by atomic_punk
Shouldn't that one have the "ashtray" cover over that pickup?
I like that bridge, I've seen those, they fit into the original stud holes also.
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 4:52 am
by jps
I do see holes for the ashtray.