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Re: Thunderbird (Wine Red) on 'bay.
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2013, 04:18:59 AM »
Looks to be.  Sweet color.  Looks like a pickguard swap tho, missing da birdy!

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Re: Thunderbird (Wine Red) on 'bay.
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2013, 10:20:54 AM »


 I realy like those 'Birds, long ago at The Pit we discussed having a custom Thunderbird done, much along these lines. The seller here posts some interesting production quantites - wonder where that info came from.
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Re: Thunderbird (Wine Red) on 'bay.
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2013, 03:56:18 PM »
Didn't Scott have one...?
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Re: Thunderbird (Wine Red) on 'bay.
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2013, 01:09:31 PM »
He did and so do I. The special thing about these was that they had a preciosa fingerboard or suchlike. It was the time were Gibson was using rosewood with some, uhum, hesitation.
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Re: Thunderbird (Wine Red) on 'bay.
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2013, 01:49:40 PM »
Is the sky blue, is the grass green, does Uwe have at least one of almost every Gibson Bass that's ever existed...? ;)
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Re: Thunderbird (Wine Red) on 'bay.
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2013, 01:55:56 PM »
He did and so do I. The special thing about these was that they had a preciosa fingerboard or suchlike. It was the time were Gibson was using rosewood with some, uhum, hesitation.

They're still using so-called baked maple on some models.

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Re: Thunderbird (Wine Red) on 'bay.
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2013, 02:06:59 PM »
Is that like a baked Alaska...?
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Re: Thunderbird (Wine Red) on 'bay.
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2013, 02:17:30 PM »
Is that like a baked Alaska...?

Yeah, except they wipe off the meringue.

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Re: Thunderbird (Wine Red) on 'bay.
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2013, 04:30:28 PM »
I had one, pretty bird. Grew fret sprout almost over night. I decided I couldn't be bothered with it and sold it off. Reverse birds ain't my thing, I figured I was better off without it.
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Re: Thunderbird (Wine Red) on 'bay.
« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2013, 05:10:45 AM »
Is the sky blue, is the grass green, does Uwe have at least one of almost every Gibson Bass that's ever existed...? ;)

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Re: Thunderbird (Wine Red) on 'bay.
« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2013, 03:46:24 PM »
Are you hearing... voices... Herr Hornung...?

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