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Drbassman told me there was an old thread regarding Gibson Nonreverse Thunderbirds and in that thread were a bunch of specs and dimensions for the placement of pickups, electronics, etc. Anyone have that thread bookmarked?
Thanks!

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A biology graduate student went to Borneo to take some samples for his thesis work. He flew there, found a guide with a canoe to take him up the river to the remote site he where he would make his collections. About noon on the second day of travel up the river they began to hear drums. Being a city boy by nature, the biologist was disturbed by this. He asked the guide, "What are those drums?" The guide turned to him and said, "Drums OK, but VERY BAD when they stop."

Well the biologist settled down a little at this, and things went reasonably well for about two weeks. Then, just as they were packing up the camp to leave, the drums suddenly stopped! This hit the biologist like a ton of bricks, and he yelled at the guide,

"The Drums have stopped, What happens now?"

The guide crouched down, covered his head with his hands and said: "Bass Solo!"

I saw the listing below on Wikipedia and thought it interesting that Epiphone has/had offered a number of guitars and basses not offered by Gibson. Epi seems to be more of a sister company rather than a child company. Interesting!

Gibson copies
An Epiphone Les Paul.
The Explorer
Several Versions of the SG guitar Including G400, G310, SG Special and SG Custom.
Around 20 versions Les Paul models
The Dot (and the Dot Studio), similar to the ES-335
The Flying-V
The Firebird
The Thunderbird
Les Paul[1]
The Blackbird
The ES-175
Gibson ES-295
The EDS-1275 Dual-neck
The Hummingbird
The LP-100
Epiphone Tom DeLonge ES-333

Dedicated Epiphone models
Several versions of the Sheraton
Several versions of the Casino
The Riviera in 6- and 12-string versions
The Broadway
The Emperor Regent
Several versions of the Zephyr:
Zephyr Blues Deluxe
Zephyr Regent
The Supernova
The Wildkat
The EM-2
The Wilshire
The Flamekat
Nick Valensi Riviera P-94
The Viola Bass
Jack Casady Bass
The Coronet
Epiphone Wilshire
In recent years Epiphone introduced a series of acoustic guitars named Masterbilt after a line of guitars of the 1930s. Today's Masterbilt guitars are manufactured in China.

Just got my Sunn Coliseum 300 out of the shop last night. Somehow, someone had pulled loose one of the internal harnesses so it literally produced no sound at all and the shop had it cleaned, fixed and up and running in about 2 hours. It's sitting atop an '80s Ampeg SVT410 (which I got from a buddy for $175) at the house and man does that combination sound good! The Sunn is 2ohm and the Ampeg is an 8ohm cab so if I understand correctly, buy the time it all works out it's only putting out 75 watts, is that correct? I think if I wire all the speakers together that would get me back down to 2ohms on the cabinet letting me get the full 300 watts out of the Sunn.

Let me know: I'm interested in what you've got to say or suggest. Thanks!

We all know that the NR BaCHbirds are looooong and finding a hardshell case seems to be difficult. However, I was looking around and found this Dean hardshell case with dimensions listed at 53"L x 18"W x 2"D. Other than the depth, which I'm unsure of because the bass is at home, I think this case might work. You'd probably have to reform the inside, but you'd have to do that no matter what you found, I think.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Dean-Deluxe-Hardshell-Electric-Bass-Guitar-Case-For-ML-Series-104325428-i1176028.gc

In the months since we've received our NRs, what have you found for a case?

RIP, Les, and thanks for everything.

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