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Thunderbird Ho
« on: May 18, 2010, 05:22:36 PM »
Here are various non Gibson Thunderbirds I've come across over the years.

I thought I'd started this thread here but I can't find it, so here it is. Feel free to add pics and brands you know of.





 

Alembic




BaCH






B.C. Rich



Benavente





Brice



Edwards












ESP




Fernandez (this is a copy of a copy; Nikki Sixx's Spector Bird)



 

GMP




Gould














Greco





Hamer





Hotwire





Ibanez

 







Jackson



JB


(the one they should have built)




Lakland

 

Sessions


 



Spector



Tokai

 



Westfield

I'm sure there are more, but these pics are what I have at the moment.
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Re: Thunderbird Ho
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2010, 05:43:51 PM »
I had a chance to buy this Roscoe several years ago but waited too long and it was gone.....


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Re: Thunderbird Ho
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2010, 10:14:44 PM »
I had no idea that there have been so many. It's not something I ever paid close attention to, but it just goes to show that the body shape is more desirable than some people would have you think.
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Re: Thunderbird Ho
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2010, 11:30:41 PM »

 Here's a couple from my pics......


A St.George ho, almost bought this one.............



And a new Spector Bird








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Re: Thunderbird Ho
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2010, 03:46:53 AM »




Stavem.
(Built for Bent Saether from Motorpsycho)





Mike Lull.



Until recently BaCH used to make Reverse (normal) Thunderbirds too. With Ibanez shaped headstock. Found this pic of a 5 string TB on an Italian site of a BaCH reseller.

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Re: Thunderbird Ho
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2010, 05:23:08 AM »
Sheldon Dingwall has toyed with the idea of doing a fanfret T-Bird.  I would raid my savings for that.
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Re: Thunderbird Ho
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2010, 05:51:49 AM »
So would I. The slanted frets are in harmony with the Rev body angles.
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Re: Thunderbird Ho
« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2010, 09:19:39 AM »
Filthy.....
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Re: Thunderbird Ho
« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2010, 03:31:16 PM »
Quote from: TBird1958 on May 18, 2010, 11:30:41 PM
A St.George ho, almost bought this one.............


Wow, I had no idea so many companies had made T-birds! And Mark, there was a St. George like that one on eBay for a few weeks not too long ago; looked almost exactly like that one!
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Re: Thunderbird Ho
« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2010, 04:13:44 PM »




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Re: Thunderbird Ho
« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2010, 07:47:14 AM »
Awesome thread guy's keep em coming,, I'm learning alot!
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Re: Thunderbird Ho
« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2010, 08:57:01 AM »
"Unk" named for an old friend with a n old gold Pontiac Catalina.Made from a maho body & a 'greatdeals'neck.oh yeah a we bit o elbo grease.



pg has this logo on it now (minus the word pontiac)
Tbird pups  etc.M
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Re: Thunderbird Ho
« Reply #12 on: May 20, 2010, 12:07:47 PM »
The headstock is as important as the body in my book.
If it doesn't have the Classic headstock, it doesn't rate.
My lefty Tokai is a beaut! a Lawsuit perfect ho!
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Re: Thunderbird Ho
« Reply #13 on: May 20, 2010, 11:41:39 PM »
I like the gold one! Also the one-string simplicity ;D
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Re: Thunderbird Ho
« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2010, 12:53:19 PM »
LOL, I realized I dont have a finished pic of Unk Great to be human  :mrgreen:
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