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Incoming 1964 TBird II Unbroken
« on: January 20, 2011, 05:22:16 AM »
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Re: Incoming 1964 TBird II Unbroken
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2011, 05:46:48 AM »
Nice Carlo looks like a good deal to me! Funny I check ebay at least once a day for Thunderbirds, never saw this one :( was it a BIN ?
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Re: Incoming 1964 TBird II Unbroken
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2011, 06:05:00 AM »
Definitely the dust! Nice bass none the less!
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Re: Incoming 1964 TBird II Unbroken
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2011, 06:13:19 AM »
Quote from: godofthunder on January 20, 2011, 05:46:48 AM
Nice Carlo looks like a good deal to me! Funny I check ebay at least once a day for Thunderbirds, never saw this one :( was it a BIN ?
Yes, Scott, BIN.  The TBird listings are the first thing I see when I fire up the computer.  The deal seemed reasonable considering how few seem to have intact necks and be relatively unmolested...and the $5K I've seen others listed for.  I've got the correct tuners sitting on my Embassy carcass.  The jack breakout is an easy fix, etc.   But basically, I wanted it.  Gotta call the guy and make sure it arrives in one piece!

edit:  actually those might be the original tuners.
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Re: Incoming 1964 TBird II Unbroken
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2011, 06:55:21 AM »
It is just as well I didn't see the BIN!
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Re: Incoming 1964 TBird II Unbroken
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2011, 07:09:07 AM »
Congrats. Which year?
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Re: Incoming 1964 TBird II Unbroken
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2011, 07:20:06 AM »
I was positive if I didn't pull the trigger it would have been gone by the end of the day.  It was a BIN or make an offer but I didn't want to risk it.  The price was worth it to get a closer look.

Thanks, Uwe.  It's a '64, will go nicely with my Polaris white (refinned) '65 IV.  Hopefully my TBird G.A.S. is cured.

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Re: Incoming 1964 TBird II Unbroken
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2011, 07:26:44 AM »
"Hopefully my TBird G.A.S. is cured." sure.............. sure it is. ;D
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Re: Incoming 1964 TBird II Unbroken
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2011, 08:23:13 AM »
Ugatzzz!!!!!!! :o I am green.And no it ain't easy
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Re: Incoming 1964 TBird II Unbroken
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2011, 08:31:17 AM »
A 64 like mine then. I used it on one track of our most recent recordings, it sounded great and that is what the engineer thought too.
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Re: Incoming 1964 TBird II Unbroken
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2011, 09:07:48 AM »
Quote from: uwe on January 20, 2011, 08:31:17 AM
A 64 like mine then. I used it on one track of our most recent recordings, it sounded great and that is what the engineer thought too.

A great year, left home for college and rarely returned.

Baz and I were discussing the vintage TBird sound a while back, he described it as the 'best Precision sound ever.'  I had to agree.  Perhaps your engineer would also.  There's something about vintage instruments be it the tonewood or electronics that just does it for me.  There's no question about "Made By Hand", that's for sure!
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Re: Incoming 1964 TBird II Unbroken
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2011, 09:50:52 AM »


 Thunderbird II = Drool, Sex, Want  ;) 
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Re: Incoming 1964 TBird II Unbroken
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2011, 10:54:38 AM »
Somewhere down the line or in another life I'd like to attempt a through neck Honduras Tbird.  This might be a great template.  Looking forward to putting one of Scott's Badbirds on this one.

Just spoke to the seller about making sure it gets here in one piece.  He sold it for a guy in need of $$ to get to back to Nashville, probably not TP ;D 
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Re: Incoming 1964 TBird II Unbroken
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2011, 11:20:40 AM »
It's a rare bird that escapes Tom.
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Re: Incoming 1964 TBird II Unbroken
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2011, 11:22:21 AM »
Hipshot has all they need form me for the bridges, I'm hoping March ! Lots of interest lately!
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