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Title: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: Nocturnal on November 15, 2012, 08:54:00 PM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-BiCentennial-Thunderbird-Bass-Pick-Guard-Super-Rare-Vintage-Pickguard-/181025114670?pt=Guitar&hash=item2a25f00a2e

Slightly optimistic on the pricing, wouldn't you say??
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: TBird1958 on November 15, 2012, 10:07:05 PM


Maybe I should part my three out!
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: Dave W on November 15, 2012, 10:32:06 PM
No reserve -- that must mean it's a bargain!  ;)
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: hollowbody on November 16, 2012, 12:14:41 AM
How much will it cost you to have a Lutherian install it?  ;D
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: Denis on November 16, 2012, 05:38:30 AM
I have one I'd sell for $125 (one small hole for a switch)!
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: godofthunder on November 16, 2012, 05:49:03 AM
 Thats just nuts, that auction is going to tank. I paid $125 for my NOS '77 guard last December.
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: uwe on November 16, 2012, 07:21:04 AM
It must have historic value. Maybe the chrome stems from the last US tank left behind in Saigon.
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: Denis on November 16, 2012, 08:02:36 AM
Quote from: hollowbody on November 16, 2012, 12:14:41 AM
How much will it cost you to have a Lutherian install it?  ;D

I bet a Methodist could do it cheaper!
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: Dave W on November 16, 2012, 08:41:32 AM
Don't send it to Martin Luthier, he'll write a thesis and nail it to a door.
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: uwe on November 16, 2012, 11:55:43 AM
There are Mormons looking for something useful to do out there now too.
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: Denis on November 16, 2012, 01:50:50 PM
A Buddhist would be One with the pick guard.
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: Stjofön Big on November 16, 2012, 02:33:30 PM
It's Friday night in Northern Europe, and I'm laughing my ass off, reading your comments! Keep 'em coming!
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: Highlander on November 16, 2012, 02:41:32 PM
There are times when you must realise that you must be joking and maybe, just maybe, the seller just does not get the joke, because Shirley they can't be serious...

Even the Dalai Lama failed to get it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GogjFO8GNEo
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: Bionic-Joe on November 16, 2012, 03:01:42 PM
A Calvinist would do it best.......
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: gweimer on November 16, 2012, 07:10:35 PM
Quote from: Baz Cooper on November 16, 2012, 03:01:42 PM
A Calvinist would do it best.......

...and then have to repent in the morning.
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: uwe on November 18, 2012, 03:32:37 PM
Isn't that more Catholic? That's what I do! Calvinists are the guys and girls who believe their bank account is a stairway to heaven.
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: Big_Stu on November 18, 2012, 05:16:57 PM
It would be Quaker and cheaper to have Gibson make you a new one.
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: Dave W on November 18, 2012, 05:34:11 PM
Quote from: Big_Stu on November 18, 2012, 05:16:57 PM
It would be Quaker and cheaper to have Gibson make you a new one.

Gibson won't do that anymore, they've Reformed.
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: Denis on November 18, 2012, 08:38:08 PM
I was raised Catholic and would feel guilty paying that much.
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: Big_Stu on November 19, 2012, 03:08:42 AM
Quote from: Dave W on November 18, 2012, 05:34:11 PM
Gibson won't do that anymore, they've Reformed.

Pity! If they did a remodeling of it they could see if the headstock Angli can be fixed while they're at it.
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: Dave W on November 19, 2012, 11:07:01 AM
At least this one is three-ply. A Unitarian guard wouldn't be acceptable.
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: Big_Stu on November 19, 2012, 11:18:40 AM
True, always looks better when the pickguard Is-laminated.
Title: Re: Bi-Centenial TBird pickguard
Post by: Denis on November 19, 2012, 01:36:28 PM
A Jew would try and get it for less but an atheist would deny it even exists at all.