Birdies 'n' Flowers ...

[uwe]

Introducing the Floralbird:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1976-Gibson-Thunderbird-Bass-Cherry_W0QQitemZ220290692311QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220290692311&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318








It's not horrible, actually. Someone put some love in it I guess, though flower inlays remain a matter of taste. The cherry refin is tasteful and the added controls and toggle probably make sense if you are a twiddler. The tuners aren't exactly beauties but probably combat neck heaviness.

[Chris P.]

The colour is nice, but I don't like those 'tree of life' and other over the top inlays.

[Dave W]

Me neither.

PRS wannabe.

[TBird1958]

That poor thing's been floating around on ebay for a little while now...............Love the color, not likin' that Tree of Life or those tuners. Gold knobs would help too.

[JZumbro]

Wonder what the extra knob is for.....

[Chris P.]

Wonder what the extra knob is for.....

Watering the tree of life.

[angrymatt]

I kinda want it.  But I'm afraid I would abuse it too much.  Some people just shouldn't have nice things.

Also, I usually don't like those floral, tree of life, whatever fretboard things... but on this, for some strange reason, I love it.  If only this beast were going to be available in about a year, I should have enough extra to snag it by then.

[TBird1958]

Watering the tree of life.

You are bad! 

[eb2]

A project by any other name....

[lowend1]

Hey! I posted a link here to Chicago Music Exchange's website back in August, and that wuz one of the Gibsons in their stash at the time. Hmmmm...

[Dave W]

Maybe it's a consignment.

[lowend1]

I remember thinking at the time that Uwe was probably booking a charter cargo plane to take the whole mess home...