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Re: Greco Thunderbird II for sale
« Reply #15 on: March 22, 2011, 08:19:22 PM »
I know...Those Orville by Gibson are better than the standard Orvilles.

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Re: Greco Thunderbird II for sale
« Reply #16 on: March 24, 2011, 04:04:33 AM »
'89 Orville by Gibson (middle), living in semi-retirement at Florida 'Bird Sanctuary.

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Re: Greco Thunderbird II for sale
« Reply #17 on: March 24, 2011, 06:50:59 AM »
As long as we're showing.... My '81.


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Re: Greco Thunderbird II for sale
« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2011, 08:11:22 AM »

 I need to shoot some better pics of the basses this year, anyway my Greco is bit beat up, but not badly so. One thing I'm a little less fond of about them is the mixture of chrome and nickel hardware and will be looking at ways to really clean mine up when it gets refinned, something that will hopefully happen later this year. If mine looks happy in this picture it's because it just ate a P- Bass as a snack, those of us that own this particular 'Bird know, it takes no prisoners!

 

 And my Orville, this one came to me from Curt (DC10bass), it's so very cool in Surf green. I don't know whose two point is on it, not likely a Gibson part. It's a beautiful Thunderbird, I recently had the saddles notched on it so I could play it out live ( I downstroke hard enough to knock the strings off the saddles easily!) , and this past weekend used it both nights on a weekend trip. It's a wonderful player and as Baz says the pickups are really hot and produce great tone, lately I'm really enjoying this bass.

If anyone has a spare Orville TRC they'd like sell let me know!




 
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Re: Greco Thunderbird II for sale
« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2011, 03:37:41 PM »
My old '93

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Re: Greco Thunderbird II for sale
« Reply #20 on: March 24, 2011, 07:14:00 PM »
Mark, I would leave the Gibson truss rod cover. It has the Old school bridge on it. I say if it had the 3 pointer, why not. But I would leave it. Carlo, I love your White Bird!!!

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Re: Greco Thunderbird II for sale
« Reply #21 on: March 25, 2011, 09:39:56 AM »
Carlo, I love your White Bird!!!

You did a heckuva job on it, Baz!  It's my current #1.

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Re: Greco Thunderbird II for sale
« Reply #22 on: March 25, 2011, 09:42:35 AM »
All this talk of Orvilles has me gas'n ............ please stop.
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Re: Greco Thunderbird II for sale
« Reply #23 on: March 25, 2011, 10:44:03 AM »
Still diggin mine. I'd like to think it's one of my "keepers" but you never know.