New Paint on an Orville Thunderbird

dc10bass · March 13, 2009, 07:19:04 PM

Here it is...
These shots really bring out it's true green color rather than the blue seen in the previous pictures... don't understand why it looked so blue?
I used a better camera and lighting for these shots.

The Good News - it is finally done, looks and plays awesome!
The Bad News - due to me being laid off from automotive CAD design here in Detroit since November, I must sell it.

pbrocker56 · March 13, 2009, 07:48:09 PM

Love it. Always wondered what a Bird would look like in a more surf color, looks great!

shadowcastaz · March 13, 2009, 09:56:16 PM

I did a fender p bass some years ago and used the reranch tinted nitro. It came out a similar green . I got laid off in jan .it really sucks. hang in there ,the downward spiral should end soon . I got my stable lined up to sell any week now.

sorry for the Fe#@$* content.

Barklessdog · March 14, 2009, 05:09:16 AM

Sorry to hear about being laid off.

Really nice bass. I doubt you will have problems moving it.

Bionic-Joe · March 14, 2009, 06:40:11 AM

I was a model maker at a pro design firm here in Chicago and laid off the day before Thanksgiving. Then rehired a few days later as the Maintenance man for way less money. But it's a job. I know how you feel. Hang in there. Try to sell other stuff you have if you can. Don't even know if you would get your money's worth with that bass, even though it looks so nice.

gearHed289 · March 16, 2009, 08:39:21 AM

Quote from: tubehead on March 13, 2009, 01:53:47 PM
thats a cool colour,it compliments the wood of the fingerboard nicely.i like it.

+1!

gearHed289 · March 16, 2009, 08:44:34 AM

Quote from: dc10bass on March 13, 2009, 07:19:04 PM
Here it is...
These shots really bring out it's true green color rather than the blue seen in the previous pictures... don't understand why it looked so blue?
I used a better camera and lighting for these shots.

The Good News - it is finally done, looks and plays awesome!
The Bad News - due to me being laid off from automotive CAD design here in Detroit since November, I must sell it.

That sucks. People losing their jobs left and right.....

I dig the more green look. Serious about selling?

dc10bass · March 16, 2009, 08:54:10 AM

Quote from: gearHed289 on March 16, 2009, 08:44:34 AM
That sucks. People losing their jobs left and right.....

I dig the more green look. Serious about selling?

Thanks...
Yes, I can't believe after 15 years of doing the same thing that it's sooo hard to find work!

...and yes, I'm serious about selling it.
I'ts either sell the Orville TBird or the 1962 EB-3... and at this point I just can't bring myself to sell the EB-3!

gweimer · March 16, 2009, 09:34:38 AM

Quote from: Dave W on January 11, 2009, 08:19:43 AM
I think fattychugs bought that one and probably still has it. That's the one that was once owned by Tom Petersson.

I thought that was the one that Tom gave him. I could be wrong.

Dave W · March 16, 2009, 09:36:43 AM

It was the one Tom gave him, but he (Steve) sold it during one of his earlier financial crises.

gweimer · March 16, 2009, 10:31:14 AM

Quote from: Dave W on March 16, 2009, 09:36:43 AM
It was the one Tom gave him, but he (Steve) sold it during one of his earlier financial crises.

Yeah, I remember that one.

shadowcastaz · March 16, 2009, 04:21:13 PM

Yeah 22 years as a hotel chef...ding... new job as an instructor at a culinary college,3 mos....enrollment down ....ding round 2... never saw the punch coming.Wife has a great job(for now) . Just paid off my house because the market sucks and I dont have to come up with the grand each month while Im unemployed.
Im lining up my herd to see who goes. I know there is a G3 and a godin fretless headed out pretty soon .
I got enough Ho's that I dont the the origional s anymore...I guess.
Hang in there man , your not alone. there are lots of us in the same boat. Im glad I worked as hard as I did for all those years. Id hold onto both as long as I could.M