1967 NR Bird in Kerry Green

[stiles72]

A refinished stage bass - but nice looking nonetheless:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-Thunderbird-Bass-made-1967-kerry-green-Case-/270598371571?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Guitar&hash=item3f00eb78f3

[OldManC]

Oh My! I wonder if Uwe will be rethinking his prohibition for this one?  What a beautiful bass. That's the color I want to refinish my SB350 in.

[TBird1958]

I like it......................But I'm poor now. Working on my house. 

[Denis]

I was drooling over that this morning, but it will go far beyond what I could ever pay for it!

[Bionic-Joe]

to me, this is the ULTIMATE colour for a NON REVERSE THUNDERBIRD IV. PERIOD. The last one I painted like this is now on tour with Mr. Petersson.

[Denis]

I think for me the ultimate color for an NR would be an Inverness Green one. A photo of one was posted here a while back, but I can't find it. Glenn Cornick had one when he played with Wild Turkey.

Here's a B/W pic I swiped from Fly Guitars...


And an Inverness Green Firebird.

[tore00]

Well, I am going for it. Let's see if I can bring to my house.

[Bionic-Joe]

AWESOME!!!!!GOOD FOR YOU!!!!! Good Luck!!! They're sweet basses!!

[Barklessdog]

Great looking bass.

[OVERDRIVEN66]

     That is the very bass that I bought out of the local trader paper in 1974 for $200.  I owned that bass for 30 years! It was originally Pelham Blue and was horribly abused. It had the biggest neck I have ever seen on a bass guitar, and the neck had a crack in it from the 3rd to the 5th frets. Also, the control cavity was almost broken off of it!  I stripped it as the checking was so bad that it would almost cut you if you ran your hand over it.
    It sat till 1977 when I took it to Lay's and they fixed the neck crack and shaved the neck down to '76 Reissue size.
I then got some Cardinal Red at the local auto paint store and painted it so I could use it as a backup to my all original '66 Polaris White IV.
    I retired from touring the bass in 1981, and it sat under my bed till 2002 when I got it out and decided to refin it Kerry Green. In 2004 traded it to fellow member Bionic Joe for a '64 Fiesta Red P-Bass. Joe traded it to Scott Silver and Scott I believe sold it to Kevin Borden. Kevin had it for sale at his original store. Either he or Scott refinned it again the same color. Kevin was the last owner that I knew of. He may have been the one who sold it to the guy selling it now in Germany, I don't know.
    At any rate it is a nice, nice, player bass. All the parts, except maybe the pots are original when I owned it.  The headstock was never broken in the 30 years I had it. In spite of the repairs,which were done correctly and for the right price it would make somebody a fine bass. It's got the growly grand piano tone that some 'Birds dont have.
    BTW, I have no idea who the seller is now. Just relaying the history of the bass to anyone here who may want to pursue buying it. I would buy it back in a second if I already didn't have one.  

[Highlander]

Now that is a nice story...

[Barklessdog]

This one?

[OVERDRIVEN66]

     That's it. I remember posting those pix here on the old Dudepit. Notice the extra hole on the pickguard for the handrest on the right side. That picture was taken at the same time I had the '67 Polaris white IV that I sold to member Dave Garrity. I'm sure I have pix of it in my archives too.

[OVERDRIVEN66]

    Also, the serial number 540557 could be any number of years, but the pot dates were 1966 when I bought it in '74 and the joints were untouched, so I originally dated it as a '66, not that it matters all that much. I have no idea weather the same pots are in it now.

[Barklessdog]

This one?



Probably the best looking T-bird I have seen. It was that picture from the old pit that got me to love the NR.