Heres one for you owners of Tbirds..

[kebo]

My next article in Premier Guitar is centered around Gibson Tbirds.  Want a chance to show off your Birds?  I need a hi-pixel photo of your
A) 60s reverse II or IV
B) 60s non-reverse II or IV
C) 76 or 79 Bird
D) Newer bird thats something special

Only requirement - no refins and all orig parts

You will get full credit for the photo and ownership from the magazine.  I will need an "ok to use" email if I use your photo..

[TBird1958]

Happy to snap a couple of my black 1977

I have others that are nice re fins too.


Your deadline for submissions?  I need a nice day here in Seattle, hard to come by so far this Spring!

[OldManC]

I have a few more and can send them in 300dpi files. This is a '68.

Here's the '67:

[kebo]

Guys, Great stuff - Heres what I need -
* Hi pixel pictures
* No refins or visable chgd parts
* A description
* Your name so I could track the basses in my files

Please mail to kebobass@yahoo.com   

[godofthunder]

 all my NRs have my bridge installed   

[godofthunder]

George that Polaris white NR is giving me MAJOR GAS    Major Gas............................. man that would be a great name for a band. 

[stiles72]

High res photos on their way...

Stock 2008 Studio 5 String & '63 Ampeg B-15 Portaflex



Stock 2007 Thunderbird IV & '68 Gibson THOR bass amp

[uwe]

I win, I win, I win!!!   "One of the kindest" so to say ... Discarded one off order from Francis "Rock me like a Hurricane" Buchholz, all Korina, block inlays, replica sixties pups built by Phil Jones, then master luthier with Gibson ... Need I say more?








My preciousssssssss ...

[Denis]

Damn!

[lowend1]

Damn you, Uwe!
All I have is my long time pal, a black Bicentennial. Will send hi-res and description...

[uwe]

 

You guys all have nice and perfectly eligible TBirds I'm sure, mine just proves that not everything from the eighties and later is crap. A sentiment sometimes prevalent here.

I played that bass recently at a gig, swapping between songs with my natural Bicentennial. Same setting of (Marshall) rig loaned from other band ("I only play my rig!" is for guitarists and girls, real men get on with the job as long as the darn thing works!). Listening to the (not very high quality) of audio track of the video now I realize that the Korina Bird sounded more even all across the board and had more prominent sustain. The Bicentennial sounded nice, but you couldn't hear everything I played, especially the low range parts didn't cut through.

One more reason to play upper range stuff only!!! Old habits die hard.

[Freuds_Cat]

("I only play my rig!" is for guitarists and girls, real men get on with the job as long as the darn thing works!).

I'll bite!

I will only play my rig or those of a few hand selected players that I can trust. Not due to sound as might be expected. I can comfortably get a servicable (at worst) sound out of 99% of anything I've ever played through. BUT, I have had a very high percentage of bad gigs with idiots blowing whole rigs or even just speakers before I get on to stage and the last time this happened I ended up playing with only the FOH sound as my monitor. I've got a great rig and I'm getting too old to put up with that crap any more when it takes less than 2 mins to set my rig up.   /end rant   

[Basshappi]

all my NRs have my bridge installed   

New bridge or not, you've got to submit a pic of your Lefty NR!

[mc2NY]

I win, I win, I win!!!   "One of the kindest" so to say ... Discarded one off order from Francis "Rock me like a Hurricane" Buchholz, all Korina, block inlays, replica sixties pups built by Phil Jones, then master luthier with Gibson ... Need I say more?

Maybe.....but I'm close with the 3PUP Custom Shop prototype....or maybe the '86 Custom Shop TBII...or the short-lived GIBSON WEST COAST Custom Shop one built by Roger Giffen (two  down toward the bottom and white one on right.)

[OldManC]

Uwe's got that covered as well.