Another Greco Thunderbird...

[Denis]

Needs some TLC but looks good overall.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GRECO-TB-900-BASS-Natural-Gloss-1981-MIJ-fujigen-/110732162403?pt=Guitar&hash=item19c826b563#ht_590wt_1388

[Barklessdog]

is the hook head stock original?

[Denis]

I think so; it looks like the headstock on the Greco posted in another thread. I like the severe hook.

[ilan]

Would somebody please spare a moment to inform a Gibson-clueless guy: Why does it seem that you are all treating Greco copies like they were legitimate Gibsons?

[Dave W]

Would somebody please spare a moment to inform a Gibson-clueless guy: Why does it seem that you are all treating Greco copies like they were legitimate Gibsons?

They were made in the same factory as Orvilles, the (former) authorized Japanese Gibsons. Minor differences between models but they're basically Orvilles. We could put them elsewhere, but they're so closely related, we started doing this at the Pit and just continued it here.

[Dave W]

Besides that, in my collection of Gibson photos I have one of you playing your Gibson EB-2C. So you may be T-Bird clueless but not Gibson clueless.  

[TBird1958]

BTW, that is the original headstock.

Can't say it enough - those are great basses too!
I played mine thru my Traynor yesterday, it's one very loud angry little 'Bird 

[ilan]

Thanks for clarifying!

Besides that, in my collection of Gibson photos I have one of you playing your Gibson EB-2C. So you may be T-Bird clueless but not Gibson clueless.  

LOL... that pic must be more than 10 years old! As a matter of fact both my 6-string electrics are Gibsons - a LP Jr '57 reissue and a 1961 ES125T.

Maybe one day I'll own another Gibson bass - just a matter of time. Not an EB2 though. Maybe an SB400 or a G3, I like those, or a fretless Ripper.

[OldManC]

If the price stays right that Greco would be a good candidate for a Badbird bridge and a custom color refin.  

[Aussie Mark]

What Geroge said :-)

[Dave W]

If the last two sold are any indication, this won't stay at the right price. 8 bids already with 5 1/2 days left.

[uwe]

No they're not. As good as a neck-thru Gibson Rev TB. Unless upper register sustain on slow notes is largely meaningless to you, but then you might just as well play a Fender P.   It balances better too and has an easy to adjust bridge, not that confounding three point.

You bring me a neck thru Greco (or Orville) and then we'll talk about "just as good" and such things.    

I have to be dogmatic for once: A non-neck thru TBird is as much a real TBird as a non-neck thru Ric 4001/4003 is a real Ric. And the sixties non-revs for all their cult status here were just cheapskate loveless versions of a grand design, lacking the elegance or structural uniqueness of the original. Together with the Ric, the original TBird is the grandfather of all neck-thru basses, yet you guys seems to think that that key structural component is largely irrelevant just as long as it looks the part, has nickel/chrome hardware (btw: finish of hardware does not influence sound either) and sounds kind of similar if you play around the fifth fret. Bollocks I cry! Ray Dietrich would turn in his grave.

Rant over. I'll be nice again now.

[ilan]

A non-neck thru TBird is as much a real TBird as a non-neck thru Ric 4001/4003 is a real Ric

4000's and 4001S's were set-necks, and the 4080 was bolt-on. But must agree that neck joint construction is critical for sound, especially higher up the neck.

[uwe]

I know there were Rics like that, but it's the key feature of the Ric to me. At least someone here understands me! Generally, there is a certain "so what" attitude to neck thru here. I'm surrounded by Fender bolt-on wolves in Gibson sheeps' wool!!! 

[Denis]

Went for $555. Not bad.