Greco Thunderbird II on Ebag

[OldManC]

George, your Greco looks great! Far better shape than mine.

Up close there are dings and chips, especially on the sides and back. The front is nice though. If it weren't such a beautiful burst I'd be even more tempted than I am to paint it a custom color. I'm sure yours will look stunning when you do. Be sure and do the two piece bridge mod when you do!

As for the nut, even with its 1.75" width, I find it more comfortable than the more shallow C width of the '66 P I owned a while back. The depth of the Greco's neck makes the width more comfortable (IMO, of course).

[TBird1958]

From my experience...the Orville By Gibsons and Greco's have the same pickups...The Orvilles are Epoxied on the bottom....

So the Orvilles look like the ones in the shot I put up of the 8 string? Greco's have the same guts?

[Bionic-Joe]

Yes sir!. The orvilles were way Hotter in my opinion....the Greco's sounded good but not as hot.

[dadagoboi]

The pickups in my '89 Orville by Gibson (which I got from Baz) looked like Mark's, except no serial number.


They were black when I got them.  Some paint remover, buffing and rings and they looked like this:

[TBird1958]

If I may quote Teri Garr in "Young Frankenstein"

" zis iz a puzzlement" 

[Dave W]

If I may quote Teri Garr in "Young Frankenstein"

" zis iz a puzzlement" 

[Bionic-Joe]

But..ya gotta admit...the placement of the lead is brilliant...and everything is inside...no fear of breaking any wires!!!! Gibson..if they had any Brain cells...would make their pickup covers like that.

[dadagoboi]

But..ya gotta admit...the placement of the lead is brilliant...and everything is inside...no fear of breaking any wires!!!! Gibson..if they had any Brain cells...would make their pickup covers like that.

If vintage Tbird pups were made like that there would be no way to rewind or repair one.  You'd have to throw them away like a Bicentennial or TB plus when they went bad.  They sound the way they do in no small part by having that sheet metal bottom plate which increases magnet mojo.  It also makes them completely self shielded, unlike TB plus which do have problems in that area.  Does make them more expensive to make.  Vintage TBird pups are like a small block Chevy, easy to work on and begging to be hotrodded.

[gearHed289]

D licious! Though those look more like Cs. 

[Bionic-Joe]

If vintage Tbird pups were made like that there would be no way to rewind or repair one.  You'd have to throw them away like a Bicentennial or TB plus when they went bad.  They sound the way they do in no small part by having that sheet metal bottom plate which increases magnet mojo.  It also makes them completely self shielded, unlike TB plus which do have problems in that area.  Does make them more expensive to make.  Vintage TBird pups are like a small block Chevy, easy to work on and begging to be hotrodded.

Uh...I'm talking about the Greco pickups...not the Epoxy bottomed pick ups...

[dadagoboi]

Uh...I'm talking about the Greco pickups...not the Epoxy bottomed pick ups...

Oh, my bad.

[Bionic-Joe]

The only Epoxied ones that I think are ALL TIME KILLER are the ones with the split coils...Like the broken one Mark Hills gave me...I sent it to Steve soar a year ago to analyze...and he NEVER responded to me about it..if it can be duplicated, etc. Did He ever mention that to you?? Kinda sucks that He never contacted me about it.

[dadagoboi]

The only Epoxied ones that I think are ALL TIME KILLER are the ones with the split coils...Like the broken one Mark Hills gave me...I sent it to Steve soar a year ago to analyze...and he NEVER responded to me about it..if it can be duplicated, etc. Did He ever mention that to you?? Kinda sucks that He never contacted me about it.

That doesn't sound like Steve, I'll ask him about it.

[Bionic-Joe]

Thanks! By the way..NICE job on the Explorer Birds!!!!

[dadagoboi]

Thanks, Baz!  Should be hearing from SS about that pup.