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[rantingranger]

Hey, kids: meet the new Thunderbird! Do you like it better with a little mystery ...

Comments

[fuggler]

I vote for mystery. It just looks jiggier.

[rantingranger]

I just screwed it back on. The naked bass looked odd to me at first, but I attributed that to the fact that I know what these basses "should" look like. I kind of got used to it, but the pickguard doesn't look as silly as I thought, either.

[herrgooch]

I also prefer the Thunderbird with the pickguard. Maybe if the finish was opaque, it could go without, but that's just too much woodgrain.

[rantingranger]

I just slapped the pickguard back into place, for reasons detailed above.

[herrgooch]

Also, I like the Thunderbird (and Firebird) icons. :-)

[rantingranger]

Likewise.

[bonehand]

Same here, I like the pickguard. And, like a good jimmy hat, It'll protect your wood.

[rantingranger]

Well, you would know, eh? ;D>

[bonehand]

I wood indeed. ;)

By the way, what year is the T-Bird? It looks like it's in great shape!

[rantingranger]

The bass has had at least two previous owners, both of whom took great care of it.

If you know when Epiphone went to a bolt-on neck for these and manufactured them in Korea, you'll have some idea when they made this. I seem to recall Epiphones having set necks just like the Gibsons back in the early nineties, but I never paid much attention to Gibson or Epiphone basses at the time. I wanted a set neck, but I didn't want to pay more, pay shipping, or not play the instrument before buying it; when this one came up just 20 minutes' drive away, I had to jump on it, and I liked it right away.

leavin somethin for the imagination

[dead_terrapin]

That's MY vote......always leave 'em wantin more.....

Re: leavin somethin for the imagination

[rantingranger]

... and I have, I suppose, by just giving the readers what they want here ... maybe I'll swap the pickguard out again later, but for now, the little screwholes bother me enough to fill them.