Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 (edited) I now have a third Epiphone Thunderbird Vintage Pro - this was a bit of a bargain when I first noticed it before xmas on the Cash Converters website at just £299 with the matching hardcase included. I managed to stop myself from buying it then and expected someone else to snap it up, but when they knocked off another £50 I really couldn't resist. Edited January 10, 2020 by Jean-Luc Pickguard 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 That’s a ridiculous price. And FWIW, I didn’t even know they had a website! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBass Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 5 minutes ago, 4000 said: And FWIW, I didn’t even know they had a website! Oooh yes. Dangerous information. I got a spotless 2018 Affinity P for £100, including a decent gig bag, from their website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Nice. White Thunderbirds are very cool indeed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 (edited) The best colour. Just ask Martin Turner! Edited January 8, 2020 by 4000 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 I originally wanted a white one when these were first launched, so extremely chuffed to get this one for £249 (plus a tenner p&p!). It was indeed a bargain - especially with the latest version of the epiphone fitted hardcase thrown in. I absolutely love these basses - the pickups are amazing. The wilkinson tuners work well, but Gotoh GB640 reso-lites are an essential upgrade for me as they complete the vintage look, reduce the weight of the headstock, and unlike similarly vintage styled large plate tuners they turn the right way. I think this bass still has the stock roundwounds which are now totally dead, but I’ll be putting on a set of EB cobalt flats asap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 (edited) £250?!! That’s a steal. Cool as a polar bear wearing refrigerated undergarments. Nice one. Edited January 8, 2020 by ezbass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 13 hours ago, 4000 said: That’s a ridiculous price. And FWIW, I didn’t even know they had a website! There are some ridiculous bargains on there if you look. There's also some second hand tat priced more than it would have cost new... So its a bit of a jumble sale search but can be worth it. Bought a Fender amp from them for a steal a few years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invertigo Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Just had a nosey and they have a MX19 serial Jazz bass for £320 near Liverpool... seems a pretty solid price for a Player Jazz, looks good nick too. On topic, white T Birds are a beautiful bit of kit, sounds like a bargain with a hard case too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy515 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 A nice profit no doubt for CC though - prob only gave £100 for it. They wouldnt sell it for that unless the sale gave them a decent profit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) On 09/01/2020 at 12:10, Paddy515 said: A nice profit no doubt for CC though - prob only gave £100 for it. They wouldnt sell it for that unless the sale gave them a decent profit. The bass was listed just as an epiphone thunderbird, not specifically as a vintage pro, so it may have been priced as one of the standard bolt-on models. Even though the case costs around £100 new, they probably didn't factor in more than a few quid for it if anything at all. Like most things in Cash Converters it was a bit grubby, but it didn't take long to get it cleaned up. There was a shallow dent on the back of the neck and a scrape on the lower back edge of the headstock, both of which I've filled & levelled with white milliput and elbow grease. The strings were as dead as Bojo the clown's capability for empathy and the setup was terrible with high action and zero relief on the neck. I've set it up to play a lot better with the current strings and will take it apart for a deeper clean/polish and further tweakage once I have some some cobalt flats to put on it. Edited January 10, 2020 by Jean-Luc Pickguard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invertigo Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On the topic of CC, I've just seen a 54 P bass on their website for north of £12k... I don't see that selling anytime soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 My niece's husband used to work in the Stevenage branch - they get their info from the internet - looks like somebody didn't do too much research if they thought this was the basic model. I once sold an entry model saxophone to them for far more than it was worth - they read the name and thought it was one of the more expensive range. "Take the money and run..." BTW they don't always update the website so it can still be worth walking into your local branch to see what they have - as somebody said, they often have bargains that they don't know about. Good buy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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