NancyJohnson Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 A chap over on the LBO bought one of the reissued Thunderbird NRs a while back - it was right-handed, he's a leftie, and he had it flipped to play left handed. I took the liberty of flipping his photo to convert it back to right-handed. I've been giving some thought to getting Spencer at Mike Lull to build me something new and (as we have building work upcoming), I suppose this came along at the right wrong time. It has got my creative juices flowing; the design is very subtle, it's a 'bird, but it's not quite a 'bird. Imagine this in a flat black finish (like my other two), with a two part bridge, chrome 60s pickups, nice clover leaf Hipshots. Jeepers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 I really like that! I know what you mean - “it’s a ‘bird, not quite a ‘bird” - it feels a bit RD Artist-y, which I know is a (not quite) ‘bird shape, but still... slightly different. I wish I’d bought one of those reissue Pelham Blue NR basses when they were out a few years back. Macari’s had one in the window for years after they first got it in and the price dropped to around £800 at one point, I think. Not a fan of the black p/up covers but have to say they look lovely on that bass you’ve posted - that said, if it were me, I’d be going for chrome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 11 minutes ago, Old Man Riva said: I really like that! I know what you mean - “it’s a ‘bird, not quite a ‘bird” - it feels a bit RD Artist-y, which I know is a (not quite) ‘bird shape, but still... slightly different. I wish I’d bought one of those reissue Pelham Blue NR basses when they were out a few years back. Macari’s had one in the window for years after they first got it in and the price dropped to around £800 at one point, I think. Not a fan of the black p/up covers but have to say they look lovely on that bass you’ve posted - that said, if it were me, I’d be going for chrome! I had one of the NRs. Sunburst...had issues, fell out of love with it. Saw the ones that Macari's had; we were up in London New Year Eve two or three years ago and just asked them what their best price was, but they wouldn't even consider budging. Ho hum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkHeart Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Nice that, I would leave the bridge though it would match the Hipshot tuners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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