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I saw this on eBay a couple of weeks ago. It's a Fernandes Thunderbird - it's a lot like the old Spector Thunderbirds Nikki Sixx played in the late 80s.

Link: [url="http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k129/mustang_axeslinger/lot17/mc14sixx/2.jpg"]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k129/mus.../mc14sixx/2.jpg[/url]

Don't know about you guys, but this really popped my cork when I saw it. I loved the old Spectors that Sixx played...the Spector headstock on a T-bird body was something lovely...this milks that design.

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i hate the original t-bird design, i'm so glad they changed it round and the upper fret access looks terrible on those spector style basses. Having said that however i really do want to get a spector 5 string with a right way round body

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/spector_rex_5_bk.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/spector_rex_5_bk.htm[/url]

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Speaking of TBird copies, anyone know what the guy in the Bleeding Hearts plays (if it is a copy)? Should be a video & images linked on this page:
[url="http://www.thingymajig.freeserve.co.uk/bleedinghearts/index.html"]http://www.thingymajig.freeserve.co.uk/ble...arts/index.html[/url]
I saw them at a festival last weekend. The bass has some tiny logo right at the end of the headstock which I couldn't make out. Nothing in the area you would expect to see Epi, Gibson or Orville names. Otherwise it looked like a regular TBird. Never saw the back so don't know if it was bolt on or neck through.

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[quote name='NancyJohnson' post='29854' date='Jul 10 2007, 04:38 PM']I saw this on eBay a couple of weeks ago. It's a Fernandes Thunderbird - it's a lot like the old Spector Thunderbirds Nikki Sixx played in the late 80s.

Link: [url="http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k129/mustang_axeslinger/lot17/mc14sixx/2.jpg"]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k129/mus.../mc14sixx/2.jpg[/url]

Don't know about you guys, but this really popped my cork when I saw it. I loved the old Spectors that Sixx played...the Spector headstock on a T-bird body was something lovely...this milks that design.

Much love
P
x[/quote]

:) :huh: That's my new bass..... just arrived a few days ago!! :huh: :huh:


It's a fantastic "Spector Nikki Sixx" copy made by Fernandes around 1990 and extremely limited in production. It's really well made and with a great tone! I'm just about to upgrade it with some EMG's, a Spector lookalike bridge and some Schaller straplocks..... :huh:

Here's some more pics.....




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[quote name='Buzz' post='30282' date='Jul 11 2007, 02:00 PM']Although, I suspect that would balance better out of the box.[/quote]

Actually, there is still a [i]little[/i] neckdive.... but nothing too serious :)

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