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Here comes the 80's...

#222
Spectrum said:
The drummer in my first band had a Fiero. It was a cool car at the time.

Also, if you like Fieros, there is a great web series this dude made restoring a junk Fiero he bought for like a hundred bucks and dragged out of the mud. He's up to like episode 13 now and almost done, and it's so cool to see it come together over time:

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It's really weird, but I'm still mad at them for not offering the Fiero with the Quad four engine. Instead they jammed that v6 in there. I've been seeing a lot of those around all fixed up, and they are pretty cool!
 
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#223
Spectrum said:
The drummer in my first band had a Fiero. It was a cool car at the time.

Also, if you like Fieros, there is a great web series this dude made restoring a junk Fiero he bought for like a hundred bucks and dragged out of the mud. He's up to like episode 13 now and almost done, and it's so cool to see it come together over time:

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My son had one he restored. Two weeks after he had it on the road, a women hit him and totaled it :(
 
#228
VoodooJazz said:
For reasons I do not understand, while washing dishes one night last week, I suddenly thought to listen to Shriekback again (probably the first time since the 80s). Now I'm thinking of going into my studio, plugging in the Thumb NT, digging out my old Boss DR-110 Dr. Rhythm machine, and recording covers of the Jam Science album. Now if only I could get my hands on a CZ-101...
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CZ-1 or CZ-500 would be even better.
 
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#231
I dig the 80's and the instruments they produced. If you could live with the pointyness and the colors, the 90's let you pick up top quality instruments for a fraction of the cost.

I've always looked at these with some longing and a couple months ago one presented that I could not resist. Almost mint.

1987 Gibson IV with first year Thunderbird TBPlus pickups.
A pointy P bass = Clark Kent TBird.

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#237
two fingers said:
What has changes about standard issue BB basses over the years?
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the first bbs in the late 70s had reverse p pickups and the higher end models were neck through. all were made in japan.
in the 80s, some of the models went to regular p configuration and bolt on necks. production of some models moved to taiwan.
in the late 80s different pickup configurations became available instead of just p and pj.
sometime in the mid 90s some of the bb models slimmed down the body shape and both body styles were available.
sometime in the 00s some of the production moved to indonesia.
now most of the line is made in indonesia and they are mostly bolt on necks with regular pj pickups.
 
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