I unfortunately did sell it but that pic popped up and I wanted to share and say hey.
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Thunderbird Club
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Roadside stand or restaurant? See people standing roadside with cuy on a stick. Those are some big Guinea Pigs.
That is a beautiful view. You should be playing outside so that your neighbours can enjoy it too!
I think it was a restaurant, it was a long time ago and was a joke perpetrated by my inlaws, tasted like chicken
. The ones I ate weren't very big.
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Was equally surprised. Maybe it was after the crash and that's what they had to survive on until rescued. Maybe?
Looks right now.
Yeah, I thought that Bird was way gone. A while ago.
Taste like chicken?
Ah. Do you miss the Thunderbird or did it just not work for you?
Hi, I'd like to join the club with my recently acquired 1992 Gibson Thunderbird. Having always played fender basses I never gave Tbirds a second thought until I tried one and discovered how amazing they sound. This one is pretty "road worn" and has had a headstock break in its past but I wouldn't want it to look any other way. All original parts as far as I know. The neck pickup with low clanky action and a bit of overdrive sounds like warm maple syrup poured over blueberry pancakes. Or something. First thing that comes to mind lol
Nice way to roll!
Congratulations! Looks beautiful. Looks like someone put a strap pin where an upper horn would normally be. I assume you have it in the "proper" place at the neck heel.
Yeah, I don't know why they did because with the pin on the upper "horn" it just neck dives instantly and I actually got really discouraged, it felt like someone was pulling the neck right into the ground. Moved it to the back right where the neck joint would be on a set neck bass and it balances wonderfully. With the longest strap I have my right arm keeps the bridge end of the body down but now it stays put right where I leave it.
Great to hear. Now play it like you stole it.
I'm sure the queen will be along in good time to welcome you.
Birds are quite cooperative with the proper love and care.
My favorite part is how every setting sounds good- neck, bridge, fingers, pick, tone on or off- any combination is useful.
The only complaint I have so far, which is the same reason I no longer own a Squier 51 precision with the single coil PU, is that when the neck pickup is soloed you can't really get the natural 4th harmonic out of the bass. It's at that magical spot where the string isn't moving. So when I'm doing YYZ with just the neck PU, the one solo/fill that Geddy does that goes all the way up the neck and ends with those two harmonics and the slide down- I have to do the 5th->9th (I think) natural harmonics of the D/G strings instead of 5th->4th how I usually would.
Very minor complaint overall and is solved by turning on the other pickup, lol
