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#204,141
Stealth57 said:
More like an entire salt lick.
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Be careful mentioning salt licks in Kentucky, they take it to a whole new level…
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yes, it’s legit. Apparently Mammoths used to visit the place eons ago to lick the salt from the natural springs. Unfortunately, a few of them got stuck in the muck when they went down for a lick.
 
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MCF said:
I had to turn in the beloved blue Subaru Forester last week. Because Japanese built cars are hard to get right now, I settled on an Indiana built white Outback. It’s a nicer car and because I had equity in the Forester (because of the pandemic) the payment is lower. GreAt reason to get a white Thunderbird.
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I lived in Vermont for a few years during the late 90's and they loved Subarus out there, probably because of the 4 wheel drive.
 
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Gaolee said:
Mine was like that, only ratty black. It had a double octave short scale neck that was noodle thin. You could fly on that neck, it was so small. And it was the queen of light weight bass guitars. It couldn't have weighed much more than 7 pounds or so. I still don't miss it much, in spite of the wonderful weirdness of it all. It got converted into the EB-2. That made me forget it in a hurry.
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This is the first time I realized it was a 24 fret neck. Picking up from its '50s Dano tic-toc bass ancestors. My '67 British WEM/Watkins Rapier is a short scale w/a 24 fret neck. It's a fun bass to play.

No fb markers past the 15th fret and no side markers. I installed aluminum side dots/markers. It was a basket case when I got it. (locally-Marin) It was in a corner of a rehearsal space used at one time by the Jefferson Airplane for many years and missing most of its parts. It had the broken and badly glued body (originally white), the neck (needed extensive fret-leveling), the (original) Van Gent tuners, one (original) strap peg, original string-stop, the WEM scratch-plate island, and the ashtray/cover. (very rare to have not gone missing) I sourced/fabbed the rest and finished it in a colour they came in. I got a reproduction of the scratch-plate (made of thick engravers plate) from a guy in the UK. Burns of London used the same material for their scratch-plates and neck plate. A real save as I couldn't find this (thicker) material in the US. Trophy/plaque companies offer a thinner version of the same material.

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GBassNorth said:
Be careful mentioning salt licks in Kentucky, they take it to a whole new level…
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yes, it’s legit. Apparently Mammoths used to visit the place eons ago to lick the salt from the natural springs. Unfortunately, a few of them got stuck in the muck when they went down for a lick.
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I remember seeing that driving from Cincinnati to Lexington.
 
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JIO said:
This is the first time I realized it was a 24 fret neck. Picking up from its '50s Dano tic-toc bass ancestors. My '67 British WEM/Watkins Rapier is a short scale w/a 24 fret neck. It's a fun bass to play.

No fb markers past the 15th fret and no side markers. I installed aluminum side dots/markers. It was a basket case when I got it. (locally-Marin) It was in a corner of a rehearsal space used at one time by the Jefferson Airplane for many years and missing most of its parts. It had the broken and badly glued body (originally white), the neck (needed extensive fret-leveling), the (original) Van Gent tuners, one (original) strap peg, original string-stop, the WEM scratch-plate island, and the ashtray/cover. (very rare to have not gone missing) I sourced/fabbed the rest and finished it in a colour they came in. I got a reproduction of the scratch-plate (made of thick engravers plate) from a guy in the UK. Burns of London used the same material for their scratch-plates and neck plate. A real save as I couldn't find this (thicker) material in the US. Trophy/plaque companies offer a thinner version of the same material.

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I really like those large chrome dome knobs. Are they aftermarket?
 
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GBassNorth said:
Be careful mentioning salt licks in Kentucky, they take it to a whole new level…
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yes, it’s legit. Apparently Mammoths used to visit the place eons ago to lick the salt from the natural springs. Unfortunately, a few of them got stuck in the muck when they went down for a lick.
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I grew up outside a very small town called Blacklick. Nope, you can't make it up. The amusement value only dawned on me when i left.
 
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Nocturnal said:
A question for Studio Thunderbird owners. What is the neck like on the 4 string model? Similar to a neck thru Bird? Nut width wider? Is the neck thicker than a neck thru Bird like a current NR model?

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It's def got more heft to it than a neck thru Bird, Andy. The 2021 NR neck is quite similar in feel, mine is a great sounding bass, the set neck and TB Plus pickups are a great combination.

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