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#219,241
RedVee said:
Because Ford had bought Ghia outright and didn’t get a say in it.

Ford Oz started using Ghia as the top trim line instead of XLE and those kind of designations.
So…. Escort Ghia, Laser Ghia, Cortina Ghia, Telstar Ghia, Fairmont Ghia, Fairlane Ghia.
At the end of the Falcon life Fairmont Ghia became G6E for some unfathomable reason.
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A travesty. Ford being Ford. They raped Volvo of all its cash then sold it to China. I hate Ford.
 
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#219,243
MCF said:
Awesome! The Doobie Brothers with George Mason warming up shortly after he left Traffic was one of my first concerts without adult supervision. It was at UCSB. Say no more.
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UC Sand Box...I can say that since my wife and youngest daughter went there. My wife decided to take a high dive off one of the cliffs and was found the next morning by Jerry Garcia. Has a get well card signed on the back of a HoJo's or Holiday Inn paper placemat by the band.

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#219,251
MCF said:
AftEr Donnie shamed me the other day about the fretboard on the ‘21 looking dry, I gave it some oil.

I still had the stuff out so I did the ‘13 today as well. The TR needed a tweak and I reset the string height to eliminate a bit of buzz. This is the bird with a couple of high/loose frets at 9 and 12, so getting the correct string height and keeping the action reasonably low can be a chore. It’ll be going to John Caruthers to fix that and some end sprout. I don’t want to be embarrassed by handing over a poorly setup bass to the guru of setting up basses.

Anyway I was thinking about Ken’s issue with the Babicz and the intonation fork blocking the front bridge bolt. Here’s a pic with the intonation pattern of a Babicz set for right handed play with 45-105 SIT Power Steels:
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Sorry Ken. I know being a lefty can be a challenge.

Here’s the freshly hydrated ‘13:
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That looks soooo good.
 
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Stealth57 said:
UC Sand Box...I can say that since my wife and youngest daughter went there. My wife decided to take a high dive off one of the cliffs and was found the next morning by Jerry Garcia. Has a get well card signed on the back of a HoJo's or Holiday Inn paper placemat by the band.

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Wow. Just wow.
 
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