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Thunderbird Club

#228,382
BklynKen said:
It's backwards. Only Gibson seems to make any basses in left-handed.
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Can't help you on that. Many mango seasons ago, I loaned my 66 Gibson EB-3(SS)to a guy who played lefty 'til he could afford to buy a bass. He flipped the strings, flipped 'em back when he gave it back to me. I have no clue what he bought.
 
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KaraQ said:
@JIO - looks like Scott DeVine recently got one of your favorite basses?

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Birds of a feather ;) Once you play one - you will agree. :) (thanks for the heads-up! big fan of Scott Devine)

The controls Scott wasn't sure of are; on-off/active boost/active/passive/passive (never use these passive setting, so I'm not sure the difference) The Ex-Factor (extended E string- Phil also made a standard 34" scale "Key Bass". (no capo) No one has topped his Ex-Factor in many ways. Scott said it "screams '80s..." but I would rephrase that as "...was the 1st intelligently designed ergonomic bass guitar". The shape is all about playing the bass. Wood where it's needed - contouring to address player interface, and Phils drop-D capo 32" scale neck is still amazing because it is so simple and WORKS!

Scott was correct by stating that EVERYTHING about an Ex-Factor is unique and amazing - to this day. Dated? negatory... Timeless design in my book. And he was also correct about a Kubicki Ex-Factors sound - I've said this before here, but I can hear a bass w/o seeing it and know it's a Kubicki. Long Live Phil Kubicki :bassist:
 
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bobyoung53 said:
I will forever associate the Tommy album with a jet black '58 Thunderbird, buddy of mine had one with an 8 track player in it, beautiful car, first heard it on a nice summer day in his car.

I just realized @TBird1958 would probably really have liked this car. :bassist:

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I dig that year ('58) of T-bird - in black I'm pretty sure Perry Mason or Paul Drake drove one. I know Perry drove the same year Skyliner with the hard-top that automatically folded into the trunk - awesome.

Paul Drake driving a '57 - and later driving a '63

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the '63 is my favorite T-bird.

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JIO said:
I dig that year ('58) of T-bird - in black I'm pretty sure Perry Mason or Paul Drake drove one. I know Perry drove the same year Skyliner with the hard-top that automatically folded into the trunk - awesome.

Paul Drake driving a '57 - and later driving a '63

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the '63 is my favorite T-bird.

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I remember Skyliners, you used to see them around here and there, I could tell you the year, kind and model of just about every car I saw when I was a kid, after about 1955 that is. I lost interest sometime during the 70's. Thunderbirds were my favorite when I was young though. Lincolns too. The owner of a mill in my town was a car collector and alternated driving a '55 silver Continental Mark II and about a 1932 V-16 Cadillac to his mill everyday, the thing was huge. This was during the late 60's. The Cadillac was a green convertible.

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bobyoung53 said:
I remember Skyliners, you used to see them around here and there, I could tell you the year, kind and model of just about every car I saw when I was a kid, after about 1955 that is. I lost interest sometime during the 70's. Thunderbirds were my favorite when I was young though. Lincolns too. The owner of a mill in my town was a car collector and alternated driving a '55 silver Continental Mark II and about a 1932 V-16 Cadillac to his mill everyday, the thing was huge. This was during the late 60's. The Cadillac was a green convertible.

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Those Continentals were cool - before they morphed into a "luxury" car. Joni Mitchell is seen getting into one in this classic Santa Barbara County Bowl vid at 12:31 - as a cyclist who commonly rides the roads of Marin/Mt Tam..., I saw this car on one of my rides. As rare as they are - it was unlikely anyone but Joni.

 
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JIO said:
Those Continentals were cool - before they morphed into a "luxury" car. Joni Mitchell is seen getting into one in this classic Santa Barbara County Bowl vid at 12:31 - as a cyclist who commonly rides the roads of Marin/Mt Tam..., I saw this car on one of my rides. As rare as they are - it was unlikely anyone but Joni.

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It used to was one could tell the make of a car from ~100 yards. Now, with everything being "aerodynamic", I can't tell one from another 'til I can read the nameplate.
For example, I could identify a "shoebox" Ford(49-51)by the grille from ~100 feet; same with the 52-54 Fords. And it was similar for other makes/models. Even cars with the same basic bodies(Ford/Mercury; Chevy/Olds/Pontiac; DeSoto/Dodge/Plymouth)had different front end treatments or taillights.
Caddies, Lincolns, and Imperials were all separate.
 
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