Thunderbird Club

[Haji]

Rat Bones is an OLD old school logo for Powell-Peralta, a manufacturer of skateboards. Their skate team was called the Bones Brigade and Rat Bones was one of their logos. There's a really good documentary on Netflix about the Bones Brigade.

 

[wolfkeller]

I remember something about that from my bmx freestyle days! 87 gt pro performer!

 

[Nocturnal]

Weren't Rat Bones wheels? I used to skate back in the "old days" when Dog Town, Powell, and Alva were new. Damn I feel old now

 

[Haji]

You're old like me, WK!

 

[bahia0019]

I remember something about that from my bmx freestyle days! 87 gt pro performer!

Yeah man! GT! I rode freestyle after I skated (in middle school). Wasn't super great, so I ended up photographing. Shot people like Dave Voelker who rode for Dyno, The Real McCoy, etc.
Was even published in BMX Magazine.

Rat Bones is a throwback to those days when I had to replace my shoes every few months from the grip tape wearing through them.

 

[Haji]

Have you seen what repro Bones Brigade shirts go for now? Dang...I'm in the wrong business...and most of what we make ends up with the military!

 

[wolfkeller]

Check it out, 87 gt I built for my son! Us bass players ain't totally useless!

 

[ThaCoast]

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Finally got my Rat Bones sticker today, so it's time for a little visual upgrade to the T-bird.
Took off the pickguard too. Now I need to find a way to fill in the holes so it all looks right. Any ideas?

Awesome. Use tooth picks and glue pretty much.

 

[bahia0019]

Check it out, 87 gt I built for my son! Us bass players ain't totally useless!

Sweet! No chainguard either. That boy is gonna get his jeans eaten, and grow some character. Not like those other kids that grow up into big a$$ pu$$ies because their parents make them wear helmets to ride in the driveway.

 

[bahia0019]

Awesome. Use tooth picks and glue pretty much.

Thanks! I was more interested in have the color match though. Any ideas for that?

 

[wolfkeller]

These are the things that most convince me that key doesn't matter. I used to do this regularly with songs I wrote with a particular female singer. Her voice always sounded better if we sped the tape up and effectively transposed everything up a semitone.

Nowadays, when I play along to thing on the radio/TV I quite often find songs where I'm convinced that the same thingh has been done - instruments recorded in one key and then "shifted" to fit the vocalsm which are a seme-tone or less "out".

None of that crap! $225 for powder coating!! No guard, reflectors, lid or other lameness. Just ride n roll

 

[Reservoir Dog]

Well the brown truck left me a present yesterday , here are a few crappy cell pics of my trans black T-bird pro. I will try to get some gig pics this weekend . The bass and case could both pass for new.

 

[bahia0019]

Well the brown truck left me a present yesterday , here are a few crappy cell pics of my trans black T-bird pro. I will try to get some gig pics this weekend . The bass and case could both pass for new.

That's a sexy b!tch!

 

[jd56hawk]

Well the brown truck left me a present yesterday , here are a few crappy cell pics of my trans black T-bird pro. I will try to get some gig pics this weekend . The bass and case could both pass for new.

It was a coin flip for me whether I'd get the Pro IV in the natural oil stain or the trans black. I chose the natural but the black looks great. If only they had it with the red thunderbird on the pickguard I might've bought the trans black. Never knew I could find one on the internet…though I should've known.
Are you going to change strings or are you happy with the ones on it now?

 

[Reservoir Dog]

Its like nothing I have ever played before , gonna take some getting used to . I bet I adjusted the strap 10 times before I got to a position I was comfortable with. I has to be slung low to work for me . It came with a good strap and strap locks , that was a nice , set up and intonation are pretty good. My spector and Pbass are my main players in that order , but I think this will be a nice change of pace every once in a while . Dye my hair jet black put on some eye liner and get my goth on.

 

[ThaCoast]

Thanks! I was more interested in have the color match though. Any ideas for that?

Either a water based stain would work, since they come in a variety of colours. I use Saman, it's great. Invalid Link Removed. the 128 recipes are mix and match of different stains, maybe one will resemble your birds burst color. Good luck

 

[Reservoir Dog]

Hey jd56hawk, Bought it off ebay used from a music store , The guy there said he put a new set on it . I'm gonna call to see what they are . I just put boomers on my old 79 Ibanez but Roto 66 is my fave , thats what the bird will get next. 45-105

 

[ThaCoast]

Doweling process started and complete. 1/2 diameter dome dowels. now wood filler to fill the little gap left Then it's black stain/paint and possibly a whole gloss body afterwards. Once again, i can't wait to start playing her again. It always seems there's something other that i must do to her, which takes her out of the spotlight for a while. Oh well, another week of work on her, more or less, afterwards she'll be finished until i get the gotoh tuners for her (stock ones are pretty much shot)

 

[Reservoir Dog]

Just called the guy at Dave Phillips music in NJ where I bought the bass , he said they put a cheap brand on them to sell , Hartke 45-105 , didnt even know Hartke had a line of strings.

 

[Haji]

I didn't know that until relatively recently. They're a whole lot less expensive than everything else (roughly $10 a set, I think) but I've not played them. Give 'em a shot and see what you think; there's nothing wrong with spending half as much on strings!