Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

At the time, I had a girlfriend who lived about 45 minutes the other direction. That was another reason I needed bags of White Castles for fuel. She looked a lot like a young Linda Ronstadt, which made avoiding entanglements when she resurfaced after college a bit of a challenge. But I did, and it was a good thing, because she was the crazy. That's a whole 'nother aspect of the White Castle Chronicles that probably ought to remain unwritten.

No, they really should be wrote!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Seattle's worth the trip just for the food.............. But there's so much more.

Is that where they send dead trains for a burial at sea?

 

[dagrev]

Never gave those much consideration before, but this one sounds pretty darn good on bass indeed, thx for posting.
(2) TC Electronic Thunderstorm Flanger Bass Demo - YouTube

I'm also intrigued by this one
(2) TC Electronic 3rd Dimension Bass Demo - YouTube

I also listened to the Afterglow, but I liked the other 2 much better.

I tried various modulation effects over the years and this is all I need. It's an '82 before MXR was bought out. The old ones sound better IMO than the newer versions. I'm forever grateful to Chuck for resurrecting my much beloved 90.

 

[Formula73]

Formula? Beautiful car. Oh yes, just read your avatar name 1973

Yep. It's been the coolest thing I've owned for the last 22 years. At this point, I'm almost afraid to do anything with it. It's gone well beyond the 3k I paid for it.

 

[dagrev]

Are Denny's still around?

A few are around here. Most prefer Cracker Barrel or Shoney's.

 

[TBird1958]

I had $60k of spare cash in my wallet yesterday. Doesn't everyone? But I spent it. Dammit. And if that's a V8 car with a manual transmission, I would want it, too. The GTO convertible behind it looks pretty good, too, once it has an engine and hood.

The engine was out as it was being restored at the time, all back in place now, but the car is still being rebuilt.

I've got something along those lines.
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Stunning! I love early '70 Firebirds, that is gorgeous.

 

[TBird1958]

Is that where they send dead trains for a burial at sea?

On the West Seattle side, its an out of use ramp for loading railcars onto a long barge, they are taken up the Inside Passage ( along British Columbia's west coast) to Alaska. Being the train dork that I am I found it fascinating.

 

[Stealth57]

According to Reverb, they were discontinued in 2020, which makes sense because as I was looking for them in 2021, they were still in everybody's inventories but 'on backorder'. I'd take that with a grain of salt, though, as Reverb also says the line started in 2015, but somehow, 2 of the 3 I've owned were 2012/2013.

And 2013 was the magic pickup placement year.

 

[dagrev]

There is no fast food worth lining up for.

I don't care too much what a place looks like (the people working are another matter), as long as it's good and the place is decently clean. But I won't wait in line to eat (or sit unreasonably long for that matter) nor will I pay a ridiculous amount of money for something that will be tomorrow or atmosphere I can't take with me. As long as it's clean and good, I'll eat out of the back of a pickup.

 

[bobyoung53]

Yep. It's been the coolest thing I've owned for the last 22 years. At this point, I'm almost afraid to do anything with it. It's gone well beyond the 3k I paid for it.

Putting Pontiac out of business was a really stupid thing IMHO. I have a close to 400 HP 09 G8 GT that can get 26 mpg on the highway if I take it easy.

 

[JIO]

 

[JIO]

I didn't know about that piece of history at all.
But my mom did take my bro and i to it.

 

[dagrev]

...I needed bags of White Castles for fuel.

Hummm...

And she found this attractive?

 

[dagrev]

This is ace. I've only seen pics from this before. Wetton in his 70's US movie star phase.

Gotta love how when the bass solo takes off the camera's go to keys and drummer....

 

[Formula73]

Putting Pontiac out of business was a really stupid thing IMHO. I have a close to 400 HP 09 G8 GT that can get 26 mpg on the highway if I take it easy.

This is a 455 with a muncie M21 and 3.73 gears. I couldn't get 26mpg if I dropped it out of a plane.

I made some decisions at 21 that 43yr-old me somewhat regrets.

 

[PhR75]

Yesterday I took Spooky Tooth's last seventies album "The Mirror" from the shelf but forgot to take it with me to the car. Will do it today.
Mick Jones was part of that band during their last few years and wrote some stuff too.
The late great Mike Patto was on it too, having replaced the departing Mike Harrison.

Did it and it was better than I remembered. There's this soulful thing going on, especially on this one:


Mike Patto's song "The Hoofer" could have been an old Patto song if you swap Mick Jones to Ollie Halsall (sorry Mick, no competition, Ollie just was unique).
Great playing, excellent vocals from Patto and Gary Wright and good songs. I have to update my Spooky Tooth collection with a couple preceding albums too ("Spooky Two" is in the shelf).

 

[Formula73]

So actual Tbird question:

Everybody seems to like the vintage-style eyguitar tbird pups, but has anybody tried these? I'm intrigued at the prospect of brightening up my 2016 CP with the goofy pickup placement:

Eric Custom Alnico 5 Rod,Thundbird Bass Pickup,Bridge,for Gibson Thunderbird | Reverb

 

[dagrev]

I've got something along those lines.
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Can we all visit and go for a loooong ride?

 

[PhR75]

Gotta love how when the bass solo takes off the camera's go to keys and drummer....

They keep it short too, shorter than the album version even. Wetton also changed the lyric back to the album version since the live version line "...you never told me once you were a minor" would have been to much for the American consumer.

 

[dagrev]

Yep. It's been the coolest thing I've owned for the last 22 years. At this point, I'm almost afraid to do anything with it. It's gone well beyond the 3k I paid for it.

This is as close as I can get to the hotrod category, which isn't saying much. But you can haul a lot of Thunderbirds. Heck, the back seat has more room than any '70s Chrysler I ever owned. Just about rides as well as anything I've owned as well.