Thunderbird Club

[TBird1958]

Right!
Now!
Talking about bass guitars, especially Thunderbirds...

Well, urmh, I just couldn't...couldn't say no, you know...it was like it found me...it struck me...

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Can anyone please tell me what it is? The seller said it could be a Greco or a Fresher (never heard of this brand before).

Neat Bird!
I don't think it's a Greco, the headstock is a bit different - Dig that pickup!

 

[bobyoung53]

Next two siblings were girls - so they were spared. And the youngest was a boy, but he never aggravated Dad or Mom. It was only me. Finally, in 7th or 8th grade, I pissed him off, and he went for my arm and the belt. I realized that I was bigger now, and so I bravely looked right into his eyes and said "Do it... DO IT... I don't care any more! Go ahead!"

I just took off the last time and it was right around the same time for me too and he realized it wouldn't work anymore, probably because it had never worked in the first place but I was a rotten kid, I had my reasons but I wouldn't want a kid like me.

 

[Stealth57]

My wife reminded me that I have had it in cheeseburgers but I want to cook it with huevos.

May I request sopa de ajo?

 

[Syd Rayne]

We have a day scheduled that we'll go through all three sets start to finish...

Props to that! At our age, I'd have trouble memorizing the bass parts to just ONE of those sets!

Would you actually be allowed to play that many tunes in a show....???? Gotta be like 2+ hours worth!

 

[bobyoung53]

I dunno:


Drinking beer in the hot sun
I fought the law and
I won

Best sarcastic version ever.

I've heard that before, I've heard so many versions of that song but I usually like original versions the best especially if I have grown up with them. I love 60's music anyway.

 

[bobyoung53]

May I request sopa de ajo?

She puts garlic in everything, good thing I like it.

 

[Loretta]

the rage discipline gene ended with my father.

Glad to read this.
It's very important to break that circle. You're a brave man.

 

[Loretta]

the headstock is a bit different

It's more slim, like the Gibson Studio. I appreciate this.

You can see the print of the (original?) tuners - "Japan".
So well...

 

[Syd Rayne]

She puts garlic in everything, good thing I like it.

Keeps the fleas off you.

 

[Nocturnal]

Right!
Now!
Talking about bass guitars, especially Thunderbirds...

Well, urmh, I just couldn't...couldn't say no, you know...it was like it found me...it struck me...

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Can anyone please tell me what it is? The seller said it could be a Greco or a Fresher (never heard of this brand before).

Not familiar with Fresher guitars but there is a Facebook page for them: Fresher Guitar

And I found a couple images. The second looks an awful lot like yours.

 

[JJR58]

Right!
Now!
Talking about bass guitars, especially Thunderbirds...

Well, urmh, I just couldn't...couldn't say no, you know...it was like it found me...it struck me...

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Can anyone please tell me what it is? The seller said it could be a Greco or a Fresher (never heard of this brand before).

Also wanna know what pick up is in there.

 

[JJR58]

You're right, it's aSeymour Duncan:

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Like the Ric replacement PU.
It sounds great - real TB-like!

HawkBucker?

 

[bobyoung53]

Keeps the fleas off you.

Yes and keeps the pressure down.

 

[JIO]

You're right, it's aSeymour Duncan:

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Like the Ric replacement PU.
It sounds great - real TB-like!

That's a Hawkbucker - awesome pu.

 

[MCF]

I get imitation smoked salmon strips at the outlet store, some veggie cream cheese, and put it on a classy pretzel or brioche bun - and it's one of my wife's favorite meals. Sorry to digress into food. Or is it digest.

You need food to play Thunderbirds. So it’s all good.

 

[BklynKen]

Props to that! At our age, I'd have trouble memorizing the bass parts to just ONE of those sets!

Would you actually be allowed to play that many tunes in a show....???? Gotta be like 2+ hours worth!

It's possible. Somehow in the band I'm in now for about a year and a half I know two sets' worth of their original songs. 29 songs.

 

[MCF]

Someone say food

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Needs more asparagus.

 

[Syd Rayne]

It's possible. Somehow in the band I'm in now for about a year and a half I know two sets' worth of their original songs. 29 songs.

 

[Stealth57]

Needs more asparagus.

There was a tray with all you could possibly want. Same with the mushrooms.

 

[MCF]

When All in the Family came out - I felt like it was Dad and Mom. So very similar.

I won't deny that he beat me for a good reason. It just could have been less bloodthirsty. Mom always said he was beat by his father, and so it instilled this evil in him, which he then took out on me. Mom, being the Edith Bunker, mostly stayed out of the way. One day I managed to push her missile launch button - and she flung an empty saucepan at me. I made my Dexterity save, and dodged a blow to the head! I couldn't believe it!

One morning before school, I just wanted a bowl of cold cereal. Dad made oatmeal with lots of raisins in it. No cinnamon - just a big box of raisins. I was not fancying it. I made some comment, which drew his wrath. Pulled me out of the chair and whipped my behind with his belt. Dammit... on a school day... and I rode my bike to school.

I decided I'd had enough discipline, and upon leaving for school, I went the opposite direction. Rage quit. To Hollywood. My pal rode with me as wingman, but only part way, and he went back home. He did manage to talk some sense into me about preparations, etc. I got to Hollywood... checked out the comic book stores... and then got hungry. I had my meager lunch money - which would not buy you anything out in the real world. And like my pal said "Where will you sleep?" the reality of it all hit me. I was a runaway kid on the streets of Hollywood. So, tail between my legs, I headed all the way back home... and it was almost dusk.

School had called home to report me as truant. I forgot that would happen. So, I got whipped for that, and sent to bed without dinner. Suckiest day ever.

My Dad had a still has a temper. He’s 91. But I don’t recall ever being spanked. Sent to my room, etc. but no physical contact. It was more mental. He could go for a whole day without talking to any of us. I know know it was untreated depression.