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Thunderbird Club
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- Jun 30, 2010
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That's nothing to be concerned about. My '64 II has a similar clear-coat fissure and it's been this way for... decades. I have a pic to illustrate this somewhere... if I find it I'll post it.
It looks great. Every burst VP I've seen looks great. (In part because it's not a 3T Burst!)
We try on the best coast. I’ve enjoyed my meetings with George and Kara. And meeting those who made it to the GTG last summer.
The upcoming GTG will be even better with about a dozen of us. One coming from NY, one from Vancouver, one from Arizona, two from Seattle, and probably seven or eight of us from CA. There’s still time for anyone else to join the fun, 08/04 to 08/06 in Hollister, CA (Chucky’s stomping grounds). Just say the word and we’ll fill you in on the particulars.
This is a special “motorcycle gang” as we’ve been referred to by some in the GP.
Take Dave for example. He didn’t start hanging here regularly until some months before the GTG last year. He showed and fit right in. He even brought beer. A few months ago, he saw a rare Studio TBird become available near him. He offered to check it out if anyone wanted him to. I jumped at his offer, it checked out, he made a stellar deal and took it home for me. I can’t wait to get my hands on it.
Irv did the same for Will with a bass that became available in Vancouver.
I’m not sure of the particulars about how it got across the border and down to Seattle. I’m sure it was all on the up and up.
And Veronica is bringing Will’s VP to the GTG for Dave who is buying it.
As soon as I broke my ankle, George reached out to see if I needed to ride up to the GTG with him and Andy, who he’s picking up at the SB airport. We’ll see how I’m doing in two weeks and decide.
This motorcycle gang is truly special.
Edit: And one from Texas!!! Sorry Miles. It has been a very long day.
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That looks like a very nice bass with a nice looking case. It’s the kind of instrument that would be a perfect first bass for someone. Looking at it, I’d say the tuners might be a little flimsy. Those are probably Chinabuckers. Nothing wrong with that.
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
At his secret drop on our side of the border.
Good evening Thunderbird loving sisters and brothers, and a late happy Friday. Glad to report I am back among the living, after a second bout with covid. Not certain if I picked it up at the Gorge, or somewhere else, but crashed and burned Monday, and only began to feel like myself today. I am guessing the anti virals had a hand in getting me back on my feet. Great to feel up to picking up an instrument again, great to feel like getting out of a chair and moving about for that matter. I am happy to report the return of the old drummer to the cover band I am in (the 8 Tracks Rewound). He was there when I first joined about 8 years ago, and I am happy to have him back. We picked up a gig in a couple weeks playing a party being thrown by a local wedding shop. Need to learn some much newer, more modern material that a younger audience would expect, particularly for a wedding. They discussed a variety of songs, after meeting with the folks from the shop, who requested, among others, Lover and Sparks Fly by Taylor Swift. Hard to imagine our band covering these, but I always enjoy learning new music. It should be a very interesting gig, and could lead to other wedding or party gigs, so we are going to give it our best. Any advice on either of those Swift songs would be greatly appreciated.
I hope everyone stays well, and has a great weekend.
Border.
I hope everyone stays well, and has a great weekend.
Border.
- Jun 30, 2010
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although we’ve made significant advances in magnetics….500w (left) 50W (right)….
it’s still amazing that in well over a century we have not devised a cooler way to reproduce audio….
it’s still amazing that in well over a century we have not devised a cooler way to reproduce audio….
Great to hear from you Border! Glad you’re feeling better. And if you had to get Covid, while this most recent strain is the s*its, I understand it is not as bad as others.
I can’t sleep so I’ll chime in.
I found your Facebook page. And your website. Update the band pic on the Facebook page please. You need to be holding your beautiful NR, not some FSO.
I’m glad to see you have a female singer. I listened to your vids. She can handle the Taylor Swift songs you mentioned. I’m the father of a Swiftie and am somewhat familiar with her music. A lot of it isn’t my cup of tea. But some of her stuff is outstanding. Taylor is a prolific and very talented songwriter and if you go through her songs, you’ll probably find yourself liking some of them. Especially her more recent stuff with Aaron Dessner of the National.
Lover. This is is a slow pop love song. Probably the bride and groom’s first dance. It’s a simple song to play and learn. The bass just follows along playing the root notes. It’s a song you can learn with Chordify and watching YouTube vids.
Sparks Fly. This is an upbeat Country Pop song. Not my cup of tea at all. But it could be fun to play and will have people dancing. Again, very simple to play. The bass just plays roots with a fifth here and there. I think your singer can do a good job with it from what I heard of her on that Facebook video. Chordify and YouTube are your friends. Maybe get a Taylor Swift Songbook.
Your band bills itself as a classic rock band. If you want to play weddings, ask 20 to 35 year olds, women mostly, what they like to dance to at weddings and learn some of those songs. Whether you like them or not. For reference, Lover came out in 2019. It’s not exactly classic rock.
The 2024 Best Coast Thunderbird GTG is shaping up to happen next summer in Seattle. Hope you can make it over and play some Thunderbirds. Maybe through the ACC 360s in Will’s basement!
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My daughter is a Swiftie, just quoted the little piece around the songs to her and she gives the ‘thumbs up’ to both of them. So give them a crack, can’t hurt and you might enjoy it.
Or not.
But it might get you more gigs.
Right. I’m glad I went through several basses before overcoming my prejudices and getting a Thunderbird. It gave me the experience on both sound and feel to be able to judge a new ( to me) bass and decide it was for me.
on another note I had a memory that I verified the other day. The late Allen Collins used to play Firebirds, Explorers, and occasionally Strats. When he played either Firebirds or Explorers, he always had the strap over the upper rear bout of the guitar. Now that I have my own Thunderbird, I understand that was meant to counter forward flop. Do any of you do the same thing?
That black PG looks sooo right on this bass.
The finish cracking on the VP was quite a bit more extensive than the examples shown here. One crack started on the treble side, went up the neck to about the second fret and wrapped around to about an inch from the bass side second fret.
The super glue mess was just plain UGLY.
It might not have had a fractured neck but there are nicer examples out there. Anyway .............
Basses, well lets see, I'll start with one I just sold about 6 weeks ago. It is significant because I bought it in 1998 and it was my #1 (kinda, sorta, most of the time) for the last 25 years.
This bass had/has a beautiful neck but .... it was heavy. An early maple version (I think) and Ripper bodies are fairly (read huge, IMHO) large.
I felt I could no longer take it anywhere, as people always started asking questions, eyeing it ...............
The electronics were changed to a simple vol/vol/tone as I'm a simple guy and I like simple things.
To be continued, I only have 3 basses currently and they are nice, but certainly nothing out of the ordinary.
The super glue mess was just plain UGLY.
It might not have had a fractured neck but there are nicer examples out there. Anyway .............
Basses, well lets see, I'll start with one I just sold about 6 weeks ago. It is significant because I bought it in 1998 and it was my #1 (kinda, sorta, most of the time) for the last 25 years.
This bass had/has a beautiful neck but .... it was heavy. An early maple version (I think) and Ripper bodies are fairly (read huge, IMHO) large.
I felt I could no longer take it anywhere, as people always started asking questions, eyeing it ...............
The electronics were changed to a simple vol/vol/tone as I'm a simple guy and I like simple things.
To be continued, I only have 3 basses currently and they are nice, but certainly nothing out of the ordinary.
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Saw it advertised locally, too bad neck needs repair.
A few months ago I posted this was for sale, in need of this repair; I even thought about acquiring it, but decided that I don't want to have worries at the moment.
And guess what: it's still announced to date.
