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Thunderbird Club

#28,141
kat888 said:
That's a singular looking instrument - a bit like there was a transporter accident between a Fender Jaguar and an Ovation Magnum. 'Two basses to beam down'.
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Have always liked the (originally Guild) Jet-Star design. DeArmond (Fender owned) produced the RI's (guitars and basses) for a few years. They are MII and really nice quality for the price. I got this VGC one used for $150 - I think they were $300 something new. 34" scale, light and balance well - a fun bass to play.
 
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JIO said:
Have always liked the (originally Gretsch) Jet-Star design. DeArmond (Fender owned) produced the RI's (guitars and basses) for a few years. They are MII and really nice quality for the price. I got this VGC one used for $150 - I think they were $300 something new. 34" scale, light and balance well - a fun bass to play.
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When I was getting some lessons, the shop owner had a De Armond bass that he kept for himself. Not sure of the model but it had an offset type body and was a 35" scale 4 string.
And it was bloody nice.
 
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RedVee said:
When I was getting some lessons, the shop owner had a De Armond bass that he kept for himself. Not sure of the model but it had an offset type body and was a 35" scale 4 string.
And it was bloody nice.
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The original Guild Jet-Stars from the 60's/70's are really cool - cult basses really. I'd love to eventually snag one. The guitar version had a built in stand known as the 'crash-bar' because as interesting an idea as it was - the lean angle led to toppling. Otherwise, the way the lower bout is designed means it stands against an amp nicely - kudos there!
 
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JIO said:
It's interesting about a nut - it really depends on the specific bass if a brass nut (which I am a fan of using) sounds best or not. Most of the time it is a positive mod but I did it once on a P/J Jag bass and it sounded better w/the plastic nut. Bone is nice too and I've cut a few composite nuts (ebony/brass, tusk/brass, rockwood/brass) which I very much like -

I recently cut this brass one for my '64 T-bird after realizing the orig from the Gibson factory in 1964 was so poorly spaced. Played it for many years oblivious to this. sad :D Needless to say, with a properly spaced brass nut - the bird is now one bad raptor! :bassist:

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Spacing is everything.
 
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BklynKen said:
Interesting trivia. My college degree is in Linguistics. Senior year I TA'd a class in Conversational Klingon. I didn't know anything about the language before TAing it, but it was basically a ploy on the department to attract more majors. When I graduated I think there were seven of us.
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Used to be in a Klingon club in Vegas. We did custom outfits and I actually had a aluminum bat'leth made up. Was great when the Star Trek Experience was open at the Hilton. The parties at Quark's were killer, especially when out of town groups came in. I still remember a few words and still have
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