Thunderbird Club

[JIO]

Gonna seem weird not making a Banzai Road Trip to Hollister this summer!

Memorable doesn't begin to describe it!

 

[Stealth57]

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Not sure how a function key helps

 

[JIO]

Love that flick.., Monkey Boy!

 

[JIO]

I'm going to airbrush it black and gloss it at it's first string change.

 

[SubHuman]

Pelham is actually pretty blue-

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In warm light, it can appear a bit toward green-blue.
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Ok JIO what is that beauty? The basses you show never cease to amaze me!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

testing the new Webers….sure feels good to be back…..
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And?

 

[JIO]

Gonna seem weird not making a Banzai Road Trip to Hollister this summer!

Let me know if you 'do this thing' (you only live twice!) - I'll ride my VFR down there to hang with you all! (Frank can take the 800 out for a test-ride!)

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Has anyone seen those new Epiphone 64 tinderbird bases?

Not live, alas.

 

[GonePlaid]

Assuming one winding averages 4” around, that’s 8,333 ft. If a winding averages 5”, that’s 10,417 feet. So almost 1.6 miles to almost 2 miles (or from 17,112 1/7 femters to 6 pickles in metric).

Finally! A clear explanation of metric!

 

[Rickplaysbass]

Assuming one winding averages 4” around, that’s 8,333 ft. If a winding averages 5”, that’s 10,417 feet. So almost 1.6 miles to almost 2 miles (or from 17,112 1/7 femters to 6 pickles in metric).

I may or may not have done the same thing but gotten distracted before I posted it. Lolol

 

[WillyW]

Not live, alas.

so here I am trimming back to the essentials and shaging epiphone…

I was going to be happy with my epi cp fretless and my gibstone nr fretless…. and no other birds….

I have not looked to see what colours are available and I’m not going to look.

 

[JIO]

Ok JIO what is that beauty? The basses you show never cease to amaze me!
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I called it the Teisco Blue-Bird - Epi Custom shop T-bird neck in Pelham blue and matching Pelham blue/trans-tobacco finish by Pat Wilkins. I sculpted the torrified ash body (based on a '60s Teisco Del Rey short-scale Jazzmaster/Jaguar referenced body design) w/T-bird pu's/ '64 IV positioning, Ibanez string-thru individual bridge units & VVT passive harness. It just sold this week so someone's going to be a happy camper. It ships as soon as a new HSC for it arrives. (on Friday)

 

[SubHuman]

1964 Glen Buxton, John Speer on drums, Alice Cooper, John Tatum on guitar and Dennis Dunaway on bass. Their 1st band The Earwigs.

 

[Ringhammer]

My most dangerous years were a lot younger. Fortunately I got away from that lifestyle.

Oh I started all that in roughly 1978 (middle school), and it didn’t end until 2004. This past Tuesday was the 20 year anniversary of my “bottom”. The day I got arrested. Luckily I beat my case and learned my lesson, the hard way but the first time, and started the process of getting my together.

 

[JIO]

Finally! A clear explanation of metric!

Is metric like Meta-trick?

 

[JIO]

1964 Glen Buxton, John Speer on drums, Alice Cooper, John Tatum on guitar and Dennis Dunaway on bass. Their 1st band The Earwigs.
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Awesome! Here's my 'less famous' version from 1966 -

 

[WillyW]

Maybe more of a collectors bass - but a pretty cool, essentially NOS Gibson-related bass from 1966. As someone who appreciates restoring basses from the '60s, especially the late '60s - I'd consider their asking price pretty reasonable ATC.

1966 Kalamazoo KB-1 Bass Guitar Made By Gibson MINTY w/ Original Case | eBay

I had to do a search to find out who to blame….

And I was going to ask your opinion on it…

 

[JIO]

I had to do a search to find out who to blame….

And I was going to ask you opinion on it…

I know one (later professional) player of around my age who played one as his 'first bass' and he is very nostalgic about it. To this day he only plays (32") medium-scale basses. That bass looks similar to the Fender Mustang and Musicmaster short-scale basses from that same time, and was targeted to the same audience. (novice teen players) Wasn't aware they were heavy having never held one - but I dig how they look.

 

[WillyW]

I know one (later professional) player of around my age who played one as his 'first bass' and he is very nostalgic about it. To this day he only plays (32") medium-scale basses. That bass looks similar to the Fender Mustang and Musicmaster short-scale basses from that same time, and was targeted to the same audience. (novice teen players) Wasn't aware they were heavy having never held one - but I dig how they look.

I want a mudbucker but I really don’t want an EB3 and I haven’t found an EB0 that appeals to me.

If the richard simmons EB was closer (below) the price of the tbird I would have gotten one of those.

I messaged them and asked what they would accept an offer on and got it cheaper than I expected.

a couple months ago sold a bass but bought another then a few weeks ago I traded one bass for another, then I finally sold another and was so proud of myself but then I bought two more…

 

[SubHuman]

I know one (later professional) player of around my age who played one as his 'first bass' and he is very nostalgic about it. To this day he only plays (32") medium-scale basses. That bass looks similar to the Fender Mustang and Musicmaster short-scale basses from that same time, and was targeted to the same audience. (novice teen players) Wasn't aware they were heavy having never held one - but I dig how they look.

The only problem with the KB-1 series of basses is the bodies are pressed wood or a particle board material. That is indeed a rare find because most of them literally fell apart if the body was subjected to any damage. I bought an SG bass KB-1 and could only salvage the neck and Gibson Mudbucker with the wiring harness. The body was literally falling apart.