Thunderbird Club

[SubHuman]

o-scope..

The old round CRT with a sine wave always reminds me of a 50’s -60’s SCI-FI movie.
Beautiful shape on a Tek scope that old!

 

[GonePlaid]

When our band played in a Miami Beach Hotel lounge 1980-83, we were better/more versatile than another group that was from NY. But b/c we were local and they were from New York!, they got paid more and had rooms.
IOW, everyone's "local" someplace and bands from outta town are "better".
Even now(the Bob Seger "Even Now"), we should be getting paid better, but "we're local".
Aaaarrrggh!

 

[BklynKen]

Like Seattle, I have to leave town if I want to get paid.
For what we do, I'm cool with it, band made 1800.00 rooms at the Holiday Inn + food at the last show, no complaints, we earned it.

We do occasionally get money from gigs, but not that much. I'm just happy to get some free beer.

 

[GonePlaid]

We do occasionally get money from gigs, but not that much. I'm just happy to get some free beer.

Because we provide everything (except electricity)-all amps, drums, mics, PA, instruments, etc., we aren't going to schlep all that [stuff] for $0.
As a matter of fact, if we walked into a place that had FOH, a sound "man", and/or a backline, we'd prolly poop ourselves. That just doesn't happen around here.

 

[RedVee]

Just arrived in Wellington NZ.

 

[TBird1958]

Just arrived in Wellington NZ.

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So cool, what takes you there, Geoff?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Because we provide everything (except electricity)-all amps, drums, mics, PA, instruments, etc., we aren't going to schlep all that [stuff] for $0.
As a matter of fact, if we walked into a place that had FOH, a sound "man", and/or a backline, we'd prolly poop ourselves. That just doesn't happen around here.

yeah, same here…

 

[BklynKen]

Because we provide everything (except electricity)-all amps, drums, mics, PA, instruments, etc., we aren't going to schlep all that [stuff] for $0.
As a matter of fact, if we walked into a place that had FOH, a sound "man", and/or a backline, we'd prolly poop ourselves. That just doesn't happen around here.

Oh, yeah, that totally makes sense.

 

[RedVee]

So cool, what takes you there, Geoff?

Boys weekend.
Wellington over night then the car ferry across Cook Strait to Picton at the top of the South Island. It’s right near the Marlborough Wine area.

 

[Bent77]

Boys weekend.
Wellington over night then the car ferry across Cook Strait to Picton at the top of the South Island. It’s right near the Marlborough Wine area.

Sounds like fun! Safe travels

 

[MCF]

Just arrived in Wellington NZ.

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I really hope to go there someday.

 

[MCF]

Boys weekend.
Wellington over night then the car ferry across Cook Strait to Picton at the top of the South Island. It’s right near the Marlborough Wine area.

Is that the area featured in Under the Vines? I love that show.

 

[JJR58]

FYI, a little north of Tampa.

Needs a 3rd pick up

 

[kyral210]

PSA: thank your all for being an inspiration over the last six months. Bass was my first love and my first love bass was a thunderbird. Over time life gets in the way and years go by without touching my bass. But you, this thread, have inspired me to pursue my first love. Thank you.

 

[GonePlaid]

My new motto:

 

[Instagator]

You ought to consider picking up that blue one.

And if I’m not mistaken, I think Glen also has a ‘13.

I do. But it’s not blue.

 

[JIO]

It's an acetone based paint called Tru-Color, I use it for my model trains, thinned with Du Pont 3602 Automotive lacquer. It flashes off very quickly, I shot the first coat kind of dry and slow, filling in all the color, then without cleaning the airbrush I add clear 3602 and mix it with the resid in the airbrush color cup and reshoot, this re-heats the paint while leveling and glossing at the same time, then repeat this step. The paint will flash off within a couple minutes, then I shot some clear gloss coat and repeat the process with its resid and 3602. The paint process barely took 20 minutes, including drying/flash off, it was the masking that I spent most of the 2 hours on.

I was correct - a pro job.

 

[WillyW]

Something, something, much happier with the headstock now.

that does look quite nice, I wonder if the blue and purple sparkles would benefit from the same treatment…

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

sounded deceptively vintage configured with winders and chromes…

 

[GBassNorth]

yep, mine’s a keeper…. in fact, prefer it to the 2021s I’ve tried….
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I’ve not tried a 2013 NR yet. What do you like more about it than the later 2021 NR?