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Thunderbird Club

#288,881
dagrev said:
I like them fried and a few other ways, but I'm with you. I know people love them, but just seems like a big seafood booger to me. But I'm unsophisticated and know it. With that and and other things I always wondered about the conversations about eating some things for the very first time.

"Hey, look at this. Let's eat it."
"What? Seriously? Why? It doesn't even look good."
"What could go wrong?"
"A lot."
"How do you know?"
"Because we don't know anyone who ever ate that before."
"So."
"There's likely a reason. Like they knew better, died from it or were ashamed to tell anyone because people
would say, 'You put what in your mouth?"

Obviously most of it grew out of necessity (hunger), but still makes me wonder.
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It appears that so much Japanese food is based on dares.
 
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saltymonkey said:
I scored pretty big last week. A virtually new condition '78 TB-900. No play wear, edge wear, dents, dings even noticeable scratches. Just a little tarnish on the pickup and hardware. Even the Faultless case is mint. If it was ever played it wasn't very much. It popped up in my eBay feed one morning. I've been looking on and off for a while but a little more diligently lately. I've really missed the one I sold some years ago. But holy s#*t, I never expected to find one like this. Free shipping from Japan too. I bought it on eBay on 4/23. It shipped the next day and was here in NY the 25th. I'm blown away how clean it is. Some pics:

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Very nice score!!!
 
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@WillyW Looks like your friends are waiting for you.

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saltymonkey said:
I scored pretty big last week. A virtually new condition '78 TB-900. No play wear, edge wear, dents, dings even noticeable scratches. Just a little tarnish on the pickup and hardware. Even the Faultless case is mint. If it was ever played it wasn't very much. It popped up in my eBay feed one morning. I've been looking on and off for a while but a little more diligently lately. I've really missed the one I sold some years ago. But holy s#*t, I never expected to find one like this. Free shipping from Japan too. I bought it on eBay on 4/23. It shipped the next day and was here in NY the 25th. I'm blown away how clean it is. Some pics:

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What a fantastic bass, great score on that, Bill!
 
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WillyW said:
Finally have some tunes in the chevette… had to get new speakers too.. 32 year old paper cones ain't what they used to be.
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Because the 15" paper cones in my 54 y/o Kasino have always been in a temperature/humididity controlled environment, they still sound really good. They will 'fart out' a little below A on the E string, but I just consider it natural distortion.:cool:
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#288,891
Miles_ONeal said:
Cut the new price in half and throw in a pro refin in my color choice, and maybe we can talk.
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The days of a cheap '76 are long gone!
I have about $2000 - $2200 in each of mine, they were both beaters when I bought them at about 1K each. 48 years young now!

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Nocturnal said:
@WillyW Looks like your friends are waiting for you.

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:laugh:

White Shoe Brigade!
Property developers wore White shoes and used brown paper bags in Queensland in the 70s to get DA's approved…

"But Bjelke-Petersen had bigger problems. The white-shoe brigade of property developers, a group of developers predominantly found on the Gold Coast, had begun to attract notice from outside the state. Cracks in the institutionally corrupt government he had overseen were widening to chasms and friends were few and far between."

Queensland 1987 cabinet papers reveal Joh Bjelke-Petersen's rule crumbling | Queensland | The Guardian
 
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TBird1958 said:
The days of a cheap '76 are long gone!
I have about $2000 - $2200 in each of mine, they were both beaters when I bought them at about 1K each. 48 years young now!

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And this ol' thing is 57 y/o and seen a lotta wear. It may be in a Coffin[Case TM], but it ain't dead yet.(so far, neither am I:thumbsup:)
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saltymonkey said:
I scored pretty big last week. A virtually new condition '78 TB-900. No play wear, edge wear, dents, dings even noticeable scratches. Just a little tarnish on the pickup and hardware. Even the Faultless case is mint. If it was ever played it wasn't very much. It popped up in my eBay feed one morning. I've been looking on and off for a while but a little more diligently lately. I've really missed the one I sold some years ago. But holy s#*t, I never expected to find one like this. Free shipping from Japan too. I bought it on eBay on 4/23. It shipped the next day and was here in NY the 25th. I'm blown away how clean it is. Some pics:

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Who bought a similar one in the TB Classifieds last December? This one looks even better.
 
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MCF said:
The Ebony '79 collector, @KingFace, last posted about them in '19.
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/thunderbird-club.1056205/page-5275#post-22326327
There have been three for sale listed this year. One in California, one in Japan, and this one in Indiana. Supposedly, Gibson only shipped 7 of them in '79. So who knows. Anyway, I am not aware of a Bicentennial selling for under 3K for some years now. While still high, with that price drop, I think someone will buy it for a lot more than 1/2 of the new asking price.
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I think you replied to the wrong comment. I was referring to the $22k Jerry Garcia tribute bass.
 
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