Thunderbird Club

[Stealth57]

I got two nice job offers today. Decisions, decisions. And I’ll be checking the zZounds website this weekend.

Nice to be a free agent. Want me to negotiate for you? I only take 5%, not like those thieves that go for 10%.



Congrats!

 

[PillO]

Zackly! For me, it's 7ender amps with(whatever)bass. Preferably, TBird.

For me, Thunderbird through a Traynor tube amp is the sound I am looking for...

 

[PillO]

Nice to be a free agent. Want me to negotiate for you? I only take 5%, not like those thieves that go for 10%.



Congrats!

They only take 10% because that is all that they are worth. Me, I'm worth paying 20%...

 

[PillO]

Sure, sure, that's why you're here at the Free Freak Clinic!

FTFY

 

[Tommygun_ted]

Awesome! I ordered a purple one from ZZounds a few days ago, should be here tomorrow. I’ll be tickled pink if it looks half as good as yours.

Can't go wrong with a purple bass

 

[PillO]

UNCLE!

I am not catching up from Monday. Fill in my stock answers as needed:

Ahem
Now THAT'S a melon
I'm not smart enough for that
That's what happens when you are an alien
Who's a good dog?

 

[MCF]

UNCLE!

I am not catching up from Monday. Fill in my stock answers as needed:

Ahem
Now THAT'S a melon
I'm not smart enough for that
That's what happens when you are an alien
Who's a good dog?

Wimp.

 

[BklynKen]

A pair of Lulls.

 

[PillO]

Wimp.

I plead no contest.

 

[MCF]

Something new for string junkies to try.
Olinto Super Polished Bass Strings - La Bella Roadie Club

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I got two nice job offers today. Decisions, decisions. And I’ll be checking the zZounds website this weekend.

ever gonna retire and do this?…..

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I'm just going by reality - many guitar manufacturers use their own 'numerical' system that doesn't coincide with actual numbers of product. So from those two numbers, it is only clear one was made before or after the other. I have to believe your II was brown-burst originally, as the majority were in '64. "Custom Colours" that year were few and far between. (I don't have specific #'s)

Pretty sure the ad said it was a relic’d refin.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Especially in the '60s - the guitar boom (related to the 'baby boom') took everyone by surprise. All guitar companies production were maxed-out then - peaking at 1965. No-one considered/had time to deal with "history" - they were all too busy keeping up with demand.

And I’d bet it never crossed their minds that anyone would care.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

02/09/64. A day that will live in infamy.

GI Joe showed up on the scene! Oh, and some British group scored time on the Ed Sullivan show somehow.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

so you think the checking is from the original pain? intentionally part of the relic process? or is the relic job old as well?……you’re gonna have to check it out in person…….don’t you have some cabs and spkrs to try out?…..
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I personally have no use for most relicing, but. Have to say I could love a good checkering job. I don’t think of that as relicing but more of a special effect.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Being in a band gets you all the chic's... Zöe originally from Austria (center) is a fellow bass-player who plays with a few different bands here in SF and shared the stage last Sat night with us & B-day BG Cherie.

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The REAL chick magnet!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

ah.., no... ... it was the 1st cast I ever had and as much as I appreciated all who signed it - I frankly discarded it as soon as I could.

That was supposed to be the anchor exhibit for the TalkBass Thunderbird Club Museum. Now that may never happen.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Actually was a bit of one on The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars- if you listen to this track- “Hang on to Yourself” you’ll see some proto-punk elements-

Oh, yeah.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Well done! That’s a really fun cover with a different guitar vibe. The original guitar breaks were Beatlesesque. This is somewhere between Skynyrd and rockabilly. Then the guitars at the end are something else. Love it.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Bird watch last night sorta, with Ms. Lauryn Hill…

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Somebody screwed up - I can hear the bass.