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Thunderbird Club

Chuck, I love the relic job on that bass. It’s one of the very very few I’ve seen where the paint checking actually looks authentic. I wonder if the refin was done so long ago that it naturally checked vs forced faux checking. Either way, love it and play it in good health.
thx George….was wondering the same thing and asked @JIO who will confirm when he inspects it…
 
Dang G you got the coolest basses!
Thx! I had an understanding wife that was generally very supportive of my three vices (Cars, Guitars and Guns). She felt guitars were the safest of the three and routinely encouraged me to buy what I wanted. Don't confuse great gear with talent though, there’s a reason I’m in the “Crappy bass players with Cool Gear club”. For me, Guitars are a hobby not a living. If I were a performing artist I’d have completely different gear, a lot less of it, and more time spent in the woodshed, those are actually the people I envy, we have a lot of talented ones in this club.
 
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Imagine PillO and WillyW in a Rambler station wagon, crossing the continent. It would be an epic movie. They would stop off and play two Thunderbird shows at every rest area.
And Willy would use a different bird in a different color at every show, no matter how many they played.
 
Thx! I had an understanding wife that was generally very supportive of my three vices (Cars, Guitars and Guns). She felt guitars were the safest of the three and routinely encouraged me to buy what I wanted. Don't confuse great gear with talent though, there’s a reason I’m in the “Crappy bass players with Cool Gear club”. For me, Guitars are a hobby not a living. If I were a performing artist I’d have completely different gear, a lot less of it, and more time spent in the woodshed, those are actually the people I envy, we have a lot of talented ones in this club.
I still play with old band members occasionally now so I am more of a hobby collector too. Small compared to you! I still think it is an investment as well as fun hobby. I like cars but basses are much cheaper and easier to work on too.
 
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Been out for a little while at La Perouse.

The French arrived at Botany Bay the same day, Jan 26 1788, that the Brits were hoisting the Union flag and claiming the east side of the continent. Funny how timing works out for these things.
Anyway there is a little Museum and a Monument there plus a grave site for a French Priest and Scientist, who got sick in Samoa and later died.

So it is the site of the French landing and camp, and the site of the first Frenchman, first priest and first scientist to be buried in Australia (all in one). Also, his funeral is believed to be the first Catholic Mass to be celebrated in Australia. So the poor guy, Pere Laurent Receveur, got some firsts up but not ones that you’d want.

Beautiful day, 24c (75f) and sunny.

The Brits left the French in peace for a few days while they did a few repairs and got organised for the rest of their trip. Alas, both ships were lost in a storm in the Solomon Islands.

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