I think they speak English there....
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Thunderbird Club
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Cheers y'all, first post in a long while, even though I came silently lurking from time to time.
Actually haven't played bass for almost 2 years, but an upcoming project got me wanting to give the Goth FenderBird a facelift.... she'll still be white, but a nicer white. Picks-ups, knobs and Goth PG are black.
Actually haven't played bass for almost 2 years, but an upcoming project got me wanting to give the Goth FenderBird a facelift.... she'll still be white, but a nicer white. Picks-ups, knobs and Goth PG are black.
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A bass called Brian
www.coololdguitars.shop
1990's Brian (by Bacchus Japan) Thunderbird Bass (Ocean Turquoise)
Are you a Brian? Do you have a bass-playing Brian in your life? Brian were a subdivision of Bacchus and were made in China and Korea mainly in the 90's and 00's. This is a beautiful Thunderbird offering with an Ocean Turquoise finish on the body and neck along with a rosewood fingerboard and a...
www.coololdguitars.shop
A bit far for me to drive(since I don't fly).A bass called Brian
1990's Brian (by Bacchus Japan) Thunderbird Bass (Ocean Turquoise)
Are you a Brian? Do you have a bass-playing Brian in your life? Brian were a subdivision of Bacchus and were made in China and Korea mainly in the 90's and 00's. This is a beautiful Thunderbird offering with an Ocean Turquoise finish on the body and neck along with a rosewood fingerboard and a...
One of these was featured in the most recent Vintage Guitar magazine. As a teen, I wanted one of these or something similar. Never could afford it (I was bad at saving up).
www.wmguitars.com
1964 Teisco 'Orbit Four' SS4L (Version 5)
This Teisco was branded 'Orbit Four' for the UK Market spesifically back between 1962-64. It's a rare beast and part of the WM Guitars Museum.
www.wmguitars.com
Nope. Extra [whatever drug knocks one out-for 14+ hours].
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I remember that one- that's gping back a ways. It may be the first commercial co-op of a known pop tune where they used the original lyrics-
The real version. But I’d have to track him down. Let the hunt begin.
And sometimes it's a bit overblown by third parties. Who hasn't offended someone at one time or another without really intending to? And if you don't hear it from the offendee in their own words, how do you know how true it is?
Wonder if one of them inspired "You're No Good"? Loved that song as a kid when it came out in 1975. Great production and guitar sounds inspiring me to want to play. And reminiscing it was about the same time that "Philadelphia Freedom" came out.
It occurred to me that the brethren might appreciate this doc on the music scene in Laurel Canyon in the 1960's. Despite the connotation of the title, there is a lot of cool history and footage of the shakers and makers in the early days of that music scene, including some bits on Zappa.
What particular fact that struck me in particular- Laurel Canyon was a favorite of burgeoning musicians and artists because it was cheap to live there!
Also this one on the Greenwich Village scene in the 60's.
I'm thinking my Jazz bass neck saga has just opened a can of worms and these various posts on refinishing were the can opener-
It got me to thinking about purchasing unfinished parts, except perhaps the necks which often come finished and build a frankenjazz or other body style- along with the Trian Porter interview where he talks about his Franken Jazz basses,
On my parents property is a large barn with three bays that used to be a wood workshop before the purchased the property. Dad himself had a wood lathe, bandsaw, drlll press and table saw.
While I have minimal wood working skills, I believe I could learn to put a finish on a guitar body, having spent many hours performing fiberglass work on my self boat. Although I ultimately went with paint I did bring some areas with gel coat to a mirror finish with wettable sandpaper down to 3000 grit.
I own a couple of 3M respirators with extra P100 cartridges and a Makita buffer. The only thing I regret is I gave away my gallon jug of 3M Imperial buffing compound wihen I decided to with paint, as gel coat is a pain to apply apart from small area repairs.
Figure I need to get a small compressor, water separator, and paint gun, and put together some kind of spray booth. Or in the right conditions I may be able to hang the hardware from a tree as in your photos-
Any pointers or instructional literature recommendations would be appreciated- from various postings I know there's a lot of you endowed with an uncanny amount of technical and practical sense.
This is the building - might set up the booth in the far bay to the right which is separated by wall with one entrance to the main bay- I could move some stuff around and set up toward the back-
Overall it's a pretty spacious place- these shots are of the first and second bays from the inside- in the second pic you can see the wood lathe against the wall- perhaps I can shuffle things around and set up there -
Also further to the right, seen to the right of the tractor steering wheel is a door that opens into is a store room around 8 x 6 feet - perhaps that couldt work as a paint booth-
At any rate, it wouldn't necessarily a permanent structure, just something to allow me to try it out and see how I like it-
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One of the Warwick Forum members has a band called "Uneven Stephen+
That’s a fun doc. It was cheap and close to the studios. It attracted all kinds of wannabes, like Manson. Once the money came in, those who could hightailed it to Malibu.
I haven't finished anything in years. Have made cabinets and furniture that required finishing, but that's been years. Repaired rust and painted an area of a car decades ago as well. Even fixed a whole in a fiberglass boat and painted it. I didn't put the hole in it. Bought it cheap and fixed the boat up.
I'll PM some things I found helpful later. One guy from Canada in particular. (Not Irv--who also should make videos in addition to everything else he does!) Good refresher since I haven't done anything like that in decades. The guy does nice work (cabinet/furniture maker by trade I believe), and doesn't go on with a bunch of needless nonsense or tries to impress 14 yr olds on the internet with idiot talk/filler. Just gives good information and admits and shows where he should have done something differently.
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Pics loading slow on TB or is it just me?
