Thunderbird Club

[RedVee]

Yes Carlo filled out a customs declaration, but I also have to fill out an import declaration - so I'm paying them to work out how much to tax me.

Great isn't it

 

[marko57]

I'm generally careful with things, but there's always some random incident waiting to happen. Plus, things wear, age, and deteriorate in different ways. getting either misty-eyed or upset just doesn't happen to me. The only scar I even think about is the one where she broke me heart.

Then there's this guy....

 

[rodv66]

OMG!!!!!!!
LOOKY LOOKY LOOKY!!!
I CAN'T BUY IT, SO ONE O' YOU HAD BETTER!!!!
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(... and then send it to meeeeeeee *<hands wringing wildly>*)

@godofthunder59 what are your thoughts on this NR?

I put a bid on this a long time ago. it was on the low side, but thing doesn't have a case and sure it will need some work. The blue is a love it or hate it deal though....

 

[Larry V]

I put a bid on this a long time ago. it was on the low side, but thing doesn't have a case and sure it will need some work. The blue is a love it or hate it deal though....

It also has major hanger sores... wow! How does that happen?

 

[rodv66]

It also has major hanger sores... wow! How does that happen?

Think that just laying it on a table shows the care they take in interments

 

[JJR58]

Great pics! What winery is that?
My favorite of all the Central coast wines...
Sculpterra Winery & Sculpture Garden
If you get a chance try to find one of the Sculptera wines in your favorite high end wine store or order a bottle on line. By far consistently the best Central Coast wine I've found.

Scuplterra looks beautiful!
i don't remember the name of that particular winery, but i'll find out later and let you know.

 

[kat888]

If it's moody you want...

Opera House, Harbour Bridge and bin chicken.

 

[JJR58]

Did Gibson really make a NR T-bird in '13? I know Epi made one... did someone install a Gibson tr cover on am Epi here?

Doing a little search, if i'm not mistaken, i believe they did.

I should have seen the other posts first that already confirmed that.

 

[JJR58]

Status update - 3:58am EST:
Threat has increased from drool, to "FULL ON GASin'".

I don't even care how big the neck is. I'll chop my fingers off at the first knuckle if I have to.
***Condition: Critical***

The neck might be to your liking, i don't think it's going to be all that huge.
No finger chopping please.

 

[MCF]

Correct, my bad on the German note, it was late and I was tired and too lazy to check what I wrote before posting it.
BTW - do I need to ship you a can of Split Pea soup?

Funny you say that. Andersen's was a favorite late night spot. I learned to love the stuff. One of my best friends waitressed there. The Travelers' Special, a bowel of soup and bread, was a staple of my HS diet. I still regularly stop at the one in Santa Nella as I traipse up and down I5 for work.

 

[MCF]

Sounds right, as long as that's not the buggy season. My daughter wants to go on the Hobbit expedition, when it comes to vacations I'm all about the outdoors, natural scenery and wilderness which the Kiwis have in spades. City sights, art and culture are cool too but I'm just not as fond of big crowds and the hustle/bustle of city life, I get enough of that on a regular day.

If you flyfish, buggy season in NZ would be a lot of fun.

 

[MCF]

I just posted this in the "First Real Bass" thread and since it is relevant I thought I would post it here.

'76 Bicentennial. I still have it. Still have the bridge and pickup covers. Everything original except the tone pot (which froze) and the strap buttons (Dunlop Strap Locks). I didn't drill a hole at the heel for a new strap button. Neck dives worse than any bass I've ever owned. My main bass for 20 years. I'll never get rid of it, but I don't play it out anymore. I have the one in my avatar for that.

(Almost) Never sell your first bass. Particularly if it's a Bird. You no doubt have way more hours on it than on any other, and fond memories to go with it. Nice Bird!

 

[MCF]

OMG!!!!!!!
LOOKY LOOKY LOOKY!!!
I CAN'T BUY IT, SO ONE O' YOU HAD BETTER!!!!
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(... and then send it to meeeeeeee *<hands wringing wildly>*)

@godofthunder59 what are your thoughts on this NR?

Wow. On my GAS list. But already bought two (impulse buys) basses this year. Price seems decent. But she would kill me...

Hope it checks out and someone in the club snags it!

 

[Gaolee]

Then there's this guy....

Glad to see it was the Les Paul, not the Thunderbird that got decapitated. If it was my Precision, the ceiling fan would have got shredded. That's just how that one is.

 

[Gaolee]

It bugs me most in January and February, cold, dark and rainy. Once Daylight Savings kicks in it's better. This year has been a bit cooler with more gray sky tho. My weather for the next 7 days looks quite good, should be 89 without the humidity here on Sunday, when it's nice here, it seems there's no better place to be.

I don't mind the winter. The music room down in the basement has electric lights, and it's always about the same. The difference is that I don't want to go outside in January.

 

[Gaolee]

(Almost) Never sell your first bass. Particularly if it's a Bird. You no doubt have way more hours on it than on any other, and fond memories to go with it. Nice Bird!

I got rid of my first bass guitar. It was a Vantage something or another, and it was like playing a stick with a bowling ball attached to the end. I don't miss it. The second bass was the Freebass. I got it free after somebody found it in a bathtub in an abandoned house. It was a Coral Wasp that had been pretty well beat up. Non-adjustable neck. It was shimmed with matchbooks and sounded awful. I reshimmed it with a grand eight cents of change and played it for a few years. Then I was in NYC on St. Mark's and wandered into a music shop. I don't know why I had it with me, but I did, and the guy behind the counter offered me $300 on the spot for it. I don't think I had ever seen $300 in one place at the time, let alone had $300 in my hands. So, I took it. About three blocks later, I realized I didn't have anything to play except the pawn shop acoustic guitar that I had done Elmers glue repairs to more than once. So, I wandered into a shop in the West Village. They had the EB-2 I still have. They wanted $350 plus tax. I had $300. They took it. I rode the subway home to the West 103rd station with that bass in my hot hands. No case. Then walked the block and a half past the projects to where I lived. All worked out fine, and I got the EB-2 for the equivalent of eight cents.

That's the one I"ll never sell. The other two were as good as disposable, with hind sight.

 

[Gaolee]

Bizarre. The last two posts have some kind of oddball links in random places. I wonder what that's about.

 

[Nocturnal]

Hey y'all... was the Thunderbird Studio, set neck, or neck thru?

Studio Birds are set neck.

Then there's this guy....

Headstock looks like an Epi so at least it was a pricey Gibson. Sucks either way tho.

It also has major hanger sores... wow! How does that happen?

The rubber/foam on some guitar hangers react with some finishes. Looks like that is what happened here. My black Hamer Bird has those marks on the headstock and some finish roughness on the butt end of the bass where it sat in a stand. I think nitro finishes react to certain manufactures foam products.

 

[MCF]

I got rid of my first bass guitar. It was a Vantage something or another, and it was like playing a stick with a bowling ball attached to the end. I don't miss it. The second bass was the Freebass. I got it free after somebody found it in a bathtub in an abandoned house. It was a Coral Wasp that had been pretty well beat up. Non-adjustable neck. It was shimmed with matchbooks and sounded awful. I reshimmed it with a grand eight cents of change and played it for a few years. Then I was in NYC on St. Mark's and wandered into a music shop. I don't know why I had it with me, but I did, and the guy behind the counter offered me $300 on the spot for it. I don't think I had ever seen $300 in one place at the time, let alone had $300 in my hands. So, I took it. About three blocks later, I realized I didn't have anything to play except the pawn shop acoustic guitar that I had done Elmers glue repairs to more than once. So, I wandered into a shop in the West Village. They had the EB-2 I still have. They wanted $350 plus tax. I had $300. They took it. I rode the subway home to the West 103rd station with that bass in my hot hands. No case. Then walked the block and a half past the projects to where I lived. All worked out fine, and I got the EB-2 for the equivalent of eight cents.

That's the one I"ll never sell. The other two were as good as disposable, with hind sight.

Great story!

 

[Larry V]

The rubber/foam on some guitar hangers react with some finishes. Looks like that is what happened here. My black Hamer Bird has those marks on the headstock and some finish roughness on the butt end of the bass where it sat in a stand. I think nitro finishes react to certain manufactures foam products.

That must be it. Thankfully I'm not seeing anything at all on my basses that spend their lives hanging from their headstocks.