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Thunderbird Club

#35,621
kat888 said:
Epiphone purple-grey ... a bit like the cats actually. If you leave the lid open a cat will jump in and roll around on the FoxFur. Polystyrene is weird stuff - when you start cutting it you end up with more than you set out with.
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Polystyrene is closely related to worms.
 
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#35,622
Chucky Stiletti said:
My Favorite! That and Glenmorangie 25.
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Glenmorangie is absolutely my favorite. But, I'm sure enjoying the peaty smokiness of Laphroig these days. I'm going to see how long I can make a liter last. Maybe there should be a betting pool about that.

I have a friend who says scotch of all kinds tastes like whiskey that was filtered through an old Scotsman's oldest and least washed sweat socks. His ancestry is Irish, so whaddaya expect?
 
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TBird1958 said:
A lot more modelling and less layout construction than I should be doing.......but, yeah, if you think I'm nuts for Thunderbirds, the trains are a lifetime hobby.
My modeling focus is the mid '70s in central Utah, so everything I do fits that premise.

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Absolutely staggering! Your eye for detail is just incredible!
 
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theFixer said:
Jeez... kinda looks like they're pullin' the ol' iPhone routine. Word "magically" gets out about a year before the release of each new model just to get the murmur started, then every once in a while, you'll hear something about a new feature that it will have followed by a B.S. tentative release date. As the hype grows and the release date nears... they bump it back a little further and a little further. When they finally feel like the hype is near a piranha-like feeding frenzy level, they finally release nowhere near enough of them to meet the demand they've created, which helps keep the frenzy alive.

See, this is where I have an advantage. My Goth is still new to me!:smug:

I have an idea to toss your way, J.
Epiphone ain't droppin' that new 'bird until they're darn good-n-ready, and we have no way of knowing when that'll really be (I'm sure it will be strategically placed somewhere between now & whenever the proposed 2018 Gibson's get released so they can maximize sales of both). The market is flooded with earlier Epi 'birds right now. You could grab one for $200 - $350 (mine was only $225 & I'm planning to grow old & die with it! That's some pretty cheap lovin'). That puts you in 'Birdland now, without a huge investment, and makes the indefinite wait for the new VP much more bearable!:bassist::hyper:

(yes... I'm an enabler)
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I'm trying not to go for plan B.
And SamAsh in NYC has a used, excellent condition Sunburst neck through for 299.
Very high action though, love it low.
But besides being a grumpy old fart, I'm a brat as well, I want what I want. Maybe there will be a local used Gibson somewhere. It's to bad that the used Ebony Gibson SamAsh has right now is a train wreck, headstock repair and gawd awful frets for 999.
My gut says ride it out instead of being the obsessive compulsive that I am.
 
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JJR58 said:
I'm trying not to go for plan B.
And SamAsh in NYC has a used, excellent condition Sumburst neck through for 299.
Very high action though, love it low.
But besides being a grumpy old fart, I'm a brat as well, I want what I want. Maybe there will be a local used Gibson somewhere. It's to bad that the used Ebony Gibson SamAsh has right now is a train wreck, headstock repair and gawd asexual frets for 999.
My gut says ride it out instead of being the obsessive compulsive that I am.
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The beautiful thing about my idea is that it doesn't "expire":thumbsup:
 
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Gaolee said:
Glenmorangie is absolutely my favorite. But, I'm sure enjoying the peaty smokiness of Laphroig these days. I'm going to see how long I can make a liter last. Maybe there should be a betting pool about that.

I have a friend who says scotch of all kinds tastes like whiskey that was filtered through an old Scotsman's oldest and least washed sweat socks. His ancestry is Irish, so whaddaya expect?
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Next time he comes to your house, make sure he sees you pour a little Irish whiskey on a rag & start wiping down, well... any painted surface with it. He'll get the point;)
 
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