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Gaolee said:
There are next to no machines I have ever controlled that didn't make me want to see how fast they would go. That includes lawn tractors. And this one:
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It had no good parts by the time we were done with it, but it still ran.
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Troll Post!

I know where you are!
 
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StatusBird upper strap button installed. Had a buddy with a drill press and a bench vice help me auger out the hole in the strap button. Tomorrow I'll install the rear strap button.

The upper button can be adjusted to any of the neck bolts with ease since this was built with threaded inserts. I'll adjust the placement to where it best fits my desire to have this hang on a strap similar to my Jazz and G4 basses. If this upper button placement doesn't work it can be removed without any permanent impacts to the bass.

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theFixer said:
Now, hownaheck is it, that every pic you post shows us a bright beautiful sunny day, when the rest of the world is convinced it grey & rainy there all the time??? Is this some kind of cover up to keep the "imports" away???
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One of those strange bylaws. It is actually illegal to operate a camera in Seattle when it is raining.
 
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Nocturnal said:
It looks like the nut width is the same on the 4 and 5. The 4 string is 2 7/16 at the body end of the fretboard from my iffy measuring tape. When you get a chance can you measure at the end of the fretboard Larry? I had a blue NR fiver before and I thought I tried to swap necks between a 4 and 5 and there was a bit of a gap on the 5 body neck pocket.
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No problem, Andy. I'll get that for you when I get home from work.

theFixer said:
WOW!!! I can't believe what I'm seeing! That's the width of a standard modern 4 string P-bass nut... and it's a 5 string:wideyed:

Sounds like it's good 'n thick though. Weirdo_O

Do you also have the 4 string version?
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Nope but Nocturnal just posted that the nut width is the same on the 4 and the 5. Read his quote up above.

theFixer said:
I sure do appreciate ya postin' those for me:thumbsup:
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Anytime, pal.
 
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Larry V said:
Thanks for the pass, Fix. I took a nap when I got home so when I got up I took the time to take a couple of pics and measurements.

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1.625" at the nut. The string bed is 1" deep at the nut and I'd definitely call it a C shaped neck.

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I do love the way this 5 string looks so here's a pic for all to check out. I do have the original PG but I like the look of this one better. If I sold her, both PG's would come with.
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Is that flats I see on a NR Bird?


Larry V said:
It was very exciting to hire into GM's former Fisher Body Engineering Group. Fisher Body was renamed to GM Die Engineering in 1988 and I was hired in 1990. But the old Fisher Body guys were still there and in fact we still had WW2 vets working there and not all from the Allied side. Lots of Germans, and Italians with heavy accents. If they liked you, they'd teach you. I miss all those old timers and now the guys that were on the younger side are the older guys now.

As for the work that I do, I don't design the cars or the car panels. I do the engineering that turns flat sheet metal into car panels and throughout my career I've had the pleasure of working in many different departments in die design.

I was able to be a part in Cadillac's resurgence. I did all the engineering on the CTS bodyside panels. All three interations thus far. It was nice to have them come back to me for gen 2 and 3 because of my teams success and our technical knowledge of the prior programs.

I've worked on all the truck programs from pickups to SUV's and most recently the crossovers known as the Lambdas which are the Traverse, Acadia & Enclave which killed the minivans and Jimmy style SUV's.

My favorite program was bringing the Camaro back in 2010. It was so exciting to bring back my favorite muscle car with a team of my peers knowing how well it was going to be received from all the automotive press that were buzzing with anticipation from the first whispers of its return. I also got to do the 2016.

Of course I did a bunch of work on less impressive vehicles like minivans, cargo vans and econoboxes. But sprinkled in there, there were cool projects like the SSR and the Hummers(I did the doors on the H2).
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Another VERY COOL story!


Larry V said:
Very true. I loved NASCAR of the 70's and 80's and watching cars that drive down the road racing on Sunday. I still like NASCAR today but it's just not the same thing with the commonizing of car templates and taking the automakers out of it for the most part.
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AGREED, now they're all basically the same shaped car with different decals for the lights and grille
 
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silky smoove said:
StatusBird upper strap button installed. Had a buddy with a drill press and a bench vice help me auger out the hole in the strap button. Tomorrow I'll install the rear strap button.

The upper button can be adjusted to any of the neck bolts with ease since this was built with threaded inserts. I'll adjust the placement to where it best fits my desire to have this hang on a strap similar to my Jazz and G4 basses. If this upper button placement doesn't work it can be removed without any permanent impacts to the bass.

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Chris,
I meant to ask if you'd like a club number when you first posted the beautiful finished shots of the StatusBird (I was away to the wilds of Sequim, WA at the time), so, number?
 
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Nevada Bob said:
Larry V, your NR is just plain cool, thanks for posting.
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Thanks, NV!

Nevada Bob said:
I'm like you guys. When I was a kid, life was cars, bikes, skiing and music. I spent a good bit of time working at a Ducati dealer, back in the day.
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I love Ducatis but have never owned a motorcycle.

Nevada Bob said:
I'm just now getting to music, only been taking lessons for a few years.
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I got into playing bass in 2012 when I bought a used Ibanez 300. It was my first stringed instrument. A few months later I bought my 2013 Gibson TBird and found this group of enablers on TB. The rest is history, a short history of TBird acquisition.

I'm no good at playing and I know it. I blame it on starting too late and the fact that I don't have the time to invest in taking it to the next level. Still I persist and enjoy playing when I can and I really enjoy playing with my kids that are way more talented than me at such young ages.

Here's one I managed to get through without screwing up too bad and I know we need a singer, LOL.



I'll keep doing it as long as it keeps being fun. :)
 
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MCF said:
Would love to see the 67 Charger. My brother had a '66 with the 383 4 barrel. Nice car in a straight line. The hatchback was convenient for sneaking kids into the drive-in.
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That's what mine has in it. I'll try to find a half decent picture of it.
My dad and I always judge the size of a trunk by how many people we think could fit in the trunk. When my dad had his 66 Satellite back in the day I think he said he could fit at least 5 people in the trunk, for that reason.
 
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Dr_Feelgoood212 said:
That's what mine has in it. I'll try to find a half decent picture of it.
My dad and I always judge the size of a trunk by how many people we think could fit in the trunk. When my dad had his 66 Satellite back in the day I think he said he could fit at least 5 people in the trunk, for that reason.
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We had a '72 Satellite in the family fleet. It was a pretty good drive-in car too.
 
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MCF said:
We had a '72 Satellite in the family fleet. It was a pretty good drive-in car too.
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When my dad and I rebuilt the engine we kept all the stuff in the trunk excluding the engine block but that was due to weight. Plus we had a second set of cylinder heads, pistons w/ connecting rods, and possibly a second crankshaft too... WITH ROOM LEFT OVER
 
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Larry V said:
Thanks, NV!



I love Ducatis but have never owned a motorcycle.



I got into playing bass in 2012 when I bought a used Ibanez 300. It was my first stringed instrument. A few months later I bought my 2013 Gibson TBird and found this group of enablers on TB. The rest is history, a short history of TBird acquisition.

I'm no good at playing and I know it. I blame it on starting too late and the fact that I don't have the time to invest in taking it to the next level. Still I persist and enjoy playing when I can and I really enjoy playing with my kids that are way more talented than me at such young ages.

Here's one I managed to get through without screwing up too bad and I know we need a singer, LOL.



I'll keep doing it as long as it keeps being fun. :)
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This is great!
You're getting a great tone there Larry.
Family Jam, Priceless!
 
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