Not the only thing that's long - that was an industrial accident waiting to happen!
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Thunderbird Club
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Not the only thing that's long - that was an industrial accident waiting to happen!
godofthunder59
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- Feb 19, 2006
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So this greeted me when I opened the case of my '66 custom color Cardinal Red Thunderbird II.
NOOOOOOOOO!!
Man that really sucks! My condolences to you and your bird family.
godofthunder59
Life is short, buy the bass.
- Feb 19, 2006
- 9,057
- 38,405
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Cataldo Basses, Whirlwind products, Thunderbucker pickups
I kind of expected it. It was repaired when I bought it and it showed signs of failing. Now to do it right!
You could have started with that. That would have been on my mind all day.
At least now, like you said, it can be done right.
Yes.Have you guys noticed that when you go to older threads, most of the pictures uploaded from Photobucket have disapeared ?
Max, our friends at photobucket are playing silly buggers. $400 to keep your account or photos gone
"One of these things is not like the others." Sing it with me, "One of these things is not like the others."
I friggin' loved it! The energy and your band's take on it were great!
Sorry to see that, Scott. Glad to hear you've been expecting it and it's not a complete shocker.
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Random TBird sighting at the Royale bar in S2E4 of KillJoys.
What the!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Mar 13, 2008
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Just the ticket for the upright players out there:
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Curious as to what a composite upright would sound like.
...more curious about what bat-holes sound like.
Wow, I had no idea. What else do they own?
Forty Years ago, a Thursday night gig in July at the Whisky a Go Go. Recorded on a Teac 450 cassette recorder with a mic in front of the sound booth. Steve "ThunderBucker" Soar on Telecaster. Me playing my '77 Thunderbird, fingers, through two Sunn Coliseums and two SVT 8-10s. I played all the other songs with a stainless pick but this heavily Free influenced tune needed a lighter touch. Picture, from an earlier gig, was taken by Bibi Hansen, Beck's mom.
Petty was at this show, I had to switch back to the P after this song because the front strap peg pulled out of the 'Bird. He remarked how much better the TBird sounded than the P.
Mars Cowling was also at the show, Pat Travers' bass player, although I didn't know it that night. They were headlining the weekend. He was surprised when I was setting up their sound check, my day gig was sound man/stage manager there. Nice guy and a great player. He gave me two sets of Rotosound 66s!
That's awesome, Carlo. Your singer reminds me of Captain Sensible.
Very cool!
The older I get, the more I like action as low as I can get it. It's so much easier to play. I admit it, I'm lazy. Back in the day, I didn't care that much as it was all about digging in and and hitting hard.
ya, 7 miles from Fergus. Plenty of gigs around here.
