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Thunderbird Club

@GBassNorth and @Count Bassie you guys are killing me here, Im dying laughing my ass off!. Either you guy's are humoring me or Im reading way too much into it I dont know.....sometimes I create fun all by myself. Could be the self prescribed meds and the booze maybe almost certainly.
Hey, as long as you're laughing! Lol.
If you're still standing, life is good, right?
 
I cant wait for tomorrows band practice, the Thunderchicken and I are going to take the sound and knock that :poop: down Straight Up Street!. Gonna giver with the Traynor Monoblock hooked up and Fuzzistor intact and punish the structure of the jam space,my bandmates, their neighbours and unfortunately their pets. No one is safe. Tomorrow we go to war!.:rage:
 
OT.
Had a good afternoon yesterday at the Sydney GTG of the OzBass Forum.
Caught up with @veebass and and a look see at a variety of Basses. I liked them all which probably doesn’t help me going forward. :)

Not in any order:
Ibanez Artcore 32”
Gibson OS Les Paul
Gibson DoubleCut Les Paul
Fender MIJ Musicmaster 30”
A homebuilt ‘tribute to Sting’ bass 32”
2015 Rickenbacker 4003S JetGlo

I chickened out of playing (touching!) the beautiful Wal.

There were also Vintage P Basses, Stingrays, Peaveys, Sandbergs etc there plus many self built basses.

Played through a little markbass, a TCE amp with Hartke HD 112, and an Eden amp with Eden 410.

Good day mixing with good people and seeing good gear; and my oh my, some of these guys can play.
 
Here are a few pictures of my '66 birds neck repair. The work was done by Ben Bruton, I am very pleased !
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Here are a few pictures of my '66 birds neck repair. The work was done by Ben Bruton, I am very pleased !View attachment 2804020 View attachment 2804022 View attachment 2804023 View attachment 2804023 View attachment 2804024
Wow! Ben Bruton needs to borrow the tagline from ServPro home and business restoration company - "Its like it never happened"
If he has a link to his business website could you please post it.
BTW - were you aware of the previous repair or was this a surprise?
 
I cant wait for tomorrows band practice, the Thunderchicken and I are going to take the sound and knock that :poop: down Straight Up Street!. Gonna giver with the Traynor Monoblock hooked up and Fuzzistor intact and punish the structure of the jam space,my bandmates, their neighbours and unfortunately their pets. No one is safe. Tomorrow we go to war!.:rage:
Give em hell Doom! And of course don't forget the pre-battle pep talk...

(In your best Lord of the Rings Aragorn voice while you pace back and forth in front of the band holding your TBird high in the air)...
"Hold your ground band mates, hold your ground! Fellow Guitar gods, Drum masters and Keyboard conquers, my brothers, my bandmates! When you look at my bass, I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of band fellowship, But it is not this day! A time will come of burning amps and shattered speakers, when the curtain comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we practice! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand proud, members of the Band, play your instruments like the fierce warriors you are and relish in the new found power of your bass player!"
 
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I cant wait for tomorrows band practice, the Thunderchicken and I are going to take the sound and knock that :poop: down Straight Up Street!. Gonna giver with the Traynor Monoblock hooked up and Fuzzistor intact and punish the structure of the jam space,my bandmates, their neighbours and unfortunately their pets. No one is safe. Tomorrow we go to war!.:rage:
I foresee a new market of earplugs for dogs.