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Thunderbird Club

I'll never envy you the drive or the destination, you are, sir, a courageous man!

The girl needs to see her family, so sometimes you gotta take one for the team
Kinda like when we got a cat. I didn’t want a cat. She wanted a cat. So we compromised and got a cat :)
 
Finally hit South Dakota, but have a ways to go yet. Was looking on the Nashville CL and saw an SVTII non pro for $900. Getting warmer. When I was a kid, the Mesa 400+ and the SVTII np were two of my favorite amps. Looks to be in nice shape too
 
We’re at the end of the year, and the band is now doing nothing until 2018, so I thought i’d Leave you with one of our more bass-driven tunes. Sadly this has me on most vocals, but we’re not bad for three old farts!
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That was cool, thanks for sharing.
Oh. And I wish I could sing as well as you
 
Sorry...deep into the death drive to Soith Dakota. 80 miles south of Council Bluffs. Jealous yet?

YES! I love road trips!!!

Two summers ago, I took the family on a 2 week, 6000 mile cross country adventure that included Sioux Falls, Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Great Salt Lake, San Francisco, LA, Tucson, Lincoln, St. Louis and home again. Lots of stops along the way as well when something caught our eye like the decommissioned Nuke silos in New Mexico.

I want to do it again but with other waypoints.
 
Hey, ya got nothin on Northern Kentucky...
Thirty minutes south of Cincinnati is the town of Beaver Lick and 5 minutes past that is Big Bone Lick state park and Sugar Tit Kentucky. All just around the corner from Rabbit Hash Kentucky. I kid you not. :jawdrop:

Also deep in KY is a place called Knob Lick. Someone in KY liked "licking" a lot!!
 
YES! I love road trips!!!

Two summers ago, I took the family on a 2 week, 6000 mile cross country adventure that included Sioux Falls, Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Great Salt Lake, San Francisco, LA, Tucson, Lincoln, St. Louis and home again. Lots of stops along the way as well when something caught our eye like the decommissioned Nuke silos in New Mexico.

I want to do it again but with other waypoints.

That sounds like an awesome trip y’all took! This drive wasn’t that :)

Just got to the in laws family farm. My second Christmas here. It’s 15 degrees. Not a fan of that part.

Gonna sleep for a couple hours.

Anyone have thoughts on a recently recapped and retubed SVTII non pro for $900? I sure used to love em, but after 15 years of being primarily an upright player, it’s been awhile since I’ve run a big all tube rig
 
YES! I love road trips!!!

Two summers ago, I took the family on a 2 week, 6000 mile cross country adventure that included Sioux Falls, Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Great Salt Lake, San Francisco, LA, Tucson, Lincoln, St. Louis and home again. Lots of stops along the way as well when something caught our eye like the decommissioned Nuke silos in New Mexico.

I want to do it again but with other waypoints.
SWEET!
This year my family and I were going to take the wagon to New Orleans for my 21st Birthday, but school and work got in the way.
 
Lent is just around the corner so if The Big Easy is what you're after, make plans now!
I don’t have Lent off from school. If we do go this year, earliest it’ll be is probably fall.


Thanks original plan was to trailer our 67 Charger no Tenessee, the take that to New Orleans and everywhere in between. But that car still isn’t done.
 
I don’t have Lent off from school. If we do go this year, earliest it’ll be is probably fall.


Thanks original plan was to trailer our 67 Charger no Tenessee, the take that to New Orleans and everywhere in between. But that car still isn’t done.

Not trying to be a downer but I would want any car that I'm taking on a road trip to be super reliable... perhaps a rethink on the '67 unless you can get it trailered a bit further south... like Louisiana. :laugh:

j/k, you're at a good age to do fun stuff that wouldn't be advisable with a carload of kids and a wife.
 
Not trying to be a downer but I would want any car that I'm taking on a road trip to be super reliable... perhaps a rethink on the '67 unless you can get it trailered a bit further south... like Louisiana. :laugh:

j/k, you're at a good age to do fun stuff that wouldn't be advisable with a carload of kids and a wife.
Coming back from Ohio once with the 72 in an enclosed trailer, it was actually the truck that broke down! My cousin came to pick us and the trailer up. :roflmao:
My dad had to go back the following week to pickup the truck.

We’ll probably take the wagon though. Which is almost dead reliable. :thumbsup:
 
A buddy of mine last night who should know better came up to say how much he loved my T Bird. He also said he wasn’t sure he could handle the weight and neck dive, which is why his RD Artist is up for sale. I told him my bass was under 9lbs and doesn’t neck dive and he seemed astounded. And this ain’t some random joker at a bar. Dude has toured the world with Sturgil Simpson and Margo Price and has been on all the late night tv shows. He’s a fairly successful pro

Are we talking about Kevin "Black Daddy" Black? If so, he's one of my very favorite players. Great touch, great tone and, by all accounts, a great dude who always hangs around after the gig to meet fans and answer questions.