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Thunderbird Club

#60,161
ubernator said:
Been a while.

Band kinda taking off, goth finally sold so im down to n=1 and content because of all my other toys (Peavey's mainly right now).

My punk rock beat up 93 fury (p bass) has been my backup and haven't used it live yet (other than stage candy)

I am considering putting my late 90s VFL (soap bar appearance SC high output) foundation as backup instead, since it is a 2 pickup bass, and I hate the chipped up bright red finish so I could cover it with former band stickers and other black and white stickers.

Eventually #2 will be a Warwick streamer :) gotta keep current.
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Glad you're back! :)
 
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JIO said:
I don't know, "as is" it has that down and dirty "rat-rod" thing going' on... :cool:
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This body will probably eventually become a "pickup dummy", like the one that Carlo posted a shot of back about 350 pages... This old bird's had a share of abuse from before it found its way to me, and I'm not investing the kind of time into it that others of us do at this point. But I like it- It's a nice player, and by way of it I'll get tuned into what I'd like it to be. Then I'll either find and mod one properly, or do some kind of build.
Meanwhile, I'm having a good, albeit plodding, time with it!
Lol. Lemmy who??

Lol...
 
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Count Bassie said:
This body will probably eventually become a "pickup dummy", like the one that Carlo posted a shot of back about 350 pages... This old bird's had a share of abuse from before it found its way to me, and I'm not investing the kind of time into it that others of us do at this point. But I like it- It's a nice player, and by way of it I'll get tuned into what I'd like it to be. Then I'll either find and mod one properly, or do some kind of build.
Meanwhile, I'm having a good, albeit plodding, time with it!
Lol. Lemmy who??

Lol...
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You have only to look in your mirror to see that something can be badass, without necessarily being attractive:D



(Thanks... I've been workin' on my backhand;))
 
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#60,170
Count Bassie said:
Well placed, good sir.
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#60,172
theFixer said:
Ssooo... 4,000 huh? Wuddya thinkin'... maybe middle o' next week or so?
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Theme days could help. It’s been suggested we all post pictures of our ‘Birds on...Thursday’s? There could be a car talk day (not that I can help there), cat picture day, etc. though that sounds like pretty much everyday, anyhow. Hmm. Just made coffee...
 
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Rumourz had a great gig at The Buffalo Iron Works in Buffalo NY last night. Despite the cold we packed the place to a very enthusiastic crowd, we kept them right to the end. The second to last song was The Chain, when I stepped up to play the bass solo the reaction from the crowd was crazy, in all my years of playing I have never experienced anything like it. Great fun used my beat 66 NR most of the night. Here's a pic, they almost got the bass away from me. Note to self don't get to close to the audience!
 
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dukeorock said:
Theme days could help. It’s been suggested we all post pictures of our ‘Birds on...Thursday’s? There could be a car talk day (not that I can help there), cat picture day, etc. though that sounds like pretty much everyday, anyhow. Hmm. Just made coffee...
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'Thunderbird Thursday's'
'Pet-day Friday'
'Car Talk Saturday' (No I didn't take that from NPR :cautious:)
'Train Tuesday'
'Vintage Gear Sundays'
'Amp Rig Monday'

To stay 'on topic' a little bit, those themed days don't have to be weekly, they can be monthly.
 
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Vintage Sunday it is, though I don’t have much. Scott and Carlo sure do!
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On the left is a 1962 Bobcat. Awesome guitar. On the right is some oddball thing I got for $69. Labeled ‘Montoya.’ Keep meaning to put new strings on it. Has a cool sound in its own junky way
 
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dukeorock said:
Vintage Sunday it is, though I don’t have much. Scott and Carlo sure do!
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On the left is a 1962 Bobcat. Awesome guitar. On the right is some oddball thing I got for $69. Labeled ‘Montoya.’ Keep meaning to put new strings on it. Has a cool sound in its own junky way
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Definite 'Burns of London' vibe on the Montoya...nice!
 
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Ok folks, let's work our way to 4000!

But let's not take the same boring path the Spector guys take with their "first Friday" pics, always the same picture each month. Instead, how about we do a monthly theme shoot on the first Thursday of each month. lets make it special, none of those standard wall hanging Bird pics, let's see some creativity.

So how about it, let's make January "Birds with pets" month.
If you have a pic of your lovely pet with a TBird in the shot post it now!

February could be "birds with wheels" (gotta drool over Veronica's Subie/bird shots)
March - "birds in action" for your favorite live action shot
April - "Easter Birds" those rare Easter egg pastel colored birds
May - "Birds in the garden" May flowers and your bird in the garden
June - "wild card" post any bird related pic you want
July - "patriotic birds" show the colors of your country or home town with the bird
August - "Alternative Birds" any non Gibson/Epiphone TBird shaped object
September - "hot rod birds" any brand modded to your liking
October - "spooky birds" any Halloween themed pic with a Bird in it
November - "fall birds" an outdoor shot of the bird with some fall colors in it
December - "holiday Birds" a pic of your bird in whatever holiday setting you celebrate that time of the year

Let's get to 4000!!!
 
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GBassNorth said:
Ok folks, let's work our way to 4000!

But let's not take the same boring pathetic the Spector guys take with their "first Friday" pics, always the same picture each month. Instead, how about we do a monthly theme shoot on the first Thursday of each month. lets make it special, none of those standard wall hanging Bird pics, let's see some creativity.

So how about it, let's make January "Birds with pets" month.
If you have a pic of your lovely pet with a TBird in the shot post it now!

February could be "birds with wheels" (gotta drool over Veronica's Subie/bird shots)
March - "birds in action" for your favorite live action shot
April - "Easter Birds" those rare Easter egg pastel colored birds
May - "Birds in the garden" May flowers and your bird in the garden
June - "wild card" post any bird related pic you want
July - "patriotic birds" show the colors of your country or home town with the bird
August - "Alternative Birds" any non Gibson/Epiphone TBird shaped object
September - "hot rod birds" any brand modded to your liking
October - "spooky birds" any Halloween themed pic with a Bird in it
November - "fall birds" an outdoor shot of the bird with some fall colors in it
December - "holiday Birds" a pic of your bird in whatever holiday setting you celebrate that time of the year

Let's get to 4000!!!
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I like that idea!
With that I think we could also keep Thunderbird Thursday, every Thursday just random pic of your ‘Bird(s), and have a themed first Thursday?
 
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