Thunderbird Club

[theFixer]

Did someone just lob a grenade in here?

No worries. Grenade and lobber were both duds.

 

[Gaolee]

When I've done (motorcycle) track days, they have the ultra rich octane to fill up on (can't recall the %) and boy is that nice - my bike likes it very much!

And the best part is if it's also your street bike, it's now got race fuel in it for a little while on the street, too. I love the smell of race fuel. It's got some kind of oxygenating agent in it so that you can burn more of it, burn it faster, and not get an over rich condition. Which means spending a about three times as much per gallon and burning it faster. Such a deal! I might have to get a pail of race fuel to run in the Daytona this summer, just to do it and to leave that wonderful, fruity, acrid race fuel exhaust smell for the dumpties in their dumpty pods to breathe as I go by. Me? Antisocial? Nah.

 

[Gaolee]

The Most uncomfortable bass ever. Unless you are an ape with extralong arms.

Thunderbirds? We will have to measure Kat to see what kind of simian proportions she has. As my twin, there's no doubt her knuckles drag on the ground.

 

[Gaolee]

But odd good right ?



Bother, now I won’t be able to shake that word association.



So, those ‘63s are kinda rare...

Somebody needs to find both of 'em. Just saying.

 

[Gaolee]

Alternatives:

1. ignore troll until it goes away.

2. blow up its bridge.

Or poke at it for sport. That's always lots of fun.

 

[Gaolee]

Did someone just lob a grenade in here?

There was an impotent attempt.

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

Somebody needs to find both of 'em. Just saying.

@JIO owned one, but was stolen IIRC.

 

[Gaolee]

I had forgotten that. Talk about a brush with greatness...

 

[dukeorock]

Interestingly, I must admit...when I’m looking for instruments and what I want from them, comfort has never been the top priority, so different strokes. I just happen to find T Birds extremely comfortable. Then again, my arms fit the trolls description

 

[JJR58]

Long arm dragger here as well.

 

[Gaolee]

I'm 5'-10" tall. My wingspan is 6'-1" wide. Leonardo DaVinci wouldn't have liked me a bit.

 

[JIO]

@JIO owned one, but was stolen IIRC.

I had forgotten that. Talk about a brush with greatness...

Well, who knew back then. When I bought it it was only 11 years old and the only known person (learned later in a Bass Player article about him) buying them up was John Entwistle. It was no different than my '64 that replaced it - just made the year before. I've still yet to see one for sale or being played anywhere. Maybe there's one in JE's vast collection, or Steven Stills who was also a big guitar collector, or some collector in Japan.

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

I'm 5'-10" tall. My wingspan is 6'-1" wide. Leonardo DaVinci wouldn't have liked me a bit.

As Rodney Dangerfield once said “[you’re] only the second generation in [your] family to stand up straight.”

 

[PillO]

You'll never take me alive hahahahahahahahahahahaha! Baa haa haa

Fixed that for you...

 

[PillO]

#2 on the troll first, then blow up the bridge.

 

[BklynKen]

That might well be... But the real kicker is: Why are the II's so rare, when production numbers were much higher than the IV's?

Because lots of the IIs have been carved out for a second pickup? :-D

Also, I'll just leave this here: Japanese Whisky.

 

[JIO]

That might well be... But the real kicker is: Why are the II's so rare, when production numbers were much higher than the IV's?

Busted necks would be the short answer - before players knew it was a thing to be aware of.

 

[GBassNorth]

I'm 5'-10" tall. My wingspan is 6'-1" wide. Leonardo DaVinci wouldn't have liked me a bit.

My TBirds (along with every other extra long, short, and medium scale bass I own) fit just fine. I'm 6' tall with a 6' wingspan. Proportion wise, my biggest problem is my kielbasa fingers. It's the reason I've all but given up on guitar; with a size 24 ring finger I've also given up trying to find non-custom made rings and gloves. But big fat bass strings with lots of spacing between them are just fine by me.

 

[Gaolee]

As Rodney Dangerfield once said “[you’re] only the second generation in [your] family to stand up straight.”

Wait, what's this about standing up straight?

 

[TBird1958]

Or poke at it for sport. That's always lots of fun.
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