Thunderbird Club

[TBird1958]

Subaru Pic!View attachment 2995790 View attachment 2995790

Love 'em! That's got nice wheels on it, yours Gordon?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Uff......... This thread needs a Subaru.

I would go for the strictly cargo version with no back seats. It is just barely tall enough to take the dual-sport bike, and just barely long enough as well. It would have no problem handling music gear, although it would require a bit more thought than just throwing it into the back of the Chevy. The Chevy has a back seat, but I don't remember the last time a human sat in it.

I got a 2015 Chevy Equinox. Big inside, it can load (barely) an Ampeg fridge folding half of the rear seat. 310HP, it flies.
Perfect band truck and doesn't look bad at all

 

[GBassNorth]

@GBassNorth
Re VP string length
Have you considered trying extra long scale strings?
I noticed that even the E-string tuner is further up than my Gibsons, I think XL scale strings might work.

You could probably use XL strings on the VP but I didn't want to start down that path unless necessary since it limits the string choices.

 

[Quasar Wave]

I almost joined the Thunderbird Club, but am selling instead. Here is an opportunity to join the club and get one of the brand new Epiphone Vintage Pro Tobacco Sunburst set up professionally by John Kallas, brand new in a brand new hard shell case. Read the add to see why I'm selling it:
For Sale - Epiphone Thunderbird Vintage PRO Tobacco Sunburst -Brand New w/professional set up & HSC

 

[Christine]

Not that I know off... But since you could write books about what I don’t know, that should reply shouldn’t be taken with a grain of salt.

Norman Watt Roy's bass ended up in Denmark I was told. That was just me playing with the earlier play on words with "provenance"

 

[Christine]

Just watching a 1980 Countdown retrospective. Wreckless Eric were on with A Pop Song.
Starring a Gibson Thunderbird.

Wreckless Eric, now there's a name from the past, he was very good friends with the lovely Ian Dury, even played for a while with Norman Watt Roy (blockhead's bassist) I mentioned yesterday and the post above

Don't remember a thunderbird but I was in the Navy in 1980 so I missed a lot then

 

[Christine]

I have had a van of one sort or another since 1982 starting with a 72 VW bus. I have made it a priority in my life to have adequate transportation to cart my gear. You would be surprised how many musicians skip this step. My current gear hauler. View attachment 2995489

Posh wheels! The sign of a successful musician

You can hardly call yourself a long term musician without ever owning a 72 VW bus can you
Good transport is as important as any oner bit of kit like basses or amps, if you don't get to the gig you may as well have a Taiwanese copy of a Harley Benton instead of a shiny Tbird. In my day "band" transport was the thing, now looking at everyone's posts here and what I see locally personal transport seems to be plat de jour. Sign of the times I guess, kids today seem to be more affluent than we were back in the 70s, here in the UK there was mass unemployment and things were grim; it was a struggle to buy and run a band van let alone your own.

 

[GBassNorth]

If we're posting pictures of our gear haulers, here's mine...

The most gear I've had in it at one time was about 5 guitars, 10 basses, a keyboard, SVT-VR amp, 610 cab, a 410 super reverb and various and sundry other valuables that the wife and I didn't want a shipping company to handle on our move from Kentucky to California. Felt like a modern day take on the Beverly Hillbillys.

 

[Christine]

If we're posting pictures of our gear haulers, here's mine...
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The most gear I've had in it at one time was about 5 guitars, 10 basses, a keyboard, SVT-VR amp, 610 cab, a 410 super reverb and various and sundry other valuables that the wife and I didn't want a shipping company to handle on our move from Kentucky to California. Felt like a modern day take on the Beverly Hillbillys.

And I called Scott's Honda posh? That is to gear transport is like what this is to basses. Flash!

 

[Basshappi]

Speaking of Subaru, a friend had one of these when we were in high school;

Very fun little van, it could top out around 50 mph and could make a U turn in a two car garage. We used to chase skateboarders up and down wheelchair ramps around the local civic center. Ahh reckless youth!

 

[TwyreZ]

Speaking cars, my dream is a US "DCD" car :

and another dream :

I'm a big fan of American Muscle cars..... but..........I live in France

 

[Christine]

I'm a big fan of American Muscle cars..... but..........I live in France

I'm not a fan of muscle cars but I do love France, such a beautiful country

 

[Christine]

My dream car would be a red 1600 MGA

Gear transport would be something like a VW T5 sportline with a rear seat and enough stowage in the back for a small band

 

[Larry V]

Jeez! Do they ALL crack around that screw?

Due to shrinkage from what I understand.

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

You could probably use XL strings on the VP but I didn't want to start down that path unless necessary since it limits the string choices.

Or does it open up string choice?
Just because you have XL’s doesn’t mean you need to always put XL’s on.

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

Speaking cars, my dream is a US "DCD" car :

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and another dream :

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I'm a big fan of American Muscle cars..... but..........I live in France

My dad and I are diehard Mopar fans, but his ‘68 Camaro SS 396 ended up in France a few years ago.

 

[Larry V]

Since a few days the entire Monty Python series and movies are on Netflix!

Thanks for the heads up... I believe my kids are ready for the Flying Circus!

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

My gear hauler

 

[Larry V]

My dad and I are diehard Mopar fans, but his ‘68 Camaro SS386 ended up in France a few years ago.

396

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

396

Fat fingers and iPhones go together like… two things that don’t go together. Autocorrect doesn’t catch 386?! That’s bs!