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Thunderbird Club

Just finished making some coffee! It went really well, overall! Had a couple flubs, but only one that was truly bad to me...no one seemed to notice so it’s all good. These guys are all only into music up until about 1966, including the 16 year old kid! Though we did original stuff, the covers were mostly Magic Sam, Freddie King, Clarence Carter (for ‘modern’ stuff!), etc. Blues and soul. The crowd really seemed to love it, which was cool. McKinley played a TK Smith guitar. Amazing custom builder in California
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McKinley apprenticed at TK’s shop last summer. Instead of getting paid, he got free room and board and a guitar, including custom pg with his name on it. Not a bad deal for a 15 year old! The other guitar he brought was a Gibson Barney Kessel model.
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He’s an amazing young talent, this kid. Having your dads full support is terrific. Having your dad be one of the best roots drummers alive is nice too! When they record, this kid plays everything but the drums (guitar, bass, B3 and piano) AND he does the engineering! Records everything to 1/4” 8 track, then transfers to ProTools for mixing. Incredible
I knew you'd be fine;)

I'm gonna hafta keep tabs on this kid. It does me good to know he's out there:cool::thumbsup:
 
I knew you'd be fine;)

I'm gonna hafta keep tabs on this kid. It does me good to know he's out there:cool::thumbsup:
Me too, it's heart warming to hear of young talent like this with all the stories of guitar music becoming less appealing to youngsters who would rather join some yahoo dancing troop with greasy hairdos :vomit:

Thanks @dukeorock for introducing him to us, I'd love to be able to follow his career and I hope it's a bright one :thumbsup:
 
This may be heretical to you, but I just sold my 64 Champ for $750 and bought a SuperChamp XD for $250. $500 toward the VP purchase and I have a much more useful guitar amp!
This may be heretical to you, but I just sold my 64 Champ for $750 and bought a SuperChamp XD for $250. $500 toward the VP purchase and I have a much more useful guitar amp!
Not at all. Considering those sold for under 100 bucks when new, you did well. Gotta strike while the iron's hot. I could be mistaken, but something tells me that when the Boomer generation finally kicks the bucket all of these items will depreciate considerably..
 
@TBird1958, can you tell me a bit about your involvement in that little monster of a bass?

Andy stated the he was familiar with it. But I haven’t been here long enough to catch wind of these creations. Once and I while I try to go back to where this club started. I get a bit overwhelmed and have to stop.
 
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@TBird1958, can you tell me a bit about your involvement in that little monster of a bass?

Andy stated the he was similar with it. But I haven’t been here long enough to catch wind of these creations. Once and I while I try to go back to where this club started. I get a bit overwhelmed and have to stop.

I don't think it was ever discussed here. It was either at the Last Bass Outpost or the long dead Dude Pit.
 
You don't mean like.............................................................Modern America :jawdrop:
Oh man, thank God I live in California!..
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