- Jun 30, 2010
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Stock other than Schaller strap-pegs and new strings/set-up.
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Thunderbird Club
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Stock other than Schaller strap-pegs and new strings/set-up.
godofthunder59
Life is short, buy the bass.
- Feb 19, 2006
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Ooooooooo Id have a matching set! It's a early one with big tuners. Poor timing it's the wife's birthday week.
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- Mar 8, 2011
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That’s a beauty!
- Mar 8, 2011
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Just pulled into a town in Nebraska that even people from Nebraska have never heard of! Playing some street fest kinda deal tonight. Swanky hotel rooms compared to what we’ve had lately. Almost feel guilty for getting my own room tonight. I won’t be sending pics like Christine’s though 
HAH!!! I played a place like that back in the early/mid 90's. Ever heard of Gadstone, Michigan? Neither has anybody else that doesn't live there! I have no idea hownahell our "manager" scored that gig, but according to the map we used to find the place... Gladstone had the distinction of being the "Pet Casket Capitol of the World"!Just pulled into a town in Nebraska that even people from Nebraska have never heard of! Playing some street fest kinda deal tonight. Swanky hotel rooms compared to what we’ve had lately. Almost feel guilty for getting my own room tonight. I won’t be sending pics like Christine’s though
It was the middle of winter. We were in northern Michigan. We were in an old van that had been converted to run on LP and had no working heater. To get to Gladstone, we had to cross the Mackinac Bridge & hang a left on highway 2, which pretty much follows the lakeshore across the Upper Peninsula as ya head towards Wisconsin. Throughout the winter, much of the U.P. is a barren wasteland, void of human existence. Yer lucky if you can find an open gas station... and that time of year especially... nobody sells "pumpable" LP gas... and the van had no gauge. It was the longest, coldest, most stressful trip I've ever been on! We never should've made it there... but we did... somehow. We were freakin' out cuz we were almost an hour & a half late, but when we walked in the place, they still had tables set up everywhere. It seems the ladies euchre tourny was a real nail-biter! We had to wait another 45 minutes before we could haul our sh!t in the door!
Still haven't met anybody that's ever heard of Gladstone...
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They often make for the most inviting, grateful showgoers..HAH!!! I played a place like that back in the early/mid 90's. Ever heard of Gadstone, Michigan? Neither has anybody else that doesn't live there! I have no idea hownahell our "manager" scored that gig, but according to the map we used to find the place... Gladstone had the distinction of being the "Pet Casket Capitol of the World"!
It was the middle of winter. We were in northern Michigan. We were in an old van that had been converted to run on LP and had no working heater. To get to Gladstone, we had to cross the Mackinac Bridge & hang a left on highway 2, which pretty much follows the lakeshore across the Upper Peninsula as ya head towards Wisconsin. Throughout the winter, much of the U.P. is a barren wasteland, void of human existence. Yer lucky if you can find an open gas station... and that time of year especially... nobody sells "pumpable" LP gas... and the van had no gauge. It was the longest, coldest, most stressful trip I've ever been on! We never should've made it there... but we did... somehow. We were freakin' out cuz we were almost an hour & a half late, but when we walked in the place, they still had tables set up everywhere. It seems the ladies euchre tourny was a real nail-biter! We had to wait another 45 minutes before we could haul our sh!t in the door!
Still haven't met anybody that's ever heard of Gladstone...
- Mar 8, 2011
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HAH!!! I played a place like that back in the early/mid 90's. Ever heard of Gadstone, Michigan? Neither has anybody else that doesn't live there! I have no idea hownahell our "manager" scored that gig, but according to the map we used to find the place... Gladstone had the distinction of being the "Pet Casket Capitol of the World"!
It was the middle of winter. We were in northern Michigan. We were in an old van that had been converted to run on LP and had no working heater. To get to Gladstone, we had to cross the Mackinac Bridge & hang a left on highway 2, which pretty much follows the lakeshore across the Upper Peninsula as ya head towards Wisconsin. Throughout the winter, much of the U.P. is a barren wasteland, void of human existence. Yer lucky if you can find an open gas station... and that time of year especially... nobody sells "pumpable" LP gas... and the van had no gauge. It was the longest, coldest, most stressful trip I've ever been on! We never should've made it there... but we did... somehow. We were freakin' out cuz we were almost an hour & a half late, but when we walked in the place, they still had tables set up everywhere. It seems the ladies euchre tourny was a real nail-biter! We had to wait another 45 minutes before we could haul our sh!t in the door!
Still haven't met anybody that's ever heard of Gladstone...
This is extra freaky because I’d never heard of it either, but...I played there about 3 weeks ago with Eskimo Brothers
That's exactly the same as the stock bridge on my VP.
WOW!!! That town musta grown quite a bit since the early '90s! There was nothing there to support a band of your ilk back then...This is extra freaky because I’d never heard of it either, but...I played there about 3 weeks ago with Eskimo Brothers
It's cool that we each know at least one other person who's heard of Gladstone, MI
I'd actually heard of it down here in FL-because I'd had to buy 2 pet caskets(not recently, thankfully)HAH!!! I played a place like that back in the early/mid 90's. Ever heard of Gadstone, Michigan? Neither has anybody else that doesn't live there! I have no idea hownahell our "manager" scored that gig, but according to the map we used to find the place... Gladstone had the distinction of being the "Pet Casket Capitol of the World"!
It was the middle of winter. We were in northern Michigan. We were in an old van that had been converted to run on LP and had no working heater. To get to Gladstone, we had to cross the Mackinac Bridge & hang a left on highway 2, which pretty much follows the lakeshore across the Upper Peninsula as ya head towards Wisconsin. Throughout the winter, much of the U.P. is a barren wasteland, void of human existence. Yer lucky if you can find an open gas station... and that time of year especially... nobody sells "pumpable" LP gas... and the van had no gauge. It was the longest, coldest, most stressful trip I've ever been on! We never should've made it there... but we did... somehow. We were freakin' out cuz we were almost an hour & a half late, but when we walked in the place, they still had tables set up everywhere. It seems the ladies euchre tourny was a real nail-biter! We had to wait another 45 minutes before we could haul our sh!t in the door!
Still haven't met anybody that's ever heard of Gladstone...
I'm sorry for your losses, but I gotta ask... you ordered the caskets from Gladstone, MI???
- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
Lovely! I'll enjoy hearing about it!
Shall I add you to the club?
No. I got them from a pet cemetery north of Orlando. Recognized the name from your post.
I'll ask those who have them:are they available for more/less any bass? I'm reluctant to "mess" with my 67 NR, but I've got 2 others that I'd like to convert(1 Ibanez, 1 5quier)
I appreciate it, but I don't keep track of the numbers
so I don't want to waste your time or the number 
I'll just hang out quietly and learn all that I can about Tbirds from you folks
Yikes! A stalker!I appreciate it, but I don't keep track of the numbers
I'll just hang out quietly and learn all that I can about Tbirds from you folks
my people prefer the term Lurker
- Mar 13, 2008
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I appreciate it, but I don't keep track of the numbers
I'll just hang out quietly and learn all that I can about Tbirds from you folks
Don't be quiet, there's lots to get to know so please feel free to ask questions and hang with us here.
