Well, on the bright side, the restaurant now has a new drive through.
A Toyota HiLux would have driven away...
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Thunderbird Club
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A Toyota HiLux would have driven away...
Hey, we could design a "parts" bass using all the parts nobody likes....
A Lakland oval bridge
A Hofner control plate
A modern G&L headstock
A Rickenbacker pickguard in tort
A Dano Formica longhorn body
A Fender Rascal neck (that has to be removed to adjust the truss)
A Squier Bronco six pole "bass" pickup with white cover to hide the poles
A Warrior bass locking neutrik output jack
A load of lead shot to put in the semi hollow body so it weighs as much as a Peavey T50
A set of banjo tuners from a Dano Hodad bass
We could call it The Duck, you get to decide if it's ugly.
As soon as you tune them up, turn all knobs on the bass to 10 and play Boris the Spider
Isn’t a Hilux basically a Tacoma?
Great shot - glad you stuck with the T’Bird. Wish I was half that cool.
Shhh... don’t tell anyone but I have a secret desire for an Epi Viola modded with ‘a stick up it’s arse’ EB 1 style....
Pretty sure the Blue came out before the Red Anniversary model.
I’d have any of them really... GT, Black, White, Blue, Silverburst. Never saw the original sunburst - but people in the JCB thread seem to think they looked great.
The RumbleKat also had a Blue year the same time as the JCB. I tried a RKat in the shop. It was really a very cool thing. I was surprised actually. Sort of didn’t want to put it down and go back across the road to the seminar thing I was at.
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That's why I own early 80s versions.
This one's actually an L-1000. I bought it from the original owner. He had the bridge pup installed as soon as he got it. Completely passive. Sweet bass, a little heavy but not as bad as my '77 StingRay. I also have a white fretless L-1000.
I think so, but the HiLux is a bit more of a working truck vs the Tacoma.
Here we still have the HiLux and it’s hugely popular. It replaced the Stout here in the early 70s I think.
We have no Tacoma or Tundra.
Hey, we could design a "parts" bass using all the parts nobody likes....
A Lakland oval bridge
A Hofner control plate
A modern G&L headstock
A Rickenbacker pickguard in tort
A Dano Formica longhorn body
A Fender Rascal neck (that has to be removed to adjust the truss)
A Squier Bronco six pole "bass" pickup with white cover to hide the poles
A Warrior bass locking neutrik output jack
A load of lead shot to put in the semi hollow body so it weighs as much as a Peavey T50
A set of banjo tuners from a Dano Hodad bass
We could call it The Duck, you get to decide if it's ugly.
I'll get to designing soon! Give me a few days to get it just ugly enough
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Playing a private event in Texas tonight. The host of the event is the guy that bought me all those basses for Christmas. Playing before us is Texas blues legend Alan Haynes
The host likes my T Bird so much, he bought one for Jackie Newhouse (Stevie Ray Vaughn’s original bass player). Jackie has exclusively played his 1960 P bass for many years, so I’m guessing he likes his ‘Bird It’s a 2014 Gibson, btw.
The host likes my T Bird so much, he bought one for Jackie Newhouse (Stevie Ray Vaughn’s original bass player). Jackie has exclusively played his 1960 P bass for many years, so I’m guessing he likes his ‘Bird
It’s a 2014 Gibson, btw.
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Pretty sure the Blue came out before the Red Anniversary model.
I’d have any of them really... GT, Black, White, Blue, Silverburst. Never saw the original sunburst - but people in the JCB thread seem to think they looked great.
The RumbleKat also had a Blue year the same time as the JCB. I tried a RKat in the shop. It was really a very cool thing. I was surprised actually. Sort of didn’t want to put it down and go back across the road to the seminar thing I was at.
The blue versions were out a couple years back I believe. They looked fantastic to me and I would love one of the JCB models in that finish.
GC has a used sunburst version of the JCB in stock right now. One of the few I have seen.
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It does look nice!
The thing with the JCB that gets me a little is the pickup colour. If I had the Black JCB I’d want the black pickup not the cream.
Come to think about it I’d almost always want the black.
A couple of years ago with Chinese copy starter bass.
(Actually pretty nice.)
Back when we had a guitarist.... and a PA...
Someone fell asleep (or was under some influence, unsure) at 3:30 in the morning and drove through the front door and wall of one of our favorite restaurants. Noone was hurt, and they were only closed one day. That was the second time in a few years. Glad y'all are OK.
As soon as you tune them up, turn all knobs on the bass to 10 and play Boris the Spider
I AM SO GLAD SOMEONE ELSE KEEPS REFERENCING THIS SONG.
Playing a private event in Texas tonight. The host of the event is the guy that bought me all those basses for Christmas. Playing before us is Texas blues legend Alan Haynes
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The host likes my T Bird so much, he bought one for Jackie Newhouse (Stevie Ray Vaughn’s original bass player). Jackie has exclusively played his 1960 P bass for many years, so I’m guessing he likes his ‘Bird
Where is this?
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
And, as long as you are shopping for gasoline, you want to buy it anywhere in the US except Washington. Hawaii has more expensive fuel, and sometimes California, but not always. Idaho and Oregon are usually cheaper than Washington. Fuel prices are one of the reasons my full sized Chevy van got turned into a Transit Connect. The transformation was magic, and I wasn't allowed to watch.You just want to buy your gasoline at Washington state prices rather than Vancouver prices...
