Thunderbird Club

[BklynKen]

Welcome back! Curious if your NR T-Bird project was ever completed?

Thanks! Oh, man. No, not yet. It's pretty crazy. But the luthier's hand injuries severely delayed things. I'll follow up after the new year. But (un)fortunately it's not like it's really a rush, with a serious lull in any sort of band activity.

 

[godofthunder59]

Thought you guys might like to see my practice room. Not the entire collection by a long

shot just stuff without cases.

 

[Gaolee]

What colors 'sound' good to you for a mod?

Sounds have colors most of the time. Alas, it doesn't work the other way around. There are way too many colors that look good, too. I need more Thunderbirds.

 

[Gaolee]

Thought you guys might like to see my practice room. Not the entire collection by a long View attachment 3262070 shot just stuff without cases.

We know why the price of NRs is so high now. You own them all and the market is emptied out.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Thought you guys might like to see my practice room. Not the entire collection by a long View attachment 3262070 shot just stuff without cases.

Shwingers!....

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Ya gonna do it?

very tempted..

 

[ThaCoast]

Thought you guys might like to see my practice room. Not the entire collection by a long View attachment 3262070 shot just stuff without cases.

That Hiwatt though Nice 'small' collection

 

[GonePlaid]

Sounds have colors most of the time. Alas, it doesn't work the other way around. There are way too many colors that look good, too. I need more Thunderbirds.

I thought maybe a 'Bird sounded like the colo(u)r(s) it wanted to be.

 

[GonePlaid]

Thought you guys might like to see my practice room. Not the entire collection by a long View attachment 3262070 shot just stuff without cases.

Big amps for the practice room. That way ya don't hafta lift them. <addendum> My practice amp. Prolly never to leave the house again in my lifetimeold pic-I gotta shoot a new one)

 

[Gaolee]

I thought maybe a 'Bird sounded like the colo(u)r(s) it wanted to be.

No. They keep some secrets.

 

[Gaolee]

Big amps for the practice room. That way ya don't hafta lift them.

The original 360 hangs out in the basement. It is the practice amp from hell. I don't crank it up all that far. The Grexa reissue gets out to play fairly regularly. I'm debating whether to take it out for the New Year's Eve gig or not. We will be playing quietly, but it has a knob that goes both ways.

 

[Inky13]

Thought you guys might like to see my practice room. Not the entire collection by a long View attachment 3262070 shot just stuff without cases.

I would embark on a multi-state killing spree to have a band/music/studio room.

 

[Inky13]

It's a nice one but an outrageous asking price. Maybe worth half that considering what it is, who owned it (no pun intended) and the provenance. But $25,000 for a refin CBS P bass that hasn't (AFAIK) been used on any recordings or live performances is beyond a bit steep.

I own probably one of the top ten rarest basses from John's collection and probably couldn't get a quarter of that price at a Sotheby's auction. All that said, any instrument is worth as much as the highest bidder is willing to pay for it. I'll be sure to keep my eye on the sale, can't wait to see what it actually goes for (if Gruhn will even share that info).

Is that bass something you can show and tell?

 

[GonePlaid]

No. They keep some secrets.

Sneak up on them after dark, maybe they'll speak to you. BTW, no sarcasm intended. I think it's cool to 'hear' colors.

 

[PillO]

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"Ahem".

More W.T.F. than Ahem...

 

[GonePlaid]

More W.T.F. than Ahem...

I use WT7.

 

[PillO]

Hi, all. Long time. You guys are chatty as ever.

My wife and I went to see Yo La Tengo on 12/9 for one of their Hanukkah shows and Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet opened. The bassist, Dallas Good, was playing a 1976 Thunderbird, which was Reid Diamond's, their original bassist.

I was really enjoying the La Bella Stainless Steel strings, but found out from La Bella last week that they're discontinuing that line soon in favor of their lower-tension Rx series, so I'm back on the Rotosound RS66 and though initially a bit upset, I feel fine about it.

Welcome back!

Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, if memory serves, are a Toronto band. They provided the theme song for Kids in the Hall. I had no idea they were still together; I don't think I have spared a thought for them since something on the order of 2000.

 

[PillO]

Whenever you folk talk about Australian Shepherds I think you are talking about my great grandfather/s

I know a joke about New Zealander shepherds, but it would probably get me banned.

 

[PillO]

We will be playing quietly, but it has a knob that goes both ways.

Ahem.

 

[ToddOfThunder]

I know another thing you're full of

bwahahahaha!!!!