Thunderbird Club

[Count Bassie]

Went to my local community college and spoke with the music advisor/music tech coordinarot. I think i will be taking a few classes to further my education. Who knows if there will be a career change in a few years.

What's your day gig now?

 

[mistergoats]

So, I have a new bass coming today, but they tried to deliver it to my office at 6:50am and no one was here so it got redirected. I don't know what happens next. What the heck?

 

[TBird1958]

I narrowly missed a chance to come out to Seattle for work. My company needed a few helpers out there for 2 weeks, I was going to come visit you

You're always welcome! Seattle and Washington State are well worth the visit, it's beautiful here - I admit to being very biased

 

[hillerup]

And speaking of steampunk'ed guitars - I really like what they've done to these guitars:

I particularly like the detached wing detail on the last V-guitar - I imagine something similar could be done to either the upper rear wing or lower front wing of a T-Bird - Just whip out the hacksaw and some old copper plumbing tubes, and your set to go!

 

[Count Bassie]

Very nice! That second one down, the Explorer, looks sick... so does the detached wing thing- kinda grotesque actually! And therefore at the intriguing edge of my notions of attractivity.

The other two are really slick. Fancy stamped metalwork is cool.

 

[Gaolee]

You're always welcome! Seattle and Washington State are well worth the visit, it's beautiful here - I admit to being very biased

That's not bias. It's just a fact.

 

[hillerup]

That's not bias. It's just a fact.

Definitely not bias - I've been to Seattle once and found it a really nice and cool city, which I would love to visit again...

 

[Nocturnal]

I visited Seattle and our Queen once years ago. I recommend visiting both if you can.

 

[TBird1958]

I visited Seattle and our Queen once years ago. I recommend visiting both if you can.

Thanks Andy! It was a pleasure to you - I should say that anybody from here or LBO is of course very welcome at my home, as long as you like Thunderbirds there are plenty of basses to play

I highly recommend visiting the San Juans where our member D.M.N. lives or the Olympic Peninsula, both are very beautiful.

 

[hillerup]

I visited Seattle and our Queen once years ago. I recommend visiting both if you can.

Oh yeah, I most definitely would do that!

 

[hillerup]

I remember one cool thing about arriving to Seattle back in '97:

My old industrial band Birmingham 6 started our tour in Seattle, and one of the first thing we saw on our drive downtown from the airport was a huge steel factory with a big ass sign saying "Birmingham Steel"...

If I ever missed an opportunity for a great picture - that was it...

It would have made a great future album cover...

 

[TBird1958]

Ahh.... That's in West Seattle, owned by Nucor since 2002, but I do recall that sign.

 

[hillerup]

Ahh.... That's in West Seattle, owned by Nucor since 2002, but I do recall that sign.

Yep, right by the West Seattle Bridge...

Been looking all over the Internet for pictures of it, but to no avail...

 

[Gaolee]

It's pretty close to the Ash Grove cement kiln. That's my favorite building in Seattle. Ash Grove has silos, a whole lot of pipes and trusses, a huge barrel that turns on a horizontal axis, and a giant American flag painted onto a four or so story wall facing an elevated highway through the industrial zone - you know it's good. Steam-punk got nothing on Ash Grove! Frank Gehry, eat yer heart out!

You can't really appreciate how great it is from pictures alone, since it's like a Gothic cathedral - it's different from every angle. But, here it is. Behold true beauty and glory:

 

[Gaolee]

Here's a little picture of it at night from the road:

 

[veebass]

Some better pics of the ES 335.

 

[Count Bassie]

Sleek.

 

[hillerup]

Some better pics of the ES 335.

Very very sleek...

 

[Larry V]

Here's what I've learned about steaming dents since I've come home from work. It works! Sort of...

If the dent is deep enough to go through the poly then the wood fibers can be steamed. If the dent or scratch isn't through the poly, it won't.

Here's before and after pics of a deep dent that got steamed and the change is significant.

^^^Before

^^^After

Sorry about the different lighting. The top pic was incandescent and the bottom was CFL.

 

[Count Bassie]

Learn something 'bout several times a month! Nice fix man!