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Thunderbird Club

#111,862
Chucky Stiletti said:
outta control..
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Not everyones 'cup of tea'... I saw it and it's unlikely I'd watch it again, especially after seeing this trailer. More odd (if that's possible) was this totally crass and politically incorrect B-movie with Ray Miland and Rosy Greer that preceded it - I saw it in the theater when it was new and it defined bad-cinema to me.

 
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#111,863
JIO said:
Not everyones 'cup of tea'... I saw it and it's unlikely I'd watch it again, especially after seeing this trailer. More odd (if that's possible) was this totally crass and politically incorrect B-movie with Ray Miland and Rosy Greer that preceded it - I saw it in the theater when it was new and it defined bad-cinema to me.

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:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao::roflmao: That's choice material right there!
 
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#111,864
Miles_ONeal said:
After graduating, a couple of college friends went to work for one of the three letter agencies. No one saw them for a couple of years, and rarely after that. They both changed pretty drastically- walled off, no ready humor, very quiet.
Not surprising in retrospect, but still tough to see.
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The bulk of intelligence work is really boring. And most of it is for nothing.
 
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JIO said:
Not everyones 'cup of tea'... I saw it and it's unlikely I'd watch it again, especially after seeing this trailer. More odd (if that's possible) was this totally crass and politically incorrect B-movie with Ray Miland and Rosy Greer that preceded it - I saw it in the theater when it was new and it defined bad-cinema to me.

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oh man, seems to be the precursor for the recent "Get Out" film which I thought was pretty novel out of the box thinking.....guess not...
 
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#111,868
Chucky Stiletti said:
oh man, seems to be the precursor for the recent "Get Out" film which I thought was pretty novel out of the box thinking.....guess not...
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Another movie about two heads are better than one?!? o_O Must be 'an outgrowth' (see what I did there) of the doppelgänger theme that stems from good/evil, yin-yang etc.
 
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JIO said:
Not everyones 'cup of tea'... I saw it and it's unlikely I'd watch it again, especially after seeing this trailer. More odd (if that's possible) was this totally crass and politically incorrect B-movie with Ray Miland and Rosy Greer that preceded it - I saw it in the theater when it was new and it defined bad-cinema to me.

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I never saw this, I vaguely remember it tho........SO BAD! :laugh:
 
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#111,874
Count Bassie said:
Wearing the Bird way down low suddenly, and it's very relaxing ...and easy to play for my apparently recently injured wrist. Must be overworked, I just noticed some kind of painful sensation in my left wrist at last Friday's gig. Anyway this new, über-rocker posture seems to be the new place to be for it. And I'll give it to the design of this beauty, it totally works for the rest of my playing parts as well! Right arm is only bent a little, left hand doesn't travel out of the comfort zone. There's the small matter of a different location and path to find/get to notes on the neck, a simple problem solved with practice.

I'm telling you man, I should have had one of these 40 years ago. So glad I've got one now.
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Roger, you made think back, it's been 42 years that I've known that Thunderbirds were the bass for me. A bandmate at the time brought his older brother's '76 to rehearsal for me to try - I loved it, more so than my 4001 Rick.
 
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TBird1958 said:
Roger, you made think back, it's been 42 years that I've known that Thunderbirds were the bass for me. A bandmate at the time brought his older brother's '76 to rehearsal for me to try - I loved it, more so than my 4001 Rick.
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37 for me. Bought my Bicentennial brand new in 82...funny you mention, my 75 4001 was my main bass at the time...
do you remember what rig you were using at the time?
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
37 for me. Bought my Bicentennial brand new in 82...funny you mention, my 75 4001 was my main bass at the time...
do you remember what rig you were using at the time?
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At the time I had a Sunn - Can't remember which model, it wasn't particularly loud and a 7ender cab, we shared the rehearsal space with another band and occasionally I got to use their bassist's Acoustic 360 - Sweetness!
 
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TBird1958 said:
At the time I had a Sunn - Can't remember which model, it wasn't particularly loud and a 7ender cab, we shared the rehearsal space with another band and occasionally I got to use their bassist's Acoustic 360 - Sweetness!
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You folks musta grew up in a much nicer neighborhood than me! My first rig was whatever crab I could cobble together!
Fairly quickly I got a Sunn 200s with a matching 215 cab. Both had ‘Blues Magoos’ stenciled on the back. Sounded pretty cool unless you wanted to hear yourself over the drummer :)
 
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dukeorock said:
You folks musta grew up in a much nicer neighborhood than me! My first rig was whatever crab I could cobble together!
Fairly quickly I got a Sunn 200s with a matching 215 cab. Both had ‘Blues Magoos’ stenciled on the back. Sounded pretty cool unless you wanted to hear yourself over the drummer :)
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Ha! I wish....my first rig was my parent's stereo modified (by me) with a line in....used to work at the Howard Johnson's hauling beach chairs in and out before and after school. bought my first real amp (Sunn 2000S with a Sunn 4X12 cab for 250 bucks) and my Rick from those earnings. The T-Bird came with some money my HS gave me when my 72 P got stolen on campus. I started gigging with my HS music teacher at 15 where he would sign the paperwork (with my parent's permission of course) so I could be in bars (drinking age in FLA was 18 back then) and I would play almost every Friday and Saturday night in hotels and bars in the Ft.Laud area. All those earnings would go to music gear and my car...it wasn't easy at first but still consider myself lucky..
 
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TBird1958 said:
Roger, you made think back, it's been 42 years that I've known that Thunderbirds were the bass for me. A bandmate at the time brought his older brother's '76 to rehearsal for me to try - I loved it, more so than my 4001 Rick.
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First played a Thunderbird at Manny's, NYC, in '70. Another guy was buying it. I asked to play it(no amp); loved the feel and began my quest. We found each other in '73 and have been together since. At the time I was playing a '66 EB-3 so the switch was, uh, interesting.
Amp-wise, I had one of these: 1963-Fender-Bassman-004.jpg and, of course, this:0608181235-00.jpg-which I still have(note Southern tux shoes):smug:
 
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