Thunderbird Club

[JIO]

Fireflies aka lightening bugs, are among the few things I miss about living in Ohio.

We called them lightning bugs also.

 

[Mike.C.]

Brothers and sisters with tatts, I’m considering this as my first for the right shoulder. Am I asking for trouble with all that black?


And yes, Bird logo will be imprinted at some point...

 

[Miles_ONeal]

They made them look creepy! I bet a real flying monkey would be pretty cool!

I want an undead monkey. (BANG!)

 

[Miles_ONeal]

That's good to hear - I can't think of a woman I've ever known who didn't have an aversion to spiders.

They bother my wife not one whit.

 

[BklynKen]

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Brothers and sisters with tatts, I’m considering this as my first for the right shoulder. Am I asking for trouble with all that black?

Trouble? No. It'll just hurt a lot with the artist filling in all that solid color. But it's for the long haul, so if you like it, go for it!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Speaking of convertibles and bats, I stopped at a light underneath an overpass in my Miata once. It was a half hour or so before sunset. Then it started sprinkling. Under the bridge. I caught the smell and whipped the top up in record time. A few seconds later, the first bats started streaming from the crevices between the bridge’s beams.

 

[PillO]

Kayak season has started late this year as a result of cooler than average temperatures and higher than usual rainfall. I typically wait until the surface water temperature reaches about 15C which happened last weekend. So, an easy day, 8km at a relaxed pace. Relaxed pace will probably be most of the season this year while I await a couple of surgeries.

Bridge that connects W Burlington to W Hamilton

The astute will notice I included a train for @TBird1958

For those that miss it, here is the close up

Downtown Hamilton

I will argue that flip flops are footwear and therefore shoes. so, dude, shoes.

And for the Aussies - yes those are my thongs.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Being truly arachnophobic, I can see Florida would be my undoing. This creeps me out.

beats dealing with these....the other day at the drummer's house up in the mountains..

 

[PillO]

Here’s some video from my cover band’s last pub gig. Those are Cobalt flats on the VP. The LED lights seem to cause strobing within iPhone cameras.
I didn’t notice In the moment, but Karen is playing trumpet and tambourine at the same time.

Love the Pee Wee Herman Tequila dance.

 

[PillO]

beats dealing with these....the other day at the drummer's house up in the mountains..

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Did it play Rock You Like a Hurricane?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Did it play Rock You Like a Hurricane?

'Another Piece of Meat' is more like it..

 

[PillO]

And yes, Bird logo will be imprinted at some point...

Epiphone or Gibson?

 

[PillO]

Rock n Roll is Fashion, plus women's clothes so comfy

I don't think Mick is wearing women's clothes. Although it initially looks like a skirt, rather, I think he is holding one of those furry vests that were fashionable in the 60s

 

[TBird1958]

beats dealing with these....the other day at the drummer's house up in the mountains..

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Stuff like that dies if it comes in the house - %$&^(*@ creepy! I'll start up one of the Subies and drive over it if I have too.

 

[Goatrope]

Continuing on with my new T-Bird adventures....

I just installed a strap extension, to lengthen my Levis’ padded leather strap. On my 7enders, I use this same strap, maxed out to 51.5 inches, pin to pin.

To get the T-Bird to lay at the same height as the 7enders, the extension maxed out at 56”, which lets the bass fall perfectly for me.



Baby steps...

The saga continues....

Now a couple of gigs in with the T-Bird. Biggest surprise: I can play it pretty much all night, where in the past, our sets would compel me to switch from a P with flats to a J with rounds.

This is a 3pc classic rock cover band that does everything from Zep to Rush to Traffic to Small Faces to Neil Young to Gary Wright to ZZ to Bad Co to Pink Floyd. No set list but calling tunes on the fly.

Anyway, I can get a nice wide range of tone out of this thing just by moving my plucking fingers over the neck or bridge pup, or anywhere in between. Then there’s the pick for that hard attack.

I always thought the T-Bird would have a baked-in tone, but it is a great shape-shifter.

It’s also very comfortable. I thought the long reach would wear on me like my Thumb, but nope. It’s fine, and the neck is thick enough to suit me. I don’t like super thin necks.

And it’s got a really nice sounding G string, where my 7enders will tend to thin out on that end.

Anyway, very please with this bass. I can see it’s going to get a lot of playing time.

 

[BklynKen]

The saga continues....

Now a couple of gigs in with the T-Bird. Biggest surprise: I can play it pretty much all night, where in the past, our sets would compel me to switch from a P with flats to a J with rounds.

This is a 3pc classic rock cover band that does everything from Zep to Rush to Traffic to Small Faces to Neil Young to Gary Wright to ZZ to Bad Co to Pink Floyd. No set list but calling tunes on the fly.

Anyway, I can get a nice wide range of time out of this thing just by moving my plucking fingers over the neck or bridge pup, or anywhere in between. Then there’s the pick for that hard attack.

I always thought the T-Bird would have a baked-in tone, but it is a great shape-shifter.

It’s also very comfortable. I thought the long reach would wear on me like my Thumb, but nope. It’s fine, and the neck is thick enough to suit me. I don’t like super thin necks.

And it’s got a really nice sounding G string, where my 7enders will tend to thin out on that end.

Anyway, very please with this bass. I can see it’s going to get a lot of playing time.

Fantastic! I do all sorts of styles with my bass teacher and my Thunderbird seems to fit in with all of them.

 

[BklynKen]

Couldn't get a pose with the Thunderbird. She didn't want to risk getting upstaged.

 

[Gaolee]

Looks like Mick got into Bianca’s closet.
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From the photo, it looks like he may have stolen her bra. A little creepy because he is her dad, but it is Mick, so there you have it.

 

[GonePlaid]

I drove one across country once. The hood is so long in front of the car - like a dinner table! So unlike most cars today where the front-end slopes away from your vision. The other car I really like is the Volvo P1800ES. I'd take one over the TR6 because of the transport space. The newer version was ok, but the original had such great style. Never drove one but I'm sure I'd like it having owed a nice '66 122S estate wagon for years.

The P1800 is the only 'sports' car I've ever really wanted. Long b4 I saw "The Saint" in reruns. Now I don't think I could get my froggy body into one.

 

[TBird1958]

The saga continues....

Now a couple of gigs in with the T-Bird. Biggest surprise: I can play it pretty much all night, where in the past, our sets would compel me to switch from a P with flats to a J with rounds.

This is a 3pc classic rock cover band that does everything from Zep to Rush to Traffic to Small Faces to Neil Young to Gary Wright to ZZ to Bad Co to Pink Floyd. No set list but calling tunes on the fly.

Anyway, I can get a nice wide range of time out of this thing just by moving my plucking fingers over the neck or bridge pup, or anywhere in between. Then there’s the pick for that hard attack.

I always thought the T-Bird would have a baked-in tone, but it is a great shape-shifter.

It’s also very comfortable. I thought the long reach would wear on me like my Thumb, but nope. It’s fine, and the neck is thick enough to suit me. I don’t like super thin necks.

And it’s got a really nice sounding G string, where my 7enders will tend to thin out on that end.

Anyway, very please with this bass. I can see it’s going to get a lot of playing time.

It's great to read how much you're liking it, if you haven't tried it yet, you might roll off the bridge pickup = whoa!