Let's see if I can embed a spotify link to David Wilcox song.
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Thunderbird Club
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Nice. I had a '72 Ply Scamp that was hotrodded that looked like the tan Dodge next to your car. Mine was a dark brown with gold metallic flake. Had a 318 in it and as long as you could keep the back wheels from spinning it was as quick as anything I ever drove.
Oh, that's gooood!Please tell me you didn't position and mic an empty hiwatt cab in front of the SWR 4X. It would shatter my image of your god like sound.
Nice clip BTW!
I saw the Outlaws in the late '70s and they came out and I recall they all had Fenders (which was odd for them) in that finish. They did look really good NEW when they were grey and not the horrid green they end up looking. Cool enough I remembered the finish. As you said, they do not age well, and Botox can't help.
Sunday Foto Follies.........
This was about 100 years ago........Kinda wish I'd kept the Explorer, didn't know it at the time, it's likely a prototype.
How does it compare in tone and playability to the Bird ?
- Mar 13, 2008
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Honestly, it didn't measure up at well, it was a medium scale 32" and the pickup was not really notable either, I remember Uwe saying that these were "lovelessly assembled" basses - he was correct. Don't confuse this with the long scale re issue from a few years back, those are essentially pointy modern Thunderbirds - cool basses!
very cool. the one in the pic (my friend Ed's) has a 318. The one the left of that one (his son's) has a 340...
good stuff...
About LA. It’s a crazy place (duh). Most of the time it’s horrible. Right now I live about ninety minutes away from it. By choice. I am there at least once a week. To quote Ben Gibbard: “And I can’t see why you would want to live here.” It has spawned multiple music scenes from the fifties to now. Many important, some long forgotten. Lots of fabulous people. And just as many horrible people.
I’m an unabashed Neil fan. I have no clue how many times I’ve seen him. After the Gold Rush spoke to me in a deep way when I was thirteen and I’ll always listen to his latest stuff. His music is a part of me. I don’t give a rat’s a** about his politics; he’ll say something stupid today and move on to something different tomorrow. It’s Neil being Neil. I get many don’t care for him. It’s all good.
Anyway one of my favorites:
Thx. That shorter scale is appealing, as my main problem with the Bird was finding a good playing position, couldn't play it for more than an hour without getting pain in fretting wrist. But once you've touched a Bird...
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- Mar 13, 2008
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My BFF model railroader friend Bill has been restoring this very rare Pontiac, optioned out this way it's 1 of 4 made.
The color is too die for! He promises pics with the hood re attached.
The color is too die for! He promises pics with the hood re attached.
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yeah pretty clever marketing from Leo (started out as a radio repair guy) who wasn't a trained marketeer....Broadcaster cause it was louder and could reach further (even though Rickenbacker's frying pan had already been around for some years).....with the advent of television he added a pickup and renamed it Telecaster.....then the Stratocruiser, Stratojet and Stratofortress appeared.....just in time for the.....Doesn't look anything like the 1950 Broadcaster I found on Reverb.
Fender Broadcaster 1950 Blonde Price Guide
Love Teles....nothing sounds like them..
BEAUTY!!My BFF model railroader friend Bill has been restoring this very rare Pontiac, optioned out this way it's 1 of 4 made.
The color is too die for! He promises pics with the hood re attached.
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Being John Malkovich - the whole concept of his public/artistic persona is defined in this surreal and funny film. He's not a character to be liked or loved - that's the point.
And, under the heading: shallow-like their sound, dislike their looks. JMO.
Doesn't look anything like the 1950 Broadcaster I found on Reverb.
Fender Broadcaster 1950 Blonde Price Guide
Yeah, not sure of the year, but it predates Leo's.
Doesn't have quite the tonal range, but it's much louder than any 1950s Fender rig. Smellier, too with that ancient fog machine technology.[1]
[1] Not recommended for indoor use.
Parking ticket in the garage? That's strict.My BFF model railroader friend Bill has been restoring this very rare Pontiac, optioned out this way it's 1 of 4 made.
The color is too die for! He promises pics with the hood re attached.
Those had me drooling!My BFF model railroader friend Bill has been restoring this very rare Pontiac, optioned out this way it's 1 of 4 made.
The color is too die for! He promises pics with the hood re attached.
Teles and their predecessors are OK, but Strats have long been my faves. I wish they had produced a Stratofortress! So long as it wasn't too like the plane. Otherwise the wings would mean you'd need a ladder to stand on while playing.
