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You don't look a day older Phil.
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Thunderbird Club
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You don't look a day older Phil.
I know/knew that area well but its change so much since I last lived there. So sad to see that place (Anch, ER, Palmer & Wasilla) turn into such a crime ridden place. Breaks my heart.
I’ve been outside a grand total of like 2:37 minutes in Texas - It would be the death of your Queen if I had to live here
God save our Queen, keep her in Seattle!
I’ve been living and playing music down here in Texas (based out of Austin) for almost five years now...and it never gets better in regards to the weather! The people are nice and there is actually good money to be made in some circles of Texas Music, but I have fantasies every single day about moving back to Chicago, or out to the Pacific Northwest or New England to live in a temperate climate with four real seasons again. I could almost give up music to have autumn leaves and snow in my life again (professionally, I’d still play at church or for fun).
Found this bolt-on model in the rental dept. of my usual L&McQ haunt, so brought her home for a month:
NICE DUDE!!! like that burst..
never been....would have never guessed..
Beautiful! Love the new pickguard (but what do I know, I liked the old one too).
Sweet find. Hope she's a keeper.
Roger that. Where the kids live isn't horrible, but someone routinely steals stuff out of the mailboxes at the entrance to the preserve. Anything that matters has to be held at the PO in Eagle River.
A dude I grew up with works for the FAA and his 80’s Honda Civic has been stolen twice! The lack of LEOs is horrible!
While we're actually still on the topic of TBirds here's a bit of a trivia question for all the aficionados out there...
If you were to attempt to collect one of each sonic flavor of Gibby TBird made through the years how many TBirds would you need to have in your collection and which ones would they be? Note, just birds with a potentially different sound due to pups or woods or construction differences, not different color options or hardware differences unless they had an impact on sound.
So, for instance, the ones that come right to mind are the 1960's Reverse and non reverse in both single and dual pup layout. Then the 1976 bird. And the super rare single pup reissue in Veronica's post a few pages ago. Probably a 1990's model and a newer one made in the last 10 years. Followed by the 2015 model. So that's at least 8 Gibby birds. Are there others I've missed?
If you were to attempt to collect one of each sonic flavor of Gibby TBird made through the years how many TBirds would you need to have in your collection and which ones would they be? Note, just birds with a potentially different sound due to pups or woods or construction differences, not different color options or hardware differences unless they had an impact on sound.
So, for instance, the ones that come right to mind are the 1960's Reverse and non reverse in both single and dual pup layout. Then the 1976 bird. And the super rare single pup reissue in Veronica's post a few pages ago. Probably a 1990's model and a newer one made in the last 10 years. Followed by the 2015 model. So that's at least 8 Gibby birds. Are there others I've missed?
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God save our Queen, keep her in Seattle!
I’ve been living and playing music down here in Texas (based out of Austin) for almost five years now...and it never gets better in regards to the weather! The people are nice and there is actually good money to be made in some circles of Texas Music, but I have fantasies every single day about moving back to Chicago, or out to the Pacific Northwest or New England to live in a temperate climate with four real seasons again. I could almost give up music to have autumn leaves and snow in my life again (professionally, I’d still play at church or for fun).
Who do you play with (musically, ahem)?
Guessing you didn't enjoy this afternoon. I went for a leisurely stroll to enjoy the dry heat. Missing my desert today, but when I closed my eyes and ignored how things smelled, it felt kind of like El Paso.
Ya its pretty knarly, this thing has a home.NICE DUDE!!! like that burst..
What part of Chicago were you in?God save our Queen, keep her in Seattle!
I’ve been living and playing music down here in Texas (based out of Austin) for almost five years now...and it never gets better in regards to the weather! The people are nice and there is actually good money to be made in some circles of Texas Music, but I have fantasies every single day about moving back to Chicago, or out to the Pacific Northwest or New England to live in a temperate climate with four real seasons again. I could almost give up music to have autumn leaves and snow in my life again (professionally, I’d still play at church or for fun).
Good call!
So that's 3 more for a new running total of 11 birds in the collection bush.
Did Gibby make the Studio in 4 and 5 string variants?
Ok, we're now up to 12 birds and counting.
Thx
.I got her to help me get non-committally reacquainted with Birds. I had an Alpine White Classic Pro IV a few years ago which I loved very much and it really broke my heart to sell her, but I just couldn't find a decent-looking comfortable playing position. I even had fretting wrist problems at one point and had to stop playing almost 2 weeks. I really miss that bass and if things go well, planning to get another Classic Pro IV or Vintage Pro, maybe even a Gibson, who knows at this point. I have faith
.Really proud to be back on this thread, which I watched from afar for the last couple of years. TBirds owners have a special devotion to their bass !
