Thunderbird Club

[JIO]

Perhaps a more attention getting chant would be:

Paint My Bird!
Paint My Bird!
Paint My Bird!

 

[PillO]

I agree rat fur is more durable, but it just doesn’t make sense at my house. This girl sheds an incredible amount:
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And these two don’t help the situation:
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Who's a good dog? Who's a good dog?

On the right, mostly out of frame, if that a sparkly Midtown?

 

[Engle]

Who's a good dog? Who's a good dog?

On the right, mostly out of frame, if that a sparkly Midtown?

It’s a black Casady.

 

[Count Bassie]

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OH BABY!!!
That is just beautiful.

 

[GBassNorth]

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Dude! The shoes are behind the dropcloth. Red paint, not blood. Sorry. Every pair of shoes I own, including motorcycle boots, all fit between the paint and shop vac stuff on the floor, with a variety of fasteners, clamps and other knuckle dragger things on the shelves above them. I make a lousy mod.

It arrived by UPS yesterday at about 1 pm. I snuck out of work early and threw it all back together. Amazingly enough, it made sound just like it was supposed to when I plugged it in, and it intonated perfectly right away, too. No problems with then neck adjustment. I expect to have to adjust it a bit soon, but maybe not.

I played a private party last night, and it was the bass I played. The pixie dust '01 stayed in its case, just waiting for this one to falter. It didn't falter, so the PinkBird was on the whole night. It has tapes on it now, but I'm not convinced I like the way it sounds with those. There is too much muddy orange in the sound of those strings on this bass, at least for now.

It crossed the country in its case. I had it out at work for a few hours, and then it was out getting reassembled and played most of the time up until about 10:00 last night or so. It's in its case now, but it will be back out this evening, and will mostly stay out of its case for more than a week. With any luck, that will solve any imprinting issues.

Lovin the new look!

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Fun road trip! When I was a kid in San Diego, more than 50 years ago, we drove out there one day. It was actually pretty cool. I was by there on business about five years ago and it looked pretty sad. Abandoned buildings and about half as much water.

Yeah, to think the whole thing was a big environmental accident that drew folks like JimmyD Marylin Monroe, Elvis, the rat pack and others....now it just sits there forgotten by time rotting away...spooky....

 

[Count Bassie]

I want to chrome my bass now. Next year.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

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Dude! The shoes are behind the dropcloth. Red paint, not blood. Sorry. Every pair of shoes I own, including motorcycle boots, all fit between the paint and shop vac stuff on the floor, with a variety of fasteners, clamps and other knuckle dragger things on the shelves above them. I make a lousy mod.

It arrived by UPS yesterday at about 1 pm. I snuck out of work early and threw it all back together. Amazingly enough, it made sound just like it was supposed to when I plugged it in, and it intonated perfectly right away, too. No problems with then neck adjustment. I expect to have to adjust it a bit soon, but maybe not.

I played a private party last night, and it was the bass I played. The pixie dust '01 stayed in its case, just waiting for this one to falter. It didn't falter, so the PinkBird was on the whole night. It has tapes on it now, but I'm not convinced I like the way it sounds with those. There is too much muddy orange in the sound of those strings on this bass, at least for now.

It crossed the country in its case. I had it out at work for a few hours, and then it was out getting reassembled and played most of the time up until about 10:00 last night or so. It's in its case now, but it will be back out this evening, and will mostly stay out of its case for more than a week. With any luck, that will solve any imprinting issues.

Beautiful! And I can see where orange would clash with BMM.

 

[wraub]

Recent days aside, it's been over or near 110 here for a while now... It's just summer.
My hottest day here was 122F... I was riding on that day, too
(although I didn't know the temp until I got home... )

We finally started breaking 100 this week, so I went for a longer than usual mid-afternoon walk.
Would love to see some 110+ temps but I am in the minority.

Of course, they claimed the “feels like” was 111, but that was absurd. It did not.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I agree rat fur is more durable, but it just doesn’t make sense at my house. This girl sheds an incredible amount:
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Your Thunderbird sheds?!?!?

 

[TBird1958]

A little art photography composition I call, "Feline 3 Point".

 

[JD Ronson]

I TRIED - OMG How I tried. My Vintage Pro had Chromes on it for the past few months - but I believe I'm done. I'm done pulling on those high-tension lines and ripping my knuckles to crap. Bought a set of TI Jazz Flats - standard on my fretless. Looking forward to taking the twang down a notch and making my bird that much more playable.

Any others of you running TI Jazz Flats on your 'bird? Thoughts?

 

[TBird1958]

I TRIED - OMG How I tried. My Vintage Pro had Chromes on it for the past few months - but I believe I'm done. I'm done pulling on those high-tension lines and ripping my knuckles to crap. Bought a set of TI Jazz Flats - standard on my fretless. Looking forward to taking the twang down a notch and making my bird that much more playable.

Any others of you running TI Jazz Flats on your 'bird? Thoughts?

I tried them and did not care for them - However, I'm a pick player with no sense of "touch" and pound the strings pretty hard when playing live and at rehearsal. I'm sure you're a much more "finesse player" than me, so give them a try - Vive la difference!

 

[GonePlaid]

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Dude! The shoes are behind the dropcloth. Red paint, not blood. Sorry. Every pair of shoes I own, including motorcycle boots, all fit between the paint and shop vac stuff on the floor, with a variety of fasteners, clamps and other knuckle dragger things on the shelves above them. I make a lousy mod.

It arrived by UPS yesterday at about 1 pm. I snuck out of work early and threw it all back together. Amazingly enough, it made sound just like it was supposed to when I plugged it in, and it intonated perfectly right away, too. No problems with then neck adjustment. I expect to have to adjust it a bit soon, but maybe not.

I played a private party last night, and it was the bass I played. The pixie dust '01 stayed in its case, just waiting for this one to falter. It didn't falter, so the PinkBird was on the whole night. It has tapes on it now, but I'm not convinced I like the way it sounds with those. There is too much muddy orange in the sound of those strings on this bass, at least for now.

It crossed the country in its case. I had it out at work for a few hours, and then it was out getting reassembled and played most of the time up until about 10:00 last night or so. It's in its case now, but it will be back out this evening, and will mostly stay out of its case for more than a week. With any luck, that will solve any imprinting issues.

WOW!

 

[JD Ronson]

I tried them and did not care for them - However, I'm a pick player with no sense of "touch" and pound the strings pretty hard when playing live and at rehearsal. I'm sure you're a much more "finesse player" than me, so give them a try - Vive la difference!

I totally wouldn't say I'm a finesse player - I compress 4:1 on the input and again at my DI box. But I would say that I don't play with a pick with anywhere near the confidence as with my primary 2 finger pluck method. The chromes are so tight that my fretting hand is getting a workout depressing the strings - and my action isn't incredibly high. So we'll see.

Thanks, as always, for your opinion!

 

[dagrev]

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Dude! The shoes are behind the dropcloth. Red paint, not blood. Sorry. Every pair of shoes I own, including motorcycle boots, all fit between the paint and shop vac stuff on the floor, with a variety of fasteners, clamps and other knuckle dragger things on the shelves above them. I make a lousy mod.

It arrived by UPS yesterday at about 1 pm. I snuck out of work early and threw it all back together. Amazingly enough, it made sound just like it was supposed to when I plugged it in, and it intonated perfectly right away, too. No problems with then neck adjustment. I expect to have to adjust it a bit soon, but maybe not.

I played a private party last night, and it was the bass I played. The pixie dust '01 stayed in its case, just waiting for this one to falter. It didn't falter, so the PinkBird was on the whole night. It has tapes on it now, but I'm not convinced I like the way it sounds with those. There is too much muddy orange in the sound of those strings on this bass, at least for now.

It crossed the country in its case. I had it out at work for a few hours, and then it was out getting reassembled and played most of the time up until about 10:00 last night or so. It's in its case now, but it will be back out this evening, and will mostly stay out of its case for more than a week. With any luck, that will solve any imprinting issues.

Wow! It really doesn't look that good does it?

OK, it really looks great man! Just wanted to be the only person to say something once and I knew that would certainly be it!

Well done!

 

[dagrev]

And how hard would that be for Gibson or Epiphone? Take the Epi VP T-bird for example - they must be selling a lot of them because they finally went to the trouble of making an authentic RI-like T-bird. To goose the already good sales of the VP - adding those 3 vintage colors to the 'line' would send sales through the roof! But noooo.., black, white and brown-burst over and over again. Not that there's anything wrong with these colours, but come on - up your game!

There you go thinking like an evil capitalist!

 

[Gaolee]

Wow! It really doesn't look that good does it?

OK, it really looks great man! Just wanted to be the only person to say something once and I knew that would certainly be it!

Well done!

Playing it last night sure was fun. The band kept looking at it and laughing. It's just completely outrageous looking now. Yeah, it's clear it has dents, it was refinished, and all that. But it sure has a presence.

For what its worth, the bridge cover is on straight, in spite of what it looks like. The screws are the same distance from the neck. It sure looks crooked in the photos.

 

[JJR58]

I TRIED - OMG How I tried. My Vintage Pro had Chromes on it for the past few months - but I believe I'm done. I'm done pulling on those high-tension lines and ripping my knuckles to crap. Bought a set of TI Jazz Flats - standard on my fretless. Looking forward to taking the twang down a notch and making my bird that much more playable.

Any others of you running TI Jazz Flats on your 'bird? Thoughts?

I'm a minority here, but a big fan of the TI's.

 

[Gaolee]

as is

It's looking better and better. That's a surprise. It's a 'Bird. 'Birds can do surprising things.