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It says free local pickup. It is a pickup. I am local. He will be getting a call shortly!
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Thunderbird Club
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With an up and down tailgate, you would be foolish to pass on this once in a lifetime offer.
Of the (absurd) number of (all from the same year...and same color) Thunderbirds I have, this one is probably my favorite of the six. The neck is perfect: narrow at the nut, shallow the whole way up, and absolutely straight. It’s in fairly great shape, with minimal dings and abrasions, and only a faded pickguard logo to really show its age.
However, it’s also the only one of the six to sport a Strat-style knob line-up:
VOLUME - TONE - TONE
I never knew the previous owner, so I can’t even venture a guess as to why he modified it this way.
That said, I gotta say, it’s actually pretty great. And well-suited to the kind of tones I prefer.
Anyway, just thought I’d share a quirky little footnote to one of these ‘79s.
However, it’s also the only one of the six to sport a Strat-style knob line-up:
VOLUME - TONE - TONE
I never knew the previous owner, so I can’t even venture a guess as to why he modified it this way.
That said, I gotta say, it’s actually pretty great. And well-suited to the kind of tones I prefer.
Anyway, just thought I’d share a quirky little footnote to one of these ‘79s.
^^^^^ Nah, just saw it at a local repair shop.
I barely can afford my Swedish meatball car let alone a wallet sucking resto.
I barely can afford my Swedish meatball car let alone a wallet sucking resto.
I have read enough negatives to not update yet. Sorry.
I remember them! I watched derby on tv as a kid in El Paso.
You’re thinking of the trumpeter.
Nothing serious, I hope.
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Cool! Love TBirds; love hockey. Best o' both worlds.Seattle's Western Hockey League team is the Thunderbirds
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
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When I turned 64 - my band learned this classic Beatles song and we played it live on stage on my B-day. Some things stand the test of time.
In pop history, post '64 (including '65) is only the next chapter! 
Just found a couple of isolated studio album drum/bass tracks for "Simple Man" and "Freebird". I knew Ed King killed it on bass as well as guitar, but I didn't realize quite how much was going on under there, despite having listened to that album at least a thousand times over the years.
Leon took it even further live, but wow.
Leon took it even further live, but wow.
Also - I was away from my computer for a few days. [sarcasm] So nice that everyone noticed my absence... [/sarcasm]
Pics ... or it didn't happen.
Good I can retire now and leave you to fill in the blanks.
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- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
I can dig it. Those who ditch their tone knob - to each their own. I have no problem with a tone knob, and two is even better!
Sorry guys, it's been a long weekend for me so I was resting most of Sunday. We held a charity 5K on Saturday morning and it pretty much did me in, so Sunday was recovery day. Oh, and here's a pic of the giant check we presented to the charity at the end of the event -
Here's a pic of my sad little '68 Javelin. This pic was taken when we moved into our new house about 4 months ago. I drove this car daily during high school (1989 to 1991) and well into the late 90s before parking it in the garage around the turn of the century because I got tired of people running into it. So basically it's been garaged for about 20 years. Some day I'm gonna get back to putting it on the road again -
It's a 343 automatic car. I put the factory disk brakes and tilt wheel on it as well. It's my baby and some day I'll drive this car again.
And this is the 1974 AMX I bought for my wife last year. She wanted something she could take to the drag strip and have some fun with, so I picked this up. It's a factory 401 automatic car. I'm doing some work to "de-tweaker" it from the guy who had it before me, and then we'll have it back on the road -
The wiring was a nightmare, along with some other issues like a broken speedo cable, carb that needed rebuilt, the grill was all bent up, the seats are a mess and it sat for a very long time causing a lot of rust inside the car on stuff like the pedals, seat slides, etc. But it's a factory AMX and all the AMX stuff is there, so it'll make a good street/strip car for her.
