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#129,721
TerribleTim68 said:
I don't think any of the nicks have exposed wood. Looks like these Goth birds have a white base coat and then the matte black top coat. All of the nicks are only the matte black top coat and they all expose the white base coat. Apparently that white base coat is much tougher than the matte black top coat.

The guy I bought it off of must have played pretty rough with her. But for $150 I wasn't gonna bitch too much. ;) :laugh:
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Use a fine point Sharpie and just put black in the ding. That ought to blend in pretty well. If it doesn't blend immediately, it probably will in a short time.
 
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#129,722
JIO said:
A Sharpie (black) ink will look indigo with a slight reddish tint against matte black paint. From a distance yes, but up close it will look different. Just depends on how stealthy you want to get.
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Yeah sharpie doesn’t always look black. I have touched up many scratched data racks with sharpie over the years and it’s “good from far/far from good”
 
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#129,725
Instagator said:
Any T-Bird brothers using a Line 6 G 30 wireless?
My old Shure unit has been experiencing cut out at short distances.Looks like its time for an upgrade.
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I do, love it. Doesn't affect tone and is reasonable on batteries, I don't use it for every show, but really do like it a lot.
 
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#129,726
Instagator said:
Any T-Bird brothers using a Line 6 G 30 wireless?
My old Shure unit has been experiencing cut out at short distances.Looks like its time for an upgrade.
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I have a G30. It works pretty well. The receiver is in my pedalboard.
To my ears, it doesn’t affect the tone at all. In fact I was recording with my VP & PF50T the other day and forgot I was running through the G30.
Plus it sure is nice to be able to go out front to hear the mix and the bass tone!
 
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#129,727
Gaolee said:
I had a '72 Ford station wagon with the fake wood on the sides. It was a land yacht and was unstoppable. My parents got a '78 Ford station wagon brand new. It was one of the smaller, square ones which have a name that has disappeared from my memory. Good thing, too. All kinds of things that shouldn't break managed to break at bad times on that car. They didn't keep it long. After that, it was up until last October before I had another Ford. Not because I expected them to be anything like the lemon '78, but because it just worked out that way. I have a 2010 Transit Connect now. It's got minimal mileage on it, so it should last a long time. If it doesn't, I'll be back to something else.
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Only Ford I've owned for a brief period was a 80's Fiesta. A small econo-hatchback with front wheel drive. Speedo only went to 80 and I had it pegged there on a few occasions. It did donuts on snow/ice well.
 
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#129,728
TerribleTim68 said:
I'm not sure. I think I've seen matte black fingernail polish, just can't recall. At least it's the right time of year if it does exist.
As for teh sharpie, I'm worried it'll be too glossy and stand out just as bad.
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If you're concerned about the match, you might consider removing the neck plate on your Goth and try a few different paints and markers under there to see which looks best. Just be sure to bring your strings to complete slack before you remove any neck plate screws, otherwise the paint chips may be the least of your worries.
 
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JIO said:
Only Ford I've owned for a brief period was a 80's Fiesta. A small econo-hatchback with front wheel drive. Speedo only went to 80 and I had it pegged there on a few occasions. It did donuts on snow/ice well.
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My last Ford was a 1991 Escort Wagon. Bought it new and used it as a commuter car to avoid the wear and tear on my Mercedes 560 SEC. The Escort turned out to be a real champ. The only money I ever spent on that car was for scheduled oil changes (5 or 6 total), gasoline and tires (one set). Put nearly 100,000 miles on it and had zero problems, never even went back to the dealer for anything after the original purchase. And because it was a wagon I could fold down the back seat and fit my basses, an SVT-VR and 610 cab in the back. I didn't have any Thunderbirds then, but I'm sure they would have fit as well.
 
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GBassNorth said:
My last Ford was a 1991 Escort Wagon. Bought it new and used it as a commuter car to avoid the wear and tear on my Mercedes 560 SEC. The Escort turned out to be a real champ. The only money I ever spent on that car was for scheduled oil changes (5 or 6 total), gasoline and tires (one set). Put nearly 100,000 miles on it and had zero problems, never even went back to the dealer for anything after the original purchase. And because it was a wagon I could fold down the back seat and fit my basses, an SVT-VR and 610 cab in the back. I didn't have any Thunderbirds then, but I'm sure they would have fit as well.
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I had gone through a couple of used mid-60s Econolines that did OK for their ages. We had a 1979 Ford "Mustang". It never impressed us. Drove a used VW van for a while. We bought an 88 Tempo, and drove it into the ground. (It had a hard life and still lasted something like 250K miles). We bought a 1995 Windstar based on the Tempo. Big mistake. Three transmissions and a head gasket in 100K miles. We have only bought Mazdas since.

And THUNDERBIRDS.
 
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Maybe not in a case but if in a box......,....
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#129,740
TerribleTim68 said:
It's probably partly my fault. I derailed it when I saw another AMC owner. They are so rare, especially if you see a nice one, that it always causes us to freak out just a little bit. ;) :whistle: :p
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I get it, I love cars as much as the next guy and there are plenty of places to talk about them. BUT, there is only one GREAT place to talk about Thunderbird basses, and that's here, in this thread and I don't want the thread getting locked again... or worse... shut down because of something silly like AMX cars in a Thunderbird bass thread... on a bass site :thumbsup:
 
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