Thunderbird Club

[ThaCoast]

Both sides of the fretboard have the frets filed down. Waiting an hour to be able to continue as i've just glued a piece of alder wood (seen in picture held by clamp) at the nut end of the fretboard because i cut into it too deep while shaving off the fretboard to be a perfect 17" from the 12th fret. Won't be noticeable since the alder will then be cut down to arrive just at the bottom of the fretboard - then it'll be painted in black so no way of telling unless you know . After that's done, it'll be time to level the frets, bevel their edges & paint the fretboard sides red. I'm thinking of carving in the XII for the 12th fret & insert some glow in the dark paint (which will be the process for the fretboard side markers).

Pics to follow later on, i'll be done with the neck tonight then 2mrw will be coating it in Satin black. Really gonna push this since i need to get it done by the 28th hahaha Still need to get black tuners

 

[ThaCoast]

Anyone watching this one on the Bay?

Acrylic / Lucite Thunderbird Bass

Interesting and kinda unique I suppose. Wonder what the neck is? From the truss rod cover doesn't appear to be from an Epiphone but I could be wrong.

Invalid Link Removed bass. The only lucite/acrylic bass i'd want is a Dan armstrong or an accurate copy of it, this bird isn't my cup of tea

 

[Nocturnal]

There was a brand called Stone Mountain (or something like that) selling clear TBird style basses on eBay a while back. That is probably one of those.

 

[veebass]

Placed the order for another two 9.2 K Hong Kongbuckers. Decided to get a spare.

And............we had a visitor last night. A python shed it's skin just outside our back door. The skin measured just on 3.5 metres.
Not sure where the snake is at the moment!

 

[ThaCoast]

Damn! Keep the family safe @veebass

& in other news i'm done with the thunderbird neck. Took me 3 hours of solid work that i will always from the bottom of my stomach hate But at least it's done. I'm gonna do some final touch ups like the side dot glow in the dark paint dab markers later tonight. But it's all ready for paint now!

 

[TBird1958]

Placed the order for another two 9.2 K Hong Kongbuckers. Decided to get a spare.

And............we had a visitor last night. A python shed it's skin just outside our back door. The skin measured just on 3.5 metres.
Not sure where the snake is at the moment!

Yeow! I get Bunnies in my yard, but not the bitey kind.

 

[veebass]

Yeow! I get Bunnies in my yard, but not the bitey kind.

This fellow would eat the bunnies! Apparently at this size they can take a small Wallaby!

 

[Bent77]

Yeow! I get Bunnies in my yard, but not the bitey kind.

Count to three and lob thy Holy Hand grenade!

 

[Klondike]

Placed the order for another two 9.2 K Hong Kongbuckers. Decided to get a spare.

And............we had a visitor last night. A python shed it's skin just outside our back door. The skin measured just on 3.5 metres.
Not sure where the snake is at the moment!

Not a friend of Klondike!!! Where is the fricken "seriosly dislike button" when you need it!!!!! I am something like ten thousand miles from Australia and I get shivers

 

[Klondike]

Complete change of topic:
Guess who's coming to Chi town? And we are going to see if the wife can get that evening off!

 

[Bent77]

Complete change of topic:
Guess who's coming to Chi town? And we are going to see if the wife can get that evening off!

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Sounds like a bargain for $20

 

[TBird1958]

Time to plug the phone in!

Complete change of topic:
Guess who's coming to Chi town? And we are going to see if the wife can get that evening off!

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[Bent77]

Time to plug the phone in!

 

[Off-Beat]

Placed the order for another two 9.2 K Hong Kongbuckers. Decided to get a spare.

And............we had a visitor last night. A python shed it's skin just outside our back door. The skin measured just on 3.5 metres.
Not sure where the snake is at the moment!

Do you have Taipans at your part of Australia?

 

[TBird1958]

Count to three and lob thy Holy Hand grenade!

We had lots of bunny visitors last summer - somebodies pets made a jailbreak! This little guy cracked me up every time I saw him - We named him Nikki

 

[wolfkeller]

Placed the order for another two 9.2 K Hong Kongbuckers. Decided to get a spare.

And............we had a visitor last night. A python shed it's skin just outside our back door. The skin measured just on 3.5 metres.
Not sure where the snake is at the moment!

Killer bass strap there!

 

[RedVee]

Dunlop SS bring the pissed off Piano to the party!

i picture a gloss "piano black" TBird with white highlights.

Complete change of topic:
Guess who's coming to Chi town? And we are going to see if the wife can get that evening off!

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I was gonna ask "who's Thalia Hall?"

But, great value for $20 - cant see much for that price around Sydney; not names anyway.
I'd love to see Tal.

 

[hillerup]

There was a brand called Stone Mountain (or something like that) selling clear TBird style basses on eBay a while back. That is probably one of those.

It was Stone City Guitars...

There's pictures of it in one of the T-Bird groups on Facebook.

 

[veebass]

Do you have Taipans at your part of Australia?

Yes, although not particularly common right here- we have seen one in eight years. We have King Browns also uncommonly. Other deadly snakes here that are reasonably common are Eastern Browns, Rough Scales and Tiger Snakes. Red Bellied Blacks are common but not quite as deadly.
The python that shed the skin here is a Carpet Snake and they get a little bigger than the one that shed the skin- up to 4 metres. It is the biggest one around here, but further north they get Amethystine Pythons which go 7 to 8 metres. I have seen one up on Cape York that had a head on it the size of a German Shepherd's head.

 

[veebass]

We had lots of bunny visitors last summer - somebodies pets made a jailbreak! This little guy cracked me up every time I saw him - We named him Nikki

It is prohibited to keep bunnies in the state in which I live. They have been actively eradicating them. We do have hares though.