Thunderbird Club

[Glenn Johnson]

My grandfather also fought for Italy in WWI.

Fun fact: That grandfather was born in 1882 and my dad was born in 1946 and is my grandfather's only child. That's how close I was to never being here. In fact if my grandmother's first husband hadn't had died, my grandfather would probably have never married and fathered a child(my dad). Grandma pursued grandpa, a lifelong bachelor and at 48 got herself pregnant... go go grandma... and sealed the deal. She had 7 kids to feed from her first marriage and my dad made 8.

As for the Ashdown... it's a'ight. Kind of weird with it's R body and NR styled pickguard.

Ha. Good story. My POW grandfather sired 11 children with my grandma. Apparently all that fighting at the POW camp made him quite frisky. Poor Grandma. . .

 

[GonePlaid]

Sure. It just takes a bit more work or savvy (or genius) to come up with it- especially if you want it to look good enough for people to buy.

And if it's too original, not enough people will buy it.

 

[Glenn Johnson]

It is a beauty. There's just something about a white bass. Or metalflake. although I prefer brighter colors in that than some. But I am quite content with this one!

Well, sounds like you need to buy your new bass a friend - in WHITE

 

[MCF]

Weird is good. Blue and red are available which is a plus. Neck is an oil finish, so should feel good. I am interested in seeing/trying one.

I kind of like the funky mashup. And the blue. Different strokes and all that....the positive is that there are more choices now than there have been in a long time. And I’m glad to see Lakin hasn’t given up trying to be productive. He kind of messed up his last venture.

 

[Count Bassie]

is there anything original at this point any more?

Intent.

 

[GonePlaid]

My grandfather also fought for Italy in WWI.

Fun fact: That grandfather was born in 1882 and my dad was born in 1946 and is my grandfather's only child. That's how close I was to never being here. In fact if my grandmother's first husband hadn't had died, my grandfather would probably have never married and fathered a child(my dad). Grandma pursued grandpa, a lifelong bachelor and at 48 got herself pregnant... go go grandma... and sealed the deal. She had 7 kids to feed from her first marriage and my dad made 8.

As for the Ashdown... it's a'ight. Kind of weird with it's R body and NR styled pickguard.

Yeah, kinda weird, but Gibson/lawyers can't say it's a copy.

 

[Gaolee]

We talkin body parts now?

Nope. Not in the hills, tain't.

 

[Gaolee]

...as I still don’t own a medium scale NR....pulled the trigger on this one

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From Reverb? I have been looking at that one for a while, too. I don't want a NR, but exceptions happen. Thank you for removing temptation.

 

[Gaolee]

Person who posted it found it on-line and doesn't have a clue of where it came from. It is pretty cool.

More than just pretty cool.

 

[Gaolee]

Yeah, kinda weird, but Gibson/lawyers can't say it's a copy.

They can say a lot of things. Whether it will hold up is another. And, where Ashdown will tell them to put it is yet another.

 

[GonePlaid]

They can say a lot of things. Whether it will hold up is another. And, where Ashdown will tell them to put it is yet another.

But, would it fit?

 

[gaffster]

It is TT again. I built a funky warmoth 7-bird many years ago; blurry pic yeah. What a slab. I think I sold it tohelp fund a 2nd '76. I was in a sort of a funk band (ashes to ashes, brickhouse, higher ground sort of stuff) for a short time and it did it's job. I probably couldn't play any of that now, LOL.

 

[JIO]

More than just pretty cool.

 

[TerribleTim68]

Intent.

Haha! In the design world we argue with contractors over "intent" a lot, so yeah........

 

[gaffster]

Did the American Motor Corp had a contact with the Bond movie studio; trying to make their cars cool?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Did the American Motor Corp had a contact with the Bond movie studio; trying to make their cars cool?

no, the other way around, they were trying to make Bond cool...

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

TT...

 

[JIO]

Did the American Motor Corp had a contact with the Bond movie studio; trying to make their cars cool?

My friend has an orange AMC like the one that flips over the missing bridge! It's in rough shape but he mentioned this Bond movie when he first talked about it with me.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

And if it's too original, not enough people will buy it.

Truth.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Well, sounds like you need to buy your new bass a friend - in WHITE

Like I've said, no time soon. We're on track to be debt free within a certain time frame. This one will be a wash, economically, once the Pro-V sells.