Thunderbird Club

[JIO]

....gigbags are perfect for public transport....the (semi) hollow bodies may cause problems... Cataldo was out on rehearsal yesterday in a 7ender gigbag...

I use gig-bags exclusively for rehearsals/gigs - only one bass I play is too big for any gig-bag, so I made a HSC for it.

 

[TerribleTim68]

....so I made a HSC for it....

Apparently I need to learn how to make cases! Between my Warlock, my Mockingbird, my Thunderbird and my LTD I need some long cases! Luckily the Destroyer came with the OHSC and I still have that!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

like leakage and stuff like that?

Yes. With a second pickup, there is always an extra pot in parallel with the other pickup and tone control, even if the second pickup is out of the circuit.This both drops the volume slightly and changes the output response of the circuit, affected more or less by the position of the tone pot as well.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I just had to go back and like some posts again that I had liked earlier. Silly software.

 

[MCF]

World's longest short scale bass guitar.

Or this.

 

[BklynKen]

I was thinking of you when playing the ‘15 with cobalts Tuesday night. Still as smooth as the very smooth chromes on my P.

And that's why I don't use flats. I want harsh and in your face.

 

[BklynKen]

Lots of Subie love here!

The four green things.
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I guess it IS easy being green!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I use gig-bags exclusively for rehearsals/gigs - only one bass I play is too big for any gig-bag, so I made a HSC for it.

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Love it!!

I have a coffin case for my Epi Goth Flying V guitar. My only regret is that the lining was black; I had been anticipating that luscious red I was used to seeing in those. The black interior is still beautiful, but...

 

[Butcherboy]

I use gig-bags exclusively for rehearsals/gigs - only one bass I play is too big for any gig-bag, so I made a HSC for it.

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...semi-hollow body?

 

[JIO]

Apparently I need to learn how to make cases! Between my Warlock, my Mockingbird, my Thunderbird and my LTD I need some long cases! Luckily the Destroyer came with the OHSC and I still have that!

I have sewn together one gig bag in the past, and it looks like I have a new project to sew up one for this hollow-body. The Custom Kraft is as long as my T-bird at 50", and being a hollow body it is wide bodied and has some depth. Carting the HSC to gigs means one less hand free and it takes up space once unpacked. Who knows if it ever came in a HSC to begin with - I've never seen one. I searched on line for custom gig-bag makers but came up zip.

 

[BklynKen]

SIT has some weird string packaging.

 

[JIO]

...semi-hollow body?

It's a full hollow-body. The only concession is that it has a thin center board glued to the underside of the top which is routed for the pu's. For a big bass it's pretty light.

 

[RedVee]

We still have a long way to go, but I will say this, it's been the most entertaining thing we've ever built. You just can't help but smile when you look at it. We still have a lot of work to get the body in the final position. In that shot it was just "set" over the top of the chassis. We just wanted to prove that this was gonna work, up to that point it had been "what if...." and that was the moment we went "okay, this actually gonna work...." The back needs to come down a lot and the base of the windshield needs to come up some, but we've got something we can work with. Things like the rear axle lined up with the wheel well openings, the windshield posts lined up with the down tubes on the chassis, the overall width fit over the chassis, those were major things that we just had no clue about until that moment. When the class changed the rules last year to include "any body 1972 or older" we went "so what's the most ridiculous thing we could build?" I couldn't find a Pacer body, but this Gremlin kind of fell in my lap so we went with that. Sometimes you gotta do what makes you smile rather than what other people think is cool.

we got 1 (one) Gremlin in Oz. RHD and badged Rambler Gremlin. A US Gremlin collector/lover/expert has it now.
I think Pacer didn’t get even one assembled.

I think some other Gremlins and Pacers were privately imported.

Official cars finished around ‘78 give or take a year or so.

* All Oz assembled AMCs are badged Rambler and RHD.

 

[JIO]

Or this.
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The Del Rey is as long as a Jazz Bass at 47" - not sure how long the Fender Rascal is.

 

[MCF]

SIT has some weird string packaging.

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I guess some people can’t tell gauges apart and it’s cheaper than individual envelopes?

 

[Butcherboy]

Should be this colorView attachment 3697447 View attachment 3697448

....black/white rev?

....about ten years ago....my first Gibson...

 

[Miles_ONeal]

THUNDERBIRD THURSDAY!!!

You[1] can tune an angry piano[2] but you can't tuna fish[3[.

[1] Hopefully, since you're in The Club.
[2] Although if it's angry enough, its headstock might fly off and kill you[5].
[3] Much less two fish[4].
[4] Red fish blue fish rainbow fish.
[5] Speaking of killing you, those pickup height screws are only going to get more dangerous when I get more foam and raise the pickups. Won't even need to be windmilling.

 

[JIO]

Love it!!

I have a coffin case for my Epi Goth Flying V guitar. My only regret is that the lining was black; I had been anticipating that luscious red I was used to seeing in those. The black interior is still beautiful, but...

It is sort of a coffin case, abet more form-fitted. I could never understand a standard coffin case having all the waisted space below the body for 'visual effect' which makes it overly long.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

SIT has some weird string packaging.

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[Miles_ONeal]

It is sort of a coffin case, abet more form-fitted. I could never understand a standard coffin case having all the waisted space below the body for 'visual effect' which makes it overly long.

Yeah. Pretty honkin huge.