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Thunderbird Club
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Day one of California Confinement...
First - Deep cleaned two of my Warwick basses (slathered bees wax on the bodies and necks, let it soak in for a few minutes then buffed it off, hydrated the fretboards, cleaned the frets, polished all the hardware, air blasted the control cavities and pots, removed the pups and air blasted those cavities as well). They look and sound good as new. I'll probably do about two basses a day, so that should keep me busy for the next few weeks.
Second - reshaped the headstock on the FrankenGoth to more of a NR shape and reset the tuners to an extreme angle similar to a Warwick bass. This was per my daughters instructions (the new owner of the bass)....
She's still playing around with unique pickguard ideas, might post a couple of them to see what others think.
First - Deep cleaned two of my Warwick basses (slathered bees wax on the bodies and necks, let it soak in for a few minutes then buffed it off, hydrated the fretboards, cleaned the frets, polished all the hardware, air blasted the control cavities and pots, removed the pups and air blasted those cavities as well). They look and sound good as new. I'll probably do about two basses a day, so that should keep me busy for the next few weeks.
Second - reshaped the headstock on the FrankenGoth to more of a NR shape and reset the tuners to an extreme angle similar to a Warwick bass. This was per my daughters instructions (the new owner of the bass)....
She's still playing around with unique pickguard ideas, might post a couple of them to see what others think.
It's the standard Goth satin black.
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It looks dark green on my screen, especially sitting on a neutral grey background.
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The first case of COVID-19 has been successfully contained & irraticated by putting a bridge cover on it!!
The wartime act of 1950 has enabled the President to free up a Trillion dollars and ramp up production for bridge covers across the nation under the stipulation that NO MORE BRIDGE COVERS ARE TO BE MADE IN CHINA!!!
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When I saw them at one of the last shows of "The End" tour, Vince sounded horrible. Its enough of a reason for me to skip it this time.
That bass reminds me of the Prestige Todd Kerns sig model.
Interesting. The background or surface it's sitting on is medium brown (same surface as the one in my avatar). Same as this...
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Yes, in this pic it looks dusty brown but the section below the bass it looks neutral grey. As always light plays a big part in how colour is perceived.
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Basically a revered reverse. Kinda shows why such a design never was attractive. At least it has an upper horn... sort'a.
I must be the only one that likes that reverse reverse non reverse reverse look...
Glen- Contributing something useful clearly isn't the point. Hence the all the rabbit holes. We're all great and not contributing anything useful. As Larry said, we'll leave the light on--and hope to see you back....soon.
I have heard of multi-family garage sales. This was a multi-family house xmas party gig. Their lil 20 Amp breaker was no match for my thunderbird. I had to cut some lows and the party continued.
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Just my personal take on it - being an owner/player since around '73, I've drawn all possible versions backwards and forward attempting to create a T-bird of a feather... (without success)
Just my personal take on it - being an owner/player since around '73, I've drawn all possible versions backwards and forward attempting to create a T-bird of a feather... (without success)
You did though.
That headless thing. B!tchin!
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Well thanks, my Factorbird is essentially a Gen1 T-bird body with added ergonomic sculpting and headless Kubicki Ex-Factor neck/tuner-bridge. I took exact measurements off my '64 to create it and slavishly cut it out of 3 pieces (of Koa) with the exact same V joint as the original. What I meant otherwise is using distinctive elements of both T-bird models in a variety of combinations attempting to discover a"pleasing result". That's the stickler - it's not that I couldn't construct (conceptually) a few ok designs based on the two T-bird models, but I didn't discover one that looks really cool - a pleasing result in my eyes. There are many designs someone likes, or could like out there - but it always comes down to a design that nails it in all aesthetic and functional ways. (for me) I'm not throwing in the towel yet - eventually I may stumble on a design I can feel good about based on the mighty Thunderbird.
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Looks OK to me. Calibrate your monitor!
[requires specialized tools (colourimeter), you probably just have to live with it]
