Thunderbird Club

[Instagator]

Happy Thunderbird Thursday..With an IPA and a little bit of Makers Mark!
Inspired by Pillo’s post today

This is my near mint Bicentennial 76 RI Thunderbird.
I traded a 75 tuxedo precision Bass plus $100 for this in 1977.
It came from a shop in Falls Church Va. called Rolls Music.
I remember that the owner of the store,Phil had just taken this back in trade from a customer that had purchased it from him a few months earlier..Suprise..the guy could not get used to neck dive..even back then

Phil was a wheeler and dealer..he said just take it home with you to see how you like it and bring back the P Bass that I sold you and $100 bucks next week..no pressure.

What a sucker I was..now Thunderbirds are a big part of my arsenal..and now I’m in this club..coincidence or destiny?

Cheers everyone .

 

[Instagator]

 

[PillO]

Thundercat Thursday...

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... Bach NR with Mike Lull T4 and cat ...

That's not Thundercat, this is Thundercat...

 

[MCF]

Happy Thunderbird Thursday..With an IPA and a little bit of Makers Mark!
Inspired by Pillo’s post today

This is my near mint Bicentennial 76 RI Thunderbird.
I traded a 75 tuxedo precision Bass plus $100 for this in 1977.
It came from a shop in Falls Church Va. called Rolls Music.
I remember that the owner of the store,Phil had just taken this back in trade from a customer that had purchased it from him a few months earlier..Suprise..the guy could not get used to neck dive..even back then

Phil was a wheeler and dealer..he said just take it home with you to see how you like it and bring back the P Bass that I sold you and $100 bucks next week..no pressure.

What a sucker I was..now Thunderbirds are a big part of my arsenal..and now I’m in this club..coincidence or destiny?

Cheers everyone .

Now that’s a great story.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

How do you like the Pro 5?
I've heard that they sound different than most of the other TBirds out there and I'm always on the lookout for something different.

My Pro V had a more modern sound, with a good deal less thunder than the BO IV, VP IV, or CP IV.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

There was a Pinto I saw in Miami that had a FLAMMABLE sticker above the rear bumper.

I saw one with hot rod style flames painted on the back fenders. Brilliant.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

TT!.....the three witches..
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Mrs Who, Mrs Which, and Mrs Whatsit?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

As I recall, there were mostly old beaters of various kinds in the kids' parking lot when I was in high school. There were a couple kids whose families had a Chevy dealership. They had mid '60s Stingrays. There were a couple others who had semi-hot rodded cars, but most were rusty '50s and '60s heaps. It was the mid '70s, so there were still plenty of '50s cars on the road in awful shape. It's a miracle we all survived.

In the early 70s, our HS had lots of beaters and random cars and trucks, a couple of Beetles, a few muscle cars, a surplus police ElectraGlide, and my 80cc Yamaha "enduro"- which would outrace anything else in that lot up to about 40MPH, and a few seconds later top out around 50MPH (measured).

There were only a couple of bass players at the HS. They all had Fender Ps. No Thunderbirds. 8^(

 

[dagrev]

TT - the 'Sheltering in Place' edition

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It's looking out remembering the good ol days, longing to go play some place.

 

[dagrev]

There was a Pinto I saw in Miami that had a FLAMMABLE sticker above the rear bumper.

Nader had that mandated.

 

[dagrev]

I think they made a killing on fleet sales. And amoungst those looking for a cheap (both senses) car.

We had a Dodge 600 (K car). It was nice and we had no problems. I think it filled a niche at the time and given the number on the road, made Chrysler a lot of money. I'm a big car person, so it felt like a toy.

 

[JIO]

It's looking out remembering the good ol days, longing to go play some place.

I try not to dwell on it because it's just too hard. My band was on a roll prior to Covid - I can't wait to get back to it... eventually.

 

[MCF]

In the early 70s, our HS had lots of beaters and random cars and trucks, a couple of Beetles, a few muscle cars, a surplus police ElectraGlide, and my 80cc Yamaha "enduro"- which would outrace anything else in that lot up to about 40MPH, and a few seconds later top out around 50MPH (measured).

There were only a couple of bass players at the HS. They all had Fender Ps. No Thunderbirds. 8^(

Ha! I rode a Suzuki 120 until I got my license. I think it topped out around 45 using the trail sprocket.

 

[dagrev]

Happy Thunderbird Thursday..With an IPA and a little bit of Makers Mark!
Inspired by Pillo’s post today

This is my near mint Bicentennial 76 RI Thunderbird.
I traded a 75 tuxedo precision Bass plus $100 for this in 1977.
It came from a shop in Falls Church Va. called Rolls Music.
I remember that the owner of the store,Phil had just taken this back in trade from a customer that had purchased it from him a few months earlier..Suprise..the guy could not get used to neck dive..even back then

Phil was a wheeler and dealer..he said just take it home with you to see how you like it and bring back the P Bass that I sold you and $100 bucks next week..no pressure.

What a sucker I was..now Thunderbirds are a big part of my arsenal..and now I’m in this club..coincidence or destiny?

Cheers everyone .

Looks to be in incredible condition.

My '76

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Ha! I rode a Suzuki 120 until I got my license. I think it topped out around 45 using the trail sprocket.

Story behind why I ended up with it, but I loved the freedom of having my own vehicle that was so inexpensive to own and operate[0] (anywhere from 50[1] to 100 MPG), and did reasonably well off-road. I could borrow Dad's Valiant, and later the Impala (if mom and dad weren't using them) if weather was bad or I wanted to take someone with me who didn't want to be on a bike.

[0] I think I paid $50 the first year for insurance because I would be driving in Atlanta during the summer. The next year it was $15.
[1] If lots of off-roading or stoplight racing, or just going flat out.

 

[dagrev]

I try not to dwell on it because it's just too hard. My band was on a roll prior to Covid - I can't wait to get back to it... eventually.

Hang in there. You will, and it will feel so great to be playing again, and this dry spell will be behind you.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

In the early 70s, our HS had lots of beaters and random cars and trucks, a couple of Beetles, a few muscle cars, a surplus police ElectraGlide, and my 80cc Yamaha "enduro"- which would outrace anything else in that lot up to about 40MPH, and a few seconds later top out around 50MPH (measured).

There were only a couple of bass players at the HS. They all had Fender Ps. No Thunderbirds. 8^(

that's funny, seems those surplus police ElectraGlides (many AMF) were common back then...they practically gave them away...got mine in Davie for like 800 bucks..no one wanted them lol....back in those days you rode a bike (specially a Harley) cause you couldn't afford a car, not because you were going through a mid life crisis..

 

[dagrev]

The original "K" car!

 

[JIO]

Hang in there. You will, and it will feel so great to be playing again, and this dry spell will be behind you.

Out guitarist Paul just found this gem that we'll be learning first thing back - it has all the elements that we love to incorporate into our set.

 

[dagrev]

Not that I'm to that point yet, but anyone know anything about these or hear of them before? Numbers are slightly different than the Chinabuckers.
Thunderbird Bass Pickup Set | eBay