Thunderbird Club

[MCF]

Very sad news. Toots passed.

 

[JIO]

Saw it in the theatre when it came out. Tough movie to watch at times.

I saw it in the theater when 1st out also, a couple of times. Cronenberg is all about extreme psychological drama. I've seen most all his films and have the soundtrack for Crash - which is really good. Howard Shore has been his mainstay music composer/directer for years. Like Angelo Badalamenti for David Lynch.

 

[Engle]

Very sad news. Toots passed.

Yeah, there’s a guy that brought a huge amount of joy into the world! He actually got arrested for weed possession and did time (5446) before he ever smoked the stuff.

 

[MCF]

Yeah, there’s a guy that brought a huge amount of joy into the world! He actually got arrested for weed possession and did time (5446) before he ever smoked the stuff.

When I was a kid growing up on the central coast in CA, the LA Times was the lifeline. The music editor was Robert Hilburn. He wrote about the Jamaican scene a lot. I bought some records and fell in love with it. A few years later, the Clash copped the sound and it became mainstream. Toots was the pioneer. A true genius. May he Rest In Peace.

 

[TBird1958]

these are about 1k

I think they're likely very nice, I'm hoping The Bass Shop will get one in, I'd give it a try. The custom one gets me close to the Real Deal and "if" that were in the cards it would be vintage in stead of boutique.

 

[GonePlaid]

Very sad news. Toots passed.

That sux.

 

[Engle]

When I was a kid growing up on the central coast in CA, the LA Times was the lifeline. The music editor was Robert Hilburn. He wrote about the Jamaican scene a lot. I bought some records and fell in love with it. A few years later, the Clash copped the sound and it became mainstream. Toots was the pioneer. A true genius. May he Rest In Peace.

My kid is having a few friends over for “Heck Night” (school starts Monday).

So I’m hunkered down in the garage listening to Toots & the Maytalls, stripping the finish off the Burns NR neck.

It’s a 3 piece neck, same as my Dan Armstrong copy.

 

[JIO]

Have you tried out any of the GK Fusions?

My only experience was playing through a GK Fusion - turned me off to the brand. I've heard how much everyone loves GK so maybe it was just specifically the amp I used...

 

[JIO]

The night is still young here in the land of orange skies...

 

[Engle]

Down to the maple.

We used to call this Philippine Mahogany:

 

[JIO]

Down to the maple.
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We used to call this Philippine Mahogany:
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The truss-rod cavity sleeve secured by one tack is a detail you just don't see on any other bass...

 

[BklynKen]

My only experience was playing through a GK Fusion - turned me off to the brand. I've heard how much everyone loves GK so maybe it was just specifically the amp I used...

What turned you off?

 

[KaraQ]

Seems like it should work if it still measures 9.45K.
Do you have a spare output jack? I would wire the bridge PU (by itself) directly to a jack, just hang it out of the control cavity, and try it.

Not sure if I do or not. I'll check the next time I get to work on it

 

[JIO]

I like the older ones, 600B and 400B..remember them when they were in Campbell CA when I met Bob Gallien in the early 90s and even did some stuff for them....good old days..

I had some work doing final assembly of my Factorbird fretless in Campbell in the late '90s - but the South Bay has a lot of guitar related biz's ...

 

[MCF]

This ad shows up here on TB for me. Good to know their demographic profiling is not working very well. I couldn’t afford one tire, let alone the car. But it sure looks cool.

 

[Engle]

This ad shows up here on TB for me. Good to know their demographic profiling is not working very well. I couldn’t afford one tire, let alone the car. But it sure looks cool.
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You have confused the bots!

 

[GBassNorth]

This ad shows up here on TB for me. Good to know their demographic profiling is not working very well. I couldn’t afford one tire, let alone the car. But it sure looks cool.
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I know the place well. If you change your mind let me know and I can probably help get you nice deal on a car there. Some of the low mile used Ferraris like the 360 Modena can be had for about the same price as a fully loaded Jeep Wrangler, of course they won't be as good off road.
2004 Ferrari 360 360 Spider Convertible 34k Miles Silver Convertibl | eBay
2020 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Recon 4x4 | eBay

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

anyone ever hear of these? some dude just gave it to me, says Ibanez in the back..

on another note...gig not cancelled....

 

[BklynKen]

I know the place well. If you change your mind let me know and I can probably help get you nice deal on a car there. Some of the low mile used Ferraris like the 360 Modena can be had for about the same price as a fully loaded Jeep Wrangler, of course they won't be as good off road.
2004 Ferrari 360 360 Spider Convertible 34k Miles Silver Convertibl | eBay
2020 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Recon 4x4 | eBay

Can you get him a good deal on a tire from this new one? That's all he wants.

 

[MCF]

I know the place well. If you change your mind let me know and I can probably help get you nice deal on a car there. Some of the low mile used Ferraris like the 360 Modena can be had for about the same price as a fully loaded Jeep Wrangler, of course they won't be as good off road.
2004 Ferrari 360 360 Spider Convertible 34k Miles Silver Convertibl | eBay
2020 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Recon 4x4 | eBay

And about as reliable. I’ll stick with my Subie that gets me to my fly fishing spots with no issues.