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Thunderbird Club
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every once in a great while, something really cool comes outta Manhattan...
this track begs for a Bird imh...
this track begs for a Bird imh...
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One of the more bizarre music vids I've ever seen... I don't even want to imagine how it was actually done.
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Nice!
Old Japanese mahogany - (mid '60s Teisco Del Rey)
How it ended up... Teiscobird!
Nice!
Old Japanese mahogany - (mid '60s Teisco Del Rey)
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How it ended up... Teiscobird!
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Apparently, that strain of mahogany was very common in Japan in the '60s as most guitars and basses were made from it - both bodies and necks. The Del Rey is solid but there are lots of laminated examples as well. Mostly this "stripy" version. My '64 T-bird II is not of that "stripy" variety.
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I got the body stripped (on eBay for cheap) - so most likely no. It was a bit beat-up (DIY project) so I had to use some Bondo and lots of sanding. It's my go-to rehearsal/recording/live bass for The Sean Conneries - that and my Coral Deluxe Bass and Custom Kraft hollow-body.
My '64 II, '68 CK HB and the newest member of the family - a (late '60s) Coral hollow-body "longhorn" short-scale piezo fretless. Japanese Hollowbody Longhorn bass project and Harmony H-19 guitar resurrection
lotsa cool going on in that pic...I was asking about your 60’s in particular because the sunburst on mine seems brighter/lighter..
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I doubt it - I got it in '78 snd it was 100% original then. It looked very similar to my '63 II but I don't have a pic of it unfortunately. Back then ('74) cameras weren't so common.
We used to call that Philippine Mahogany.
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no T-birds... but a couple of LP's - sooo '70s! 
diddly-diddly der-schlang-der-schlang
diddly-diddly der-schlang-der-schlang 
Yeah, I noticed that bit of marketing smoke blowing. No mature person would find and take that point as valid.
I was thinking upside down pac man, but you nailed it.
no T-birds... but a couple of LP's - sooo '70s!
That stuff is so great.
For some reason I just had the idea of renaming my RNR the T-bone, or Thunderbone. It's kinda that shape without a pickguard.
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Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
I have always called that kind of mahogany pattern bee's wing. Honduras like that can have a stunning iridescent quality that puts maple to shame in the right light. I made some chairs out of it 30 years ago or so.
