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Thunderbird Club
- Thread starter TBird1958
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I love that color! Is it actually a dark red (burst), or does it just look that way on my phone?
- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
Some local friends - I know David the guitarist in this band, the Thunderbird could well be one of mine that I sold about 12-14 years ago.
Quite a bit more here, not what you would usually think of as Thunderbird territory.
Quite a bit more here, not what you would usually think of as Thunderbird territory.
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Fortunately(?), to the best of my knowledge, there are no stills of me playing my 67 NR starting back in 73. Some crappy videos, but that's it.
little Gibson Discoverer back from the dead....
Now THAT'S a beautiful room! Great taste in basses (and amps). And I like your framed poster. I was at that show (the only one on the tour where they had the carnival Gene had promised for 20 years). I took a bunch of friends who'd never seen them, and had as much fun watching their reactions as I did the show.
- Jun 30, 2010
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Lovin' these pics from the past!
1976 - playing my '50s King Mortone plywood upright. Miroslav Vitos (Weather Report) was my inspiration then
I've posted this one here before - the day my beloved '64 II arrived in 1978. Hah! Same cloths!
...and another from ??? late '90s?, early naughts? playing my hybrid JFactor. Note: cyclists tan.
And our last show before Covid - Feb 23rd 2020 (Steve was using the next bands kit)
1976 - playing my '50s King Mortone plywood upright. Miroslav Vitos (Weather Report) was my inspiration then
I've posted this one here before - the day my beloved '64 II arrived in 1978. Hah! Same cloths!
...and another from ??? late '90s?, early naughts? playing my hybrid JFactor. Note: cyclists tan.
And our last show before Covid - Feb 23rd 2020 (Steve was using the next bands kit)
Great family picture! Congratulations on a very nice collection of instruments and gear.
Well it sounds like the slow start of an underachiever, but you eventually got going in the 90s!LOL - love the "back in the day" pics! But I'm starting to feel old now. By 1979 I had already graduated from high school in San Jose, was going to college part time at San Jose State, had been married for a year, had one kid and another one on the way, and was working full time at General Electric Company designing Nuclear Power plants. I didn't pick up the bass until the mid 1990's.
It was a standard finish they offered, but one they they rarely did without a request as with me it seems. They had two that were similar as I recall, one cherry something, and the other apple something. Mine was cherry something. It was beautiful and it was a burst. Till the finish started scooting and pushing up in front of the bridge. Like the bass was shrinking or something.
Always amazing how they came up with this stuff.
Exactly. I've used mine in everything from a 'jazz' duo(background music at an Italian restaurant)trough rock trios/quartets, to17 piece 'big bands', and up to 75 piece concert bands. The appearance-of the bass anyway-was less important to the BL than the notes bein played.
Posted before, but an example of a Thunderbird doing something not necessarily Thunderbird-y. Warning: short bass solo.
YouTube
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Now we know you're just makin' stuff up about Thunderbirds.
Link didn't work for me for some reason. Good thing, I've got more to do this week than I want and a mental diversion is not needed, while it's needed.
We had one of those spiffy Polarocks when I was a kid.
You need to move to Illinois-"Land of Link'n".
Different link:And an extra. Warning: NO Bass solo
Addendum: All written(except Bass solo in Bernie's Tune)
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I remember my grandpa got an early color one. He took pictures all the time. Most faded away over time.
