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Thunderbird Club

#172,421
BC Blackmur said:
Booze shelf last winter:
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Its been a long cold covid winter without your love, my only drinkin buddy:
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Keepin up with the frog. Had to add some Tequila because, well, almost I ran out of Whisk(e)y. No haircut til vax! Last saw a clipper in 2019.
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TT shot to keep it current. Have you hugged your drunken bird today? I mean, drunkingly hugged your bird, today. Yeah, I could still sit up, the frog was down for the count though. Lightweight, whatever...
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:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao: Easy big fella! Glad to see you back. Now I know why you haven't been around much. Couldn't find the computer in that stupor!
 
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#172,422
Miles_ONeal said:
Scott's bass was the best part of that version. Here's one of my faves, and the bass player is just a machine.

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Interestingly or oddly enough, Wilson Pickett is buried here in Louisville. His family is not from here, but from what I understand his mother moved here at some point and when he died he was buried here. Prior to knowing that I was at a funeral server years ago and looked over in the mausoleum where I was standing and I was right in front of his crypt.
 
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TBird1958 said:
The Donnas - Def kicking some %^&. Solid Thunderbird action from Maya Ford on a '76!
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Funny, just yesterday one of my FB friends posted the official video of this and I was noticing the Thunderbird! Both a white and a black one show up there (although blink and you'll miss the black one), and a white one shows up in the video for "Too Bad About Your Girl" too.
 
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KaraQ said:
I know it's not Thunderbird Thursday (yet), but I was trying to get a pic I liked of my two newest 'birds with the oldest one, and ended up trying to improve my picture-taking with the black light (not much progress there :rollno: ), and decided to share some of that time-sink :meh:
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I also found out something interesting (to me, probably no-one else...) by accident :wideyed:
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Bitchin' black T-bird with neon pink stripes - great minds think alike! :bassist: (from Palo Alto/SF) Good audio - you can really hear the bird.

 
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Ok here you go folks, it is the 1st one.

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Interesting T-bird story. There is a brass mute on eBay (been there a while) advertised as being off of a '63 T-bird. As you all know, this would be fairly rare and especially for a II. I inquired how they knew it was from a '63 bird and they replied that it was off a '63 II that was originally owned by Johnny Thunders. (!) Unfortunately they had to sell the bird when the economy crashed in '08. There was a few back & forth's and they said they bought the '63 II from Guitar Trader NJ in '77. I bought my '64 II from Guitar Trader in '78! (the one I still have) So one of the 3 '63s out there is the ex-Johnny Thunders bass. And speaking about that brass mute - I have 2, one off my stollen '63 and the other off my '64. I removed both and still have them.
 
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JIO said:
Interesting T-bird story. There is a brass mute on eBay (been there a while) advertised as being off of a '63 T-bird. As you all know, this would be fairly rare and especially for a II. I inquired how they knew it was from a '63 bird and they replied that it was off a '63 II that was originally owned by Johnny Thunders. (!) Unfortunately they had to sell the bird when the economy crashed in '08. There was a few back & forth's and they said they bought the '63 II from Guitar Trader NJ in '77. I bought my '64 II from Guitar Trader in '78! (the one I still have) So one of the 3 '63s out there is the ex-Johnny Thunders bass. And speaking about that brass mute - I have 2, one off my stollen '63 and the other off my '64. I removed both and still have them.
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All interesting, but when did Johnny Thunders play bass?
 
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JIO said:
Interesting T-bird story. There is a brass mute on eBay (been there a while) advertised as being off of a '63 T-bird. As you all know, this would be fairly rare and especially for a II. I inquired how they knew it was from a '63 bird and they replied that it was off a '63 II that was originally owned by Johnny Thunders. (!) Unfortunately they had to sell the bird when the economy crashed in '08. There was a few back & forth's and they said they bought the '63 II from Guitar Trader NJ in '77. I bought my '64 II from Guitar Trader in '78! (the one I still have) So one of the 3 '63s out there is the ex-Johnny Thunders bass. And speaking about that brass mute - I have 2, one off my stollen '63 and the other off my '64. I removed both and still have them.
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That is interesting. I have my mutes, but never used them. I just keep it in the original, sorry "case." I have the covers as well. I'm waiting for @GonePlaid to buy another 60s version and just have to have those covers! ;):)
 
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D.M.N. said:
See, this is why I like working at home, I can crack a Guinness at 11:30 on a Friday and sit outside in the sunshine, makes taking calls on Tech Support way more relaxing.
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It's friday..80 degrees here..Just finished cutting the lawn for the first time this year. I'm checking myself into Retox for the rest of the weekend. Cheers!
 
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dagrev said:
That is interesting. I have my mutes, but never used them. I just keep it in the original, sorry "case." I have the covers as well. I'm waiting for @GonePlaid to buy a 60s version and just have to have those covers! ;):)
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Yep - most players removed them or at least took the felt pads off. I have the original covers, black plastic spacers, pg, nut, control cavity cover, finger rest, strap pegs and OHSC from my '64 also.

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JIO said:
He owned it and probably played it outside of the band. Lots of guitarists own/play bass. :)
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I still own and occasionally play guitar. Many of us here do. I think we just get so used to seeing someone with a certain instrument we assume that's all they play- whether that is a very specific guitar, or just guitar in general. Sometimes it's true.
 
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JIO said:
Yep - most players removed them or at least took the felt pads off. I have the original covers, black plastic spacers, pg, nut, control cavity cover, finger rest, strap pegs and OHSC from my '64 also.

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prolly pick up a new VP with those pictures worth..was the mute you were mentioning going for about 300?
 
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