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Thunderbird Club

#177,101
Nocturnal said:
I don't have time to watch the whole thing right now but will later. Thanks for sharing!



I have never owned a bass with a maple fretboard, but that stealth Bird would be mighty tempting.
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I have 4 maple-necked basses. It seems that it is a philosophy-thing with Gibson that they never produced a T-bird with a maple fb. I could definitely see a neck-thru mahogany neck with a maple fb... and it would rock. :bassist:
 
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I keep thinking of your question. Looking out the kitchen window makes me think I ought to stay put. Had I taken the pic a couple days ago it wold look like it was snowing from all the Cottonwood floating in the air. Never seen that much in my life, or for so many days.

Just thinking that I need to take a Thunderbird and amp out on the deck to entertain the golfers. It will drown out all the whining and cussing from those who clearly have chosen the wrong hobby.
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superdick2112 said:
I'm planting flowers, replacing bark & mulch and building models this weekend.
And as usual, Mexican food and margaritas will happen. :thumbsup:
Was going to replace the wife's car, but my car guy advised waiting another year, especially if buying new...
Besides, she still can't decide on a new Trail Blazer, Escape or Bronco.
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Had today off and won't be back to work until Tuesday, fresh Cod for dinner tonight.

Model of the kind of insulated car that Coors uses to ship out of Golden, CO. It's a resin kit, built up from flat parts....

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Happy TT!

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JIO said:
Pics of it were lost on an old computer that crashed and I've since sold the gig-bag. It was funny because I sold it on eBay and years later it popped up for sale there again! Having said this I realized I mis-said it was for my Factorbird - it was for a Kubicki Ex-Factor which has a not quite as big body.

not mine - just a pic for reference
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Gaolee said:
Don't fall off and you will be fine. Fall off and a case probably won't help all that much.
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Gaolee said:
The gig back should work on your motorcycle. I would't try going too fast with that strapped on. I can't imagine trying to carry a Thunderbird in a case on a motorcycle unless the motorcycle had a sidecar to put the case in. Even then, it might not fit too well. Case for the car makes good sense, although it's not 100% necessary unless you are throwing the bass into the car with a whole lot of other stuff you need to protect it from. If you can put it on the back seat by itself and make sure it doesn't fall off the seat, a gig bag should be fine.
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Miles_ONeal said:
Ideally you get a heavy duty gigbag with plenty of foam around things.
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thank you everyone!
 
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TBird1958 said:
Had today off and won't be back to work until Tuesday, fresh Cod for dinner tonight.

Model of the kind of insulated car that Coors uses to ship out of Golden, CO. It's a resin kit, built up from flat parts....

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Happy TT!

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Dang! If the prize patrol shows up, I'm shipping you my stuff for super detailing(my eyes just can't do it any more).
 
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superdick2112 said:
I'm planting flowers, replacing bark & mulch and building models this weekend.
And as usual, Mexican food and margaritas will happen. :thumbsup:
Was going to replace the wife's car, but my car guy advised waiting another year, especially if buying new...
Besides, she still can't decide on a new Trail Blazer, Escape or Bronco.
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A guy I know was saying that his wife wanted a new car. He asked her what kind? "Blue".
 
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TBird1958 said:
If I couldn't live in Washington, Colorado would likely be my choice, the place you posted pics from are familiar to me as I've visited some of them and they were also destinations for the railroad I model, the Rio Grande.
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Colorado is a beautiful state with just about any type of scenic look a person could want. As long as snow isn't an issue for you it's a great choice.

Chucky Stiletti said:
If abroad, south of France for me....have escaped snow twice, not about to.....
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I'd take Monaco in a heartbeat.

LostJohnny said:
So I have an actual sorta technical question: what pickup settings do people tend to use? Obviously this is going to depend on your amp, the style of music you play, and your personal tastes, but I'm kind of curious.

I've been mostly using bridge at 10 and neck at about 9, which does give something of a midrangy honk, but the other day I tried going neck 10 and bridge 0, and I'm really liking it - it's closer to a P-bass tone but with some piano-ish quality.
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I generally favor the neck over the bridge and use the bridge volume and tone knob to add bite, definition or to cut through a bit more. It varies by bass but as a starting point I'm typically at 75% on at the neck 0-25% on at the bridge and 0-50% on at the tone knob. That's all fingerstyle with the right hand over the neck pup.

TBird1958 said:
Yes, many here wind off the bridge pickup, some even remove them and rewire - it's a little know fact outside of this group that the best P bass is actually a single pick up Thunderbird. :D
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....And the best Thunderbird P bass is a Greco.
No pic tonight, maybe tomorrow, but I just got the 1980 Greco IV, and true to form - she's a keeper! Haven't put her up against my 1977 Greco II but I'm certainly liking what I'm hearing a lot, she might possibly have even more tricks up her sleeve than the II. Won't have time to do a serious rundown until Sunday.

KaraQ said:
New! For this Thunderbird Thursday.....



Black strings:

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That red Eppi is just insane! Love the look of the black strings, but ya gotta do something about the multi color silks, you're driving my OCD crazy.
 
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TBird1958 said:
Had today off and won't be back to work until Tuesday, fresh Cod for dinner tonight.

Model of the kind of insulated car that Coors uses to ship out of Golden, CO. It's a resin kit, built up from flat parts....

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That's great!
Many of the aging & weathering techniques used in modeling armored fighting vehicles carry over into model railroad construction. :thumbsup:
 
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superdick2112 said:
That's great!
Many of the aging & weathering techniques used in modeling armored fighting vehicles carry over into model railroad construction. :thumbsup:
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Absolutely! A lot of my weathering materials come from Seattle's best Military model shop and the Art Supply store...

This car was British Racing Green when I bought it, using prototype photos that dated to the mid 1970s I faded it with washes and rusted it out with oils and chalks, insulated cars like this one commonly carried beer and when loaded they would often "sweat" and actually attract dirt, thus taking on a rather nasty appearance quickly.

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Where Cats and Birds co-exist....
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TBird1958 said:
Had today off and won't be back to work until Tuesday, fresh Cod for dinner tonight.

Model of the kind of insulated car that Coors uses to ship out of Golden, CO. It's a resin kit, built up from flat parts....

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Happy TT!

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Wow!! The realism is astonishing! Beautiful work, looks like you’ve been building forever...:thumbsup:
 
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LostJohnny said:
So I have an actual sorta technical question: what pickup settings do people tend to use? Obviously this is going to depend on your amp, the style of music you play, and your personal tastes, but I'm kind of curious.

I've been mostly using bridge at 10 and neck at about 9, which does give something of a midrangy honk, but the other day I tried going neck 10 and bridge 0, and I'm really liking it - it's closer to a P-bass tone but with some piano-ish quality.
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This is my preffered setting. I have recently begun to turn the bridge pick up volume off and I dig that too.
 
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TBird1958 said:
Absolutely! A lot of my weathering materials come from Seattle's best Military model shop and the Art Supply store...

This car was British Racing Green when I bought it, using prototype photos that dated to the mid 1970s I faded it with washes and rusted it out with oils and chalks, insulated cars like this one commonly carried beer and when loaded they would often "sweat" and actually attract dirt, thus taking on a rather nasty appearance quickly.

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Where Cats and Birds co-exist....
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Just amazing! (Not the cat, the railroad cars - although I'm sure kitty is amazing in her own ways).
 
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