"The bass player had better tone than you. The BASS PLAYER."
I definitely want 500 years worth of relic'ing on my Thunderbird! If it was good enough during the Inquisistion, it's good enough now!
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Thunderbird Club
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"The bass player had better tone than you. The BASS PLAYER."
I definitely want 500 years worth of relic'ing on my Thunderbird! If it was good enough during the Inquisistion, it's good enough now!
Dude, that's built in at the factory at no extra charge!
With all this distressed talk going on I was thinking earlier of why not go for a bass that looked like the one Daniel Boone played as he crossed into Kentucky, but you beat by a few hundred years and it will have a cool European feel and look to it!
Wow, Thunderbird Thursday again!
Seems like we were here just yesterday......
So I guess a new version of an old-ish pic?
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Clearly, I'm going to have to be more creative at some point...
AHEM!
Two weeks in a row @KaraQ posts a Thunderbird Thursday picture that includes the inadvertent inclusion of her pussy on a practice amp.
To keep things equal, here is my cock.
Thunderbird Thursday!!
And gratuitous red JC for @GBassNorth
I was due for new headphones for paddling etc. and picked up a set of these:
Fender Puresonic Premium Wireless Headphones | Long & McQuade (long-mcquade.com)
The sound is fantastic. Very clear bottom end and seem to have full range compared to other earbuds I've used.
How much isolation do they provide?
More than any others I have used, but not so much that I am unaware of my surroundings.
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Eeerrrmmmm....... just rollin' outta the rack, Jeff?
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I have one bass strung BEAD. (my Factorbird fretless) I have made two 5-string basses (for sale) but I don't play a fiver or own one otherwise. I like it as a fretless but I just don't have that much need for a B-string.
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I'm actually shooting this for @Instagator, it's a pickguard that I made from some sheet styrene. Using the original as a template I scored and broke the styrene, rounded the edges, drilled and countersink for the screw holes. After airbrushing a base coat of silver primer it was given a couple coats of purple enamel which I let harden for a few days. I laid the Bird design on a lightbox with some very thin styrene over the top, I then laid masking tape on top of that and cut the design out of the tape and arranged it on the pickguard. To finish it was given several coats of white followed by 3-4 coats of clear gloss lacquer.
Glenn, drop me a PM with your email and I'll send you the original
Happy Thunderbird Thursday
It's a sexy thing, I'll never get over Thunderbirds.
Glenn, drop me a PM with your email and I'll send you the original
Happy Thunderbird Thursday
It's a sexy thing, I'll never get over Thunderbirds.
I wonder who designed/manufactures them for them.
That does look nice. With Lollars. That seems like a fair price.
Happy Thunderbird Thursday Mighty Kingdom!
^^^After Many Moons in pieces, it breathes new life. I had a spark of artistic creativity & painted the "dead" tree complete with branches & roots. Sealed in Gloss, wired new Deep Sixx Epiphone Blackbird pickups to the single killswitch, Fret levelled, crowned & polished. & it plays like a dream. I honestly forgot how great this bass was to play - & am glad i had gotten it all done before my band's first album recording in mid december of 2020. Album is close to done & will be ready for release sometime this year (hoping/aiming).
I do need to tweak my other home built bigger spector/b.c.rich inspired Torched thunderbird, & that will also be in playing order.
^^^After Many Moons in pieces, it breathes new life. I had a spark of artistic creativity & painted the "dead" tree complete with branches & roots. Sealed in Gloss, wired new Deep Sixx Epiphone Blackbird pickups to the single killswitch, Fret levelled, crowned & polished. & it plays like a dream. I honestly forgot how great this bass was to play - & am glad i had gotten it all done before my band's first album recording in mid december of 2020. Album is close to done & will be ready for release sometime this year (hoping/aiming).
I do need to tweak my other home built bigger spector/b.c.rich inspired Torched thunderbird, & that will also be in playing order.
- Mar 13, 2008
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- 142,412
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
can't disagree, the price kinda makes it a no go. If it came with a case, maybe but that is because it isn't a natural relic (I just cant get on with this trend of buying a pre relic'ed anything). For me, because it's been butchered, it would fall under the refin consideration.
- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
The drink named after a place that we love here at Casa Veronica...........
Rye Manhattan
Something Green to keep us on course.......
Rye Manhattan
Something Green to keep us on course.......
