Thunderbird Club

[JIO]

You have a great bass. It's as close as you can get to the tone of a '60s version without not dropping some serious money. They are great.
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Maybe one day I'll do a slavish reproduction of my '64 II - as much as the new Epi is as close as Gibson/Epiphone ever got to a decent RI, there's just so many details they left dangling. Your lovely line-up reinforces this for me. But then, I've never owned a late '60s T-bird... hummm...

 

[PillO]

Don’t forget horrible QC, over priced and the CEO was a Jerk!

I thought we had gone from the CEO is a jerk to the whole management team - they were suing everyone!

 

[GonePlaid]

Maybe one day I'll do a slavish reproduction of my '64 II - as much as the new Epi is as close as Gibson/Epiphone ever got to a decent RI, there's just so many details they left dangling. Your lovely line-up reinforces this for me. But then, I've never owned a late '60s T-bird... hummm...

1969 white on white T-Bird.

 

[JIO]

1969 white on white T-Bird.
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Oh man, did the T-bird ever morph into the ugliest car on the road or what? A friends parents "gifted" him their '70s T-bird and I rode in it once - it was really cramped inside and HUGE on the outside. The front hood was like an aircraft carrier!

 

[dagrev]

Don’t forget horrible QC, over priced and the CEO was a Jerk!
Ditto on the flats.
Love that lineup (not to mention the background - getting more homesick every day).

Golf course behind the new (to us) house... Just waiting for you....

Even get a little of this stuff you don't get in LA with the change of seasons, which you also don't get much of! I don't recommend too much of it.

And food is delivered to the front door...

Tired of all that hot, dry air and crazy high taxes yet?

 

[dagrev]

What a beautiful family! Love those Bicentennial pickguards.

Thanks! One is NEVER enough!

 

[dagrev]

Maybe one day I'll do a slavish reproduction of my '64 II - as much as the new Epi is as close as Gibson/Epiphone ever got to a decent RI, there's just so many details they left dangling. Your lovely line-up reinforces this for me. But then, I've never owned a late '60s T-bird... hummm...

Do it! Do it! Do it! I'm sure it would be fantastic.

Thanks, and you should fix that last problem! Maybe profit from the repro(s) can generate funds for a late 60s for you.

 

[dagrev]

I thought we had gone from the CEO is a jerk to the whole management team - they were suing everyone!

There was a management team?

 

[KaraQ]

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Several of us love flats on a Bird or two.

That's what I have on my Blackbird atm (Roto 77s), love the way they sound with the high-output DeepSixx pickups

Oh man, did the T-bird ever morph into the ugliest car on the road or what? A friends parents "gifted" him their '70s T-bird and I rode in it once - it was really cramped inside and HUGE on the outside. The front hood was like an aircraft carrier!

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My granddad had one of those when I was very small. Red, I think?
I do remember him letting me "drive" - aka, work the steering wheel while I sat on his lap & he worked the pedals

My grandmother (other set of grandparents) had the Lincoln version for a while, when I was in middle school? or thereabouts.
I remember the big 460 it had, hugely fast for its size & weight.

 

[JIO]

Do it! Do it! Do it! I'm sure it would be fantastic.

Thanks, and you should fix that last problem! Maybe profit from the repro(s) can generate funds for a late 60s for you.

At this point, I'm not in the hunt for one - especially since I have same period basses I love. My Coral Deluxe Bass is "like" a NR in body shape and it is such a nice bass. I can't imagine a '68 T-bird IV sounding/feeling/looking better.

 

[dagrev]

At this point, I'm not in the hunt for one - especially since I have same period basses I love. My Coral Deluxe Bass is "like" a NR in body shape and it is such a nice bass. I can't imagine a '68 T-bird IV sounding/feeling/looking better.

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I think you shared a recording of it maybe a couple years ago and it sounded great as I recall.

 

[JIO]

That's what I have on my Blackbird atm (Roto 77s), love the way they sound with the high-output DeepSixx pickups



My granddad had one of those when I was very small. Red, I think?
I do remember him letting me "drive" - aka, work the steering wheel while I sat on his lap & he worked the pedals

My grandmother (other set of grandparents) had the Lincoln version for a while, when I was in middle school? or thereabouts.
I remember the big 460 it had, hugely fast for its size & weight.

Exactly - how in hell did a T-bird evolve into a Continental? In the '50s that would have been caused by Atomic-bomb radiation!

 

[TBird1958]

Oh man, did the T-bird ever morph into the ugliest car on the road or what? A friends parents "gifted" him their '70s T-bird and I rode in it once - it was really cramped inside and HUGE on the outside. The front hood was like an aircraft carrier!

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Brutalist industrial design (that has to be a high point!) - The '70s were strange times.

 

[Engle]

Do it! Do it! Do it! I'm sure it would be fantastic.

Thanks, and you should fix that last problem! Maybe profit from the repro(s) can generate funds for a late 60s for you.

Imagine the lawsuit. Your honour, they refused to do a faithful reproduction, so I had no choice but to build it properly.

 

[RedVee]

Go Go Godzilla!

 

[JIO]

I think you shared a recording of it maybe a couple years ago and it sounded great as I recall.

Thanks! We're in rehearsals for a recording session in January 2022. 4 songs; two originals and two 'covers'. I use that term lightly because they are more different versions of classic songs than slavish renditions. Had a rehearsal earlier today and things are starting to gel. Kirstin is returning to active duty after birthing her beautiful little girl Umi-Jo so we're easing back into our 'full house' routine. Used my latest, a hollow-body (Czech) Jolana Kolorbas today and it sounded perfect for the kind/style of music we play. It will definitely be at that recording session.

 

[Engle]

Thanks! We're in rehearsals for a recording session in January 2022. 4 songs; two originals and two 'covers'. I use that term lightly because they are more different versions of classic songs than slavish renditions. Had a rehearsal earlier today and things are starting to gel. Kirstin is returning to active duty after birthing her beautiful little girl Umi-Jo so we're easing back into our 'full house' routine. Used my latest, a hollow-body (Czech) Jolana Kolorbas today and it sounded perfect for the kind/style of music we play. It will definitely be at that recording session.

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Sure is nice to be playing right?

 

[JIO]

[QUOTE="TBird1958, post: 25893272, member: 113044"]Brutalist industrial design (that has to be a high point!) - The '70s were strange times.[/QUOTE]

You know, I never thought of it that way... but then, imagine that '78 Thunderbird in place of the Corvette...

 

[Gaolee]

Oh man, did the T-bird ever morph into the ugliest car on the road or what? A friends parents "gifted" him their '70s T-bird and I rode in it once - it was really cramped inside and HUGE on the outside. The front hood was like an aircraft carrier!

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I would drive one of those - if it was the right color. Not a factory color, either.

 

[Bent77]

[QUOTE="TBird1958, post: 25893272, member: 113044"]Brutalist industrial design (that has to be a high point!) - The '70s were strange times.

You know, I never thought of it that way... but then, imagine that '78 Thunderbird in place of the Corvette...

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The concrete monolith and a 70s thunderbird do share the same design characteristics