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#191,623
I know it's not Thunderbird Thursday, but, I had this new picture, just burning a hole in my pocket......

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WillyW said:
are you turning this into a meth vs coke thread?

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If you are going to develop a drug habit and plan to live a long time, heroin is a better choice than meth or coke (as long as you avoid overdoses and don't mix your drugs). So to that end, my money is on Keef to be last man standing*

*last man standing meaning the last human alive.
 
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D.M.N. said:
Been busy with the last gigs of the year and mixing and mastering the next Hair album, so haven't been around much. Been playing the Vintage Pro and Greco 4001s a lot, and increasingly thinking I might put a thunderbird pickup in the neck position of the Ric to add more low end oomph and output. And @Gaolee and @godofthunder59 guess I'll be joining the Acoustic Control ranks, picking up a 361 stack this weekend!




San Jacinto area? I know it was snowing down there yesterday.
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Looking forward to new music from Hair!
 
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WillyW said:
I do believe that I have been properly skooled and they be through…

I’m still not sure if any were set neck
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The Epiphone Elitist Thunderbird is the only set neck Bird from Epi to my knowledge. Here is a link to one sold on TB. My friend had one years ago and it was a great bass. Has the same pickups as the Gibson LP basses had back then. VERY nice pickups!!!

SOLD - Epiphone Elite Thunderbird Bass
 
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PillO said:
If you are going to develop a drug habit and plan to live a long time, heroin is a better choice than meth or coke (as long as you avoid overdoses and don't mix your drugs). So to that end, my money is on Keef to be last man standing*

*last man standing meaning the last human alive.
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Have you read Keith’s autobiography? I think he was talking about coke (but might have been smack), saying everything was fine when he had a regular supply of pharmaceutical-grade clean product. When he had to resort to unknown stuff from sketchy sources things went bad in a hurry.
 
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Engle said:
Have you read Keith’s autobiography? I think he was talking about coke (but might have been smack), saying everything was fine when he had a regular supply of pharmaceutical-grade clean product. When he had to resort to unknown stuff from sketchy sources things went bad in a hurry.
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I did read it. I think he was referring to heroin (or various other opioid substitutes). Pharmaceutical cocaine is extremely rare (I have only seen it in two hospitals), and requires a lot of paperwork, inspections, and security to keep. Getting any out of the legitimate system would be exceedingly difficult. Whereas all the opiates are everywhere and accounting is loose (there are acceptable 'losses' that will be overlooked on inspection). I also recall that he referred to 'mexican shoe scrapings' as the bad product he would use when he needed a fix but couldn't get any pharma grade - and the term makes me think it was relatively unrefined opium resin (black tar heroin). And there was the issue of needing a fix, which is an issue for heroin much more than coke.

I read the book about the time it came out. Recall that some were saying that Mick should write a rebuttal. I was left thinking that the rebuttal was already in the text. Who wants to hang around with a guy who carries a loaded pistol around and has a history of shooting guitars and other objects when he is upset?
 
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PillO said:
I did read it. I think he was referring to heroin (or various other opioid substitutes). Pharmaceutical cocaine is extremely rare (I have only seen it in two hospitals), and requires a lot of paperwork, inspections, and security to keep. Getting any out of the legitimate system would be exceedingly difficult. Whereas all the opiates are everywhere and accounting is loose (there are acceptable 'losses' that will be overlooked on inspection). I also recall that he referred to 'mexican shoe scrapings' as the bad product he would use when he needed a fix but couldn't get any pharma grade - and the term makes me think it was relatively unrefined opium resin (black tar heroin). And there was the issue of needing a fix, which is an issue for heroin much more than coke.

I read the book about the time it came out. Recall that some were saying that Mick should write a rebuttal. I was left thinking that the rebuttal was already in the text. Who wants to hang around with a guy who carries a loaded pistol around and has a history of shooting guitars and other objects when he is upset?
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Upon further research, it appears that Keef has had both coke and smack habits. It appears he is something of a renaissance drug user...
 
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dagrev said:
Like every kid, I watched them but I liked the Partridge Family better. Don't laugh, they did have better looking girls.... At least there were girls.
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The Monkees, I Spy, Get Smart, The Avengers, The Munsters & Addams Family... and Shindig, Hullabaloo and Ready Steady Go. Foundational.
 
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