Thunderbird Club

[JIO]

Quite believable for anyone who ever sat on a hood or inadvertently slammed into a door and watched it dent. Used to be you'd break a bone before denting most cars.

I had a '52 International 3 quarter ton pu (not mine -but very much like it) for a short period - you could take a running leap and kick it and there would be no dent/indication of your effort other than a dusty print of your shoe. This is when a truck was a truck - no sissy oversized macho luxury vehicle for posers.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I had a '52 International 3 quarter ton pu (not mine -but very much like it) for a short period - you could take a running leap and kick it and there would be no dent/indication of your effort other than a dusty print of your shoe. This is when a truck was a truck - no sissy oversized macho luxury vehicle for posers.

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One of my best friends in high school drove a 51 Ford. The brakes failed one day as he was stopping at a light. He rear-ended the 71 Buick in front of him at about 10mph. Huge dent in the Buick- not even a noticeable scratch on the Ford. But a 71 is built like a tank compared to today’s cars.

 

[GBassNorth]

Your Pbass' sister bass.
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Beautiful!
What year is your Jazz?

 

[Gaolee]

Something I hope not to do come 03/01/24.

It will be 2030 for me, most likely. If ever.

 

[KaraQ]

It's still White Bird Wednesday west of here. No white dress, though. Mss Couch prefers dark leather and Mr. Bultitude figures his hair is enough. (Stupid iphone reorients some of the photos.] The last photo is closest to how the color appears in real life.

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Anyone else remember Mars Music?

White on whitebird on white....on Whitebird Wednesday?

.....maybe I should get a pickguard for it that looks like this:

 

[JIO]

white wednesday? ...

 

[JIO]

Beautiful!
What year is your Jazz?

unless it's a 'homage' - it's an early '60s J judging from the mute holes...

 

[JIO]

One of my best friends in high school drove a 51 Ford. The brakes failed one day as he was stopping at a light. He rear-ended the 71 Buick in front of him at about 10mph. Huge dent in the Buick- not even a noticeable scratch on the Ford. But a 71 is built like a tank compared to today’s cars.

I bought my '52 International from a guy who lived on a farm in Nebraska. It had no turn-signals - it was a farm truck. I bought a strap-on steering-wheel column unit from JC Whitney (I'll be surprised if anyone knows of them) and mounted lights similar to the ones in the pic I posted. Wiring it was a bear, but I finally did it. It drove like ... a truck! and in 1st gear you could basically climb a wall.

 

[GBassNorth]

I bought my '52 International from a guy who lived on a farm in Nebraska. It had no turn-signals - it was a farm truck. I bought a strap-on steering-wheel column unit from JC Whitney (I'll be surprised if anyone knows of them) and mounted lights similar to the ones in the pic I posted. Wiring it was a bear, but I finally did it. It drove like ... a truck! and in 1st gear you could basically climb a wall.

I remember JC Whitney. Basically the Sears & Robuck catalog for after market car parts. In the 1970’s I used to get parts for my ‘65 Mustang there. You could buy anything from long blocks to light bulbs from them. I think my last purchase there might have been Coco mats or sheepskin seat covers for my 1974 Fiat 124 Spyder.

 

[Stealth57]

I bought my '52 International from a guy who lived on a farm in Nebraska. It had no turn-signals - it was a farm truck. I bought a strap-on steering-wheel column unit from JC Whitney (I'll be surprised if anyone knows of them) and mounted lights similar to the ones in the pic I posted. Wiring it was a bear, but I finally did it. It drove like ... a truck! and in 1st gear you could basically climb a wall.

Dude, I thought all bass players were gear heads? JC Whitney, Summit Racing, Jegs.

 

[PhR75]

I tried one of them. It was quite subtle. My preferred modulation is a flanger... from the same series...

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Mine's a chorus:

 

[PillO]

How may I be of service good sir?
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@WillyW looking for a photography tutorial.

 

[PillO]

Well, like Crack The Sky is big in Baltimore Max Webster is big in Imatra, Finland. Or I wish...but at least one of my friends is a fan too.
I first heard their music in 1995 as that said friend taped me three of their songs (Battlescar, In Context Of The Moon and Beyond The Moon). I was hooked. They have it all: great songwriting from pop to off-the-wall prog madness, they look stupid but cool and don't take them too seriously. Mighty fine musicians too. They also split before making any bad albums and before downgrading their music to suit the "American taste" (you know what I mean).

Interesting. I discovered them about the time of the third album, Mutiny Up My Sleeve (`78). The music is cool and not for everyone, much of it did not follow the pop formula. They nearly hit big in Europe by touring with Rush. After the band broke up, Kim Mitchell formed his own band and the keyboard player went on to teach medical illustration at U of T (Toronto, not Texas).

 

[PillO]

Someone say Bach?
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[PillO]

One of my best friends in high school drove a 51 Ford. The brakes failed one day as he was stopping at a light. He rear-ended the 71 Buick in front of him at about 10mph. Huge dent in the Buick- not even a noticeable scratch on the Ford. But a 71 is built like a tank compared to today’s cars.

and the whiplash insurance settlement...

Thereby illustrating one of the engineering changes in cars over the last half century. We have shifted priority from the vehicle surviving a crash to the squishy and fragile thing(s) inside surviving the crash at the expense of the car.

 

[Count Bassie]

How may I be of service good sir?
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Nice photo.

 

[dagrev]

Colour match Wednesday:
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My daughter had blue hair when she was rockin out on this. It’s got a Warmoth Ebony on Maple neck, so it’s a little heavy, but I might try it with RS66S. I think that’s a JazzBass Special pu.

I like it!

 

[dagrev]

It's still White Bird Wednesday west of here. No white dress, though. Mss Couch prefers dark leather and Mr. Bultitude figures his hair is enough. (Stupid iphone reorients some of the photos.] The last photo is closest to how the color appears in real life.

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Anyone else remember Mars Music?

I think the bear has had about eight too many. Kind of looks like Keef after a long night.

 

[dagrev]

Beautiful!
What year is your Jazz?

Thank you. '62 w/slab board. Body appropriately refinished (thus it was affordable). The neck is untouched and has grain pattern of a special order bass today. The finish is mostly gone off the back of the neck and feels great. I love the feel of wood with no finish.

 

[PillO]

I love the feel of wood with no finish.

Ahem!