Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

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.

Even apart from airbags, modern cars are far more safe than tanks of the 50s (but they sure don't look as good). Energy absorbers as opposed to energy deflectors.

 

[dagrev]

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

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

 

[dagrev]

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.

Haven't heard of JC Whitney in years. Use to get their catalogs. Obviously not in recent decades.....

 

[dagrev]

Ahem!

Yeah, I had to reword to what you noticed. The previous wording was not true of me but fitting for other forums.

 

[JJR58]

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.
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Sweet!!!!!

 

[MCF]

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

We’ll, after the market’s performance the las few days, I may be in the same boat.

 

[MCF]

Nice straight on shot George!
I’ll load it up and cut it out of gold foil. We’ll see how the feathers come out.
I’ll have to paint in the cracks in the letters first though. Might not get to it until the weekend.

I’ll chec

You are awesome Irv. What a great community we have here.

 

[GonePlaid]

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?

Yup. I still use one o' their guitar cords.

 

[GonePlaid]

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.

Ya mean these guys? Yeah, I used to order stuff from them-back when you could actually work on your own car. Link Removed

 

[dagrev]

We’ll, after the market’s performance the las few days, I may be in the same boat.

Read some of the (too) many self-help get rich through some weird financial maneuverings, like buying and flipping Mobile homes. How to "grow your wealth" is in countless books. Must be really easy. Then there's that whole land speculation thing. I bet you could pick up some land in some parts of Europe at rock-bottom prices now.

Or...a safer bet would be to write such a book.

 

[dagrev]

Sweet!!!!!

Thanks! Now I just need to learn to play it...

 

[Bent77]

Read some of the (too) many self-help get rich through some weird financial maneuverings, like buying and flipping Mobile homes. How to "grow your wealth" is in countless books. Must be really easy. Then there's that whole land speculation thing. I bet you could pick up some land in some parts of Europe at rock-bottom prices now.

Or...a safer bet would be to write such a book.

I should not have laughed as much as I did on the reference about land prices

 

[dagrev]

I should not have laughed as much as I did on the reference about land prices

Yeah I know. The reality is not funny at all.

TT

 

[JJR58]

Thanks! Now I just need to learn to play it...

Ha!!! I’m sure you already can.
It’s me who needs to get back some chops.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

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).

i’ve been to the Stora Enso paper mill in Imatra for work years ago… it was -60 deg C!
you could see another mill down the hill in russian territory that had once been Finnish…blew my mind that I started understanding the signs posted in swedish since the ones in russian and suomi were completely foreign to my eye…

 

[MCF]

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.

That pickguard is very cool.

 

[Stealth57]

i’ve been to the Stora Enso paper mill in Imatra for work years ago… it was -60 deg C!
you could see another mill down the hill in russian territory that had once been Finnish…blew my mind that I started understanding the signs posted in swedish since the ones in russian and suomi were completely foreign to my eye…

Opposite for me. Paper mill in West Monroe, LA. 100+ degrees outside and they tied a rope to me and sent me into the drier section. Super hot and wet...came outside after my max 20 minutes and thought I was in Santa Cruz...then I realized it was still 100+ degrees.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Glad to help!

The back story on this bass is that it once belonged to our esteemed @godofthunder59 many years ago not sure if he was the first owner. But he was one of a group of individuals (I think there are others in this club as well) that worked closely with BaCH to develop a true NR vintage reproduction. It changed hands a couple of times before I got it in 2020 from of all places Guitar Center where it was being wrongly advertised as an “Epoch Firebird bass”. And now here we are potentially duplicating the logo on this one to be proudly applied to other great examples of this wonderful bass.

I’m sure Scott and others could add a lot more details and background, but I find it fascinating to see how an individual or group of individuals with a dream can contribute to the creation of something that continues to thrill people for generations to come.

wish I would have known about that effort, would have gotten an early (thinner and factory belly cut) white II like the one Andy’s ( @Nocturnal ) buddy beautifully turned into a PB IV….as much as I dig reverses (bought my first brand new 70’s in 82) i’ve always been infatuated with NRs…It’s sooo cool BaCH manufactured something (albeit, with guidance from the TB elite) that with the right aftermarket running gear (Badbird bridges, PGs, rests/Thunderbuckers) can turn into one badazz NR Bird without any help from Gibson…
mine’s not going anywhere….

 

[MCF]

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).

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Opposite for me. Paper mill in West Monroe, LA. 100+ degrees outside and they tied a rope to me and sent me into the drier section. Super hot and wet...came outside after my max 20 minutes and thought I was in Santa Cruz...then I realized it was still 100+ degrees.

blew me away how unsafe this mill was (scandy safety standards are among the most stringent but may not apply to mills) mind you, this was 20 years ago….Osha would have had a field day… blades flying around uncovered (no safety curtains) slicing 10 foot diameter paper rolls…massive completely exposed pulp screws on the ground…..no forklift lanes….gnarly stuff….