Thunderbird Club

[TBird1958]

Is that coming out of California? I swear I saw this on my local CL a year or so back, and nearly jumped on it, but I was still paying off my Telecaster bass. It was a red Cataldo with 3 pickups.

The seller is in Long Island, prety sure he is a member here. The bass has had a number of owners.

Todd commissioned that bass, but did he actually take possession? He's from Barstow, CA.

 

[godofthunder59]

Todd commissioned that bass, but did he actually take possession? He's from Barstow, CA.

I believe that he did, he sent me a short video clip of hom playing it.

 

[PillO]

I once got in my car and waited for my house to pull up ...My drummer got pulled over after a gig.... When he rolled down the window he asked the officer where the rest of the Village People were.

I have had the thought that if pulled over speeding, I would try the explanation "Donut emergency... I know you understand..."

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I have had the thought that if pulled over speeding, I would try the explanation "Donut emergency... I know you understand..."

ever see the imodium commercial?….they had to take it off the air….

 

[bobyoung53]

Tom Petty was really funny, listening to his SiriusXM channel this morning, he played Drag City by Jan and Dean and he mumbled, "They're talking about racing, don't get carried away" , RIP Tom.

 

[GBassNorth]

For those so inclined to dabble in bird builds, Rosser has about 10 Tbird body blanks for sale on eBay at a fantastic price…
Bass Body, Made to Order, Unfinished, Basswood, USA Made, FBB, Rosser Guitars | eBay
looks like he’ll route any type of pup and location you might want.

 

[Engle]

For those so inclined to dabble in bird builds, Rosser has about 10 Tbird body blanks for sale on eBay at a fantastic price…
Bass Body, Made to Order, Unfinished, Basswood, USA Made, FBB, Rosser Guitars | eBay
looks like he’ll route any type of pup and location you might want.

Very cool! He is doing Reverse and Non Reverse bodies in both basswood and ash.
Not that I need another project or another bass, but that would be an easy way to build a Fenderbird.

 

[icefly]

So, saturday, Jaguar out of closet, cleaned, waxed and played

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

speaking of hail…coming down good…

 

[Stealth57]

speaking of hail…coming down good…
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Keep those chickpeas away from me. Already destroyed my plum blossoms.

 

[MCF]

So, saturday, Jaguar out of closet, cleaned, waxed and played

I heartily approve! That’s great. I worked that a while back using Constantine’s transcription.

 

[dagrev]

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One of my favorite quotes and observations.
Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it. Reasoning is of no use. Facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved — indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside as trivial exceptions. So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self-satisfied. In fact, they can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make them aggressive. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.

If we want to know how to get the better of stupidity, we must seek to understand its nature…. We note further that people who have isolated themselves from others or who live in solitude manifest this defect less frequently than individuals or groups of people inclined or condemned to sociability. And so it would seem that stupidity is perhaps less a psychological than a sociological problem.

In conversation with him, one virtually feels that one is dealing not at all with a person, but with slogans, catchwords and the like that have taken possession of him. He is under a spell, blinded, misused, and abused in his very being. Having thus become a mindless tool, the stupid person will also be capable of any evil and at the same time incapable of seeing that it is evil.
(Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian who opposed Hitler and was executed a few days before the concentration camp was liberated.)

 

[dagrev]

Edit: oops I meant the other guy! Lol

I saw him with Alice Cooper in March 2020 in the time between bushfires, floods and then Covid. He was using all T’birds in the show that night.

Seems a long flippin’ time ago.
PS the floods are back.

Any water getting close to home Geoff?

 

[dagrev]

In a practice room, it can be overwhelming. Backing off and still being driving withing the groove is one of the hardest things I have had to learn. The lessons in that aren't over and probably never will be.

You're definitely right. That is one tough balance to get right. It's almost like it's not natural to be aware of both at the same time.

 

[dagrev]

yes. IMHO a big problem now is under-treating pain and may be some element of the increase in opioid addiction as people resort to street drugs.

I agree and think that is a bigger aspect than would like to ever be admitted. According to my Doc that was true of Prince and possibly Tom Petty(?). I know he said Prince had meds that were actually counterfeit and came from an undocumented pharmacist. He named someone else and it may have been TP.

 

[PillO]

One of my favorite quotes and observations.
Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it. Reasoning is of no use. Facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved — indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside as trivial exceptions. So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self-satisfied. In fact, they can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make them aggressive. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.

If we want to know how to get the better of stupidity, we must seek to understand its nature…. We note further that people who have isolated themselves from others or who live in solitude manifest this defect less frequently than individuals or groups of people inclined or condemned to sociability. And so it would seem that stupidity is perhaps less a psychological than a sociological problem.

In conversation with him, one virtually feels that one is dealing not at all with a person, but with slogans, catchwords and the like that have taken possession of him. He is under a spell, blinded, misused, and abused in his very being. Having thus become a mindless tool, the stupid person will also be capable of any evil and at the same time incapable of seeing that it is evil.
(Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian who opposed Hitler and was executed a few days before the concentration camp was liberated.)

It feels like you are talking about me...

Nope, just don't believe it. Now leave me alone with my melon.

 

[PillO]

I agree and think that is a bigger aspect than would like to ever be admitted. According to my Doc that was true of Prince and possibly Tom Petty(?). I know he said Prince had meds that were actually counterfeit and came from an undocumented pharmacist. He named someone else and it may have been TP.

Not me!

 

[dagrev]

This old thing for tomorrow... (w/Fender Flats)

 

[dagrev]

It feels like you are talking about me...

Nope, just don't believe it. Now leave me alone with my melon.

Hardly. You are just confusing stupid with Normal Challenged.

 

[Engle]

speaking of hail…coming down good…
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Pink hail?