Thunderbird Club

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TBird1958 said:
7enderbird Tuesday.
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Speaking of trains, how 70 tons of PBR moved in the '70s.

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Not a true “FenderBird” but certainly one of the most Fender Birds out there…
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As for the train stuff, I have a boxcar load of NMRA Bulletin publications from 1971 to 1974 that I bought at a garage sale a while back. They are yours for Christmas if you PM me your mailing address…
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#306,727
RedVee said:
They are predicting 38c here this afternoon. That’s 100F.
Going to lunch with my 2 sisters in a well air conditioned club.
Have decided I will not be doing any work in the yard today.
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Ironic. We've still been having summer to early fall weather here, and today is spending its time between 10C (50F) and 15C (60F). Tomorrow will be back into early fall territory, then we park in temps like today's for a while. I was perfectly happy with it last week. Oh, well.
 
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JIO said:
Same here in SF lately - I didn't know Revian made a pick-up. Looks good, unlike the hideous cyber-monstrosity ...

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I see Rivian pickups and SUVs up here on a fairly regular basis. They are far, far better looking that the giant rolling ductwork things.
 
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JIO said:
They'll make it - I shipped a bass to Rudi Salm (Rudolf Rock - SWIK) in Hamburg and it got there fine.

A snug fitting case helps...
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That looks a whole lot like my P-Bird. I think it came out to play at the GTG when the crew was in the Basement of Blasphemy and Bad Ideas.
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
Ironic. We've still been having summer to early fall weather here, and today is spending its time between 10C (50F) and 15C (60F). Tomorrow will be back into early fall territory, then we park in temps like today's for a while. I was perfectly happy with it last week. Oh, well.
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Yes, it’s not quite summer yet. Sydney’s west is scheduled for 40c today and the “beach” they built and opened last year. Good right? They haven’t opened it for this summer yet… :thumbsdown:
 
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I did some work on the Tbird manufacturers and models page, mainly adding to the intro material and adding information under Greco. As always, feedback is welcome, and you are welcome to work on this page as well! The smaller and lesser known shops have nothing under their names so far, mainly because I know little to nothing about them.
 
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JIO said:
I only use a passive bass live and don't play right-hand 'hard' so I have never broken a string live... and I already have a lot of gear to lug into/out of a venue, so the less the better. I have a fretless that I'd love to play one song on... but...
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I remember the last time I broke a string, 1977, and that was because of my bridge, broke two D strings in a row, it was in a Who cover band and broke right before the start of a medley, got some looks because it had happened the night before and I hadn't addressed it. I haven't owned an active bass for years. Fretless yeah, you have to keep up on those. :laugh:
 
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I know we've discussed this before, but we all know how annoying searching this forum can be (especially with a group with this many posts). So, for anyone who's up for it, how would you rank the Thunderbird pickups you've used, and how would you describe each pickup's sound? Do that how you like, whether simple (lots of bass, no real high end) or wine-snob (Piney woods winter background noise low end, coppery-tasting low mids, fruity-smelling upper mids with a hint of Dagobah shimmer above the 17th fret). OK, maybe reign it in a bit from that. Keep it useful.
BUT... to help find things in the future, please include #tbird_pickups in your reply (not just quoted text - your reply!)
 
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Gaolee said:
That looks a whole lot like my P-Bird. I think it came out to play at the GTG when the crew was in the Basement of Blasphemy and Bad Ideas.
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It was one of two I made - the satin black one (Gojira, which came out to play at T-Bird GTG #2) is mine.

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