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Re: A student of Jim McCarty ...
« Reply #30 on: May 25, 2022, 11:50:21 PM »
Here's the weird one - Ted traded this HRF for a Byrdland he had previously owned and which had mysteriously disappeared. Fortunately a fan had found and purchased it. Note that the TP6 is positioned  where a trapeze tailpiece might be located - presumably to allow Ted to do his Byrdland-style whammy effects and associated guttural noises.
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« Reply #31 on: May 26, 2022, 07:45:08 AM »
So the Byrdland has a solid carved top (with a hollow body underneath), not just an arched plywood one? I live and learn.
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« Reply #32 on: May 26, 2022, 09:41:34 AM »
So the Byrdland has a solid carved top (with a hollow body underneath), not just an arched plywood one? I live and learn.

Solid spruce top. Apparently variations abound on the back and neck construction. Short scale, thin neck also.
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« Reply #33 on: May 26, 2022, 12:19:01 PM »
So the Byrdland has a solid carved top (with a hollow body underneath), not just an arched plywood one? I live and learn.

And priced accordingly.
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« Reply #34 on: May 26, 2022, 04:10:28 PM »
The could have always offered a Bison head trophy ready for wall mounting as case candy with the Nuge Sig model!
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Re: A student of Jim McCarty ...
« Reply #35 on: May 27, 2022, 07:12:53 AM »
I could design a custom Byrdland/bow and arrow flight case for a sig model.  8)

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Re: A student of Jim McCarty ...
« Reply #36 on: May 27, 2022, 11:37:34 AM »
I could design a custom Byrdland/bow and arrow flight case for a sig model.  8)

Case lining would have to be something, um, "organic", I guess...
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Re: A student of Jim McCarty ...
« Reply #37 on: May 30, 2022, 05:52:28 AM »
You mean pinkish Wang Dang Sweet Poontang fur that gives you Cat Scratch Fever?





Wang Dang Sweet Poontang was the B side of the Cat Scratch Fever Single, how fitting.

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« Reply #38 on: May 31, 2022, 02:22:10 PM »
You mean pinkish Wang Dang Sweet Poontang fur that gives you Cat Scratch Fever?

No, more likely something that formerly girded Ted's dinner...
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Re: A student of Jim McCarty ...
« Reply #39 on: June 21, 2022, 07:31:01 PM »
Didn't I say he had Motown in him ...

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Re: A student of Jim McCarty ...
« Reply #40 on: June 25, 2022, 08:49:24 AM »
A reinforcement of how good a vocalist Derek St Holmes is.
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