Thunderbird Club

[WillyW]

i prefer the A fingerboard but the B headstock overrides that.

oops....

 

[GBassNorth]

Couldn’t resist…
Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

 

[KaraQ]

Couldn’t resist…
Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

 

[JJR58]

Thought that was a red bikini reference for a moment.

There’s always going to be a reference to something around here.

I’m cool with red bikinis.

 

[JJR58]

Never mind the nasty ones.

But it’s the nasty ones that count.

 

[dagrev]

Coulda, woulda shoulda. Life is too short to not enjoy it. I’m really happy for you that you got the NR.

Thank you. I am as well. I've wanted a NR for decades. Glad I pulled the trigger. Plays great, looks great and I've found several strings that are a good match for it. Roto 66s, 66 Nickel plated and String Joy NPS could all be the string for that bass and likely in that order. I keep thinking a flat would be great on it for some reason. TIs had mids in the wrong place for me. I put some Fender flats on it last night to try Wed at practice. I haven't played anything else since getting it.

 

[dagrev]

Afternoon aleatory pic I came across

 

[dagrev]

@dagrev heres the same pic posted twice, the first is using copy/paste from my photo library, the second is using the “upload a file” button from the TB reply window…
Pic one (quick way)
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pic 2 (the normal file upload button way)
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Thunderbird eggs I keep finding. This is big shoe box that's almost full. And I've given almost 20 away. Two have been added since the pic a day ago.

 

[BklynKen]

I’m cool with red bikinis.

Especially when it's wearing Phoebe Cates.

 

[GBassNorth]

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Thunderbird eggs I keep finding. This is big shoe box that's almost full. And I've given almost 20 away. Two have been added since the pic a day ago.

Do what everybody else does - clean em up and sell em on eBay for a couple bucks a dozen. Lots of golfers buy used balls specifically for water hazard holes. My regular golf balls cost a least $5 each. Just today I put three in a row in a lake (normally a challenging hole, but today my back and shoulder were in a lot of pain so I just couldn’t draw the ball properly around the trees and over the lake) fortunately I was using $1 balls that I save for water holes.

 

[Nocturnal]

Did this one the complicated way of uploading a file.

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I saw this picture.

Here's the same pic my normal way.

But I cannot see this one.

 

[dagrev]

Do what everybody else does - clean em up and sell em on eBay for a couple bucks a dozen. Lots of golfers buy used balls specifically for water hazard holes. My regular golf balls cost a least $5 each. Just today I put three in a row in a lake (normally a challenging hole, but today my back and shoulder were in a lot of pain so I just couldn’t draw the ball properly around the trees and over the lake) fortunately I was using $1 balls that I save for water holes.

Are you kidding! I throw them back at golfers.

 

[JIO]

Mine's more to the point, but I keep it just inside the front door. Otherwise it might
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[PillO]

weird, i haven’t had a single glitch, all came through for me…

Probably because you are using an all tube computer??

 

[PillO]

So I’m itching to get a Subway 115 cab for the place in the mountains. They’re hard to get these days and Mesa pumps them out as fast as they can. If I order it today, I might get it before Christmas. I’m thinking I can bring the amp back and forth. But knowing me, I’ll likely buy Andy’s next creation when it finally comes out (supply chain issues…).

My local L&M is really good. I let them know what I am looking for and a price range and they call me when something comes in. I was looking for a 115 in the $200 range. They called and had a used Mesa 410 for me at $250. Recently I got a 7ender guitar 112 (so that my brother doesn't have to bring a cab) for $200. Just have to be willing to wait.

 

[bobyoung53]

Thank you. I am as well. I've wanted a NR for decades. Glad I pulled the trigger. Plays great, looks great and I've found several strings that are a good match for it. Roto 66s, 66 Nickel plated and String Joy NPS could all be the string for that bass and likely in that order. I keep thinking a flat would be great on it for some reason. TIs had mids in the wrong place for me. I put some Fender flats on it last night to try Wed at practice. I haven't played anything else since getting it.

I couldn't put mine down for 3 or 4 months.

 

[PillO]

Things appear, then disappear. Some see, some don't. Some don't see, then do.

Will you have whiskey with your water
Or sugar with your tea
What are these crazy questions
That they're asking of me
This is the craziest party
That there ever could be
Oh, don't turn on the light
'Cause I don't want to see

Mama told me not to come
Mama told me not to come
That ain't the way to have fun

Open up the window
Let some air into this room
I think I'm almost choking from
The smell of stale perfume
And that cigarette you're smoking
'Bout to scare me half to death
Open up the window sucka
Let me catch my breath

Mama told me not to come
Mama told me not to come
That ain't the way to have fun, son
That ain't the way to have fun, son

The radio is blasting,
Someone's beating on the door
I'm looking at my girlfriend
She's passed out on the floor
I seen so many things
I ain't never seen before
I don't know what it is
But I don't wanna see no more

Mama told me not to come
Mama told me not to come
She said, that ain't the way to have fun, son

@PillO did you put your pharmacist hat on and concoct something and put it in the interwebs water? Our water?

I am but a humble maker of medical concoctions. I don't do any of that CIA nonsense. And if I did would be obliged to deny it...

 

[bobyoung53]

Probably because you are using an all tube computer??

There's a really fascinating book out about the two scientists who designed ENIAC and how they got it going, how they got screwed at the end of it getting no credit and no money. (of course)

https://www.amazon.com/Eniac-Triumphs-Tragedies-Worlds-Computer/dp/0802713483

"ENIAC used common octal-base radio tubes of the day; the decimal accumulators were made of 6SN7 flip-flops, while 6L7s, 6SJ7s, 6SA7s and 6AC7s were used in logic functions.[32] Numerous 6L6s and 6V6s served as line drivers to drive pulses through cables between rack assemblies.

Several tubes burned out almost every day, leaving ENIAC nonfunctional about half the time. Special high-reliability tubes were not available until 1948. Most of these failures, however, occurred during the warm-up and cool-down periods, when the tube heaters and cathodes were under the most thermal stress. Engineers reduced ENIAC's tube failures to the more acceptable rate of one tube every two days. According to an interview in 1989 with Eckert, "We had a tube fail about every two days and we could locate the problem within 15 minutes."[33] In 1954, the longest continuous period of operation without a failure was 116 hours—close to five days.

ENIAC - Wikipedia

 

[PillO]

What are the DB9s for?

If it is good enough for 007...
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[RedVee]

Did this one the complicated way of uploading a file.

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This one I can see!

(& it is beautiful!)