I was just happy I got it.
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Thunderbird Club
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I was quite prepared to pay more than I did for it. Shoulda bought the Pelham(?)blue NR next to it too. Had the $$$, but didn't really like the blue(sorry, Marshall). For those who don't recall, I bought the 67 in 73 in NYC for...$250 incl. the OHSC.
A late Thunderbird Thursday. Final rehearsal before the first day of our month long residency in east Hollywood. Brand new Swing 66s, into an Acoustic 360 into a Sunn 2000s and cab.
360 as a preamp (naturally) and 2000S as a power amp?
Ok, I see that but I think CAR is also a very Fender colour. I could be wrong though!
Yep. I'm still running my 2000s with the same settings I normally do, but using the bass boost. So the Sunn is set at treble 10, contour 10, and bass 3 with bass boost on, and the 360 is running in front of that. I'll be picking up an Acoustic 300 slave amp next week so I can just run the 360 into that and not need to haul the Sunn head out.
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Came up to the mountain house last evening and stayed up way past my bedtime working on the ‘13 NR. When I got it, I installed the Babicz with the shim underneath because that’s how the ‘15 came from the factory. Mistake. And I’ve been meaning to remove the shim ever since. The bridge was mounted too high to
get low action without exposing the ends of the height adjustment screws. I Finally got around to removing the shim.
Came up to the mountain house last evening and stayed up way past my bedtime working on the ‘13 NR. When I got it, I installed the Babicz with the shim underneath because that’s how the ‘15 came from the factory. Mistake. And I’ve been meaning to remove the shim ever since. The bridge was mounted too high to
get low action without exposing the ends of the height adjustment screws. I Finally got around to removing the shim.
Can't disagree there. I've always thought the NRs have such cool, almost mysterious look about them. Not a good adjective, but something close. Owning one never seemed to be a possibility.……dang..that looks like it even tastes good…doesn’t get sexier than NRs…
It has its own recliner after a hard day? It needs a drink and fine cigar. Fortunately no need for slippers.
What strings are you using on it? I'm sure you said, but that was likely 4,659 pages ago.
And you could have sold the PB to Marshall for a fortune.
My ability to see ~45+/- years into the future was sorely lacking at the time.
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Just holding wire for better access
And over, after a couple of hours.
You too, huh? Glad it's not just me then...My ability to see ~45+/- years into the future was sorely lacking at the time.
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I didn't even know you could adjust bridges when I was a teenager, truss rod? What's that? When I sold my first two year old P bass I had bought brand new, the buyer adjusted the neck and I thought wow! I still sold it though (needed the money).
You’re probably right, Fiesta red would be a more traditional Fender color, but they did have CAR so it still counts. Besides, I’ve never been a fan of the Fiesta red hue, I much prefer the deeper darker CAR.
If money were no object(it is), I'd like a 2021 NR refinished in this(Emberglow)color. I had my factory silver 62 Impala painted this color. It looked great-'til I got 'hitandrunned'.
(Mustangs used a similar colr)
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When young, the only adjustment that was ever needed was the volume knob, and that pretty much fixed everything. Must have been better volume knobs back then.
