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Thunderbird Club

I had a 112 combo. Traded it for something I could use. (don't like 'peg 'baked in' tone)
My current amp at the mountain house is a Hartke b600 112 combo. 60 watts. I bought it for $120 on a Zzounds close out some years back. $120.00. It’s a kickback. Paper cone, no aluminum. Class B. Heavy for its size. But I’ll tell you what. It is a great little amp. Shockingly so. Particularly with my Thunderbirds. I play through it with one of my Line6 G30 wireless sets. The amp is in the upstairs loft. I play all over the house and it sounds great to me wherever I happen to be.
 
Spent this evening with an old friend that turned 50 this year. I need to spin it more regularly. A great listen.
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When Convair/General Dynamics was closing the test pads where my Dad worked at Sycamore Canyon in San Diego County, they transferred him to Coco Beach. My Mom refused to leave California. So he got another job and we moved to Vandenberg AFB. My mother always knows best.
I like the Coco Beach area, actually more like Melbourne. Did a lot of work with Harris and a lot of entertaining at the Closed Door. :woot:
 
Mars Cowling…..:hyper::bassist::hyper:


He was a beast. I recall buying "Makin' Magic" in the summer of '91 or '92 and playing along to it a lot. Learned a lot from it and other Travers albums I acquired after.
"Go For What You Know" is on my wishlist of what-live-albums-need-an-expanded-edition. Saga's "In Transit" and Max Webster's "Live Magnetic Air" are on it too.
 
His or yours?
The therapist I now have to go to says the scars are mine and I have to acknowledge those feelings, but only in safe spaces like Twitter, Facebook, public gatherings in streets, etc. I didn’t notice any scars on Marshall--but that tat. In that location. I bet that hurt. Maybe that's why he was passed out on the drive. I didn't want to ask.
 
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