Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

Not a reflection of NY by any stretch, just a rant about many rock concerts - I just don’t get the whole mosh pit thing.

What a freaking stupid bunch of testosterone fueled low IQ morons. When I was in my teens and early twenties I was pretty much an out of control fool and never backed down from a good fight, but even then I thought the mosh thing was stupid. Bands that encourage it and glorify it with air time on their videos (like this one) should be thrown in the middle of the mosh to see how well they fair.

Ok, rant over, I now return you to our regularly scheduled Tbird love fest and what looks like a pretty good deal…
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one gig we played we used our own lights. A stand on each side of the stage with several on top. At one point the lights on my end started swaying. I backed up and got the singers attention to maybe do the same. Some guys started slam dancing and were slamming into the stand with lights. I could likely have moved fast enough, but the morons in the crowd would be literally hit by their own stupidity.

 

[dagrev]

tonight’s lineup….
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Can you stop doing West Coast gigs only?

 

[dagrev]

Almost tempting to get it for the pickups.

Ken, you should own a VP. I think SITs would sound great on it. If you don't like it, you can always sell it for more than you paid for it. But you'll like it.

 

[JJR58]

Can you stop doing West Coast gigs only?

Chuck owns the west coast gigs.

 

[Hondapunk]

Greco Thunderbird 1988 Sunburst | Reverb
Shipping is $153 from Canada . Cardboard must be really expensive there.

 

[JJR58]

Greco Thunderbird 1988 Sunburst | Reverb
Shipping is $153 from Canada . Cardboard must be really expensive there.

Those pick ups don't look like any Greco ones i've ever seen.
TB+'s?

 

[BklynKen]

Ken, you should own a VP. I think SITs would sound great on it. If you don't like it, you can always sell it for more than you paid for it. But you'll like it.

I'd love to, but they're backwards.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Chuck owns the west coast gigs.

till you move out here....

 

[WillyW]

G-Bird. Greco Thunderbird 1988 Sunburst | Reverb

Almost tempting to get it for the pickups.

Ken, you should own a VP. I think SITs would sound great on it. If you don't like it, you can always sell it for more than you paid for it. But you'll like it.

Those pick ups don't look like any Greco ones i've ever seen.
TB+'s?

Those do look to be TB+ pickups, not the original Grecos.... makes it a just barely ok deal....

 

[JJR58]

till you move out here....

I'll be taking lessons from you.
And we'll just see how that one goes.

 

[Stealth57]

Those pick ups don't look like any Greco ones i've ever seen.
TB+'s?

And something funky with the bridge.

 

[WillyW]

And something funky with the bridge.

That's the stock bridge, it's made of case-hardened cheese-wiz. The claw is solid.

I have a spare epiphone for whomever buys it. (thanks to GB and Kara)

Tunas on my 88 were junk at best....

 

[PillO]

So Ernie Ball has officially pissed me off.

I bought a 12 pack treble geetar strings and 3 of the 12 high E strings broke during initial tuning.

Different tuner types, all breaks at the initial bend in the string. (split post, center post, and locking)

I emailed them, and instead of just saying " OMG, Thanks you for being a loyal customer for 25 years, let me drop 3 or 4 high E strings in the mail. So sorry for the inconvenience".

They wanted pictures of the broken strings, and some other stupid things. (threw the broken strings away)

I am not invading Poland with the free strings I am trying to scam from them....

I bought a bulk pack of SIT strings instead.

I buy a dozen sets of strings 3-4 times a year so I'm sure I'll bankrupt Ernie Ball in short order....

It is entirely possible that they are trying to track a defect and pictures of the broken strings could be useful in finding the defect/providing a solution. But I will concede that if that is the case, they should communicate that.

 

[PillO]

Coors

Corn syrup instead of rice. Therefore same issue as Budweiser.

Shall we call that sparkling bourbon?

 

[Stealth57]

That's the stock bridge, it's made of case-hardened cheese-wiz. The claw is solid.

I have a spare epiphone for whomever buys it. (thanks to GB and Kara)

Tunas on my 88 were junk at best....

Referring to what looks like a chrome screw sticking up.

 

[PillO]

Or
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You had me at maple bacon coffee porter.

 

[Stealth57]

Corn syrup instead of rice. Therefore same issue as Budweiser.

Shall we call that sparkling bourbon?

Colorado moonshine

 

[PillO]

Almost.

Liver wrapped in bacon: doesn't help the liver , pretty much ruins the bacon.

Disagree. I love liver* and having bacon with it?? Heaven!


* Be careful eating liver, it is so rich it can precipitate gout. All good things in moderation.

 

[PillO]

This is from a Smuttynose event many years ago.

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[PillO]

I see you think weird like me.

That's not a compliment, is it...