Thunderbird Club

[TBird1958]

Greco really nailed it didn’t they?….was playing mine at last Sat’s gig…….pure bliss…

For my money they totally nailed it, there are some physical differences yes, but sonically it's right there with the real deal.

 

[JJR58]

@Chucky Stiletti
@TBird1958

 

[TBird1958]

OK you braggarts.... me with the plane of planes. I'm 6' for perspective. I know, no props.
And a floater.... USS Alabama. I believe the largest battleship class of WWII.
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A slight correction the Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa and New Jersey approx 57000 tons were larger, Alabama was part of the South Dakota class, including Indiana and Massachusetts, approx 46200 tons. Also similar to USS Washington and North Carolina, they were approx 46700 tons.

 

[RedVee]

Thursday........Cousins.

Greco really nailed it didn’t they?….was playing mine at last Sat’s gig…….pure bliss…

yeah they look like close cousins!

 

[RedVee]

Don't recall the concert, but was standing on the floor when it was so tight I was able to lift my knees slightly and was held in place by the press of the crowd. Didn't like that feeling even when young and dumb.

AC/DC at Sydney Showgrounds in 1980, the first concert home after Bons death.
They opened the gates and I was carried through in the crush of people, my feet seemingly only touched ground every 4 or 5 metres.
Not a great feeling.

 

[RedVee]

I have zero claustrophobic issues, but I gotta say, the largest crowd I was ever in was the Indy 500. I’ve never seen so many people in one place at one time in my entire life. My wife was nearly in panic mode.



I’ve been trying to find one at a reasonable price here in the states for the last several years, rare as hens teeth here for some reason. The short scale and neck pup location are why I’m after it, that and it’s a Greco.

Biggest crowds ever?
Two come to mind.
Sydney Olympics 2000, getting through the security checks and entry gates.
The biggest I think was the bicentenary Australia Day in 1988. I was in the city around the quay. Must have been a million people (no I didn’t count them).

Biggest concert crowd, 100,000 at The Concert of the Decade in 1979 at the Sydney Opera House forecourt.

 

[GonePlaid]

All this WWII plane talk is cool. A few years ago…
Standing with one of the deadliest fighters in the European theater - Supermarine Spitfire...

And just before boarding FiFi for a 30 minute flight.

Would love to get up in the air in a Mustang, Hellcat, Thunderbolt, Lightening or Spitfire, but two seater variants of those are few if any.

2 seater Mustang(Crazy Horse, IIRC) "gives" flights outta the Kissimmee airport. Bring $$$$.

 

[GonePlaid]

A slight correction the Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa and New Jersey approx 57000 tons were larger, Alabama was part of the South Dakota class, including Indiana and Massachusetts, approx 46200 tons. Also similar to USS Washington and North Carolina, they were approx 46700 tons.

Been on the North Carolina(in Wilmington). Interesting, but kinda small compared to my second boat:USS Enterprise CVA(N)65

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

OK you braggarts.... me with the plane of planes. I'm 6' for perspective. I know, no props.
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And a floater.... USS Alabama. I believe the largest battleship class of WWII.
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where is that?

 

[GonePlaid]

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

So odd and so beautiful. That’s long been on my top five list of warplanes I’d love to see up close and personal. Thanks for that.

regret not having been part of this club (when this topic comes up) when I went to the AF museum as I would have taken a shi7load of pics……the thing is soooo big….single wheel landing gear (rear tricycle) diameter is like two stories….you literally walk past six different fighters (indoor so beautifully kept) to your right and everytime time you look to your left it’s still there! lol…..big fan of non Boeing bomber companies such as Martin and Consolidated….pre cable they had them up 24/7 boosting commercial TV…….coolest queen in the world honored me by sharing a book about bomber 075 that I’m eager to start getting into!….

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

For my money they totally nailed it, there are some physical differences yes, but sonically it's right there with the real deal.

yeah, totally trumped the BaCH with Tbuckers…could it have been the Chromes on the BaCH? (GHS rounds on the Greco, thx Donnie)….doubt it….

 

[Miles_ONeal]

where is that?

Mobile, Alabama. They also have a WWII sub there, the USS Drum.

 

[JIO]

Scary stuff Ken.
History repeating......

Weaponeer - never heard that term used before. No, I don't think so - it's all about posturing/shadow-boxing. I don't think the world is that crazy... yet. And if it is, there's certainly nothing we could do to stop it. It's like a cloud of loud angry bees hovering just out of reach above our heads. Just hanging there... sounding angry. Sucks up a lot of the souls karmic energy, which is sorta' the point.

 

[JIO]

yeah, totally trumped the BaCH with Tbuckers…could it have been the Chromes on the BaCH? (GHS rounds on the Greco, thx Donnie)….doubt it….

GHS Progressives? (w/purple silk-wrap) Before I converted to mostly D'Addario I only used GHS Progressives (rounds) and Precision flats. Still have a couple few basses with them.

Diamonds are Flats last forever - these are 10yrs old & sound mauvelous

 

[PaleAngel_90]

Do I have to wear pants?

No, you're not going to scare me, lol.

 

[dagrev]

What? No pic with the USS Drum?

I didn't want to overdo it!

Talk about not much room. It looks big, but not so much inside. Wouldn't be for me more than a few hours.

Interestingly enough, when we were touring the USS Alabama the second time, we were about three decks down, and the power went off. Complete and utter darkness. Keep in mind inside a ship, everything is a turn, wall, steps, a hole to go down to another deck. Absolutely no way to get around. You wouldn't even want to take any steps in any direction as you wouldn't know what you were headed towards. Fortunately, I had a small Sony video recorder that had night vision. I remembered and turned that on, and we were able to navigate until the power came back on a few minutes later. It was in the summer and within about a minute it was hot. This was before cell phones with flashlights.

 

[dagrev]

@GonePlaid @WillyW and even @PillO. Apologies for others I may be forgetting.

 

[dagrev]

A slight correction the Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa and New Jersey approx 57000 tons were larger, Alabama was part of the South Dakota class, including Indiana and Massachusetts, approx 46200 tons. Also similar to USS Washington and North Carolina, they were approx 46700 tons.

Thanks much for the correction! I would much rather be corrected than go around being wrong. I was going off what a friend's dad said the first time I was there as a kid. That being that is was the sister to the USS Missouri. That seemed like an impressive "fact" and always remembered it for some reason. I've been there a couple times since and never noticed that was incorrect.

 

[dagrev]

AC/DC at Sydney Showgrounds in 1980, the first concert home after Bons death.
They opened the gates and I was carried through in the crush of people, my feet seemingly only touched ground every 4 or 5 metres.
Not a great feeling.

People in the States of our age will remember The Who concert in Cincinnati (<2 hrs from here), where a number of people were crushed. I always had this weird occasional thought of having some nut jabbing me with a
hypodermic for some reason.