When does -20F feel nice and fresh? Asking for past me.
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Thunderbird Club
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My aunt who lived in Palm Beach had a summer home in NC.
Come bike with me when it's 110F!
And I did just fine in Alaska in the winter 2-3 years ago, trekking a half mile to and from the car with a kid on my shoulders, carrying groceries, etc. It was especially pretty at night. I don't enjoy the cold like I used to, but I can cope.
8^)
We've only talked about getting it onto streaming platforms, but physical copies would be really cool!I want a copy once it's pressed!It's our (TSC's) plan as well. Record 4 more songs (3 originals) in March, have our 16 songs mastered, and get it in the cue to be pressed into an LP. Probably a CD too.
I was in NC for a work conference in December. The weather wasn't much different from Vancouver.
Great head for sure, but my dollars will go elsewhere gear wise.
That's crazy stuff there. When that much white stuff shows up it's a clear sign from God for thinking people to move.
New pedal day:
90's Ibanez Smash Box from their Tone-Lok or 7 series. Plenty of distortion on tap and a noise gate! Plus it has low end so it works with the bass. I didn't even try it with the guitar yet.
Not farty but smooth, just as I like it. 40 euros and these go cheaper too as it isn't considered a classic in a guitar world as far as I know. Let's wait until John Mayer gets one and the prices go up (let's not actually).
I would have done my customary sound clip but the bloody sound card's bloody USB jack went bust so maybe tomorrow.
90's Ibanez Smash Box from their Tone-Lok or 7 series. Plenty of distortion on tap and a noise gate! Plus it has low end so it works with the bass. I didn't even try it with the guitar yet.
Not farty but smooth, just as I like it. 40 euros and these go cheaper too as it isn't considered a classic in a guitar world as far as I know. Let's wait until John Mayer gets one and the prices go up (let's not actually).
I would have done my customary sound clip but the bloody sound card's bloody USB jack went bust so maybe tomorrow.
Wow, I need to have coffee before I post. I meant a VP (or other Thunderbird) with a damaged or broken neck wanted.
Thanks G - I dig it!Good bass playing and tone too - right up my alley. It reminds me of "Red Right Hand" by Nick Cave, which we do. We're also learning "Strange Game" from Slow Horses. We've been introducing just this kind of Noir material to augment our strictly Bond stuff. I'll send it to Cherie - I think she'll go for it.
Love me some Nick Cave. Would be cool to hear your bands version of the Caro Emerald song. Check out Caro’s “Deleted Scenes From the Cutting Room Floor” album. It’s packed with similar BondEsque material.
If the seller had put a third screw in the pickups it would have fooled me at first glance. Very nicely done indeed.
Sounds like you’re going down a similar path as I’m currently going down, but for different reasons. I think you’re after the VP sound with Fender neck ergos. I’m just tired of waiting for Epiphone to make an NR VP.
To that end, I successfully located an Embassy bass that was being dumped on the market at rock bottom pricing because of the incorrect bridge location. I think I paid just under $250 for it delivered. These use the exact same pickups and many other bits and pieces as the VP. It ended up being the pickup, spacer, trim ring, bridge, hard tail and strap lock donor to a $120 Rosser NR body and an $80 after market fender spec neck. When complete the new NR VP will have cost about what a new Standard VP costs, maybe less depending on the finisher I go with.
I think I still have a line on another complete Embassy fire sale with all the VP bits if you decide to go the same route. PM me if interested.
LOL, I already have 3 Embassies. But have thought about using one as a mod platform (one I got for parts, but it's such a nice little bass). Still, I'd love a Thunderbird body in the herd, just not the NR, can't do that shape. And my D-Roc may be too long scale for me.
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Gaolee
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Those are the recent DeCola pickups. They are fantastic pickups. Somebody will be happy with those.
If nothing else, you could use them in a scrap yard to pick up junked out VW Bugs for the crusher.
except for the weird post-Bicentennial tiny tuners. They just have never looked right to me. YMMV
A friend & their partner moved from Texas to somewhere in NY last year. One day this winter they opened their door to a solid wall of snow, top to bottom of door frame. Not something they were prepared for.
Our daughter's malamute has no use for indoors in Alaska right now.
