Thunderbird Club

[Chucky Stiletti]

Lock us in after hours?

was thinking more like lock us in DURING hours….I’ve known Dave since the E-Mu days…I do all his repairs..

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Understood. I'm with you in that minority in that I really like the TB+ (and black hardware). I'm just open to trying a different sound in a Thunderbird that's not my #1. But I'm not open to spending money on what's described as, "Great!"

with you guys….. love TB+ with La Bella tapes….

 

[Engle]

Went to the luthier today and got a pretty firm 'no' about flipping the Epi Vintage Pro, due to
- String length (he claimed the E string wouldn't reach the tuner as strings aren't uniform length - when I checked it with a set of Ernie Ball flats I realised he was mistaken on this, the strings are the same length so it reaches fine)
- The nut (needs a replacement rather than swapping it around, he didn't have one that would fit and didn't seem to have the tools to cut one from a blank)
- The loose clover on the machine head that rattles (he didn't think it could be fixed)

Going to get a second opinion from another tech. If the tuner can't be fixed trivially I'll bring it back to the shop for a replacement. If it can, then the only real problem seems to be the nut.

Does anyone have any recommendations for nuts that might slot in here? The price for new getting new nuts based on a brief look online for nearby guitar techs seems to be $100+ so if there's a generic one that fits neatly for this model I might consider just doing it myself

The person you were talking to should not be called a luthier if they can't make a nut without using a pre-slotted blank. Please find someone better.
I use Corian counter top material to make nuts. It's not that difficult.

 

[Stealth57]

with you guys….. love TB+ with La Bella tapes….
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And he can slap them silly.

https://youtube.com/shorts/4BJsyToJ-yw?feature=share

 

[JJR58]

GTG venue?..
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Oh hell yes!!!!

 

[dagrev]

with you guys….. love TB+ with La Bella tapes….
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It's a great match.

 

[dagrev]

Oh hell yes!!!!

Looks more like heaven to me.

 

[MCF]

They were being made up to '02. Started around '72 because they would be taxed as a motorcycle rather than a car. Sold well in the north of England I think.

Edit to add:
Is this the bit you remember?

I love those guys.

 

[MCF]

Hey you are missing Canadian Football. Used to be fun when the Roughriders would play the Rough Riders... 11 teams and they manage to have two with the same name. I figured that they should just name every team some variation of the Roughriders.

I like football. But I haven’t watched a single game pro game since the NFL let Spanos move the Chargers out of San Diego. Maybe I’ll try to catch a Canadian game.

 

[JIO]

Went to the luthier today and got a pretty firm 'no' about flipping the Epi Vintage Pro, due to
- String length (he claimed the E string wouldn't reach the tuner as strings aren't uniform length - when I checked it with a set of Ernie Ball flats I realised he was mistaken on this, the strings are the same length so it reaches fine)
- The nut (needs a replacement rather than swapping it around, he didn't have one that would fit and didn't seem to have the tools to cut one from a blank)
- The loose clover on the machine head that rattles (he didn't think it could be fixed)

Going to get a second opinion from another tech. If the tuner can't be fixed trivially I'll bring it back to the shop for a replacement. If it can, then the only real problem seems to be the nut.

Does anyone have any recommendations for nuts that might slot in here? The price for new getting new nuts based on a brief look online for nearby guitar techs seems to be $100+ so if there's a generic one that fits neatly for this model I might consider just doing it myself

A luthier who didn't seem to have the tools to cut a nut from a blank?... run away. $100+ is too much for cutting a nut - you can do it yourself. Cutting a nut isn't difficult if you have basic skills and a few specific tools. However, you can also buy them on ebay pre-slotted or cut as a blank for cheap. You can choose from a few different materials (bone/brass/plastic) - just remove yours and get one like it. (curved or flat bottom)

 

[Miles_ONeal]

True. Though often it is mostly the same playing group. The US RL comps are amateur leagues, and often set up that they run for 8-10 weeks between RU comps. The main areas of RL in the US are (I gather) in NY, Boston, Delaware, one of the P states and Rhode Island has/had a team too. Then further south on the East coast Washington, Georgia and Florida (3 or 4 teams).
Then little pockets of stuff. Chicago Stockyarders lasted a while as a team that played invitationals against other areas teams but couldn’t get much else happening locally. I think the guy that was putting all the work in has given it away now.
Utah keep threatening to do something because of the Pacific Islanders there, but nothing ever seems to come of it.
California has about 4 teams but they are RU clubs looking for a diversion really.
Texas & Arizona are always spoken of as great RL possibilities…. But obviously not from anyone from there cos afaik nothing has ever happened there.
...

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Ga Tech, GT) in Atlanta, Georgia had a rugby team in 1973, probably earlier. Definitely guys not to mess with. We had a lacrosse team, too. Almost no one in the South knew what those were at the time. I never saw a game, but then I didn't really watch sports in general. Friends drug me to a couple of football games but that was about it. I'd probably have gone to see lacrosse and rugby just out of curiosity but the players I knew (just acquaintances, not really friends) never mentioned when the games were.

 

[JIO]

anyone do Instagram?

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[JIO]

The person you were talking to should not be called a luthier if they can't make a nut without using a pre-slotted blank. Please find someone better.
I use Corian counter top material to make nuts. It's not that difficult.

Yah, there are traditional materials (bone/tusk, brass, plastic) but I've made them of ebony, rock-wood, and laminated pg material. Each does have effect on the string-response (tone, sustain, clarity) but all will do the job.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

anyone do Instagram?

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I'm on most social media platforms. No TikTok or politically-inspired platforms, though.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

GTG venue?..
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Reminds me, I need to renew my passport.

 

[Stealth57]

Yah, there are traditional materials (bone/tusk, brass, plastic) but I've made them of ebony, rock-wood, and laminated pg material. Each does have effect on the string-response (tone, sustain, clarity) but all will do the job.

You didn’t mention Dano’s aluminum nuts

 

[JIO]

with you guys….. love TB+ with La Bella tapes….
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I used flats a lot at one time, and still have a few basses strung with flats. The basses I have flats on sound best with flats. Otherwise it just depends how you want to sit in the mix.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

You didn’t mention Dano’s aluminum nuts

AHEM

 

[JIO]

You didn’t mention Dano’s aluminum nuts

doh!

 

[Engle]

Yah, there are traditional materials (bone/tusk, brass, plastic) but I've made them of ebony, rock-wood, and laminated pg material. Each does have effect on the string-response (tone, sustain, clarity) but all will do the job.

Corian seems to be about the same hardness/density as bone (and doesn't smell quite as nasty when you cut it).
The factory nut on my 68 EBO was plastic. What did Gibson use on the 60's Tbirds?