Thunderbird Club

[BklynKen]

I’m beginning to wonder. It’s the middle of June and today the high was about 68F and cloudy all day. It doesn’t feel like we’ve had more than a couple weeks of sunshine since November (which is unheard of around here). I think yesterday may have been the hottest day of the year for us at a whopping 75F.

NYC is hotter than Southern California. Sure, that makes sense.

 

[PillO]

NYC is hotter than Southern California. Sure, that makes sense.

Apparently it is an el Nino/Nina year (can't keep straight which is which nor what they make the weather do other than be unusual).

 

[dagrev]

Ode d’ Willly

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Where are the frets?

 

[BklynKen]

Apparently it is an el Nino/Nina year (can't keep straight which is which nor what they make the weather do other than be unusual).

I think that determines who asks whom to a dance.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

5 out of 6 ain't bad...

5? It degraded after you counted!

 

[dagrev]

Thunderbird people, if you had a choice between a 2012 reverse TB and a 2020 non-reverse TB and they were about the same price (maybe $50 difference including shipping), which would you lean towards? Both are being sold by reputable shops and are described as never broken. The 2012 has some finish rubbed off where the lower wing connects to the neck through part of the body. Both have original the original bridge and tuners.

NR most likely. But I love my '06 with LaBella Black Nylons. The NR should be more more expensive, so if close to the same price, it would be the better deal (assuming the reverse isn't over priced).

 

[dagrev]

Spell check please

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Be careful. "Feet" was often a euphemism in some ancient middle eastern cultures for something else.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

The Pelham Blue ones have a more magical vintage tone. Even if they look green in certain lighting.

It depends. Pelham is for blues and chill music. Inverness is for earthy tones, root rock, etc. burgundy is for hot licks.

 

[dagrev]

Why the need to memorize lyrics? Dylan used cue cards...

Had to out of necessity. Ever try to remember the words to a song with 43 verses?

 

[dagrev]

NR’s are starting to grow on me.
And that could be a very dangerous thing.

Whatever you do, don't by one of these awful colors. There are a couple better options.*

*Who am I kidding. Others can kid themselves, I just can't do it. Burgundy sounds the best.

 

[BklynKen]

you can always rest the crotch (I know AHEM) of the V (no not you your Highness)

You might get some interesting tones, though.

 

[dagrev]

I'll take a crack at that...


Pandemic


Next you'll expect left-handed ones too


Racism


Sexism


It's thursday


Xenophobia


Then everyone would want one and we can make only 400 a year.

I knew this was going to be good, and wasn't disappointed.

 

[Stealth57]

Ever play a flying V?

Not sure she’d let you

 

[Stealth57]

I vaguely recall a news report that snow was expected.

And some complementary mathing:
Average annual rainfall can be thought of as a midpoint between highs and lows. In very few years will precipitation actually be average. It will be made up of overs and unders. The drought of the last few years are your unders. Now you are getting your overs. I don't know how wide the error bars on your rainfall are, but given history, I expect they are quite large.

IIRC, California does not have a good rainfall capture system to replenish the reservoirs. So the surplus this year will not abate future droughts. I could be wrong and would be happy to be corrected.

The quote is “California does not have a water issue, it has a water storage issue.”

 

[Stealth57]

Where are the frets?

Would you expect any?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

My comparable:
In the 80s a lot got past the examiners and ended up in court. There was the long case in DNA patents in that era. Every new gene sequence found was patented. Of course, a patent requires utility and so the 'use' was "searching for its complement'. As a result, an appeals court struck down the vast majority of gene patents as the 'use' was obvious and not really useful. It is now exceedingly difficult to patent a newly discovered gene.

Were there any challenges (i.e. did they ever sue for infringement)? It would be pretty straightforward to find some prior art. And obviousness would be challenged in court.

Looking at the history, a patent was issued. It doesn't say if it was challenged or not, but it did expire a few years after issue for non-payment of fees. So by mid 90s there was no patent protection. The cited patents include such things as a banjo knee rest. A good attorney would be spinning that as obviousness in court. It may not be worth the legal fees to defend and thus was allowed to lapse. A great deal of speculation on my part.

Hohner made an excellent (non graphite) rendition of that bass and most of the hardware (if not all) had engraved patent notices pointing at Steinberger….

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

NYC is hotter than Southern California. Sure, that makes sense.

NYC can be miserable….CA never gets that humid…

 

[GonePlaid]

Had to out of necessity. Ever try to remember the words to a song with 43 verses?

I sing "Mack the Knife" in our band. Totally from memory. I hafta look at the lyric sheet for "Old Time R&R", which we do on every gig.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

 

[TBird1958]

you can always rest the crotch (I know AHEM) of the V (no not you your Highness) on your right thigh (left for Ken) and although not optimal they’ll play ok that way……the little gizmo that would fold out on Steinberger ST-2s was clever……rightfully patentable imho….

Wait, are we talking about my right thigh here?


Probably not, but a girl can dream.

Non Reverse lovey.