Thunderbird Club

[Engle]

Venturing out of this forum, I am reminded that there are a lot of less friendly and dare I say, arrogant, people out there.

Does anyone here use 2 compressors on their pedal board?

I just found the thread you're referring to. Jerks!

 

[Engle]

Interesting! Definitely SOL. If I come across some on the cheap, that may be the way to go.

Or look out for a modern EB or LP Doublecut humbucker and use the chrome case.

 

[TBird1958]

Venturing out of this forum, I am reminded that there are a lot of less friendly and dare I say, arrogant, people out there.

Does anyone here use 2 compressors on their pedal board?

As one that doesn't have a compressor currently I'd enjoy a civil discussion of the advantages of using one.

 

[_Tay_]

I ordered a Bass..............

This showed up, sorry Irv!

Very easy to play scales on that!

 

[WillyW]

Venturing out of this forum, I am reminded that there are a lot of less friendly and dare I say, arrogant, people out there.

Does anyone here use 2 compressors on their pedal board?

I didn’t like compression at all, I figure if Skunk wants compression he has an expensive one in the studio

 

[Gaolee]

I didn’t like compression at all, I figure if Skunk wants compression he has an expensive one in the studio

There are people who do fine with compression pedals. I could never get it to work properly for me. It flattened out the dynamics and made it sound completely dead. Plus, I found myself ripping the strings off the bass trying to get additional volume at times and then overreacting trying to play softly, too. For guitar, they can work pretty well to create long sustain, but that's usually not necessary for bass.

I haven't found that Thunderbirds sustain any better or worse than any other bass guitar. For whatever that's worth.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

In 1979 I bought a mint 1973 Javelin AMX. Fun car, but not as tossable as the previous gen AMX like Chucky’s. A few years later my ex wife got it in the divorce, a few weeks after that she totaled it while DWI.
oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
Pic, not mine but pretty much identical…
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Did she at least get more than a slap on the wrist for the DWI?

 

[_Tay_]

Venturing out of this forum, I am reminded that there are a lot of less friendly and dare I say, arrogant, people out there.

Does anyone here use 2 compressors on their pedal board?

I use two on mine, both are in my Ultrawave pedal (2 channel) It's not mega squashed or anything just a little compressed then going into the other after.

 

[Goatrope]

Or look out for a modern EB or LP Doublecut humbucker and use the chrome case.

Good idea I like where your head’s at.

Happy Birthday, btw.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

what color was the spyder? love that little motor…

A friend in college had one. We had a LOT of fun with that car.

EDIT: Oops. He had the Alfa Romeo.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Is it even legal to play a Thunderbird without a pick? I think you may be facing seizure of your Thunderbird and club expulsion!

 

[Gaolee]

A friend in college had one. We had a LOT of fun with that car.

EDIT: Oops. He had the Alfa Romeo.

Fiats sure handle well and stop well. They didn't accelerate very fast, especially from a stop. The good thing was that you never had to slow down much to get around a corner. The bad thing was the exhaust valves were always burned in the one my dad had. There may have been a reason for that, though. For what it's worth, it was a 1970 or 1971. It didn't have the big, added on bumpers and was a much cleaner looking car.

 

[Roger W]

It got to 106 or so a while ago in Seattle. None of us could handle it. Very few houses have A/C up here.

It fried the data center at JBLM. Or, rather, the big outdoor heat exchangers and the temp in the data center got high enough that the water-based fire suppression system let loose.

 

[Roger W]

Thanks all! And I'm getting a birth year Thunderbird? Best birthday ever!

Happy Birthday!

 

[Stealth57]

It fried the data center at JBLM. Or, rather, the big outdoor heat exchangers and the temp in the data center got high enough that the water-based fire suppression system let loose.

Ouch. Why they are putting data centers in northern Finland.

 

[TBird1958]

Ouch. Why they are putting data centers in northern Finland.

JBLM is just south of Tacoma, WA. JBLM = Joint Base Lewis McChord

 

[Roger W]

Ouch. Why they are putting data centers in northern Finland.

Yeah, well I was shocked they were using water.

 

[MCF]

Thunderbirds are Go!

With a bit of time today while I’m still off work, I dialed in my Limited Edition Custom Shop collection of Thunderbirds. A few truss rod and string height tweaks and they’re all set with nice low action. With different strings on each and the TV Silver and the Silverburst having the different pickups, there are a nice variety of tones. All of them play and sound great!

 

[Gaolee]

Or look out for a modern EB or LP Doublecut humbucker and use the chrome case.

Or just use the pickups. Those are fantastic pickups and were used in 2015 Thunderbirds.

 

[Gaolee]

Thunderbirds are Go!
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With a bit of time today while I’m still off work, I dialed in my Limited Edition Custom Shop collection of Thunderbirds. A few truss rod and string height tweaks and they’re all set with nice low action. With different strings on each and the TV Silver and the Silverburst having the different pickups, there are a nice variety of tones. All of them play and sound great!

You have some wrong colors there. I only see one that's the correct color.