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Thunderbird Club
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Ha! As I recalled. The pic is from Gregory. A great guy. And the ‘13, now with a Babicz, is none other than this amazing Thunderbird, now comfortably at home in Pine Mountain Club, CA.
Dumb question. I've been gassing for an Epiphone Vintage pro/60s model, and i'm wondering if they are prone to the thunderbird headstock breaks that the vintage ones was prone to?
I agree. I had a SR 4 and original version 5er with ceramic pickups and much preferred that to the regular SR. Which I know isn't supposed to happen. The regular SR was a big disappointment in terms of tone for me. Sold it after a few years. No point keeping something that didn't sound good. Nice playing, but so was the 5er. Mine was the HH (2 pickup version.
looks like a cool club, are you a member Donnie?
- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
There's a lot more wood and the neck is thicker, so it would take effort to break one - I have both basses, so yes, I know.
Our electrical system is aligned with the US, and we follow the same conventions in most cases.About the temps? No complete brain fade. TBF though it was 1972 when we ditched Fahrenheit, and I see 0c much more often than 100c (never).
Re the light switches, no joke. I only learned you guys do it the other way from a YouTube by a young American couple pointing out what was different here. They also mentioned that it was odd to them that we have switches on our wall power sockets (for appliances etc).
I assume it is British Commonwealth thing. I guess Canada would do it the US way because of proximity. Guess.
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which way do you click toggle switches in old MGs Triumphs Jags?
I remembered 100 to boil but just assumed it was the other method I guess. What a maroon!
I just visit. Didn't care about a membership, but unlike here, no one bothered to offer. Sometimes you never even get a reply. Unlike this place which is like family. Or Gilligan's Island. Or both!
No and yes. No, in that the originals were really fragile (unlike BTO
) and thin. Yes, in that the VPs can have that issue simply because the headstock is large and angled. Anything angled is prone to it. Many Les Pauls have suffered the vanishing headstock syndrome.
There is no such thing as a dumb question in this club. Ask all you want. We’re here to help.
The VPs/60s are a little thicker. There have been very few reported headstock breaks on them. Don’t let that possibility prevent you from getting one. They are great Thunderbirds, especially for the money.
One thing to remember about Thunderbird (and Gibson in general) headstock breaks. The majority of them occurred years ago, before inexpensive guitar stands became ubiquitous and when many players left the basses propped against amps or in other precarious positions. A small number of breaks have occurred during shipping because the bass was poorly packed.
I thought references to Gilligan's Island were verboten
...or was it just certain cast members?
So does that make Chucky the Professor and Veronica Ginger? Is Willy Gilligan?
So long as the discussion doesn’t go off the rails and get us shut down…I thought references to Gilligan's Island was verboten
Just my girl friend. Marshall has his proclivities and I have mine.I thought references to Gilligan's Island were verboten
Is a class A/B more reliable? Or, to ask differently, are class D amps more likely to fail over time?
I’ve read some posters say they always bring a backup to a gig if using a class D amp. I never thought to question them specifically why. I personally always bring a class D (PF800) as a backup in case the tube amp I choose to bring has a problem. In the past I was using some old Ampeg for live gigs, either a modified V4 or a pretty rough Blueline SVT (6146b). These days I have a newer Orange AD200B Mk3, which has been gone through top to bottom and after a minor fix, I feel is probably very reliable.
George is Thurston Howell III….
- Mar 13, 2008
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V definitely isn't Mary Ann
George is Thurston Howell III….
I always liked Ginger better and as it turns out I'm really not the "Girl next door" type.
Gahhhhh!
still have the 6146 Peg? reliable can be viewed differently, thing is we gig different venues making the environmental variable a major contributor…….add to that different setups, basses, cables etc…..instead of sayin reliable (I always bring an extra amp and bass) I rather think of it as bringing extra stuff jic some of it is not “happy” in its environment…..make sense?….
Mike’s the Captain?…I always liked Ginger better and as it turns out I'm really not the "Girl next door" type.
Gahhhhh!
