Thunderbird Club

[MCF]

Not my cuppa. Who's Rex Brown? ;D I tried it didn't like it.

Pantera bassist.

 

[dagrev]

I love the smell of nitro in the morning!

Add the sweet aroma of hot tubes simmering and you have all you need for a balanced breakfast.

 

[WillyW]

 

[MCF]

I’ve got to stop looking on Craigslist. I know folks aren’t impressed with an active bird, but at this price with case….

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I check CL faithfully once a week. And for at least the last 13 years or so. I’ve bought one bass off it in all that time. My Foundation.

 

[MCF]

A nice pair.

 

[Stealth57]

Slippers nailed to wall?

 

[WillyW]

 

[GBassNorth]

I’ve got to stop looking on Craigslist. I know folks aren’t impressed with an active bird, but at this price with case….

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That is a great price!
Just about any Tbird that’s in sound functional condition is a steal at sub $300 prices.

 

[JIO]

Add the sweet aroma of hot tubes simmering and you have all you need for a balanced breakfast.

When I first got my '76 B15N, I loved smelling its warm tubes. I also love the smell of soldering - most likely nostalgic as my dad & I built my 1st solid state Heathkit amp in '67 which was my first time soldering.

It was loud, (2x15) and back then that's all I cared about!

I found a vintage Heathkit (plastic) badge on ebay and jumped on it! I applied it to my Ashdown 550 Spyder and I love confusing anyone who notices!

 

[GBassNorth]

Say it ain’t so! Randy Meisner passed away today.

I always liked him more than Timothy Schmidt. Not sure why the rest of the band didn’t get along with Meisner. Seemed like a solid player, maybe a bit too straight laced or too much of a family man for rest of them - IDK.
RIP Randy.

 

[GBassNorth]

Pantera bassist.

WHO’s Pantera?

DJust kidding)

 

[Stealth57]

WHO’s Pantera?

DJust kidding)

Had a 351 Cleveland

 

[GonePlaid]

Interesting pickup(not mine):

 

[MCF]

I always liked him more than Timothy Schmidt. Not sure why the rest of the band didn’t get along with Meisner. Seemed like a solid player, maybe a bit too straight laced or too much of a family man for rest of them - IDK.
RIP Randy.

You can probably relate to this. SoCal was Rick Nelson’s turf. We grew up watching him on Ozzie and Harriet reruns after school. Rick was a pioneer of the L.A. country rock sound. Randy was his bassist and sung harmony with the voice of an angel.

Here’s the short version: Life with the Eagles was tough for Randy. He drank too much. As time went on, he had trouble hitting the high notes. The final straw was when he couldn’t sing his signature song, Take It To The Limit, one night for the encore. Henley and Frey had enough and sacked him.

 

[JIO]

We (TSC's) have our second full rehearsal/audition with our new prospective drummer Phil in an hour. He was given a number of our more sophisticated songs to work on for the last 2 weeks so it will be a test to see if he rises to the occasion. I'm sure he's aware that as BL and bass-player, he needs to impress me tonight. I'm open to his personal interpretations as long as they 'fit' and work in our mix, but tonight will either confirm he will work... or not. Our 1st meeting two weeks ago went well, but it was short and he had just answered my ad. I hope he works out as we have a potentially challenging 3-set/30 song gig in Sept if he's 'game'. If it were me - I would embrace that challenge... we'll see.

 

[dagrev]

Slippers nailed to wall?

It may be the floor, who knows. It's Willy's World.

 

[Stealth57]

We (TSC's) have our second full rehearsal/audition with our new prospective drummer Phil in an hour. He was given a number of our more sophisticated songs to work on for the last 2 weeks so it will be a test to see if he rises to the occasion. I'm sure he's aware that as BL and bass-player, he needs to impress me tonight. I'm open to his personal interpretations as long as they 'fit' and work in our mix, but tonight will either confirm he will work... or not. Our 1st meeting two weeks ago went well, but it was short and he had just answered my ad. I hope he works out as we have a potentially challenging 3-set/30 song gig in Sept if he's 'game'. If it were me - I would embrace that challenge... we'll see.

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Good luck

 

[dagrev]

You can probably relate to this. SoCal was Rick Nelson’s turf. We grew up watching him on Ozzie and Harriet reruns after school. Rick was a pioneer of the L.A. country rock sound. Randy was his bassist and sung harmony with the voice of an angel.

Here’s the short version: Life with the Eagles was tough for Randy. He drank too much. As time went on, he had trouble hitting the high notes. The final straw was when he couldn’t sing his signature song, Take It To The Limit, one night for the encore. Henley and Frey had enough and sacked him.

That's what I heard as well. And I think he was well lubricated. If I had to work with some of them I would have been too.

 

[Engle]

I can confirm that in fact the EB13 with the push pull pots is in fact darker in normal mode (push pull pot in down position) and does acquire both a voicing change and brightness when the pot is pulled up.
The question I have on this wiring scheme - does activation of the push/pull pot actually take one of the humbucker coils out of the circuit, or is it just activating a dedicated tone cap for that particular pickup, or is it doing both?

Does the EB13 have the cap(s) as I drew it? It's not taking the coil completely out of picture.
It would be interesting to know how the decision making process works at Gibson. Like why don't the Tbirds have the cap on the coil tap?

 

[MCF]

That's what I heard as well. And I think he was well lubricated. If I had to work with some of them I would have been too.

Yep. It was amazing good old Joe hung around. I guess it was for the money.