Thunderbird Club

[MCF]

hate to break it to you but Austin over Bakersfield any day….

I get that. All the oil company people I know, mostly Chevron and Aera (Shell-Mobile), like Bako better than Houston though. Except for the house prices. I much prefer the place in the mountains.

 

[MCF]

Did anyone here buy the Who's Next box set? I'm getting my copy tomorrow. I really couldn't afford it but I've been waiting for it for few good years and it's one of the best albums ever so I really didn't have a choice. The San Francisco Civic Auditorium gig from December '71 it contains is a pure Thunderbird heaven.

I may. Not a big Who guy, but I really like that album.

 

[semiprohooker]

My niece is a PhD student at Rice. If we end up going to her graduation, I’ll have to stop by for some BBQ.

I'm always up to cook or go grub down

 

[Gaolee]

We are all so excited now, our guitarist problem is rectified and we've had two really spirited rehearsals (got to play the '64 both times!) with another four before playing Oct.28 for Halloween here: 7 Cedars | Hotel

7 Cedars has a hotel now? If it is anything like everything else the Jamestown S'Klallam touch, it is both unique and first rate.

 

[TBird1958]

awesome, gotta book my tix, this way we can also swap the Electra for the Cataldo as agreed….

I guess I have to be a little more careful about that two drink maximum rule......... Am I leaving the P neck on it?

 

[semiprohooker]

I just learned what the cataldo is.... now what is this Electra y'all speak of?

 

[TBird1958]

I just learned what the cataldo is.... now what is this Electra y'all speak of?

It's mine, looks like this here thing below. Neck through, it has some crazy funky switching and two effects modules built into it.

 

[MCF]

It's mine, looks like this here thing below. Neck through, it has some crazy funky switching and two effects modules built into it.

Here she is giving Carmen a run for her money.

 

[JJR58]

It's mine, looks like this here thing below. Neck through, it has some crazy funky switching and two effects modules built into it.

Love that dress!

 

[GBassNorth]

It's a sanded P neck - played it for about 45 minutes last night, nothing's changed, I don't do P necks well. But, I knew that going in, so no problem. I have this coming in later in the week and while I've never done a neck swap I'm told that it's not difficult.

Generally speaking it’s pretty straight forward if you have two Fender spec necks and a body with a Fender spec pocket.

Usually the only issue you’ll run into is getting the neck fully seated and tightened in place properly.

A lot of builders (even Fender on a large percentage of their basses) drill the four body holes the same drill size as the neck holes. That means your neck screws will be threading into both the body and the neck at the same time. Not big a problem if you have a neck vise or sturdy clamp to hold the two pieces tightly together while you thread the screws in place. However, its not really the proper way to draw a neck tightly into the pocket. If done this way, your neck to body fit will never be any tighter than the clamp (or hand) used to hold them in place when screwing in the screws.

The proper way is to drill the body holes as a slip fit for the screws, so the only real thread grabbing is done on the neck (not the body). This will allow you to pull the neck very tightly into the pocket for a proper seat as you tighten the screws. Not sure how Carlo drills his bodies (slip vs thread fit), ideally they’ll be a slip fit for the screws in the body holes, if not, consider making it so by going up one drill size on the body holes only.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Not an SVT. Maybe a Bassman. I don't think there was such a thing as an SVT until sometime in 1969 or 1970. There is your dose of pedantry for the day.

69 it was!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Only because you like EBCF and Mike found them very similar, but the SITs are much cheaper.

Do they last as foreverer as EBCFs?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

My poor Sunn and MM stacks are getting lonely. You should have warned me that I would become a B-100r junkie.

If you want to send them here for sabbatical, I promise to cure their loneliness.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

You could have stopped at nutty

Ahem

 

[Stealth57]

Do they last as foreverer as EBCFs?

Good question. Had mine on a VP over a year and they feel the same as the day I put them on. Not that they would get abused like daily gigging.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

It's mine, looks like this here thing below. Neck through, it has some crazy funky switching and two effects modules built into it.

A very Janis Joplin look!

 

[Stealth57]

If you want to send them here for sabbatical, I promise to cure their loneliness.

Send an egg and dragon for transport.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Generally speaking it’s pretty straight forward if you have two Fender spec necks and a body with a Fender spec pocket.

Usually the only issue you’ll run into is getting the neck fully seated and tightened in place properly.

A lot of builders (even Fender on a large percentage of their basses) drill the four body holes the same drill size as the neck holes. That means your neck screws will be threading into both the body and the neck at the same time. Not big a problem if you have a neck vise or sturdy clamp to hold the two pieces tightly together while you thread the screws in place. However, its not really the proper way to draw a neck tightly into the pocket. If done this way, your neck to body fit will never be any tighter than the clamp (or hand) used to hold them in place when screwing in the screws.

The proper way is to drill the body holes as a slip fit for the screws, so the only real thread grabbing is done on the neck (not the body). This will allow you to pull the neck very tightly into the pocket for a proper seat as you tighten the screws. Not sure how Carlo drills his bodies (slip vs thread fit), ideally they’ll be a slip fit for the screws in the body holes, if not, consider making it so by going up one drill size on the body holes only.

Up one size on the body? Or the neck?

 

[Stealth57]

Up one size on the body? Or the neck?

Body. If you do neck, you are un-screwed.

Add a ferrule to each hole on the body.

 

[JIO]

Anyone for some cheesecake? Happy to destroy diets. Sorry, no new baklava photos.

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I can get behind that!