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Thunderbird Club
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Hmmm, this 2 x Thanksgiving thing was pretty good. I may have to make it a tradition.
My country side surfaces every once in a while:
Please ignore the political thing there - not affiliated at all!
That's hilarious! You could easily get some battery powered LEDs in there.Been a while since I owned a Gibson, but this 2015 Les Paul 100 Studio was in dire need of help.
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Somebody installed these lights and routing out part of the body to do so.
View attachment 5261954 Yeah, given the size of that backplate, I was under the impression that there was some elaborate circiutry hiding there. More about that later...
View attachment 5261955 Probably the most hated spec of those 2015 Les Pauls: the Robot tuners. The music shop I got the guitar from said that they would like to keep those, since they could use them as spares. I happily took them off right there and then in the shop.
So, about that circuitry behind that big hardboard plate...
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CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, I don't know if it ever worked, since there was no connecting to be found that could power them, let alone a battery of some sort. But they were meant to make the instrument light up like a Christmas tree, for real.
Well, I decided to get the lights out of there.
View attachment 5261971 Which I did by using a wooden dowel and tapping that with a mallet. So you can say that I punched its lights out.
Those carvings you see which expose the maple top is the body's weight relief.
I put it back together as it is now, although I DO intend to make it more presentable.
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Gig last night(Elks Club). Relatively small stage. Used the Epi Embassy. Gig tonight(VFW, Hobe Sound). Plenty of room(well, not compared to "The Nasty Habits" stages, but spacious for us). Thunderbird time.
Or this: Ozark Trail Multi-Purpose Big Bucket Cart, Black Wagon, 24 inches in Height - Walmart.com I use something similar. It works great and you can put other [stuff] in there(duffel, pedal board-whatever, etc.). BTW, it folds.
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I put them on an Ampeg B-100R and the plates were a perfect match. It was missing the casters but had the plates. The EB casters' legs are smaller in diameter than the ones Ampeg used. Don't know if that helps at all. They are nice and reasonably priced.
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Agree - the bigger the wheels the better. Best $100 spent - a friend welded the aluminum fence so things don't slide off. This is an old pic - lots more stickers now!
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Ask and you shall receive… a bit pricey but might be work a try.
Probably beater for me to build a dolly or something similar to Jio’s cart. Mostly only bringing out the Orange OBC115 and/or OBC210 for gigs.
The Ernie's are only $20 for the set. Basically for rolling across a room. Should work for me.
Besides , rolling across gravel or hard packed dirt is how Roadies were invented hahaha
