Thunderbird Club

[RedVee]

@bigtone23 posted this link over in the Peavy Club thread. I thought some here might like to read this since our favorite basses are almost exclusively made of mahogany. The Tree: The Most Notorious Tonewood in the World - StewMac

Reminds me that I read the other day that Fijian Mahogany is well regarded.
When the Brits settled there they planted mahogany trees which are now being used for timber. It isn’t a local equivalent tree called mahogany but locally grown examples of whatever the Brits called mahogany way back when.
I hesitate to say “real mahogany” as there are versions in lots of spots.

 

[MCF]

Reminds me that I read the other day that Fijian Mahogany is well regarded.
When the Brits settled there they planted mahogany trees which are now being used for timber. It isn’t a local equivalent tree called mahogany but locally grown examples of whatever the Brits called mahogany way back when.
I hesitate to say “real mahogany” as there are versions in lots of spots.

My other hobby is fly fishing. The Bishop/Mammoth Lakes area is one of my favorite destinations. No trip up there is complete without a stop at this place:
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[TBird1958]

Frank and I had a nice quiet walk earlier, this is south of Des Moines, looking north towards my little town and Three tree point (Little France).

This is now sorted out and sounding fantastic, the new pots and cap really brought the pickups to life, new set of Ken Smith Rock Master, traded the black knobs for gold.

 

[JJR58]

Frank and I had a nice quite walk earlier, this is south of Des Moines, looking north towards my little town and Three tree point (Little France).

This is now sorted out and sounding fantastic, the new pots and cap really brought the pickups to life, new set of Ken Smith Rock Master, traded the black knobs for gold.

Bear with my on laziness and refresh my memory on what you put in, please.
I know you’ve got SD’s in there.
But you’ve got me thinking about replacing my caps.

 

[TBird1958]

Bear with my on laziness and refresh my memory on what you put in, please.
I know you’ve got SD’s in there.
But you’ve got me thinking about replacing my caps.

The new pots are Gibson 500K linear taper, .047 cap. I've been playing it this afternoon, it's finally the really good bass it was meant to be.

 

[JJR58]

The new pots are Gibson 500K linear taper, .047 cap. I've been playing it this afternoon, it's finally the really good bass it was meant to be.

Look forward to playing and hearing it again.

 

[GonePlaid]

The black filament we ordered with our 3D printer finally arrived and after some head scratching (software learning curve), I figured out how to make a 4mm pickup spacer:
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Next steps will be to create a tapered version.

 

[GonePlaid]

I'm thinking I could bring both the '64 II and the Coral Deluxe Bass and play one one set and the other the other set. Hey - "it's my party and I'll cry bring two basses if I want to..."

Sounds/sounded like a plan.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

heavy rain and floods don’t mean stay home around here…

 

[PhR75]

Right? They always seemed to be around, but with nothing really memorable except maybe their cover of Rockin All Over The World. But Fogerty’s version was better…

I love Quo but mostly it's the "critical" 1971-1976 timeline before they went "commercial".
Lots of great tunes like Backwater, Rain, Mystery Song, Caroline (now there's a memorable song), Down Down, Big Fat Mama etc.
"Whatever You Want" must be one of their biggest hits and should be familiar across the pond too, no? Not to mention the Bolland-Bolland cover "In The Army Now".

Blues based boogie mostly but with their unique style. I think it was Lancaster who said that their lead guitarist Francis Rossi didn't really know his scales so they really avoided the cliches and came up with a sound of their own.
Lancaster had a gritty and more macho singing style but it was mainly Rossi and also the 2nd guitarist Rick Parfitt who handled the lead vocals and their poppy sound gave also a unique bent.

 

[PhR75]

And HNY from me too. Had a living room gig in the eve, beats playing in a bar at least during that kind of "amateur night".

 

[MCF]

I love Quo but mostly it's the "critical" 1971-1976 timeline before they went "commercial".
Lots of great tunes like Backwater, Rain, Mystery Song, Caroline (now there's a memorable song), Down Down, Big Fat Mama etc.
"Whatever You Want" must be one of their biggest hits and should be familiar across the pond too, no? Not to mention the Bolland-Bolland cover "In The Army Now".

Blues based boogie mostly but with their unique style. I think it was Lancaster who said that their lead guitarist Francis Rossi didn't really know his scales so they really avoided the cliches and came up with a sound of their own.
Lancaster had a gritty and more macho singing style but it was mainly Rossi and also the 2nd guitarist Rick Parfitt who handled the lead vocals and their poppy sound gave also a unique bent.

They were around, but didn’t get a lot of airplay in SoCal.

 

[TBird1958]

We're gonna eat this!

 

[GonePlaid]

We're gonna eat this!

Looks 'crunchy'.

 

[PhR75]

Toying with this idea.

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It works, it sounds good.

 

[GonePlaid]

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It works, it sounds good.

 

[Engle]

Look forward to playing and hearing it again.

After playing an Orville at Mike & Mikes, and then V's Orville last summer, I grabbed one when it came up in the TB classifieds.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

someone looks pretty stoked….

 

[MCF]

We're gonna eat this!

You need to invite Glenn.

 

[JJR58]

someone looks pretty stoked….
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You know that guy?