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Thunderbird Club

#274,842
TBird1958 said:
Interesting, it must be new. I understand that Epi will be releasing some new colors on Thunderbirds this year and a re-issue of a '70s Gibson classic bass - Not a Bird.
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Be nice if it’s an EB-3.
I know they already have one.
But a more faithful reproduction.
More so on the body thickness and headstock shape.
 
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#274,844
JJR58 said:
Be nice if it’s an EB-3.
I know they already have one.
But a more faithful reproduction.
More so on the body thickness and headstock shape.
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I think it'll "Grab" ya.
 
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#274,850
SubHuman said:
Ahhh the old broken kludge wire solder joint. I used to put a dab of hot glue on the PCB to hold the wire to take some strain off the solder joint. Looks like an easy fix. I always preferred those types of problems over intermittent component failures. Do you build and repair amps and electronics? I saw your bench and O’scopes with some open cabs in other photos. I retired from Electronic Design and built many circuit boards and prototypes. Kludge wires were a necessary part of electronics. I really enjoyed that type of work.

Note: Kludge means jumper wire or circuit modification.
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Thanks. As a non electronic person, I find this kind of thing fascinating.
 
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#274,851
Chucky Stiletti said:
would seem like a cut and jump manufacturer mod was not performed correctly in that the trace was not cut all the way causing the trace to touch when the PCB gets screwed (torqued) into the chassis….. mechanical design is so often overlooked….would also seem to imply DI (line out) testing was not part of “finished goods”production test suite….
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More information. Cool!
 
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#274,853
RedVee said:
I failed assembling a crystal radio when I was about 6 or so.
Tech Dad never tried again. But I regret not having followed his footsteps - it’s a very cool occupation
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I forgot all about the crystal radio. I built one, but the coil that was supposed to work as a tuner never did. I could move the needle around on the crystal a bit and find a station. I don't remember if moving the needle around worked as a tuner. I don't think it did.
 
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#274,856
Chucky Stiletti said:
been done…M&S London 15 years ago…..no fun running trials in freezing mind boggling fully refrigerated warehouses…
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Refrigerated warehouses can create permafrost. There's one location of permafrost in western Washington below a seafood warehouse. They didn't insulate the slab, and the permafrost has been there for decades now.

There's an absolutely irrelevant sidetrack for the sidetrack.
 
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#274,857
SubHuman said:
I just saw a Greco Suzi Quattro T-Bird on Reverb and it was a PJ configuration like the one in the photo.
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That is really nice looking and the Bass ain't bad either. Ha!
 
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