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Thunderbird Club
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Looks like it. It’s one huge reservoir, between Santa Nella in the Cental Valley and Hollister up the hill. And it is really full now.
I was pretty much a Yuban guy myself.Before the coffee-craze, I think most Americans thought Folgers etc was what coffee was. My mom used to drink boat-loads of it, but very watered down. Then there was the stuff sold at truck-stops drank on road-trips. Coffee pots sitting on their burners all day & night - literally rocket-fuel to keep your eye-lids open! When I graduated from undergrad art-school in the mid '70s, I did some house-painting work for one of the painting instructors. She offered me coffee while I worked and I said sure. She handed me an espresso, something I never had before or even heard of. I thanked her and after tasting it I thought, "man, she really burned this coffee!"
Good day to be home, safe, and warm!I'm at home atm, it's Friday evening for me
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Back in art school, my Printmaking Dept professor Marvin Jones, like our Mike drank the cheapest instant coffee he could find. I think it was called 'Airline' or something like that. He had a very dry sense of humor and also smoked cigarettes. It just seemed to be part of the whole package. His art was very understated also. He passed away in 2005.
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It's beautiful, I thought it strange that there wasn't a lot of vegetation near it - California is an interesting place!
But the aria is 32” scale…. and already only has one pickupses…
and I won’t even need to change the strings
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I guess I can spackle in the bridge pickup hole and put duct tape over the extra potholes
It helps a lot. Thanks. I’m a dyed in the wool 19mm string spacing player. I have another 5 that is 16.5 and it gets zero playing time.I have one, a first-year 2009 model...it's kind of a unique thing, I guess.
Pretty wide at the nut, imo (1.9 inches, I think?), but narrow-ish string spacing (17mm, slightly less than 4-string Thunderbird's 17.5, a bit more than the 16.5mm on my Ibanez 5-strings).
The only Thunderbird I've owned that truly has neck-dive, but not unmanageable, lighter tuners might help.
Not very heavy overall though, mine weighs more or less the same as the other Thunderbirds I have/had.
Most folks have a dislike for either the pickups, pre-amp, or both, that were used in the Pro 4 & 5. I can get sounds I like from mine, but my plans have been to replace the pre-amp at some point; I've no issues with the pickups.
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Not sure if that answers your question, but maybe it helps a bit?
Count me in if I’m in the area. Love the clays.
Would be a great time.
YES
Just ran across it on cable tv. Do a search if you have cable or dish it’ll probably pop up.
I did a lot of water skiing on the delta back in the ‘90’s. Fun place to rip around on a jet ski too, got to do that a few times too.
After mostly going to Lake Berryessa as a kid with my folks in the ‘70’s, and as an adult in the ‘80’s, the delta was a welcome change, and ski-able water all day regardless of wind.
Just put one of those death metal stickers you like over the pickup, or better yeat a picture of your bare foot
We need a Bad Bass-offsounds like fightin’ words!
