Thunderbird Club

[ectoflanger]

Yes, I guess I was specifically referring to middle-class Americans when we were growing up in the '50s/'60s (those of us being of that vintage that is) The other thing was grocery stores having a coffee-grinder next to the coffee section where you could grind in-house whole-beans sold there. My favorite grocery store in Pacifica, Oceana (independently owned/operated) still offers that.

Don’t forget the tube tester pulpits!

 

[ectoflanger]

"A boat is a hole in the water lined with wood, fiberglas, or metal into which one pours lotsa money."

Don’t disagree from the perspective of a discretionary luxury/recteational item, but in my case as a liveaboard who does as much of my own maintenance as I can, it’s probably less costly than a house-

 

[ectoflanger]

Catching up on the coffee commentary posts I’ve seen- yes we had an aluminum stovetop percolator and that white electric one with the cornflower blue symbol on it when I was a kid-

But for me it eventually evolved to this- setup-

 

[Gaolee]

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I remember when folks dined with percolated coffee….

I had one. In school I discovered how to reperk coffee to get violent mud.

As I recall, it had worn avocado green paint.

 

[Gaolee]

Bingo.

Or maybe the day it sank and they collected on it. Just a thought.

 

[Gaolee]

Well, I haven’t been able to sing since my voice changed around 12 years. The only song my bands ever let me “sing” was “Monster Mash.”

You went through puberty 12 years ago? I thought you were a bit older.

 

[MCF]

You went through puberty 12 years ago? I thought you were a bit older.

You’re a funny guy Will.

 

[ectoflanger]

So, having a few beers in a sports bar as a weekend traffic refugee when a Warwick bro from New Zealand me asked about one of my compressors I described as the ‘Ginger Super Hero’-

So with yet another affirmation of my love of all things ginger I hereby submit-

Don’t know if they’re still available but here’s the link-

Photon Death Ray: Opto Compressor

 

[Butcherboy]

Gotta love a rainy Sunday when I can play bass and admire my cat tolerating my noise at the end of my bench:

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…studio cat tolerated both birds for recording, cat Aldo NR with 63 thunderbuckers and 76 bicentennial with low impedance sidewinders, sounds quite similar in the mix after reamping…

 

[JJR58]

…studio cat tolerated both birds for recording, cat Aldo NR with 63 thunderbuckers and 76 bicentennial with low impedance sidewinders, sounds quite similar in the mix after reamping…

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Love that neck on the Cat Aldo!

 

[ectoflanger]

…studio cat tolerated both birds for recording, cat Aldo NR with 63 thunderbuckers and 76 bicentennial with low impedance sidewinders, sounds quite similar in the mix after reamping…

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Gotta love that- Alpine White (I believe) still looking white-

 

[Bent77]

Well I have to laugh at myself. I twiddled knobs on the amp settings and diddled myself into oblivion. Can’t seem to find the happy spot now

 

[TBird1958]

Well I have to laugh at myself. I twiddled knobs on the amp settings and diddled myself into oblivion. Can’t seem to find the happy spot now

Turn it off, set everything back zero and try again tomorrow when your ear isn't tired.

 

[Bent77]

Turn it off, set everything back zero and try again tomorrow when your ear isn't tired.

I laughingly blamed my ears for being dumb

I should have taken pictures. I’m bi-amping and touched both. I suck

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

…studio cat tolerated both birds for recording, cat Aldo NR with 63 thunderbuckers and 76 bicentennial with low impedance sidewinders, sounds quite similar in the mix after reamping…

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white on white with sidewinder/s…..great @dagrev (you too D!)……minds…..
a big Danke Schoen to the Butcherboy!!

 

[ectoflanger]

Well I have to laugh at myself. I twiddled knobs on the amp settings and diddled myself into oblivion. Can’t seem to find the happy spot now

That’s why I don’t do trussrods- I leave that to my luthier bro-

 

[JIO]

You and others might get a chuckle out of the commentary in this BBC doc on prog rock featuring some cynical quips by Bruford around 12:56.



But it’s entertaining throughout- talk about moments of hubristic pomposity, not that certain live clips of ELP had anything to do with that sentiment -

But I’ll give ELP this- I liked “Lucky Man”, “In the Beginning”, and the Tarkus album-

I think I watched this years ago - my favorite Bruford quip was how they waited after the show for all the (female) groupies... and realized the audience was all young males! Females weren't drawn to prog-rock!

 

[JIO]

white on white with sidewinder/s…..great @dagrev (you too D!)……minds…..
a big Danke Schoen to the Butcherboy!!
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[JIO]

Don’t forget the tube tester pulpits!

Woh - those are long gone... but a great remembrance!

 

[ectoflanger]

Why is my power light yellow

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Similar circumstance on my 2017 Warwick Thumb NT5 which has an internal rechargeable lithium battery to power the active electronics-

The LED light shows red when it’s low and blinks yellow when charging, then solid yellow when fully charged- my thinking is it ought to be green-