Thunderbird Club

[RedVee]

What is a Pimm’s evening?
Edit: some kind of alcohol

Posh Brit drink, various versions all taken with a mixer afaik.

Pimms no 1 and lemonade is something I’ve heard being ordered but never tried.

 

[GonePlaid]

SO. MANY. THUNDERBIRDS.

ONLY. ONE.
ALL. I. NEED.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Sure beats a flock of seagulls chatting us around.

I was hoping someone would follow up with a Seagulls reference!

 

[RedVee]

Sure beats a flock of seagulls chatting us around.

A Flock of Haircuts

 

[TBird1958]

lemon juice and club soda please…

So it will be!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

ONLY. ONE.
ALL. I. NEED.

L.I.E.S.

 

[TBird1958]

Don't worry - we'll solve that problem!

You're bringing a bass with flats?
That's the only way it will happen.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

can’t really say I like them on a pickguard…..part of the NR appeal…. ymmv..…
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Agreed. Ideally, it's one or the other.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Howzabout "Afternoon Delight"-Starlight Vocal Band.

Them's fightin' words.

 

[Engle]

Posh Brit drink, various versions all taken with a mixer afaik.

Pimms no 1 and lemonade is something I’ve heard being ordered but never tried.

I was out at alcohol
But we will be in Washington State, so I’ll be fine

 

[Miles_ONeal]

You're bringing a bass with flats?
That's the only way it will happen.

Everyone but the Princess Fingers Club is bringing a set. It's all we play.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

agree on every point sir…some ran those type preamp tubes on 12Vdc back in the 90’s….doesn’t sound like anything ever came of that as it turns into a completely different device….marketing hype? probably, I just don’t know enough about that mode of operation to anticipate any of what he says…..sounds good on the clip….that said, not better than any other decent fretless tone out there so….

Yeah, I personally haven't heard anything that great with low voltages on the tubes. But I suspect they're using one of the newer, tiny tubes (I didn't go read in depth on the guitar). The filament heat alone is no joke, and the stresses of bouncing around risk breaking the tube. I love outside the box thinking, but you gotta learn what to keep and what to pitch.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I was thinking more of working with a live trainer for core training. Plus the machine can't tell you if you're doing something wrong.

Nor can the machine tell you what will help the most for your specific goals and needs.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Masterful harmonies and pop production!

And yet it still sucked.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

we used to joke about a 12AX7 with just the heater hooked up viewable through a grill in the front panel of a sampling keyboard (Emulator IV) when at Emu Systems in the 90’s….

We thought about doing that with computers but didn't want to deal with the extra heat.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Seems in the ballpark pricewise but hiding the serial number?

Security precaution.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

This is very true. I've just heard it 346 times too many!

The first time was 345 times too many.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Insurance paid for my '78 P as well. About $1'200 I think they gave me (about 2x what I paid for it). The adjuster was a guitar player and really understood instrument prices. It was actually a good thing. I had not played for a little over 20 years and not even touched a bass during that time. I kept being asked to play but pushed it off. I let a guy at church use the bass and it was stolen from there. Not his fault at all. When I had to do the research to suggest it's worth and get numbers on my side for the church insurance, I really began to realize how much I missed playing and got sucked back in. In that respect, that bass bass getting stolen was absolutely one of the best things that ever happened. I love playing.

Bonus: Had it not been stolen, I would have never known anyone here, and that's worth a lot.

If I come steal one of your current basses, will you come to the GTG?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

And have all those crazy people at my house?

Yeah, I think I could swing that one!

I'll just hang out back with the rest of the turkeys.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

You also want to match the impedance between the pickup covers and rings, hence using the same material.

And don't forget to ground them, especially the plastic rings (in their case to avoid static buildup).