Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

Yes I have had to explain to some car guys (re: carburetor guys learning FI stuff) how critical clean wiring, clean routing, and the effects of grounded, shielded, and drain grounds are on low volt systems

Some of the aftermarket EFI systems have the ECM in the throttle body (dumb... my Edelbrock is under the dash like factory), I started having those guys run a ground wire from the throttle body to the engine ground, and not just use the system ground back to the battery. It's like magic

Ground loops are real!

 

[dagrev]

this. can only be one place….
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Tell that dude you can make his amp sound better. But you'll need the car about a week or two.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Too many grounds in a guitar/bass can create ground loops which can cause noise! Crazy how all that works!

Star grounding for the win!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Ha! Yes I have never touched my latest T-Bird’s (except left one) and they are dead quiet!
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Well, yeah. If I never touch my bass, it tends to be quiet!

 

[dagrev]

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Cool and all, but where is the building that "Ironside" worked in.

That's the best pic I've ever seen of the Transamerica Building.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I sometimes completely slug-tape the cavities, and other times do 3 coats of carbon shielding paint with a slug-tape floor to ground to. Both work, sometimes it had to do with being out of one or the other at the time of need. I do usually star-ground which is debated but I first started doing it following the written advice of Rick Turner.

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Debated in guitars, perhaps. I have solved a number of noise problems in hand-wired amps by converting them to star ground.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Speaking on that subject- I find it difficult, if not impossible to do so for some (actually many) songs due to the brain multi-tasking issue.

Gail Ann Dorsey recommended starting off really slow with a metronome until you can sing with facility. Other advice I got from a musician was to start off with just the root notes and gradually fill in as you get accustomed to doing two different things at the same time-

Thoughts? Other suggestions?

I realize that for some people, it comes naturally, even some drummers like Don Henley and Roger Taylor could sing and play at the same time. But Frank Zappa once stated that he could not -

I could play simple rhythm guitar and sing. I quit singing for a while because allergies. I can sing or play bass, but not both at once. And allergies are still oft an issue, as is the fact I’m out of practice singing!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I never sang and played till 1993.
Out of nowhere I just did it.
Harmonies I thought we’re never possible for me.
Now I sound like a wounded moose.
So if I ever got back in a band.
All they should expect is good bass playing.

Look for a band with wounded animal vocals that needs a moose!

 

[dagrev]

New arrival.
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Nice! What variety? Get Mom needs more than dirt to eat. She looks hungry!

 

[dagrev]

They're still made of cow meat.

Chisos boots are made from "retired" dairy cows.

Never thought about the word "retire" before. One stops working to get tired again? Words should be like math and make consistent sense.

 

[Stealth57]

Nice! What variety? Get Mom needs more than dirt to eat. She looks hungry!

Mini Jersey.

 

[dagrev]

I was going to play a Fender today, but grabbed The Thunderbird instead. Had a few songs I don't care for and noticed that bass cam make even those enjoyable by just hearing how fantastic it sounds. That bass is priceless.

 

[ectoflanger]

I could play simple rhythm guitar and sing. I quit singing for a while because allergies. I can sing or play bass, but not both at once. And allergies are still oft an issue, as is the fact I’m out of practice singing!

Allergies have plagued me in recent years as well- understandable having lived in the Houston/Galveston area since the mid-90's. But even in Padre Island and Fredericksburg, Texas.

I suppose that one of the connections is the cedar family, which is a common denominator in those areas (salt cedars in the coastal areas). Two times I remember not having allergy symptoms during the season were business meetings held in Midland/Odessa and in Laredo where there was a significant change in the flora. In both cases allergy symptoms disappeared and reappeared roughly at the 90 mile mark from the Houston area.

 

[ectoflanger]

I was going to play a Fender today, but grabbed The Thunderbird instead. Had a few songs I don't care for and noticed that bass cam make even those enjoyable by just hearing how fantastic it sounds. That bass is priceless.

So well said. I would say that my T-Bird is the closest thing I have to a girlfriend during this season of my life-

 

[MCF]

Well maybe not attending the show, but at the pub afterwards...

And he’s a bass player. Go figure.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Chisos boots are made from "retired" dairy cows.

Never thought about the word "retire" before. One stops working to get tired again? Words should be like math and make consistent sense.

We all know English is a mix of languages. Tired is a French word (tih’-red), meaning “to do something.”. Retired means to do another thing. In an age when one was expected to stay in a job as long as you worked, thos makes sense.

i totally made that up…

 

[MCF]

I’m debating between the alpha omega 900 and Microtubes 900v2. The Mesa Strategy is a little too much noodling around at night.

I already have a B7K ultra so I’m leaning towards the AO and there’s a used one at Long & McQuade for a decent price I could get them to ship it to a local store.

It does have a volume knob.

 

[MCF]

Speaking on that subject- I find it difficult, if not impossible to do so for some (actually many) songs due to the brain multi-tasking issue.

Gail Ann Dorsey recommended starting off really slow with a metronome until you can sing with facility. Other advice I got from a musician was to start off with just the root notes and gradually fill in as you get accustomed to doing two different things at the same time-

Thoughts? Other suggestions?

I realize that for some people, it comes naturally, even some drummers like Don Henley and Roger Taylor could sing and play at the same time. But Frank Zappa once stated that he could not -

I would take whatever Gail Ann says as gospel.

 

[5StringBlues]

That's probably the 1st album that my brother and I bonded with my mom over. Being a classical piano teacher, she really enjoyed it.

New (to me) vinyl:
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[SubHuman]

That setup is sweet! The car is a beauty and the color awesome. Plus they even mic’ed the amp!
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Chucky just saw this at a local Car Show!