Thunderbird Club

[Stealth57]

~ouch!~ They need to make a remote that starts your car and turns the A/C on full before entering for conditions like that!

My GMC does that if you remember to hold down the correct button. It does the same in winter with the heater.

 

[Stealth57]

Got to play with the JC just now.

The stock pickup is very nice sounding. Tone dimed and switch at 500. Beautiful.

The Dark Stars earn their name. There is just something about the fullness of the sound of that hollow body. It certainly is going to be a top pick to play and an easy reach to first fret.

 

[JIO]

My GMC does that if you remember to hold down the correct button. It does the same in winter with the heater.

Has that technology been around for a while? I could have used that when I lived through Chicago winters in the late '70s - '80s.

 

[Stealth57]

Has that technology been around for a while? I could have used that when I lived through Chicago winters in the late '70s - '80s.

My Jimmy is a 2015. I bet now you can do it from bed using an app.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

car had been in the sun all. morning yesterday and not thinking went and plopped in……got a good culo roasting……

I learned quickly to put the Miata top up if it was parked in the sun or under trees or wires.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

The JC pickup is low impedance, so it needs a transformer to match up to the amp input. The switch selects taps on the transformer, it's an impedance selector. To my ears it changes the tone and volume.

Just pop out the JC pickup by taking out the 4 trim screws to see the innards.

Switching impedance definitely impacts tone, just as switch capacitance would.

 

[JIO]

Got to play with the JC just now.

The stock pickup is very nice sounding. Tone dimed and switch at 500. Beautiful.

The Dark Stars earn their name. There is just something about the fullness of the sound of that hollow body. It certainly is going to be a top pick to play and an easy reach to first fret.

Love Darkstars - I positioned the (Curtis Novak) poles at the central location of my '64 II buckers for this passive Fenderbird. They are singles but I used 500k pots and a .047cap.

"It rocks" Gojira - he was exited to have a bass named after him. He asked "if it crushed" and I said ... "absolutely".

Guild Darkstar - passive

Novak w/John East 9v mid-sweep

Novak -

 

[SubHuman]

@JIO ... Klaus Voorman is a 60's Bassist and he played with the Beatles too. He also designed the Revolver Album cover.
I saw this VOX bass he was playing...have you ever seen this 8 string VOX bass or is it custom? I know you have a lot of knowledge of 60's basses.

 

[JIO]

@JIO ... Klaus Voorman is a 60's Bassist and he played with the Beatles too. He also designed the Revolver Album cover.
I saw this VOX bass he was playing...have you ever seen this 8 string VOX bass or is it custom? I know you have a lot of knowledge of 60's basses.
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Yes, well aware of KV and yes, that appears to be some sort of custom bass. Only the white singles and knobs look Vox... no idea otherwise but I see the small hs badge w/Vox on it. Maybe a Vox one-off. Never seen anything like it prior.

 

[JIO]

Sounds right as I can’t feel the fluting when I finger the f hole.

I’ll just AHEM myself and be done with it.

Do you kiss your mamma with that mouth! go wash your hands!

 

[Gaolee]

I like the drums. What are they? Nothing is ringing a bell.

The Thunderbird ain't too bad either.

That is a newer Premier kit.

 

[JIO]

Even Ferrari's had fins in 1958!

 

[Gaolee]

Sounds right as I can’t feel the fluting when I finger the f hole.

I’ll just AHEM myself and be done with it.

Life and everything is all about the f-holes.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Even Ferrari's had fins in 1958!

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Super America with the big Lampredi motor…..

 

[JIO]

Super America with the big Lampredi motor…..

Ah, that makes sense - create an "American" looking car for overseas profit! It looks like it's American "Super-sized" also.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

~ouch!~ They need to make a remote that starts your car and turns the A/C on full before entering for conditions like that!

they do but it would be another 30 years at least…..

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Ah, that makes sense - create an "American" looking car for overseas profit! It looks like it's American "Super-sized" also.

Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini etc….would not exist without the American market…..fact…

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

get so annoyed sometimes……the MB rig worked perfect last night but decided to do weird stuff today……Class D amps plain don’t like crappy power……no prob, pull out good old fashioned Class AB stuff and all weirdness went away…..

 

[JIO]

they do but it would be another 30 years at least…..
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Yah, and black is hotter still!

 

[JIO]

get so annoyed sometimes……the MB rig worked perfect last night but decided to do weird stuff today……Class D amps plain don’t like crappy power……no prob, pull out good old fashioned Class AB stuff and all weirdness went away…..
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So is your Evo500 similar to my 550 Spyder other than a few details? (compression, sub, eq) I set it a bit differently last night - you can see it in this pic Dave posted. Got a lot more girth out of it.

Treble/Bass/Mid controls 12:00 - Gain - 3:00 / Master 9:00 - lower switches engaged other than Mid boost. A good setting for the '64 II - air was moved.