Thunderbird Club

[TBird1958]

I have had one for years now. It works well.

If it's easy - could you bring it to the GTG? I'd love to hear what it does.

 

[Gaolee]

If it's easy - could you bring it to the GTG? I'd love to hear what it does.

I will have it on the pedal board that includes the wireless. You can try it and the wireless at the same time. Or take it all apart. You won't hear much. I don't think it sounds like anything at all. It just makes tuning for a room easier and makes a bass sound more like itself. I guess the reason is that it keeps the amp from reproducing sounds that don't do much except use up headroom that is better spent on sounds we hear and like to hear. It can also dial out fret click if you want to do that. You might not find that especially useful.

 

[SubHuman]

I see them pretty commonly here in the Bay Area. Hideous. Speaking of car bizarreities - does where you live have the robot cars driving around day & night w/no drivers? They are all over SF.

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Why robotaxis are dividing San Francisco

How about Driverless Semi's?

Driverless Semi-Truck Fleets Could Hit the Road in 2024 With These Kodiak Big Rigs
The robotics firm says its latest model has all the redundancy needed to operate on American highways without anyone behind the wheel.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

How about Driverless Semi's?

Driverless Semi-Truck Fleets Could Hit the Road in 2024 With These Kodiak Big Rigs
The robotics firm says its latest model has all the redundancy needed to operate on American highways without anyone behind the wheel.

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from a technology perspective we’re there imho….gets tricky with the algorithms as the human mind can continue to calculate a trajectory even when we stopped looking at the immediate destination…..they are having a hard time emulating that kind of functionality in the code…..the other (of various) one is of a moral nature such as deciding who to save (not hit) if there’s a dog (for example) and a human involved or an old person vs a young person, or if there’s a pedestrian vs a school bus and so on, choices engineers are not (and should not have to be imho) comfortable implementing….

 

[BklynKen]

Anyone here use GHS Pressurewound strings? I just tried them for the first time on my Carvin because I've been trying to dial out some annoying tone that I guess is inherent to its single coils. The Pressurewounds are doing a nice job, with about the same EQ as my Thunderbird. Other strings I've tried, like the SIT Power Wound and GHS Balanced Nickels, I've had to roll off a lot of highs and/or tone. The Pressurewounds still have plenty of punch. Curious to hear these in the band mix. Maybe this week.

 

[MCF]

How about Driverless Semi's?

Driverless Semi-Truck Fleets Could Hit the Road in 2024 With These Kodiak Big Rigs
The robotics firm says its latest model has all the redundancy needed to operate on American highways without anyone behind the wheel.

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Fine. So long as they are programmed to never exceed the speed limit or leave the right lanes.

 

[MCF]

Anyone here use GHS Pressurewound strings? I just tried them for the first time on my Carvin because I've been trying to dial out some annoying tone that I guess is inherent to its single coils. The Pressurewounds are doing a nice job, with about the same EQ as my Thunderbird. Other strings I've tried, like the SIT Power Wound and GHS Balanced Nickels, I've had to roll off a lot of highs and/or tone. The Pressurewounds still have plenty of punch. Curious to hear these in the band mix. Maybe this week.

There is a very long thread about them. https://www.talkbass.com/threads/review-ghs-pressurewounds-tangy-not-twangy.1179992/.

I tried them on the ‘15 a long time ago and didn’t care for them. I thought they sounded dull. But they did lower fret noise which is why I tried them. They weren’t on it for long. I looked for them and don’t see them in my string box. Otherwise, I’d put them on something else and give them another shot.

 

[Count Bassie]

My StatusBird and Spector Legend 4X both came with the strap buttons in the same or similar position. I think it works well with Tbird style basses. Pretty sure that Roger @Count Bassie did this mod on his Epi CP.

Yep, only my strap button is up into the "belly curve", about in line with the 'sweet spot' pickup. Works a charm alright.
For ergonomic issues I do this with all my basses.

 

[BklynKen]

There is a very long thread about them. https://www.talkbass.com/threads/review-ghs-pressurewounds-tangy-not-twangy.1179992/.

I tried them on the ‘15 a long time ago and didn’t care for them. I thought they sounded dull. But they did lower fret noise which is why I tried them. They weren’t on it for long. I looked for them and don’t see them in my string box. Otherwise, I’d put them on something else and give them another shot.

Yeah, I wouldn't even consider them on the Thunderbird. The single coils on the Carvin are a totally different animal.

 

[dagrev]

As particular you are with tone, you should get the Broughton combo HPF/LPF filter. $200. There was one posted in the classifieds yesterday for $125. I’m sure it’s gone by now. But if booming bass in a big room is your beef, that’ll likely cure it.

Thanks for the suggestion, and the desire to help (and that of others). It's certainly appreciated. No doubt the Broughton would help. But I'm not so sure the sonic maximizer doesn't do something kind of similar. Hard to explain what you hear, but it can make lows tighter or bigger, in addition to adding or taking away some crispness. Many wrongly think it's just an high and low EQ, but it is not.

My experience today was not as good as before. On our quick run through I wasn't liking what I was hearing with the Boomers. Before the service a put the SIT NPSs back on. (I love bridges you can just drop strings in as opposed to threading through the bridge.) Sounded some better, but not as good as last week with them. The only thing that changed was there was no drummer today and we had a guy play a cajon. He sits on the throne next to my cab and the cajon is in front of my cab blocking it to some extent. Not a good way around that. I've noticed before when he was playing I was not hearing as well. I'm not sure that was the issue, but today pushed it back in the "sell it" direction if my previous good tones were atypical. (I'm OCD/nuts, I know.) In fact, I was shocked at not being pleased as before. I expected what I experienced two previous times. I put some Rotos on it tonight for kicks and may leave them on for rehearsal Wednesday. I'm not giving up yet, but today was a setback.

 

[dagrev]

It's unnerving to see cars w/o drivers cruising around my Mission neighborhood while walking Mona.

It may be an improvement than with drivers.....

 

[BklynKen]

Thanks for the suggestion, and the desire to help (and that of others). It's certainly appreciated. No doubt the Broughton would help. But I'm not so sure the sonic maximizer doesn't do something kind of similar. Hard to explain what you hear, but it can make lows tighter or bigger, in addition to adding or taking away some crispness. Many wrongly think it's just an high and low EQ, but it is not.

My experience today was not as good as before. On our quick run through I wasn't liking what I was hearing with the Boomers. Before the service a put the SIT NPSs back on. (I love bridges you can just drop strings in as opposed to threading through the bridge.) Sounded some better, but not as good as last week with them. The only thing that changed was there was no drummer today and we had a guy play a cajon. He sits on the throne next to my cab and the cajon is in front of my cab blocking it to some extent. Not a good way around that. I've noticed before when he was playing I was not hearing as well. I'm not sure that was the issue, but today pushed it back in the "sell it" direction if my previous good tones were atypical. (I'm OCD/nuts, I know.) In fact, I was shocked at not being pleased as before. I expected what I experienced two previous times. I put some Rotos on it tonight for kicks and may leave them on for rehearsal Wednesday. I'm not giving up yet, but today was a setback.

What doesn't please you about the tone and what do you want from it that it's not currently giving you? I've never heard those pickups in person.

 

[SubHuman]

How about Driverless Semi's?

Driverless Semi-Truck Fleets Could Hit the Road in 2024 With These Kodiak Big Rigs
The robotics firm says its latest model has all the redundancy needed to operate on American highways without anyone behind the wheel.

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I caught a driverless Semi Truck driving down the highway…looks safe! Ha!

 

[SubHuman]

from a technology perspective we’re there imho….gets tricky with the algorithms as the human mind can continue to calculate a trajectory even when we stopped looking at the immediate destination…..they are having a hard time emulating that kind of functionality in the code…..the other (of various) one is of a moral nature such as deciding who to save (not hit) if there’s a dog (for example) and a human involved or an old person vs a young person, or if there’s a pedestrian vs a school bus and so on, choices engineers are not (and should not have to be imho) comfortable implementing….

I agree…the sensors are all very capable to track objects in 3d space real time but the biggest unknown to me is human behavior. I have seen some of the craziest, riskiest, last microsecond decisions made at highway speeds and on congested roads. If the driverless cars had their own private driving lane I would feel safer until the technology is proven but even then some goofball humans would drive illegally in the private driving lane!

 

[TBird1958]

I caught a driverless Semi Truck driving down the highway…looks safe! Ha!
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Watch the truck all you want, that movie had some very, very cool trains in it.

 

[JIO]

I caught a driverless Semi Truck driving down the highway…looks safe! Ha!
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What could go wrong?...

 

[JIO]

from a technology perspective we’re there imho….gets tricky with the algorithms as the human mind can continue to calculate a trajectory even when we stopped looking at the immediate destination…..they are having a hard time emulating that kind of functionality in the code…..the other (of various) one is of a moral nature such as deciding who to save (not hit) if there’s a dog (for example) and a human involved or an old person vs a young person, or if there’s a pedestrian vs a school bus and so on, choices engineers are not (and should not have to be imho) comfortable implementing….

It reminds me of a violist joke; "You're driving late at night cresting a hill and as you crest - just in front of you is a car passing another car coming toward you, now in your lane. One car is driven by a conductor, the other by a violist. It is unavoidable that you will collide head-on with one of them - who do you choose?" A; "the conductor - business before pleasure." Symphonic players think it's really funny.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

how convenient….

 

[dagrev]

Nice to have a little stuff from Burien,WA Pride, most of what we shot did not come out as it began to get dark, anyway,
my apologies to the late Ben Orr for wrecking the bass line here, sometime ya just have to drive the bus and forget about the niceties.

Bass sounded fantastic!

 

[dagrev]

The dish would prolly taste better.