Thunderbird Club

[MCF]

Well, there's a unit of measurement I've never heard of before!

I can’t take credit for that one. I learned it from @kat888 our amazing friend in OZ.

 

[Ringhammer]

cool, thx M….I’m thinking it may be resting my thumb on the bridge pup, are you playing with fingers? I notice it with the tone changing, losing volume…I can fix it on the fly with my fingers but would rather not have to..

I almost always play finger style, usually somewhat aggressively, and essentially require that there’s something to rest my thumb on or at least serve as a reference spot for my right hand. I do not have any problems with pickup screws coming loose, but I use a fair amount of the foam with the springs in them under the pickups to apply a really firm upward pressure on the pickups. This serves two purposes:
1. Keeps tension on the pickup screws so they don’t come loose.
2. Stops the effect of my fingers tapping on the pickup cans and pushing them down so they “tap” back up against the screw heads.

 

[Engle]

cool, thx M….I’m thinking it may be resting my thumb on the bridge pup, are you playing with fingers? I notice it with the tone changing, losing volume…I can fix it on the fly with my fingers but would rather not have to..

Having watched both you guys playing, I would say you have a more boisterous approach. So if something is loose it's more likely to move.
On my black Casady, the pickup height screws used to back out as I was playing. A bit of blue loctite on the threads solved it.

 

[Engle]

For some reason the emojis (and all the formatting stuff) is greyed out. I'll have to rely on text only to convey my intent
(Typed a colon and comma)

 

[Stealth57]

Another day in Philadelphia.



Aka Amman

 

[bylar13]

Another day in Philadelphia.



Aka Amman


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I was in Philadelphia last night playing a gig and didn’t see you at the show…

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Well, there's a unit of measurement I've never heard of before!

It’s been around forever.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

cool, thx M….I’m thinking it may be resting my thumb on the bridge pup, are you playing with fingers? I notice it with the tone changing, losing volume…I can fix it on the fly with my fingers but would rather not have to..

You may need more/stiffer foam or springs.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I was in Philadelphia last night playing a gig and didn’t see you at the show…

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Poking yourself in the eye with a mic is kinda metal, I guess. Or drunk.

 

[dagrev]

Another day in Philadelphia.



Aka Amman


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Should have warned you. Play your Thunderbird too loud and columns can fall over. Guess you were asked to leave.

 

[dagrev]

It’s been around forever.

Not in my area. I've never heard it as far as i know. But we're still trying to figure out metric.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Another day in Philadelphia.



Aka Amman


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how awesome! is that a sweet?..:
play this …

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Not in my area. I've never heard it as far as i know. But we're still trying to figure out metric.

Bees are older than metric

 

[MCF]

Having watched both you guys playing, I would say you have a more boisterous approach. So if something is loose it's more likely to move.
On my black Casady, the pickup height screws used to back out as I was playing. A bit of blue loctite on the threads solved it.

It wasn’t always like that for me. I started with a Bassman 50 so I used to pound away. As I got better amps, I became more of a finesse player. Since I’m only a hobbyist these days, there’s no need to be aggressive. That could change some if I find people to play with in my golden years. Got to quit working for the clampdown for that to happen though.

 

[MCF]

how awesome! is that a sweet?..:
play this …

I can’t unsee the picture in my mind of you trying to do that. The horror!

 

[MCF]

Not in my area. I've never heard it as far as i know. But we're still trying to figure out metric.

What’s the issue? Didn’t we adopt it like fifty years ago?

 

[MCF]

Should have warned you. Play your Thunderbird too loud and columns can fall over. Guess you were asked to leave.

Pretty sure with the gain at 2 and the volume at noon on my Carbine, those columns are toast.

 

[MCF]

I was in Philadelphia last night playing a gig and didn’t see you at the show…

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I see the Mrs. got the night off. I really want to see Poppy live. Someday.

 

[RedVee]

Bees are older than metric

I was going to make a quip about “Bees are buggers to catch though”. Then remembered a story my Dad told of growing up in the country (these years were at Bugaldie, just out of Coonabarabran, near the Warrumbungles - truly, Google map them) either side of, and during, the Depression approx 25-35.

Anyway Dad was talking of his (~18m older) brother who was one of those kids that was in everything. The brother used to catch wild bees, put a dab of paint on their backs and used that to follow them back to the hive so he could get some honey.

I still haven’t worked out if that was BS, or a scheme he tried but failed at, or it worked for him. Forgive me, I’m a city boy, I don’t know these things.

Knowing my Uncle Keith, I kinda believe he would have had a crack at it.

 

[GonePlaid]

It’s been around forever.

Sorta like RCH?