Thunderbird Club

[BklynKen]

Good evening. I am still learning what this new cabinet can do. So far, I am very happy with it. I like the sound, although this is the first 2X12 I have ever used. It wasn't cheap, and took about three weeks to arrive, but so has exceeded my expectations. I am looking for a new and to go with it. GR makes what look like nice amps, but I love tubes. Still looking and checking new amps out online.

That second photo right there is the album cover.

 

[Count Bassie]

yep - the sooner the better

Rehearsal got cancelled tonight, and I've got eye surgery tomorrow, I'll be down hard for a week. I'll get to it! Timing is sometimes on its own schedule I guess.

 

[JIO]

Rehearsal got cancelled tonight, and I've got eye surgery tomorrow, I'll be down hard for a week. I'll get to it! Timing is sometimes on its own schedule I guess.

Hope the surgery goes smoothly -

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Without a doubt great sounding basses in the right hands - Pino made his fretless sing!


No, my only bucker P is this one -

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that bass is a masterpiece……
would probably pay to try a. fretless ray….

 

[JIO]

that bass is a masterpiece……
would probably pay to try a. fretless ray….

It helped put Pino on the map. He brought Jaco's jazz mwah into the pop main-stream. John Giblin along with Del Palmer who played on early Kate Bush LP's also were groundbreaking.

 

[dagrev]

Rehearsal got cancelled tonight, and I've got eye surgery tomorrow, I'll be down hard for a week. I'll get to it! Timing is sometimes on its own schedule I guess.

Hope your surgery goes well.

 

[MCF]

Rehearsal got cancelled tonight, and I've got eye surgery tomorrow, I'll be down hard for a week. I'll get to it! Timing is sometimes on its own schedule I guess.

Good luck with the eye biz Roger.

 

[MCF]

We get all those although Citroen have just announced they will leave our market (they have been here since 1923!).

I was surprised at how many “white vans” of this and larger sizes are in London - they are everywhere - fewer but still common in France and Ireland.

Vauxhall/Opel and Toyota also run copies of the Peugeot and Nissan have a similar entry to the Renault.

Citroen leaving Oz is sad. You would think they would continue so long as theyte making right hand drive cars. The industry as we know it is rapidly changing, especially here, as we prepare for the onslaught of electrics from China.

 

[GonePlaid]

I like mine a lot, too. Mine is Gen 1 and doesn't have some of the improvements Ford made. It is also about 18" shorter than ideal sometimes. It does nearly everything I need, and the few things it cannot do very well, there are workarounds.

Because I've switched to smaller amps-and PA gear-mine was just about perfect for gigging and family.

 

[GonePlaid]

Do you get the Euro alternatives in the same class?
Renault, Peugeot, Citroen all have these practical little vans as well as the VW Caddy of course.

Not that I'm aware of. I'll be looking for another Transit Connect most likely. Mine was a 2019; they stopped making them in 2023. I'll find the best one I can afford.

 

[Count Bassie]

Thanks you guys. Sitting here with my black coffee, mentally emptying my wheelbarrow.

 

[Count Bassie]

Not that I'm aware of. I'll be looking for another Transit Connect most likely. Mine was a 2019; they stopped making them in 2023. I'll find the best one I can afford.

The stuff is out there Mike. I found a six speed manual '06 Dodge Dakota for under $4G, a pretty good fit for my needs. Found it in a couple days. It needed a clutch and a wheel bearing, new tires. Got away all told for about $6G.

 

[Gaolee]

@Engle made me some more custom pickguards, mostly for my upcoming MusicMaster/mini J project, but also some alternative choices for my existing MusicMaster/mini J snd Mustang/mini P.

Also, a much needed improvement over the pg that came on my Gibson EB. I bought this thinking it would be white with just a tinge of cream/yellow (the pics of it were all taken outside so it looked much less yellow), and white and tortoise works for me. But this thing is pale yellow and the stock tortoise (not even close to real looking) just looks horrible on it.

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Irv made a black one and now I can tolerate the color, until such time that I send it out to paint. Since it comes as a nitro finish, I’ll have to send it to MJT to have re-done in a black, white, or possibly super dark Sherwood green.

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I don’t think I want to go poly, since this didn’t come with the candy shell thick paint, I’d like to keep it as intended, even if a different color.

MJT has my fretless 'Bird at the moment. I'm looking forward to getting it back. I might send the EB off to be a different color when it gets back. It's the usual burst for now.

 

[Gaolee]

"All good things"

I'd tell them soon as it's best to be upfront about it and give them the best opportunity to replace you - maybe make sure there's a good replacement.
You should go do what your heart, soul and mind tell you.
FWIW I'll have to leave TNH at some point just because I won't be able to continue to be what that band needs, I think maybe two years or so, it'll be tough as it's been my only band for more than 20 years.

"All good things"

I dunno. If there's broken glass, a rented Cadillac, tire smoke, a car chase, helicopters, air to surface missiles, and an international incident, it's far better and more effective in my vast experience with this kind of thing.

As always, trust me on everything. I would never say anything that isn't Very Serious.

 

[Gaolee]

Do you get the Euro alternatives in the same class?
Renault, Peugeot, Citroen all have these practical little vans as well as the VW Caddy of course.

I wish. No, we don't. There are a whole lot of perfectly sized vans in Mexico, and I have thought about what it would take to import one. Of course, that's one of those things I'll never get around to.

 

[GBassNorth]

I like them, played a red one for years, great slap instruments….Lenny agrees….

Love my 1979 Stingray (except for the 10+ pound weight)…

Always loved the sound John Deacon got from his Ray…

…a fretless Ray with a maple board would be the bomb!

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

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https://www.gibson.com/en-US/p/Acoustic-Guitar/Jimmy-Page-1964-SJ-200/Cherry-Tea?sc_src=email_2504600&sc_lid=274306113&sc_uid=d2IXiQAaen&sc_llid=38374&sc_customer=069b5d70-0a4f-4849-8c93-8441b3e735bc&utm_source=Emarsys&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10.22.24%3A+Jimmy+Page+Acoustics+Launch

 

[dagrev]

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https://www.gibson.com/en-US/p/Acoustic-Guitar/Jimmy-Page-1964-SJ-200/Cherry-Tea?sc_src=email_2504600&sc_lid=274306113&sc_uid=d2IXiQAaen&sc_llid=38374&sc_customer=069b5d70-0a4f-4849-8c93-8441b3e735bc&utm_source=Emarsys&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10.22.24%3A+Jimmy+Page+Acoustics+Launch

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I see those who have had lobotomies are again making decisions at Gibson.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

It helped put Pino on the map. He brought Jaco's jazz mwah into the pop main-stream. John Giblin along with Del Palmer who played on early Kate Bush LP's also were groundbreaking.

weird stuff…..my brother was a big fan, me, never got it…..

 

[eve_ripper]

Okay, I love Epiphone for its price, look, sound, simplicity and don’t like its stock bridge and other mechanical parts to set it up.
It seems that every signature Thunderbird model nowadays has a new updated bridge.