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Thunderbird Club
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No photos playing but someone at least got a photo just before rehearsal.
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Silliness in a sweaty bar long ago....................
A rainy afternoon in Vancouver is a good time to get the pickup cavity routed. It was my first time using the plunge router base. This Bosch router is pretty sweet!
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It looks nice and all, very Christmasy colour-matched red & green... but aren't you worried that flower-pot will 'rumble' off!
Gaolee
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This. And I don't plan to be buried. A trebuchet, fire, and with any luck some explosions will be involved. A party at the very least. So no bass will be buried with me.
Some of my favorite tools in the construction days were Bosch. Back then, hardly anyone knew what they were. They far and a way had the best scroll saw. I think all our routers were Bosch. We had a small plunge and jig that could be tightened to door blanks and do perfect hinges in no time. But I digress......
when people don't know how something will appreciate.......someone modded in a Bassman output circuit on this Tremolux so instead of putting out 18 Watts Class A, it now features 75 Watts in Class AB2.....Upside? Sounds killer! Downside? Goes for only a fraction of what it would go for otherwise.....
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Looks like they did a good job? Yah, the nerve of some people modding valuable vintage stuff to make it even better...
And I should have kept my EB2. Spilled milk!
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James Bond meets Twin Peaks! All that was missing was the dancing dwarf... WOW BOB WOW!
Post gig photo-op - ready?.., say... "Goldfinger"!
Sean, our young enthusiastic sound-person had us sign his roommates Bond LP from 1980! Cherie lead it off -
you guys doing a roast and Bond marathon for Boxing Day this Thurs?...
Ha! Knew you'd chime in....yeah he did a good job and from the added components you can tell it was done awhile back....well that and the fact that most mods today are to decrease, not augment volume..Looks like they did a good job? Yah, the nerve of some people modding valuable vintage stuff to make it even better...
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Thankfully no - Cherie's already stressed enough with all our shows lined up like planes waiting to land at an airport!
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No telling how many vintage amps and instruments have lost that kind of value. If it could be added up, it would be staggering. But at the time, who knew? Things were taking on more of a throwaway aspect several decades ago.I'm a believer in, if it's yours---make it yours. That mod has served you well a really long time. Some dope doing it on a whim and then selling it 6 months later is another matter. What you did was value-added for your purposes and you keep using it for the purpose.Looks like they did a good job? Yah, the nerve of some people modding valuable vintage stuff to make it even better...
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Kind of like Stihl chainsaws.
I'm going to look for a deal on one of the small Bosch routers.
Gaolee
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I'm pretty sure I have spent a whole lot of money to wipe out any value of the Flamingo and the fretless Thunderbird. That's OK, since I'm pretty happy with how both turned out. Waste of money? Maybe, maybe not. I don't plan to sell either, so as long as I'm happy with how they look and sound, it's good enough. We spend lots of money on our house. Because of where it is, zoning, and the way the Seattle real estate market is these days, it probably would be worth as much or maybe more if we just let it fall down. We pick our battles, I suppose.
Gaolee
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It seems to go in cycles. For now, people my son and daughter-in-law's age are not especially interested in things that are old and preserved. Older people may be, but that's not what's coming. Thinking back to the 1970s and 1980s, there wasn't much reason to keep everything original for the most part. You made things work how you want and if that meant modifications, that was fine. It's still that way with plenty of things that are not considered classic now. In the future? Who knows. And who knows if the kids in their 20s and 30s ever decide they value the older things that are valuable now. Moral of this story is don't worry, be happy.
