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Thunderbird Club
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I’d love a reverse in cherry … or mahogany!
I helped spec, design, write, and document the software at its heart as well as spec out the hardware. We developed a portable, device-independent graphics system for it, among other innovations (the X Window system wasn’t out yet). I handed off project lead and installation because our first human baby was due.
If you saw the remake of The Italian Job, when Napster hacks into the downtown traffic control system, that’s basically my computer child.
I’d say a close second, but she rocks them all.hate to break it to you your highness but I think NRs look better on you than the other kind.....
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Sharon spent yesterday making chili for our annual church-wide chili dinner after trunk or treat after service.
Almost... strongly nudged.You were volun-told
My issue is, I'm not very competitive by character, but when I do compete, I COMPETE.
All in, no quarter asked or given.
Leads me to excess.
Rawr.
- Jun 30, 2010
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Fake news. At Winters' we always get something and 2 free drinks per band member. We played at The Milk Bar in the Haight (now called some generic Irish name..) - no free drinks, no pay unless 50 people attend YOUR set (they ask which band they are there to hear when a paying visitor arrives) and they have 5 bands on a Wednesday night starting at 7:30 ~ However, the sound man (a good guy, friend of a friend) has another job and doesn't arrive till 8:30, so the 1st bad starts late, no-one monitors the set length so each band runs over their 45mins and the last band goes on after midnight to an empty club. TSC played a Wed, a Fri and a Sat and for the Sat gig I organized the 5 bands so we all got our 45min set on time. The club "manager" (was never to be found) took offense at me doing her job. After that I swore to never play there again.
You're clearly going about this wrong. This is what you need.
...Since winning is a PITA. This ought to fix that problem for next year.
When the first Fusions came out I was really considering one.
Generic no less! But I prefer mine with beans-
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The Baltic Kiss in Richmond (East Bay) used to entertain that option. It closed but someone is considering opening it again. Good venue, quality FOH/stage-lighting, ex-pro sound-man and a free dinner for a 3 set night. Both TSC & BG played that venue a few times each.
Bond Girl
Used the '64 with DTFs and the new ABM. Sounded wonderful. I'm not sure if the ampeg tubes would have sounded better as I never felt the need to flip that on since I was sonicly satisfied. Great with fingers or pick.
Baltic Kiss- what a cool name. Would make a good band name-
Me too. And some Limburger on crackers. Good eatin' right there!
- Jun 30, 2010
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OK, so I said I'd share "The bad" 2%... Truth is I feel bad noting the negatives because the bass and case overall are in such awesome condition for almost 8 years old I'd be tempted to call it "NOS."
But you can't spell "Analyst" without... yeah. So I'm going to find everything, and fix everything I can. It's in my nature.
1) First noted when unpacking: The seller did an above-average job packing (almost an entire roll of bubble wrap came out of the box) but UPS will be UPS.
Spotted even before openeing, the exterior screws holding the divider inside the case were loose and crooked. Uh. oh.
Investigation showed the MDF had split from some impact.
I have already fixed this - pulled the divider, glued and clamped the split, drilled and doweled the screw holes, re-glued the fabric, and all back together overnight. No huhu. Not really worth even a picture.
But when I opened the case for the first time, I saw this: The bass had shifted out of the recessed pocket and crushed the foam under the cloth, and was able to hit the (fur-covered) hinge on the lower right:
This left a tiny set of scratches in the finish on the lower bout. They 90% rubbed out on first cleaning.
I feared the worst, but everything else about the bass checks out, so the case gave it's life to the noble cause of protecting the instrument.
I will in future replace the damaged foam; "ablative armor." Upholstery and I are old friends, so NBD to repair.
2) The pickguard is in awesome shape, even still bits of the protective film caught under some screws, zero scratches, logo absolutely unmarked...
But the lower corner is cracked, looks like from overtightening at the factory as I doubt it's ever been removed.
This looks very gluable to me - preferably by solvent repair from the rear before it cracks the rest of the way.
Does anyone know for certain what type of plastic it is, so I can select the right glue/cement/solvent? It's clearly not celluloid, feels like styrene or PVC something softish like that. I'll do CA if I have to, but would prefer a solvent repair for longer-term strength.
Haven't removed it yet, but I did slack all the screws slightly. It closed up almost invisibly, so definitely fixable..
3) One tuner has a scratch on it, not real obvious, and it looks like the nitro finish under it may have crazed slightly from an impact (or maybe at assembly - nitro is like that). Not really too concerned about fixing that unless it's likely to cause premature checking, in which case I should probably drop-fill and repolish. Opinions?
4) The upper horn has a TINY dig in it, just enough that it's not going to buff out. Probably not worth worrying about, or a tiny bit of solvent and then polish would fix it.
5) The nut has a crosswise scratch on it (hard to photograph) between D and G, probably from the strings having dragged sidewise, which has nut lube graphite in it. If it bothers me enough I'll polish it out.
The nut slots have taken impression from the string windings (obviously they sat without moving for a long time), so there's pinging when tuning. They need a polish. As I'm 90% sure I'm going to restring with EBCFs, probably today, I'll do it then.
I realized that as the existing strings have no silks, and are unworn, I can remove them and keep them if I ever want to go back to "as original" because you can't spell 'analyst' without... yeah. In another life I probably would have been an archeologist. Or a librarian.
6) (doesn't really count) The soldering is clearly original and to my (NASA certified, multi-layer PCB repair trained) eye, OMG horrible. Cold joints, melted insulation, "rat hair" from shields untrimmed, tag ends untrimmed.
But it works, and it's original, so it stays. I did trim the rat hair though, as me no likey shorts in me wiring.
They set me a real easy bar to clear in my own build there.
But TBCH my LPDC Tribute was about the same - I had to resolder the pickup leads as they were stripped back so long they were shorting.
And that friends & neighbors is absolutely EVERYthing I found I could possibly criticize; This bass is so near to perfect and no sunlight shines between.
I have instruments I bought new-out-the-box that had more and larger issues, truly.
I am gloriously happeh with it, and look forward to obsessing over it for probably the rest of my life.
Overall feelings:
I have a Thunderbird at last.
Regrets over selling the original RH Epi that had me joining this club, all gone.
It's way above my level of play, which will inspire me to try to level up.
I'm happy the previous one "got away" as clearly it was in rougher shape, and more money.
Feeling as lucky as my club number of "777"would imply.
Later, will post the outside sunshine beauty shots I finally got to take today. They be glorious.
And now... I have to try to make my fretless build "worthy" of the heritage.
But you can't spell "Analyst" without... yeah. So I'm going to find everything, and fix everything I can. It's in my nature.
1) First noted when unpacking: The seller did an above-average job packing (almost an entire roll of bubble wrap came out of the box) but UPS will be UPS.
Spotted even before openeing, the exterior screws holding the divider inside the case were loose and crooked. Uh. oh.
Investigation showed the MDF had split from some impact.
I have already fixed this - pulled the divider, glued and clamped the split, drilled and doweled the screw holes, re-glued the fabric, and all back together overnight. No huhu. Not really worth even a picture.
But when I opened the case for the first time, I saw this: The bass had shifted out of the recessed pocket and crushed the foam under the cloth, and was able to hit the (fur-covered) hinge on the lower right:
This left a tiny set of scratches in the finish on the lower bout. They 90% rubbed out on first cleaning.
I feared the worst, but everything else about the bass checks out, so the case gave it's life to the noble cause of protecting the instrument.
I will in future replace the damaged foam; "ablative armor." Upholstery and I are old friends, so NBD to repair.
2) The pickguard is in awesome shape, even still bits of the protective film caught under some screws, zero scratches, logo absolutely unmarked...
But the lower corner is cracked, looks like from overtightening at the factory as I doubt it's ever been removed.
This looks very gluable to me - preferably by solvent repair from the rear before it cracks the rest of the way.
Does anyone know for certain what type of plastic it is, so I can select the right glue/cement/solvent? It's clearly not celluloid, feels like styrene or PVC something softish like that. I'll do CA if I have to, but would prefer a solvent repair for longer-term strength.
Haven't removed it yet, but I did slack all the screws slightly. It closed up almost invisibly, so definitely fixable..
3) One tuner has a scratch on it, not real obvious, and it looks like the nitro finish under it may have crazed slightly from an impact (or maybe at assembly - nitro is like that). Not really too concerned about fixing that unless it's likely to cause premature checking, in which case I should probably drop-fill and repolish. Opinions?
4) The upper horn has a TINY dig in it, just enough that it's not going to buff out. Probably not worth worrying about, or a tiny bit of solvent and then polish would fix it.
5) The nut has a crosswise scratch on it (hard to photograph) between D and G, probably from the strings having dragged sidewise, which has nut lube graphite in it. If it bothers me enough I'll polish it out.
The nut slots have taken impression from the string windings (obviously they sat without moving for a long time), so there's pinging when tuning. They need a polish. As I'm 90% sure I'm going to restring with EBCFs, probably today, I'll do it then.
I realized that as the existing strings have no silks, and are unworn, I can remove them and keep them if I ever want to go back to "as original" because you can't spell 'analyst' without... yeah. In another life I probably would have been an archeologist. Or a librarian.
6) (doesn't really count) The soldering is clearly original and to my (NASA certified, multi-layer PCB repair trained) eye, OMG horrible. Cold joints, melted insulation, "rat hair" from shields untrimmed, tag ends untrimmed.
But it works, and it's original, so it stays. I did trim the rat hair though, as me no likey shorts in me wiring.
They set me a real easy bar to clear in my own build there.
But TBCH my LPDC Tribute was about the same - I had to resolder the pickup leads as they were stripped back so long they were shorting.
And that friends & neighbors is absolutely EVERYthing I found I could possibly criticize; This bass is so near to perfect and no sunlight shines between.
I have instruments I bought new-out-the-box that had more and larger issues, truly.
I am gloriously happeh with it, and look forward to obsessing over it for probably the rest of my life.
Overall feelings:
I have a Thunderbird at last.
Regrets over selling the original RH Epi that had me joining this club, all gone.
It's way above my level of play, which will inspire me to try to level up.
I'm happy the previous one "got away" as clearly it was in rougher shape, and more money.
Feeling as lucky as my club number of "777"would imply.
Later, will post the outside sunshine beauty shots I finally got to take today. They be glorious.
And now... I have to try to make my fretless build "worthy" of the heritage.
Churchill's Hideaway in Miami used to give the band the door. That was yours, the House gave you the venue and a simple but very adequate PA for the night. Best rock club in Miami in my book. The Volunteers used to play there, always a fun night.
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- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,614
- 222,139
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
just because... "you can throw away that shabby dress, buy yourself the finest things in town girl"
,,,Ahem…was a while away…but….
www.rollingstone.de
It’s in German, sorry for that . .
RS Beach: Warum wir uns auf Nichtseattle und The Truffauts freuen
ROLLING-STONE-Redakteurin Birgit Fuß erklärt, warum sich unser Festival in diesem Jahr allein schon wegen Nichtseattle und The Truffauts lohnt.
www.rollingstone.de
It’s in German, sorry for that . .
