Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

I love this facebook conversation someone sent me a screenshot of. It was in response to someone posting that photo of us. Names smudged to protect the innocent.

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That's cool--and well deserved.

 

[dagrev]

Awesome, dude!

Thanks, Miles!

 

[dagrev]

Nice!!

Thank you Sir!

 

[BklynKen]

Still need to polish the nut slots a bit more as I'm still getting ting-tings while tuning the high strings, though no hang-ups.

I get that as well. Simply loosening the string lower than the intended pitch and tuning back up avoids it every time. I think it's supposed to get more accurate tuning as well.

 

[GBassNorth]

My Sinister* T-Bird is finally getting fully dialed in & balanced to the new strings. Couple more days' play and I'll tackle the intonation, which frankly is not that far off. But tinkers must.

Still need to polish the nut slots a bit more as I'm still getting ting-tings while tuning the high strings, though no hang-ups.

I'm able to play three-finger triplets & gallops mostly without any unplanned slappy-clanks from my index finger now.
A new skill I've been chasing for months, for Social D songs like When She Begins and Story Of My Life.

Question for the audience; is a left-handed Reverse Thunderbird a double-reverse, or is it inside out?



*Sinister is opposite of 'dexter' in heraldry, of course.

Greco does make a Reversed Reverse body for right handed players. But it could easily be strung for a lefty and would actually look more normal that way. If so, it would be a Reverse Reversed Reverse.

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[Mvf]

So why the “Dobrovnik” sign ?

I thought you must be on tour!

Just the name of the venue. Have no idea why they choose that

Dubrovnik Lounge & Lobby · Helsinki

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[Miles_ONeal]

I get that as well. Simply loosening the string lower than the intended pitch and tuning back up avoids it every time. I think it's supposed to get more accurate tuning as well.

That's how I've done it for as long as I can remember (age 13 learning guitar, I believe).

 

[MCF]

That's how I've done it for as long as I can remember (age 13 learning guitar, I believe).

As Mike says, “me, too, also.”

 

[BuddhaFingas]

I get that as well. Simply loosening the string lower than the intended pitch and tuning back up avoids it every time. I think it's supposed to get more accurate tuning as well.

Tuning up only makes good mechanial sense... have always done.
Loads the gear train opposite string tension, so it removes any slack from the braking action. More stable.

 

[BuddhaFingas]

Reverse Reverse.

So, rereverse.

 

[dagrev]

Greco does make a Reversed Reverse body for right handed players. But it could easily be strung for a lefty and would actually look more normal that way. If so, it would be a Reverse Reversed Reverse.
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As a NR, that's just wrong. Makes my head hurt.

 

[godofthunder59]

So this followed me home from my shift at the House of Guitars yesterday, it's been sitting in the display case for 6 months or more so I did a seasonal setup on it and couldn't put it down ( this happens more than I'd like to admit) so I bought it. I've come around to the '64 though I still prefer the Vintage Pro. This one is lighter than my Ember Red, plays great sounds even better! I promised myself no more import stuff but I couldn't say no. Video to follow.

 

[TBird1958]

So this followed me home from my shift at the House of Guitars yesterday, it's been sitting in the display case for 6 months or more so I did a seasonal setup on it and couldn't put it down ( this happens more than I'd like to admit) so I bought it. I've come around to the '64 though I still prefer the Vintage Pro. This one is lighter than my Ember Red, plays great sounds even better! I promised myself no more import stuff but I couldn't say no. Video to follow. View attachment 7365746View attachment 7365747View attachment 7365748

They're hard to resist!

I'm thinking/hoping they announce some new colors at NAMM in January.


Time to bust out the airbrush and some black lacquer and give that headstock a little love.

 

[MCF]

As a NR, that's just wrong. Makes my head hurt.

Huh. I kinda like it.

 

[ectoflanger]

I can relate to it -

"Please don't be sad if it was a straight mind you had
We wouldn't have known you all these years"

 

[ectoflanger]

Back at you Geo.

How about this?

Such a cool album cover design too- at one time I had the LP-

 

[MCF]

So this followed me home from my shift at the House of Guitars yesterday, it's been sitting in the display case for 6 months or more so I did a seasonal setup on it and couldn't put it down ( this happens more than I'd like to admit) so I bought it. I've come around to the '64 though I still prefer the Vintage Pro. This one is lighter than my Ember Red, plays great sounds even better! I promised myself no more import stuff but I couldn't say no. Video to follow. View attachment 7365746View attachment 7365747View attachment 7365748

Congratulations!

Does your wife keep track?

I didn’t think my wife did until yesterday. We were at my wife’s dad’s 94th birthday party yesterday. We were talking with her much younger cousin and asked where her husband was. He snuck away to practice with a country band he just joined. He plays a tele P. Major jealousy on my part that he found some people to play with. We were talking about all his “stuff.” He has one bass. But five or six amps and some guitars. She asked how many basses I had. I said “not enough Thunderbirds.” My wife started to laugh and said “I don’t know, but it’s well more than twenty.” Busted big time.

 

[MCF]

How about this?

Such a cool album cover design too- at one time I had the LP-

Lave me some Traffic!

 

[godofthunder59]

Congratulations!

Does your wife keep track?

I didn’t think my wife did until yesterday. We were at my wife’s dad’s 94th birthday party yesterday. We were talking with her much younger cousin and asked where her husband was. He snuck away to practice with a country band he just joined. He plays a tele P. Major jealousy on my part that he found some people to play with. We were talking about all his “stuff.” He has one bass. But five or six amps and some guitars. She asked how many basses I had. I said “not enough Thunderbirds.” My wife started to laugh and said “I don’t know, but it’s well more than twenty.” Busted big time.

She's basically given up, honestly I'm not quite sure but it's over 90.

 

[godofthunder59]

They're hard to resist!

I'm thinking/hoping they announce some new colors at NAMM in January.


Time to bust out the airbrush and some black lacquer and give that headstock a little love.

That looks great! I do have a new airbrush.