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#332,002
Chucky Stiletti said:
worth buying an underwater camera....Rosa pointed at a spotted manta ray that must have had a 5 foot wingspan about 100 feet from shore....truly amazing, had me briefly consider the submersion survival time of an iPhone16 lol.....fact that it was salt water deterred the intention.....
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FWIW, my 12 survived an accidental hour in the Aruba coastal waters. Rinsed with tap water, ports blown out with a hair dryer, left overnight in a bag with paper towels, and it was fine.
 
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Bat Tuesday.
 
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#332,006
Stealth57 said:
Looking for a cheat code on a couple songs folks want to add to our set list; Runnin Down a Dream and LA Woman. My issue is both songs are essentially chugging 1/8th notes the entire song and at a high clip (170 beats). My old, beat up fingers just can't pull that off. Any way to make it work with fewer notes?
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Digital delay. Go all Edge on it!
 
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#332,011
Thumper said:
I'm probably in the minority of Thunderbird players who plays fingerstyle only. I tried using a felt pick in '68 when I first started (Vox Delta IV/Vox Kensington amp). It didn't stick. Tried again in mid '80s ( '76 Thunderbird/Lab Series amp) it worked for a few songs, but again, didn't stick. I mess with them now and again, but just don't care for the tic tac sound. Now I just use the Steel Leather for my 2014 Thunderbird to tighten up the tone. Everything is fingers only. The only song I think it would benefit is Train Train by Blackfoot, but while we mess with it once in a while, it never makes it on to a set list.
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I just do whatever works for the song.
 
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#332,012
Thumper said:
Likely true, but I play in a Classic Rock/Hard Rock Band. When I tried to play a few songs with a pick (which were played by the original bassist with a pick,) my guitarist looked at me and said "Don't Do That!" When I asked him what, he said "Don't play with a pick." He said it didn't sound like me. I guess after playing fingerstyle for 57 years, the calluses suffice for a semi pick sound.
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Thatā€™s a valid reason!
 
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#332,014
PhR75 said:
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Here's some free download codes I already distributed somewhere else but it seems I can't get arrested so why not share them with you as you have been very encouraging with my music wheter I used a Thunderbird on it or not.
There's a slight chance that some of them has been used already but try another if one is already taken. Here's the link where to redeem the code.
O'Man
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Thanks for sharing the code. I downloaded the album and will check it out.
 
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#332,015
Engle said:
I just looked at the diagram there and it doesn't show where to connect the pickups - unless I missed it?
Further down in the thread someone says they are passive coil tapped pickups and the red lead is the center tap.

@NRguitaresearch I would disconnect a pickup completely and take some measurements with an ohm meter to figure out what you have.
If red to each other wire is about 3.5k, thats the center tap.
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If they are stock, that sounds right. Stock pickups were definitely passive.
 
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