Thunderbird Club

[Stealth57]

starving human that saw a bird (or some other animal) eat one perhaps?....

 

[BuddhaFingas]

A bit of electrical tape on the control cavity cover just over the jack tip is a temporary test and fix. The noise problems have disappeared, so now time to do something more permanent. Not drastic, just more permanent. You know, like drill a big hole in the cover where the jack hits and mount a glass bubble with grounded wire mesh inside over the hole. Something unobtrusive.

I have a spray can of mil-spec conformal coating somewhere if you need it. Or just pot it in RTV.

 

[Ringhammer]

I just want to know who the first person was that cracked one open and went showed it to others and said, "Sweet, let's eat this. Looks great." Would also like to have seen the look on their face.

I’ve always had this thought about artichokes. Who looked at that thing in the ground and thought it could be eaten?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Thanks. No hum at all. Perfectly silent. I think all my joints are good, but I did them so it's worth rechecking.

It could be a resistor (pot in this case). A low voltage cap is unlikely to do this but I guess it’s possible?

 

[Nocturnal]

Not me! The folks that raise and harvest oysters around here are very careful, their rep is at stake, I'd worry more about McDonalds than raw oysters.

McOysters??

 

[GonePlaid]

half the thrill....who says bassists are boring?....

I've made it to 80 w/o eating anything that could kill me. I think I'll continue that course of (in)action.

 

[GonePlaid]

Ultimately, it took 15 emails, 4 phone calls, 3 separate shipments of sewerpipe-size mailing tubes plus one return of same, two expeditions looking for screws that don't actually exist under the given name, around 16 weekend hours going up and down a step stool as well as the staircase between the garage and the 'practice' room, and something more than twice my original intended spend...

...And a solid month from inital order to completion...

...but the DiamondLife EMX aluminum hangers are up, solid, and populated.

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Quizzical instructions like this made it a bit if an adventure:
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As did an early encounter with substandard Home Despot screws deciding to break off in the wall, forcing a complete reposition of everything
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...but persistence triumphed over adversity, once again.

And my prototype pigsuede 'Rock and Roll Hanger Pants' are up to rev 3 beta test...
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Final result of the project is really, really good, but wow, what an adventure for "wall hooks!"

Re the instructions: HUH!? (WT7?)

 

[Stealth57]

I've made it to 80 w/o eating anything that could kill me. I think I'll continue that course of (in)action.

I’m guessing your beef isn’t from a bull. No gator steaks?

 

[GonePlaid]

This is why you have lived this long.

And clean living.
Yeah, right. I can't even type that with a straight face.

 

[GonePlaid]

I just want to know who the first person was that cracked one open and went showed it to others and said, "Sweet, let's eat this. Looks great." Would also like to have seen the look on their face.

But I like Limburger and understand the disgust.

My Dad said the bravest 'man' in history was the first one to eat an oyster.

 

[GonePlaid]

I just want to know who the first person was that cracked one open and went showed it to others and said, "Sweet, let's eat this. Looks great." Would also like to have seen the look on their face.

But I like Limburger and understand the disgust.

I've never tried Limburger, but I'd try that b4 a urster.

 

[GonePlaid]

Since electrical issues have been a thing, I have one. In playing the old NR I noticed I get some occasional popping, like a discharge when I touch the one of the pups. Seems more noticeable with the Ampeg tube head, and I don't noticed it at home. But vol is lesser. I noticed today if I rolled off the bridge pup there was no popping even for the neck pup. Maybe need a small ground from a screw to the tone pot maybe? Any thoughts?

DON"T TOUCH THE PUPS!

 

[GonePlaid]

I want to know why they thought "Let's just swallow the whole thing raw".
I'd probably like them ok fried.

Breaded and deep fried, maybe. (just don't tell me they aren't fried clams 'til a 1/2 hour later).

 

[GonePlaid]

Smoked is acceptable.

Maybe...

 

[GonePlaid]

I get my thrills on my bike. Or just driving on MoPac or I35!

Also, playing my Thunderbirds. I need to get a tube base amp for more thrills.

Get one of these and re-tube it for more power. It already has 2x12s.

 

[GonePlaid]

Not this Mikey.

 

[GonePlaid]

I have a spray can of mil-spec conformal coating somewhere if you need it. Or just pot it in RTV.

 

[GonePlaid]

I’m guessing your beef isn’t from a bull. No gator steaks?

I'd try a (free) sample of gator, but my first choice is pretty much any cut from a pig.
Mmmm, bacon!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I tuned the G64 down to D tonight with the RS66s on it. The only real zingy thingy is when I hit the F (G) string fairly hard near the 20th fret. It sounds like a reverb spring rattling in its can. So that’s controllable. I’m not sure what guage these are but they feel and look skinny. That may or may not be because I’ve been playing 105/45 EBCFs for so long. AT GC the other day they only had a 105/50 set. I bought it assuming I’d change strings right away but now wish I’d held off. So far I have no desire to change the strings.

 

[GonePlaid]

I'd try a (free) sample of gator, but my first choice is pretty much any cut from a pig.
Mmmm, bacon!

And my beef comes from Publix.