Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

Recovery or infusion?

Yes.

 

[Count Bassie]

To all who have or will offer condolences, Thank You.
She's not only my Daughter, but also my very best friend.

We're all here for you Mike. For what it's worth, you've got us here with you. If there's anything, just say it.

 

[RedVee]

Our childhoods were very similar. Filed trip to DairyMart Farms when I was about 7 to see how they milked the cows, bottled the milk, made the ice cream and the like. It was located in San Diego’s Mission Valley. About five miles from the school and our neighborhood. Of course it’s now long gone. Condos, shopping centers, and the usual urbanization replaced it.

I looked at Apple Maps one time and San Diego seemed pretty close to Sydney in degrees away from the equator (opposite direction of course), and coastal. It seemed the closest town anyway. I assumed the weather would be similar, but I don’t think that actually worked out to be true.

The milk from Menangle was marketed as Camden Vale Special Milk, free from tuberculosis bacteria. Which sounds like a good thing!
Menangle is just behind where I am, to the SW. To take a slight liberty, it is sort of between me and Camden.
The farm was part of a large grant to a famous colonial family, the Macarthur-Onslows. Descended from a Rum Corp officer that was involved in the overthrow of Gov Bligh (yes the same Bligh from Mutiny fame!).
Anyway they brought the first Merino sheep here and got the grant of (guessing) 5000 acres out here in “the Cowpastures”*.

Our whole area (Campbelltown, Camden, Wollondilly council areas) is know as “Macarthur” now after the family farms being out here.

* the first fleet brought livestock with them. As soon as they let them off the ship 5 cows and a bull took off into the bush! They found them again 7 years later out here, but now a flock of 40 cows and 2 bulls. There are local Aboriginal cave drawings showing these strange animals. Hence “The Cowpastures”.

 

[MCF]

Mine seems to be correct. What was the reason for this mod some have, makes them darker and thicker? Parallel (stock) makes them clearer, more open sounding and balanced overall? Do I have that right?
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Stock was series. It is louder, punchier, angrier… I do not get why people modded them. Or why some replaced the sidewinders.

 

[GonePlaid]

We're all here for you Mike. For what it's worth, you've got us here with you. If there's anything, just say it.

Thanks, Roger.

 

[Stealth57]

I looked at Apple Maps one time and San Diego seemed pretty close to Sydney in degrees away from the equator (opposite direction of course), and coastal. It seemed the closest town anyway. I assumed the weather would be similar, but I don’t think that actually worked out to be true.

The milk from Menangle was marketed as Camden Vale Special Milk, free from tuberculosis bacteria. Which sounds like a good thing!
Menangle is just behind where I am, to the SW. To take a slight liberty, it is sort of between me and Camden.
The farm was part of a large grant to a famous colonial family, the Macarthur-Onslows. Descended from a Rum Corp officer that was involved in the overthrow of Gov Bligh (yes the same Bligh from Mutiny fame!).
Anyway they brought the first Merino sheep here and got the grant of (guessing) 5000 acres out here in “the Cowpastures”*.

Our whole area (Campbelltown, Camden, Wollondilly council areas) is know as “Macarthur” now after the family farms being out here.

* the first fleet brought livestock with them. As soon as they let them off the ship 5 cows and a bull took off into the bush! They found them again 7 years later out here, but now a flock of 40 cows and 2 bulls. There are local Aboriginal cave drawings showing these strange animals. Hence “The Cowpastures”.

West Coast of North America gets its flow from Alaska, so much more moderate summer temperatures.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Our childhoods were very similar. Filed trip to DairyMart Farms when I was about 7 to see how they milked the cows, bottled the milk, made the ice cream and the like. It was located in San Diego’s Mission Valley. About five miles from the school and our neighborhood. Of course it’s now long gone. Condos, shopping centers, and the usual urbanization replaced it.

We got to tour an ice cream factory. A few years later when we moved back east I git to milk a cow at my cousins’ dairy farm.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Mine seems to be correct. What was the reason for this mod some have, makes them darker and thicker? Parallel (stock) makes them clearer, more open sounding and balanced overall? Do I have that right?
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Series also has more output voltage so drives a pedal or the amp’s front end harder.

 

[Stealth57]

My reply is a VP headstock to the nose.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

My reply is a VP headstock to the nose.

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Looks like one is already headed his way!

 

[GBassNorth]

This is the before pic from above:
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This is the after pic showing George’s restoration to the correct series wiring:
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And this is George’s diagram of the correct Bicentennial wiring:
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Full, round, rich sidewinder humbucking tone as was originally intended. Pure awesomeness. Thank you George!

Glad I could help! It’s a beautiful bird.

 

[GBassNorth]

Mine seems to be correct. What was the reason for this mod some have, makes them darker and thicker? Parallel (stock) makes them clearer, more open sounding and balanced overall? Do I have that right?
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Pretty much correct. Generally speaking, parallel wiring will provide a more detailed open sound and more clarity, series wiring will sound thicker and slightly less detailed. It’s a pretty noticeable difference in the Bi Birds. Period correct wiring aside, either wiring method on the Bicentennial Birds sounds great, but not the same. Series is just bolder and more in your face.

 

[Switcharoo]

A '77 Greco Thunderbird II just arrived with me... happy to join the club, she sounds amazing. Just wondering if anyone knows of any Badbird II bridges available, or if they are still being made? I believe godofthunder59 is someone to ask!

 

[MCF]

My reply is a VP headstock to the nose.

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That book by the Columbia records exec that I read makes him out to be a good guy. He would have to be, given his bandmates.

 

[dagrev]

Stock was series. It is louder, punchier, angrier… I do not get why people modded them. Or why some replaced the sidewinders.

Oh, series is stock and parallel is the mod. I had it backwards. I never remember which does what. I guess because I never really needed to.

 

[dagrev]

My reply is a VP headstock to the nose.

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This is why I don't look at the drummer. Except when I mess up.

 

[dagrev]

It was 8 here this morning. So cold crazy stuff like this was happening. I knew if I didn't get a pic no one would believe it.

Note to self: Don't stand under trees when it gets this cold. And they aren't happy hitting the snow either.

 

[dagrev]

Pretty much correct. Generally speaking, parallel wiring will provide a more detailed open sound and more clarity, series wiring will sound thicker and slightly less detailed. It’s a pretty noticeable difference in the Bi Birds. Period correct wiring aside, either wiring method on the Bicentennial Birds sounds great, but not the same. Series is just bolder and more in your face.

Interesting someone thought to mod them and it became a thing for some. I like how mine sounds.

 

[dagrev]

A '77 Greco Thunderbird II just arrived with me... happy to join the club, she sounds amazing. Just wondering if anyone knows of any Badbird II bridges available, or if they are still being made? I believe godofthunder59 is someone to ask!

Congrats!

 

[Count Bassie]

This is why I don't look at the drummer. Except when I mess up.

I pretty much don't look at the drummer most of the time. I'm listening, I expect he/she is too.