Thunderbird Club

[Ringhammer]

who pay a fee that allows more bass related purchases....no brainer...

Ohhh no, virtually no money is being made. At this point, around here, a lot of us are just grateful to be able to play our music somewhere, anywhere , in front of some people. Literally playing places for two free beers.

I need an actual career to fund my bass related addiction.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Ohhh no, virtually no money is being made. At this point, around here, a lot of us are just grateful to be able to play our music somewhere, anywhere , in front of some people. Literally playing places for two free beers.

I need an actual career to fund my bass related addiction.

I remember a time when no one would hire you unless you played originals....

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

frame collapse (center)..... gotta love the days of CRTs.......

 

[ectoflanger]

Decided to check the neck relief on my '06 Warwick Corvette Standard to a make sure I was right about the '05 Thumb BO5 being the only one with neck trouble and it looked pretty good, a little over 0.10 mm at the 8th fret but the E string action was way high- 3.5 mm at the 24th fret- yes Warwick wants you to check it there. But like most makers, the recommend 2.4 mm gap at the low string and 2.0 at the high string-

But their criteria for neck relief was something else- "If the gap is over 0.5 mm (0.2 inches), you might want to think about tightening the trussrod."

As I guideline I like the neck relief to be anywhere between 0.08 - 0.10 mm and the action to be at about what manufacturers recommend though I often go a little lower. So I put about a quarter clockwise turn on the trussrod.

Getting the action down was a different story - in this case the E string saddle was as low as it could be, so I mined the instructions, finding out that the whole bridge can be lowered via four screws, one on each corner. You just have to loosen two set screws first.

So I got it down, having to push manually a couple of times where it down with a slight pop after making several turns on the screws.

So now I have the E string down to about 2.2 mm and the G down to between 1.75 and 2.0.

But then I had to lower the pickups a considerable amount because the E and G string were bottoming out on them when I fretted at the 24th-

Whoever it was who tried and returned the bass to GC before I bought it must've liked a high action, as for myself, I've now got it down for a bit more mwah-

 

[ectoflanger]

Ed King stands out like a sore thumb....

Along with Leon Wilkeson owing to his height, big hair, and big hats- born in Newport Rhode Island, though raised in Jacksonville, Florida-

 

[dagrev]

Those felts look new.

Only one way to confirm. They must be felt.

 

[dagrev]

Nope. One day when I can do a southern Road Trip. Only been to Nashville once. And then only for a day about 35 years ago.

Pretty different place now. Like most everything.

 

[dagrev]

Ed King stands out like a sore thumb....

Well he was from California.

No disrespect intended whatsoever. Many fine people hail from there, and their fair share of crackpots--just like every state.

 

[dagrev]

I remember a time when no one would hire you unless you played originals....

we used to stick out because we tried to avoid originals as much as possible and play our own music. Funny how people would ask "who did that song" and be surprised when we said we did.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Along with Leon Wilkeson owing to his height, big hair, and big hats- born in Newport Rhode Island, though raised in Jacksonville, Florida-

Newport's my home town, he was a Navy brat....still think he fits Skynyrd better than Ed with his round face and FSO, love his playing though....some may not agree but as much as I like his playing, don't think Leon would have come up with a better bass line to "Gimme"....

 

[ectoflanger]

You tried my ‘21 at your house in ‘22. You chastised me for it having a dry fretboard. Memory’s the second thing to go.

A guitar bro did the same to me a few weeks ago when he spied my long disused SG. Even I had earlier reflected that it looked a bit dry. I asked him what to put on it seemed to recall that Old English 400 is a viable option that my luthier uses. Then I remembered my luthier friend recommending this- which I had long forgotten about-

I had never treated a rosewood fretboard before- my luthier bro used to do it as a courtesy whenever I brought an instrument in. First I put some on with a rag, then poured it on and wiped. It was pretty wet - glistening - when I lturned in for the night. By the next morning the wood had absorbed all the excess-

Speaking of luthier recommendations- Neil recommended this for electric components - said that this particular formulation would not harm guitar finishes in the event of overspray-

He sold me one out of a case of 12 he kept under his bench-

 

[ectoflanger]

Newport's my home town, he was a Navy brat....still think he fits Skynyrd better than Ed with his round face and FSO, love his playing though....some may not agree but as much as I like his playing, don't think Leon would have come up with a better bass line to "Gimme"....

I thought he might've been a Navy brat though I was conflating Newport with Newport News-

 

[RedVee]

Bueno!(whatever that means)

More bueno than guano!

 

[RedVee]

Nope. One day when I can do a southern Road Trip. Only been to Nashville once. And then only for a day about 35 years ago.

On Maps Nashville looks further north than LA ?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I thought he might've been a Navy brat though I was conflating Newport with Newport News-

common oversight..

 

[MCF]

A guitar bro did the same to me a few weeks ago when he spied my long disused SG. Even I had earlier reflected that it looked a bit dry. I asked him what to put on it seemed to recall that Old English 400 is a viable option that my luthier uses. Then I remembered my luthier friend recommending this- which I had long forgotten about-

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Speaking of luthier recommendations- Neil recommended this for electric components - said that this particular formulation would not harm guitar finishes in the event of overspray-

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He sold me one out of a case of 12 he kept under his bench-

I’ve pretty much used Music Nomad F1 for years. I had had that NR from the first release and just hadn’t gotten around to messing with the fretboard. It seemed ok when I got it but after going through a winter, it needed it. All of my basses stay out of cases when they’re home.

 

[MCF]

On Maps Nashville looks further north than LA ?

It may well be.

 

[dagrev]

Newport's my home town, he was a Navy brat....still think he fits Skynyrd better than Ed with his round face and FSO, love his playing though....some may not agree but as much as I like his playing, don't think Leon would have come up with a better bass line to "Gimme"....

The home of great bass players.

He used a something of similar pattern on Prime Time by RCB, but it has a different feel. I stuck it in a song we do at church.

Story goes, Ronnie never cared for Ed's bass playing much and fired him from that and moved him to guitar and went and got Leon back in the band.

I was listening through their albums a few weeks ago (as going-to-sleep music), and it got me thinking that Tuesday's Gone from the live album might be my favorite bass song. It's also probably my second favorite guitar lead. For anyone who has only heard the studio versions of Freebird, Gimme, Tuesday's Gone—or really any of their songs—I strongly recommend checking out the live album versions, which far surpass the studio recordings. If you've only heard the studio versions, you're missing how these songs should sound and how they truly came alive in performance.

 

[dagrev]

I’ve pretty much used Music Nomad F1 for years. I had had that NR from the first release and just hadn’t gotten around to messing with the fretboard. It seemed ok when I got it but after going through a winter, it needed it. All of my basses stay out of cases when they’re home.

Once I tried baby oil at Willy's suggestion, that's all a use. Works great and is cheap. No ill effects I can find. In 30 yrs I won't care. Hopefully not too much shorter than that anyway.

 

[Gaolee]

I remember a time when no one would hire you unless you played originals....

Now, nobody will let you play for free unless you play covers.