Thunderbird Club

[JIO]

this guy....

That's cool that your neighbors are cool with occasional parties w/live music I'm guessing they attend!

 

[JIO]

Update:
I went ahead and accepted the March 7th big band booking. Since there's a distinct possibility it'll be my last gig, I'm thinking of doing a "Who" thing at the end.


not really

You mean like Entwistle and stand there watching as the drummer & guitarist destroy their instruments?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Next.....

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I'm with Jimmy

not what you play....how you play it....

 

[ectoflanger]

'05 Warwick Thumb BO5 fixed and reporting for duty my fiends!!

Yipeeee!!! I'm so happy!!

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So the bridge was a bit high and there was plenty of adjustment left to bring the bridge saddles down where I get 2.25 mm - 2 mm space at the 24th fret from Low B - G.

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Also if I use Warwick's criteria for checking trussrod relief- capo at first fret and check space between frets 4- 8 while holding down at the 12th fret- it checks out at about .006-.008 mm.

So there you we have it- just need to add a 9V battery that won't leak-- we'll touch on that subject later-

Well, the first non-leaking battery I installed caused a god-awful racket I had never heard before with music equipment- sounding akin to a jet engine at idle, leaving me wondering if I had a bad cable or something else amiss with my equipment-

Turns out it was the battery, this rechargeable EBL. Note the malformed negative receptacle compared to the other battery on the right-
Disappointing since I paid a premium for the rechargeable one. I've generally had good results with EBL brand recharge batteries- I might've noticed upon initial charging but this one uses a USB port instead of a terminal contact charger like most other 9V rechargeable batteries-

I tried bending the tines back in place but that Thumb does not like it- but works with the other EBL rechargeable in the middle and the Durnegy Alkaline which are purported not to leak-

Oh well- but now the Thumb sings with the new battery in it-

 

[Albert Ross]

Yah, the starting out putting money in the jar is a well known lubricant...

Exactly! Fishing always works better when you use bait!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

You mean like Entwistle and stand there watching as the drummer & guitarist destroy their instruments?

My thought!

 

[ectoflanger]

'05 Warwick Thumb BO5 fixed and reporting for duty my fiends!!

Yipeeee!!! I'm so happy!!

View attachment 7433198

So the bridge was a bit high and there was plenty of adjustment left to bring the bridge saddles down where I get 2.25 mm - 2 mm space at the 24th fret from Low B - G.

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View attachment 7433199

Also if I use Warwick's criteria for checking trussrod relief- capo at first fret and check space between frets 4- 8 while holding down at the 12th fret- it checks out at about .006-.008 mm.

So there you we have it- just need to add a 9V battery that won't leak-- we'll touch on that subject later-

I just caught another typo too late- "'05 Warwick Thumb BO5 fixed and reporting for duty my fiends!!

You are friends not "fiends"!!

 

[JIO]

My thought!

 

[ectoflanger]

I prefer hearing music with mistakes. There's an interview with Jimmy Page where he says something like "he never worried about getting things perfect, just good enough so the listener would get the idea"

Similar to what a friend said about films with plot holes- forgivable as long as your enjoying the ride -

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

That's cool that your neighbors are cool with occasional parties w/live music I'm guessing they attend!

unless it's mariachi.....then they call the cops.... funny sh1t...

 

[Engle]

Cool interview with Mike Kinal. He recommended a sub guitarist for my cover band a few years ago, and he shows up at our gigs.

 

[JIO]

unless it's mariachi.....then they call the cops.... funny sh1t...

So a Polka band would be ok?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

So a Polka band would be ok?

haven't tried that, but since most of the Hollister police are Mexican they ignore the complaints.....

 

[JIO]

haven't tried that, but since most of the Hollister police are Mexican they ignore the complaints.....

perfect!

 

[ectoflanger]

Follow up on the Warwick 2001 Thumb BO5-

Decided to contact the USA Warwick Rep and sending him a photo of the serial number and to let him know that the neck on the bass is fine for posterity's sake-

Turns out that when I entered the number they came back with a May 29, 2001 build date- and listed with the Ovangkol body and neck specs-

 

[ectoflanger]

So after all that- which I'm thankful - with solving the Warwick Thumb issue, the D string tuner on my Corvette just broke- so I just ordered a new Gotoh GB7 made in Japan model to replace the Warwick licensed version which didn't have the best reputation. Though it's the first I one I've had break-

 

[Engle]

A friend’s Odyssey. These were built in Vancouver by Attila Balogh. Killer basses, but heavy!

 

[Count Bassie]

...I'm thinking of doing a "Who" thing at the end.


not really

HA! Just saw the last bit...

 

[ectoflanger]

HA! Just saw the last bit...

Me too or I would have been bummed thinking about a vintage Thunderbird taking that sort of punishment!