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Thunderbird Club

#33,901
theFixer said:
It certainly seems to fill the hand more than the Gibson and the Epi that I checked out locally. Of course I would like more, but I can work with this fo sho! It's juicier than the FSO that I had before it, and I luv luv LUV the nice satiny finish! I've already decided to throw in the towel with regards to finding my fantasy neck, until I have a fantasy budget to work with. This feels as good or better than anything else I've tried since this adventure began. I'mma hafta dig out the guitool box & tweek it some. The action is sadder than a bag of orphans & I'm thinkin' there might be a burr on the saddle or somethin' cuz I'm gettin' a li'l "zorp" on the G string that is not fret-related, and the nut still looks new. I know jack friggin' squat about electronics, bit I'm gonna peek in the cavity & see if there's something obvious that might be causing the surprisingly low output. Y'all said these Goths had dark tone, and you weren't kiddin'... but there's nothin' here I can't work with. The bridge pickup is well... "different". Again... nothing I can't work with, but I was playing with my fingers... but it sounded quite "picked" (which is a kinda bonus, cuz I can't stand using a pick on a bass). I can't really do a good review until I get some new strings & give it a good set up, but all the important stuff I can't fix myself or with the help of a friend, is sexy, solid, and best of all... MINE!!! ;):):D:laugh::cool::woot::thumbsup:
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Nice.
 
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#33,903
Gaolee said:
A long time ago, I had a Kay upright bass that I got for $150 because it had escaped from the NYC department of schools. I guess they put it out to pasture because it was so beat up. It had a note engraved by the tuning machines that say NYC 1950, so I assume it was a 1950 Kay. It was absolute junk, but it was my upright. It got hauled from New York to Seattle when my wife and I moved out here, and I did a whole lot of work on it, trying to get it playable. That included resetting the neck, making parts for it when this or that broke off, doing bondo work on the delaminating plywood body, and all kinds of other stuff. I wanted to paint it electric blue or something.

We also had a cat at the time. His name was Dick the Cat, for reasons which can be left for another time. I got the bass in pretty good shape after a while, but Dick decided to climb it. Bad idea. It fell, and broke. So I fixed it. Dick, who was usuallly the most polite possible cat, decided to climb it again. This happened a couple more times, and I finally gave up.

So, that's my bass and cat toy story. Cat + bass isn't a great combination.
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*note to self... discard cat toy*
Thanks for the tip!:thumbsup:

<edit> I'd like to hear the story behind the cat's name when ya get around to it. I have a feeling it's better than I'm imagining!
 
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#33,905
Larry V said:
Bingo!



We have that bass in common. I hardly play it but love to look at it.
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I do play mine...

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Gaolee said:
A long time ago, I had a Kay upright bass that I got for $150 because it had escaped from the NYC department of schools. I guess they put it out to pasture because it was so beat up. It had a note engraved by the tuning machines that say NYC 1950, so I assume it was a 1950 Kay. It was absolute junk, but it was my upright. It got hauled from New York to Seattle when my wife and I moved out here, and I did a whole lot of work on it, trying to get it playable. That included resetting the neck, making parts for it when this or that broke off, doing bondo work on the delaminating plywood body, and all kinds of other stuff. I wanted to paint it electric blue or something.

We also had a cat at the time. His name was Dick the Cat, for reasons which can be left for another time. I got the bass in pretty good shape after a while, but Dick decided to climb it. Bad idea. It fell, and broke. So I fixed it. Dick, who was usuallly the most polite possible cat, decided to climb it again. This happened a couple more times, and I finally gave up.

So, that's my bass and cat toy story. Cat + bass isn't a great combination.
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Oh what my tampering mentality would allow for me to do to that old uprightdrool
 
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#33,910
theFixer said:
Until this forum, I had no idea "customs" was such a big hassle for you folks overseas! Were I a younger, more adventurous man, I would take a page from Stephen Stills' "Treetop Flyer", and apply it to the musical instrument "import/export" trade!
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In Denmark you have to add 25% tax and additional declaration/custom fees if it's shipped from overseas (estimated 12% or so) - And those are from the total price including shipping fees. :(
 
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#33,915
Gaolee said:
I don't. I just read that you need something like 800 watts to be a bass player. 200 is plenty for me. Muffin tone? I kinda like that! There's a hint of Frank Zappa humor in there, and it makes me happy.
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Yeah 800 watts ... and people quibbling over 20watts in power ratings on a 400W+ amp? AND speakers are more efficient than they used to be as well. Overcompensate much?
 
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theFixer said:
*note to self... discard cat toy*
Thanks for the tip!:thumbsup:

<edit> I'd like to hear the story behind the cat's name when ya get around to it. I have a feeling it's better than I'm imagining!
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I just finished a big batch of work, so I'm feeling expansive. Which means you get a story and whoever hasn't checked in today gets about three extra pages of nonsense to wade through.

My wife, who is allergic to cats and doesn't much care for critters of any kind, and I had just moved into a first floor apartment in Seattle. It was summer, and we had the windows open. This tiny little kitten jumped in and immediately decided she was the person he really wanted to adopt. He was a perfectly symmetrical black and white cat. I have never seen a cat quite the same before or since. And, she took to him, allergies and dislike of critters and all. So, he started hanging out in our apartment. As it was, there was a gay man who lived next door. He had a dog, and had originally got this kitten. I guess the dog didn't like the kitten very much, and he was quite willing to let us adopt the kitten. He was calling the kitten "Serena", which I thought was very funny. Being a rural person, I can figure out animal gender pretty easily, and I thought it was funny that a gay man didn't recognize a male kitten. My wife, who is not usually a bawdy or paricularly ironic person, said we should call the kitten Dick, and remove all doubt. So we did, and he became Dick the Cat.
 
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kat888 said:
Yeah 800 watts ... and people quibbling over 20watts in power ratings on a 400W+ amp? AND speakers are more efficient than they used to be as well. Overcompensate much?
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Call me a cynic, or conspiracy theorist or maybe just "old"... but tube watts and solid state watts are 2 very different things. My best friends '74 Marshall Plexi 50 watt head through a 4x12 will stop traffic, break glass, peel paint, and piss off every club owner who ever hired a live band. A 50 watt solid state amp is barely more than a bedroom practice amp. I've seen my buddy's 50 watt Marshall bury a 450 watt solid state bass amp, but a 300 watt tube amp held it's own with a little room to spare. I'm a big fan of GK, so I'm not bashing solid state or anything... but I think solid state amp manufacturers get their wattage ratings at a BOGO sale.
 
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