Thunderbird Club

[Gaolee]

You're part of a family of DIYers and you don't work on your own basses? What are you, independently wealthy?
Buy this book...
https://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Player-Repair-Guide-3rd/dp/0879309210
Buy it used, any edition. I have the 1st. He shows you how to make all the substitutes for the tools that Stew Mac now sells for an arm and a leg.

That's a fantastic book. It will be heavily used in my basement when the finshes are done. Someday. I'm hoping to get a bit more done this weekend.

 

[Gaolee]

I posted a photo of the newly arrived NR41 on OzBass and a smartarse did ask what the knob was for.

Well, what is the knob for anyway?

 

[hillerup]

The MG42 is for the rats is it?

Rats, rats with wings (pidgeons), bats - You name it!

 

[GBassNorth]

That's a new dog breed on me, though I'm no expert. Looks nice in a cool border collie type way.

Aussie is the common street name for Australian Shepherd. Fairly common breed here in the states, incredibly smart (I swear she understands English) borderline hyperactive and a very devoted people dog. Great choice for a family with active preteens and teenagers or young adults. Probably too rough and tumble for toddlers and elderly folks that can't get around easily. Although I'm nearly 60 I stay fairly active and outdoors focused so she gets the excercise and outdoor stimulation she needs, not sure I'll be able to keep up with her in 10 years though. Wish I had got her 10 years ago when I was much more active.

To keep this from being a total Facebook post - from a bass standpoint, she loves to jump up behind me on the sofa when I practice and slip her head under my left arm and over the neck so she can see what I'm looking so intently at, which happens to be the frets on a song I'm trying to figure out.

Australian Shepherd - Wikipedia

 

[JJR58]

They are not winged bats, just remorseless eating machines.

 

[GBassNorth]

I posted a photo of the newly arrived NR41 on OzBass and a smartarse did ask what the knob was for.

Yep, arses. There's at least one in every crowd. I try not to be that person, but occasionally I fail miserably.

 

[hillerup]

Was there any surgical equipment involved, and was it in a bunker?

Yes... See my other post with the surgical instruments... The whole rehearsal space more or less looked like a bunker, and that's what we called it.

 

[theFixer]

Ours just hangs a lot.

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Oh... now THAT is coooooooool!!!

 

[theFixer]

Elephant cat just commands me, I want food!

So I had to oblige.

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Where? I don't see a cat.

Huh... must be hiding behind that bear...

 

[JJR58]

Yep, arses. There's at least one in every crowd. I try not to be that person, but occasionally I fail miserably.

I think I fail much more worse then you G.

 

[theFixer]

There's nothing worse than a droopy eel.

Must not be happy to see you

 

[theFixer]

This is Nicky, a Rhodesian Ridgeback and my best bud!

This is his, "please don't make me walk in the rain" face. Nick does not like rain...
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You can tell he's a good boy just by looking' at him

 

[theFixer]

Birds in the hand.

Still haven't covered the bridge pup cavity on the Epi, but the Thunderbucker ring and spacer look totally schmick.

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drooldrooldrool

 

[kat888]

Well 'smartarse' isn't necessarily negative -- depends on the the context and tone. If you describe someone as a smartarse it's almost always affectionate. If you address someone directly -- 'alright then smartarse, let's see you do it' -- depending on the tone, it may indicate annoyance.

Tomorrow, we'll look at 'bugger' and how 99% of the time, it doesn't mean what Americans think it means.

 

[GBassNorth]

Must not be happy to see you

I can think of a few people that usually aren't too excited to see me.

 

[theFixer]

Well, what is the knob for anyway?

When you turn it, a middle finger extends

 

[RedVee]

Aussie is the common street name for Australian Shepherd. Fairly common breed here in the states, incredibly smart (I swear she understands English) borderline hyperactive and a very devoted people dog. Great choice for a family with active preteens and teenagers or young adults. Probably too rough and tumble for toddlers and elderly folks that can't get around easily. Although I'm nearly 60 I stay fairly active and outdoors focused so she gets the excercise and outdoor stimulation she needs, not sure I'll be able to keep up with her in 10 years though. Wish I had got her 10 years ago when I was much more active.

To keep this from being a total Facebook post - from a bass standpoint, she loves to jump up behind me on the sofa when I practice and slip her head under my left arm and over the neck so she can see what I'm looking so intently at, which happens to be the frets on a song I'm trying to figure out.

Australian Shepherd - Wikipedia

That wiki explains it, 'no connection to Australia' lol. Sounds like a great dog though.
My cousin (I have many) does dog shows of some sort. Usually Border Collies or Dobermans from what I gather.

 

[RedVee]

I posted a photo of the newly arrived NR41 on OzBass and a smartarse did ask what the knob was for.

Hope it wasn't me!

 

[kat888]

Hope it wasn't me!

No. Funny but.

 

[Dadagoboi]

Well, what is the knob for anyway?

Yeah, that's what I'd like to know.