Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
I was hatchted. Considering my Appalachian heritage, it's the only explanation of why I have all my own teeth.In vitro baby here
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Thunderbird Club
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Are you absolutely certain they're yours???
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Hey, I'm not far behind Mark to 60 and I still haul a big ol' folded horn ACC 360/361 around. Pain is relative. Sound isn't.It's easy to see that you don't have a bad back... yet
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Yes. Plastic mouthguards work. I have somebody else's nose and one cheekbone.
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I have nuthin' but respect & admiration for those who are passionate enough about their music and their gear to endure the hardships, pratfalls, and inconveniences often associated with acquiring, hauling, and maintaining real vintage and authentic vintage style gear. There's also something to be said for folks who are lucky enough to be able to find "their sound" using modern equipment that is lighter weight, more affordable, and easier to replace. As long as the smile on yer face is a legitimate one, yer usin' the right gear
Well, so much for the old saying..You have somebody else's nose? Wudduz it smell like?
You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friends nose.
@TBird1958 -- see your point about leaving the pickup cavity open but want to keep foreign objects, cat paws and whatever else out, especially as the Thunderbucker wiring goes through there on the way to the control cavity.
When we discovered that we all like each other for more than our collective love for TBirds of every feather.
Yup.
Is this the reason for the pup's name?
I would not consider a Sunn 6x12 a dumb purchase. I just got an acoustic 301 couple weeks ago. It's items that can be resold. What I consider dumb purchases is a giant inflatable T-Rex costume that my buddy bought out of impulse, and popped it the first day he had it. Or buying a new MIM Telecaster instead of finding a used Made in USA for cheaper, which is what one of my other friends was planning on doing before I slapped some sense into him.
Hey @TBird1958 go to the first page, the pictures are back up!
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here's the google photo album of my Tbird, made a few minutes ago: https://goo.gl/photos/Vr18E2jNPexyGRLZ9
the bridge pictures ad old, and I made them for another topic, to ask if every Tbird has these wierd "too much radiused" saddles
I upload them even here on Talkbass, just to keep track on the forum.
PS: random fingered Tbird:
it's because of him and his tone that I first started looking at this bass n 2009, and only bought one in 2017 long story
the bridge pictures ad old, and I made them for another topic, to ask if every Tbird has these wierd "too much radiused" saddles
I upload them even here on Talkbass, just to keep track on the forum.
PS: random fingered Tbird:
it's because of him and his tone that I first started looking at this bass n 2009, and only bought one in 2017
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I have to tell this: the bass has been used a lot from the previous owners, even if kept nearly as new (except some minor dings), and still the frets looks like they were never touched by strings.
the previous owner used only Rotosound Swing66 on this bass, and if I'm not wrong only steel in general for the others.
when I bought it, the frets were opaque and dirty, I polished them and wow, brand new.
on any other bass I've owned in the last 10 years the frets were always signed by strings, and polishing only made them shine, but didn't remove the scratches.
Gibson frets are probably made of some kind of adamantium
even the '76 Ripper of my friend (the previous owner) had nearly new frets.
the previous owner used only Rotosound Swing66 on this bass, and if I'm not wrong only steel in general for the others.
when I bought it, the frets were opaque and dirty, I polished them and wow, brand new.
on any other bass I've owned in the last 10 years the frets were always signed by strings, and polishing only made them shine, but didn't remove the scratches.
Gibson frets are probably made of some kind of adamantium
even the '76 Ripper of my friend (the previous owner) had nearly new frets.
So is my kid. The cool part is that I saw a pic of him as an eight cell blastocystIn vitro baby here
I actually like 12 inch speakers. Think it's a good compromise between 15 and 10. Sometimes, I find 10's too thin sounding.
The only thing I would like more than my 212 is a second 212 ... or a 412.
