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Thunderbird Club
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So am I. I added this while you were replying.
"Interesting question, though. This one has been imported into a CITES signatory country ie Japan legally. Many others have been imported legally into other CITES countries. The Epi spec sheets do not say what the fingerboard material is. Why should an assumption be made by our Customs that it is Rosewood?"
For Yoko?, or for me inviting Yoko here into our house?.NOW WE REALLY NEED JOHN WICK AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!!!
YEAH! ... and would it be too much to ask for a couple o' cold drinksWe need a thorough side by side comparison with identical new strings, and preferable with sound examples!
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
Epiphone's website doesn't say anything about the fretboard material, but the Thomann website says Blackwood Teck (Pinus radiata) fretboard...
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
YOKO!!!
Someone really should do us all a favour and take her out of her misery...
If there is one honorable stitch of good fabric in Chapman's motive to take Lennon out it might just be that. Her being out of his misery
Thank you. Although my experience with Pinus radiate would suggest it is a bit soft.
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
Blackwood Tek is a technologically modified wood that exhibits the properties and appearance of African Ebony or Indian Rosewood. It is obtained by taking Pinus radiata through a technological process that uses natural products, without plastics or other petroleum derivatives.
Its high density, hardness and stability, in addition to its colour (black or brown depending on the variety) make it ideal for fingerboards and other parts of musical instruments. Moreover, Blackwood Tek is suitable for immediate use, with a stable moisture content of 5%, and is resistant to changes in humidity and temperature with minimal fluctuation.
More info:
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Interesting read - Sounds like the ideal fretboard material...
Been kinda missing you guys. Just too busy, wife broke her ankle and it's still an issue... working like a nut, been down with some weird body flu since Thursday- didn't go to work Friday so we'll be feeling that hit next week. Sick of being broke, and It's not as if I don't work like a damn fool!
Seems life has been down deep in the trenches last month or two, having hell to find the surface. Things change, but I wish they'd hurry up and do it...
On the brighter side, I may have found a concert harp that my elder daughter can use a couple times a week. She can't really play the music she wants to on her lever harp. A concert harp has pedals you work with your feet to change keys, and once you go there, of course, there's no going back! We're going to be getting deep in hock soon enough, I can see that coming, Lol. No new basses for Rog this year! Or next... the kid's got a touch for that instrument though, and ears to die for, so we figure It's worth it. There you go- and it's not as if I won't get to play my bass anymore!
Meanwhile I'm revving up to build a body for another bass, as it maybe the last one for a while. Carlo was generous toward that end, we may be seeing a deluxe Grabber hybrid looming on the horizon soon. Not sure what I'll call it, maybe "Gründaar", or something vaguely Norse/Thundar-like?
Sorry I'm so out of context (lol... what context!), I just don't try to stay with this conversation if I'm not in it every day! Vroom-vroom...
Seems life has been down deep in the trenches last month or two, having hell to find the surface. Things change, but I wish they'd hurry up and do it...
On the brighter side, I may have found a concert harp that my elder daughter can use a couple times a week. She can't really play the music she wants to on her lever harp. A concert harp has pedals you work with your feet to change keys, and once you go there, of course, there's no going back! We're going to be getting deep in hock soon enough, I can see that coming, Lol. No new basses for Rog this year! Or next... the kid's got a touch for that instrument though, and ears to die for, so we figure It's worth it. There you go- and it's not as if I won't get to play my bass anymore!
Meanwhile I'm revving up to build a body for another bass, as it maybe the last one for a while. Carlo was generous toward that end, we may be seeing a deluxe Grabber hybrid looming on the horizon soon. Not sure what I'll call it, maybe "Gründaar", or something vaguely Norse/Thundar-like?
Sorry I'm so out of context (lol... what context!), I just don't try to stay with this conversation if I'm not in it every day! Vroom-vroom...
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
If there is one honorable stitch of good fabric in Chapman's motive to take Lennon out it might just be that. Her being out of his misery
Or maybe Chapman just missed an opportune moment...
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
Sometimes you need to do what you need to do...
Getting your daughter set up right is important...
We had a pretty nice saving set aside for bad times, which we loaned to our daughter so she could finish renovating her apartment (which she bought reasonably cheap).
We decided to make it a permanent gift for her birthday, so she didn't have to pay both us and the bank.
Although we could have used the money ourselves, we figured we could eventually save it up again...
Blackwood Tek is a technologically modified wood that exhibits the properties and appearance of African Ebony or Indian Rosewood. It is obtained by taking Pinus radiata through a technological process that uses natural products, without plastics or other petroleum derivatives.
Its high density, hardness and stability, in addition to its colour (black or brown depending on the variety) make it ideal for fingerboards and other parts of musical instruments. Moreover, Blackwood Tek is suitable for immediate use, with a stable moisture content of 5%, and is resistant to changes in humidity and temperature with minimal fluctuation.
More info:
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Interesting read - Sounds like the ideal fretboard material...
This stuff looks good! I have a Gibson bass (G3 RI) with a "roasted" maple board and it looks, sounds and wears fine as well.
I’m a bit interested in these and the 20s. No need for one just like to ponder.
1 Thunderbird in a flock of FSOs
@veebass is the the new Epi importer for Oz
@veebass is the the new Epi importer for Oz
Hopefully, I will be more successful than the current one.
Indeed!
& I was careful not to say distributor
That's where I was going...
I’m a bit interested in these and the 20s. No need for one just like to ponder.
Best way I can describe the 50T is it's like a mini V4B on steroids. Similar eq points, although not the same but close.
Some sort of noise. I did everything to first isolate where it was coming from. With the good help of beans on toast over at the Portaflex club. But narrowed it down to one of the transformers. I had gotten it used through GC. But I got a full refund on the return. To bad cause it sounded great. I would certainly get another one. The one I got was just a lemon.
