Thunderbird Club

[JJR58]

Is there a gigbag that fits the Epi Thunderbird? I've been searching and got nowhere.

There are two of us here that will vouch for this.

Gator ProGo Ultimate Gig Bag - Bass

 

[JJR58]

Which Thunderbird though, don't think the VP will fit.

 

[BklynKen]

Ah, bring 'em through the biggest window you got. Or make a hole in the wall. When there's an absolute requirement like those, you gotta make sacrifices.

There's a great pizzeria in my neighborhood. They brought the oven in from Sicily and removed the whole front of the place to get it in. I think it was worth it. The pizza is great.

 

[Larry V]

There's a great pizzeria in my neighborhood. They brought the oven in from Sicily and removed the whole front of the place to get it in. I think it was worth it. The pizza is great.

I miss NY slices... nothing like it!

 

[dukeorock]

Took my ‘02 ‘Bird w/Lollars, yba 200-2 and 1822 to a rehearsal last night. Used my fDeck HPF to see if there would be any improvements. There were Set the HPF to around 50hz and it tightened things up nicely. The amp still won’t do anything bordering on clean, but it was pretty nice. Certainly better after the tech visit. I think a small pedalboard with the Broughton LPF/HPF, MXR 10 band (or parametric eq) and maybe one or two effects and that should be a nice rig for a couple projects I do

 

[godofthunder59]

Took my ‘02 ‘Bird w/Lollars, yba 200-2 and 1822 to a rehearsal last night. Used my fDeck HPF to see if there would be any improvements. There were Set the HPF to around 50hz and it tightened things up nicely. The amp still won’t do anything bordering on clean, but it was pretty nice. Certainly better after the tech visit. I think a small pedalboard with the Broughton LPF/HPF, MXR 10 band (or parametric eq) and maybe one or two effects and that should be a nice rig for a couple projects I do

Clean is over rated. True story, this has happened to me on more than one occasion at sound check. Soundman says " that's great now let me hear your clean signal", me "that is my clean signal"
Another favorite is when they put two mics on my rig and ask when is the other guitar player arriving.

 

[JJR58]

There's a great pizzeria in my neighborhood. They brought the oven in from Sicily and removed the whole front of the place to get it in. I think it was worth it. The pizza is great.

If it's anything like the pizza in Naples, Italy, i'm there.

 

[dukeorock]

Clean is over rated. True story, this has happened to me on more than one occasion at sound check. Soundman says " that's great now let me hear your clean signal", me "that is my clean signal"
Another favorite is when they put two mics on my rig and ask when is the other guitar player arriving.

Haha! Clean is definitely overrated. I take it on a gig to gig basis. I play regularly in about 6 bands at the moment. Some are doubling gigs, so the upright and electric have to sound right. Those wouldn’t be good gigs for the Traynor. There are a few gigs where I’d like to have more cabs out for sure. Still working on these 212 prototypes, but a 218 rig with some mid drivers would be really cool. The Faital 18” I use in my 1822’s is just such a great sounding speaker. Muscular and punchy, but nice articulation

 

[Larry V]

If it's anything like the pizza in Naples, Italy, i'm there.

In my opinion, Italian-American pizzerias, in NYC more specifically, have surpassed the pizza that's available in Italy. Nowhere else will you get a slice that has to be folded and is still humongous and so damn tasty. You have it better right where you are, Jeff.

I'm assuming you've had it in Naples... weren't you a little underwhelmed by the quantity of cheese and the size of the pizza itself?

 

[dukeorock]

Nashville has been trying to up its pizza game with limited success. We do have a Two Boots here now

 

[JJR58]

In my opinion, Italian-American pizzerias, in NYC more specifically, have surpassed the pizza that's available in Italy. Nowhere else will you get a slice that has to be folded and is still humongous and so damn tasty. You have it better right where you are, Jeff.

I'm assuming you've had it in Naples... weren't you a little underwhelmed by the quantity of cheese and the size of the pizza itself?

Actually Larry, it's all about the ingredients, whatever they do in Naples, to me anyway, has not really been duplicated here. Except for one place in Brooklyn that i can't remember the name of.
I hear ya on the cheese and size, but i'm a remorseless eating machine. Could go through 3 or 4 of their pies with no problem.
Use to travel to Italy once a month while at Delta with my hood, gumba friends.

 

[BklynKen]

Actually Larry, it's all about the ingredients, whatever they do in Naples, to me anyway, has not really been duplicated here. Except for one place in Brooklyn that i can't remember the name of.

Di Fara?

 

[Larry V]

Actually Larry, it's all about the ingredients, whatever they do in Naples, to me anyway, has not really been duplicated here. Except for one place in Brooklyn that i can't remember the name of.
I hear ya on the cheese and size, but i'm a remorseless eating machine. Could go through 3 or 4 of their pies with no problem.
Use to travel to Italy once a month while at Delta with my hood, gumba friends.

Come è il tuo Italiano? Era la mia prima lingua.

 

[JJR58]

Di Fara?

No clue honestly Ken.

 

[JJR58]

Come è il tuo Italiano? Era la mia prima lingua.

Rotten!
I lost all of my Italian language understanding/speaking skills, i'm ashamed.

 

[BklynKen]

No clue honestly Ken.

It's down on Ave. J in Midwood. Haven't been there in years, but the old guy would make all the pizzas, cutting the basil with a pair of scissors. The pizza was insanely good.

 

[Gaolee]

Took my ‘02 ‘Bird w/Lollars, yba 200-2 and 1822 to a rehearsal last night. Used my fDeck HPF to see if there would be any improvements. There were Set the HPF to around 50hz and it tightened things up nicely. The amp still won’t do anything bordering on clean, but it was pretty nice. Certainly better after the tech visit. I think a small pedalboard with the Broughton LPF/HPF, MXR 10 band (or parametric eq) and maybe one or two effects and that should be a nice rig for a couple projects I do

I put the fDeck back on my pedalboard last night. It doesn't fit very well with the big ass EXH deluxe bass muff. The EXH pedal is the size of a bus. It will go somewhere else, and I'll put a smaller fuzz pedal in its place. I had way too much fun with the fuzz recently to pull it off. There hasn't been an opportunity to use fuzz with the upright recently. That's the next experiment in messy sound - fuzz bow. It might be great. It might be just flat awful. Not knowing until you try it is half the fun.

 

[dukeorock]

I put the fDeck back on my pedalboard last night. It doesn't fit very well with the big ass EXH deluxe bass muff. The EXH pedal is the size of a bus. It will go somewhere else, and I'll put a smaller fuzz pedal in its place. I had way too much fun with the fuzz recently to pull it off. There hasn't been an opportunity to use fuzz with the upright recently. That's the next experiment in messy sound - fuzz bow. It might be great. It might be just flat awful. Not knowing until you try it is half the fun.

I need to get my bow rehaired

 

[Gaolee]

Clean is over rated. True story, this has happened to me on more than one occasion at sound check. Soundman says " that's great now let me hear your clean signal", me "that is my clean signal"
Another favorite is when they put two mics on my rig and ask when is the other guitar player arriving.

Your rig needs mics?

 

[Gaolee]

I need to get my bow rehaired

My bow is a cheap plastic one. If anybody will rehair it, I would be surprised. It is holding up pretty well, considering that I have been abusing it for about four years now. Messing with the bow was a whim at first, but it was one of the best things I ever did for intonation and left hand technique.