Thunderbird Club

[GonePlaid]

I love my EB-2. It is it's own thing.

My Ibanez AGB200 is kinda the poor man(ME)'s EB-2. It's its own thing and I like it a lot. But, it ain't an EB-2

 

[theFixer]

When the kid was in high school, he was in the jazz band. They would go to various places and festivals to play, and I would go as a chaperone/official curmudgeon. Reno was one of the festivals. There was also a girl's volleyball tournament at the same time, which led to other funny things, but that's a different story. In this story, the chaperones finally got all the kids into their own rooms, more or less, and more or less quiet when a roughly 4.8 earthquake hit. This was sometime after the Nisqually quake that was 7.1 or so in Western Washington. The quake meant all the girls got to run up and down the corridors squealing, and all the boy ran up and down shouting and woofing. Being an official curmudgeon, I came out of my room, glowering in an appropriately curmudgeonly way and shouted at them, "Go back in your rooms. It's just a little jolt. You are from Seattle fer chrissakes. That's hardly worth all this noise. Show some dignity and knock it off."

There were some tourists from somewhere like Iowa who looked at me like I was some kind of curmudgeon. They were correct. Earthquakes don't faze me much these days. We had a guy in a tower crane on pilings when the Nisqually hit. No fatalities, but a couple soiled shorts. It happens every forty years or so. No problem.

Yes Sir! That there was some mighty fine curmudgeoning! MIGHTY fine!

 

[RedVee]

With as much as I enjoy a good cuppa joe... I am not even remotely curious about this! I DO however, find myself curious about the first person to have tried it!

Yep, and oysters.

 

[RedVee]

Okay, I'm off on a little trip that will take me to Paris (Thanks Christine!) and later to Germany. I'll be with my family and along the way will have the chance to catch up with my friend Uwe Hornung in Frankfurt, for those of you not familiar with the name, it is he that owns almost all of the basses in our Bible, The Gibson Bass book. I'll be checking in and posting as WiFi allows, but I'd appreciate it greatly if one of you fine folks could keep track of any new member requests until I get back. You're own your own good behavior.

Meantime, Thunderbirds are GO!

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Have a great trip !

 

[RedVee]

Kinda like the first guy to crack open an oyster and think "Well, that looks tasty".

Beat me to it!

 

[RedVee]

The Mod starts the day with this.

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Then around mid morning switches to this.

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I fail to understand the fuss. The only equipment required for a refreshing and sustaining hot drink is a vessel of hot water with some dried camellia leaves in it.

You can use the first style for a nice tea

 

[Christine]

France for me, although I do love Cucina Romana.

I'd never been to France until recently, I think 2014 was the first time, since then we've been back twice for about a month with the van (old blue one). It's a lovely country, the life style is so laid back compared to even ours in Wales, a bit like what it was like when I was little I suppose. We're going again this autumn as soon the schools open and the prices drop, hopefully for about 6 - 8 weeks depending on funds, weather and how clean we can keep our clothes in the campervan

 

[Christine]

1 coffee by 5 am. Green tea at night.

Gotta have me a little variety in my day. Know what I mean?

I drink tea mostly but I do like a coffee mid morning when we can

 

[Christine]

I saw a video of "The Animals" doing the song. Bassist Was picking. I tried it-no go! I'm sure if I worked on it I could pick it but I'm happy(?) as is. Actually, I pick more in the concert band to add a little percussiveness behind the tuba.

Gibson anyways...
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The bassist was Chas Chandler or "Big Chas" as he was known. He became the manager of Slade and Jimi Hendrix

 

[TwyreZ]

il n'y a pas de lampes!!

Pas grave, chez moi il y en a au plafond.

 

[RedVee]

Quick setup little tweak to the truss rod and the action is super low! Fret work is excellent . I removed the black spacer from under the bridge pickup ring, and cranked down the bridge pickup. I can't wait View attachment 2998933 to plug it in tomorrow.

Super hot!

 

[RedVee]

I'd never been to France until recently, I think 2014 was the first time, since then we've been back twice for about a month with the van (old blue one). It's a lovely country, the life style is so laid back compared to even ours in Wales, a bit like what it was like when I was little I suppose. We're going again this autumn as soon the schools open and the prices drop, hopefully for about 6 - 8 weeks depending on funds, weather and how clean we can keep our clothes in the campervan

I’m aiming for a Ireland & UK trip in 2020. Can you still hire a MGB these days?

 

[RedVee]

The bassist was Chas Chandler or "Big Chas" as he was known. He became the manager of Slade and Jimi Hendrix

I really enjoy the bass line in a lot of The Animals songs I’ve heard. Guess I’m a Chas Chandler fan (or an EB2 fan I suppose )

 

[Christine]

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I’m aiming for a Ireland & UK trip in 2020. Can you still hire a MGB these days?

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[RedVee]

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Cool thanks.
Just for a day or two. They were assembled in Sydney in the 60s and I used to see a couple in the car park of the local pool when I was a kid. Always said I’d have one ‘one day’. That never happened. But I’d like to try one and a cruise in its natural habitat might be nice.

I do have a strange attraction to the RV8 though.

 

[Christine]

I really enjoy the bass line in a lot of The Animals songs I’ve heard. Guess I’m a Chas Chandler fan (or an EB2 fan I suppose )

He certainly has one of the most memorable bass sounds of that era, vastly underrated and I suspect influenced more players than would admit to it.

 

[Christine]

Cool thanks.
Just for a day or two. They were assembled in Sydney in the 60s and I used to see a couple in the car park of the local pool when I was a kid. Always said I’d have one ‘one day’. That never happened. But I’d like to try one and a cruise in its natural habitat might be nice.

I do have a strange attraction to the RV8 though.

LOL My next door neighbour (the one with the E type) had an RV8 about 10 years ago, he hated it as it was too powerful for the old technology of the chassis. Eventually put it through a wall when it wouldn't straighten up out of a bend. He went back to Jags after that

 

[RedVee]

LOL My next door neighbour (the one with the E type) had an RV8 about 10 years ago, he hated it as it was too powerful for the old technology of the chassis. Eventually put it through a wall when it wouldn't straighten up out of a bend. He went back to Jags after that

Yeah, I could see that being a turn off

 

[Christine]

Cool thanks.
Just for a day or two. They were assembled in Sydney in the 60s and I used to see a couple in the car park of the local pool when I was a kid. Always said I’d have one ‘one day’. That never happened. But I’d like to try one and a cruise in its natural habitat might be nice.

I do have a strange attraction to the RV8 though.

When I was young there was a guy just down the road who had a BGT and I thought it was the most wonderful looking car ever and it was at the time around here. I used to think he and his wife were so glamorous with that, as time went by and I got to know him he turned out to be a miserable sod but his wife was every bit what I imagined. He still drove BGTs until he died a couple of years ago but that's where my love of small sports cars came from

 

[TwyreZ]

On my 2013 NR, there aren't too short cables at Gibson :

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