Heaven, but eat it close to prep time. They don’t age well. No good for packed lunches.
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Re: Boxers being eternal puppiesWe’re (Australians) not British any longer, though some of us seem to act that way.
Boxers are eternal puppies aren’t they?
Yes, I’m hoping to live long enough to swoop !
Sure is. I kept planting Bromeliads in a little garden area I was trying to establish. Our Maltese kept popping it out and trying to shred it all over the lawn. I gave up before Pippin did.
Now Poor Pippin is planted in that garden, but pretty much nothing else.
Sounds fair, unless it is a ‘Desert Pizza’.
Had one at Yamba when the bride and I were dating. Bacon and Banana from memory. It was a dare, but I had a go and it was actually alright.
Huge old thing. What an inspiring ‘multicultural’ story.
Designed by a Canadian folks.
YES!! 100%!
Welcome to the world of Thunderbirds!!
I have posted this before but God only knows where it is now. Here is a pretty good breakdown of 3-point instructions. Hopefully this will help you if you decide to change strings on your Bird.
1. Screw down the bridge evenly over all three screws till you have an action around the 15th and higher frets that is comfortable for you without any or too much buzz (some players don't mind a little buzz or even like it, that is a matter of taste). Keep the front stud a little higher for best string to saddle pressure. Retune the bass, don't worry about buzzing in the lower registers at this point.
2. Now you've got your bass retuned with a lower action at the high frets. Your lower frets will now either buzz (see 2a for the subsequent steps) or the action will still be too high even in the low registers (see 2b for the subsequent steps).
2a: Low Register buzzes: You need to loosen the truss rod. Take off the truss rod cover and insert an allen wrench in the allen nut (the cheaper Epis generally have allen nuts). Don't detune the bass for that, rather lift the A and the D string to the side to the slots of the G and E string to have room for turning the allen wrench. With the bass' butt resting on your toes (clean those sneakers!) and the strings/fretboard facing away from you, you - while standing up and looking down - will now turn the allen wrench <--- counterclockwise <---. Epi truss rods move easily (if noisily), turn it and immediately look to find out how the action of the bass has altered and buzzing has become less or disappeared. Don't be scared of overdoing it - it is impossible to break a truss rod by loosening it as you are releasing tension. That said, one or two "one third turns" counterclockwise should do it. sometimes you will need a few more of those to actually adjust the bass if the neck is too straight or even curved away from the fretboard.
2 b: Low Register has too much action: Same as 2a, except that you have too tighten the truss rod now which is done by turning the allen wrench ---> clockwise --->. You will also have to be more careful as you can break a trussrod by overtightening it. But Epi truss rods are hardy and can certainly survive one full turn or even more as your bass is probably a virgin as regards truss rod adjustment.
3. After a combination of either steps 1 and 2a or steps 1 and 2 b you should have a relatively or even totally buzz free bass with good to reasonable action. If there is still some persistent buzzing at some places then raise the bridge a little. Raising the front stud will raise all strings, raising the lower hind stud more the D and G string, raising the upper hind stud more E and A. No radical set ups please! (Like one stud real low and the other two very high.)
4. (optional) Is all buzzing just on one string (while the other strings are buzz-free) and you have to raise the bridge considerably to make it go away even though you could stay much lower if it were just for the other strings? Try this then: I assume that on your Epi too the saddles for the four individual strings do not all have the same height, but that there are two higher and two lower ones. If the persistently buzzing string is on a lower saddle, then exchange that saddle against a higher saddle.
Below is a link to a thread I found that lists the instructions. I can't remember who first came up with these instructions but I used to have it saved on my last laptop.
Epiphone blackbird action adjustment??
@MrKeef, it's also worth mentioning that the saddles in the three point bridge are designed to match the radius of the fretboard. They are numbered from 1 - 4.
One thing to note is they are held in by string tension only, which is fine as long as there IS tension. If you take the strings off the bass remember to keep it flat or slip some tape over the saddles to keep them in place. If this becomes a problem/annoyance, there are after market bridges from Hipshot and Babicz as well as the BadBird bridge made by our own @godofthunder59.
One thing to note is they are held in by string tension only, which is fine as long as there IS tension. If you take the strings off the bass remember to keep it flat or slip some tape over the saddles to keep them in place. If this becomes a problem/annoyance, there are after market bridges from Hipshot and Babicz as well as the BadBird bridge made by our own @godofthunder59.
I already tested, the particularity of D'addario is that they go on all the basses, no matter the style, they are good strings, nickel or stainless...
Never seen that before, it's a good flag
There's been a lot of grim stories about dog breeding on the TV over here recently, it's not always a very ethical business for want of a better term
You noticed that too! Wonderful place, never a cloud in sight
Except when there's a complete hooly blowing in from the Irish sea and the rain is horizontal with everything crusted in sand and salt. I do like it here
Where do you think the dish Columbus sausage came from? (not to be confused with Columbus salami which is a brand)Yikes! The Europeans were eating Columbus? No wonder he got outta town on a boat!
You can tell his dad never owned a bike! That make me feel so proud to be Welsh
We have our own flag, arguably the best flag in the world
We have our own national anthem, again arguably one of the best in the world
We have that, an English prince (insert your own insult here)
There was a thread out in the GP yesterday where someone had a smell of puke coming from his new (to him) bass. Eventually he took the PG off and found a slice of cucumber behind it
HonestlyThis is amazing, ham cheese and tomato are like staple over here, although I'm not a tomato fan they are a must have ingredient in a butty, example the BLT
So does a good sneeze!Love a good horseradish sauce!( I have allergies, it clears the sinuses)
A couple that aren’t just burgers, buffalo wings & curly fries joints
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The burger is what most people I know think the main American meal is. I suppose I always imagined lots of meat in everything. Chilli is another food I associate and grits and cornbread, stuff we see in films. Other than that the impression is you eat a lot of Italian food.
I know there's a lot more to it than that, we do use a few American recipes in our house, Jambalaya being a favourite
