As they relate to guitar, Boomers were a "generic" sounding string (a solid 5/10), and you could measure the longevity of their "newness" on a clock instead of a calendar.
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Thunderbird Club
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Yeah... but if you don't know if you're conscious or not... isn't that pretty much the same thing (or at least 'close enough')?Id rather not be
Another way to do it is apply lengths of surgical tubing to the pot shafts and bring the electronics out the f hole. Wire the new electronics an reattach to the tubing and pull them back to the original locations. Sounds easy, but......
It occurs to me that, being super detuned and having a bass sound intended to make the center of the earth boil... maybe Boomers are the right string for you!
You owe it a set of Ken Smith Rock masters and a Tortex .73 pick.
Your wife and neighbors may not like so much, but you will
Exactly what I used with my 76 Bird back in the day. I have a set to install on my VP and I am looking forward to testing that combo out again. Also have a set of Burners that I may install on the new Sixx Bird when I set it up.
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That does sound like it would take some of the stress out of it. Thanks
It might be important to figure this thing out.....or maybe not. Kinda leans towards the whole "witch came first,the chicken or the egg?".Yeah... but if you don't know if you're conscious or not... isn't that pretty much the same thing (or at least 'close enough')?
If I had an Embassy or a Newport, I wouldn't want a Gibson trc...
That's two votes for the Rock Masters, but you and Veronica both play picks and I don't. That could be significant difference in how the string sounds. Yes, I really need to learn how to play a pick on bass. I don't touch a guitar without one but on bass it just feels so foreign.
Oh the TR6, Such a practical classic in terms of parts, everything is available here in the UK from Rimmer Bros, new chassis the lot. The only thing (other than cornering) that I ever disliked about them was the dashboard being very dull wood but that's an easy fix these days. Rapidly becoming silly money to buy, all the good buys in the UK now are US imports, as you say, get em while you can before we get them all back! LOL
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A Tortex .73 is literally the ignition switch for a Thunderbird pickup, set them afire, I kid you not!
Don't get me wrong, I play plenty of fingerstyle stuff too, and I'm not at all being judgemental, you just haven't heard a Thunderbird until you hit it with round wound strings and a pick.
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Same thing happening here with air cooled Porsches. The Germans are buying them all back from the US at top dollar. Apparently the folks in Germany didn't really think the old ones would go up in value much so they never bothered to collect and restore them. Now they have to reach across the pond to find good examples. I've been offered hefty money for my rare color and optioned 993 from a few German collectors. It's staying here for now, when it reaches the value of a mint low mileage gated Ferrari 360 Modena Spyder I might reconsider.
I'm with you on that, we play a couple of songs where I have to use a pick and it feels so very weird, it's like someone else playing somehow! Ironically one of the songs is called "Christine"
I completely agree! The few times I've noodled around with a pick on my Thunderbirds I've noticed right away how much more they come to life, it's really a Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde type thing. And I suspect the VP is even more so. I really want to pick up the pick but it just never feels right and completely destroys my ability to play. I'm almost of the mind that I just need to take pick lessons from a good instructor, it just isn't coming together on my own.
How much do Stags go for in the UK these days?
Totally hear that. I like your recipe. Mine is RS 66. (100- 40s) and a Dunlop medium..
You are right. Notice the E-Type Prince Harry drove Markle off in was LHD..
I tried using a pick on one of my first basses. Not only did it sound terrible but then I had to rake up all those wood splinters.
£3K for a restoration project and up to £30K for a very good one
And electric!
