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Thunderbird Club
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Ahem!Gateway to what... Uranus?
- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
Gateway to what... Uranus?
My Heine!
Rode behind her West Palm Beach to Sebring,FL, in '77.
It was unbelievable. He wanted to sell it but he knew what it was worth and I couldn't touch it.($$)
And the newbie in Texas!If you should happen to find yourself in a position to do so... I'd appreciate it if you'd pass along a fond howdy from theFixer
- Jun 30, 2010
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I watched my dad-a machinist by trade-build a Heathkit and was totally bewildered. He and a friend had a business converting WWII Link trainers to be more sophisticated way before computers(late 50s). I'm quite certain we were the only family in Miami with a Link trainer in our garage! And, yeah, the smell of solder and that brown paste flux. Unfortunately, I never got any good at soldering.Mostly my dad but I was forever hooked by the smell of solder helping him!
if you had the TA-38, that was a great sounding amp. Sad to see the likes of Heathkit and Dynaco fade away into the past..Mostly my dad but I was forever hooked by the smell of solder helping him!
I watched my dad-a machinist by trade-build a Heathkit and was totally bewildered. He and a friend had a business converting WWII Link trainers to be more sophisticated way before computers(late 50s). I'm quite certain we were the only family in Miami with a Link trainer in our garage! And, yeah, the smell of solder and that brown paste flux. Unfortunately, I never got any good at soldering.
I'm good at soldering, but I certainly never had a Link trainer at my house! Dang, dude. That's awesome.
HOW UBER COOL...I watched my dad-a machinist by trade-build a Heathkit and was totally bewildered. He and a friend had a business converting WWII Link trainers to be more sophisticated way before computers(late 50s). I'm quite certain we were the only family in Miami with a Link trainer in our garage! And, yeah, the smell of solder and that brown paste flux. Unfortunately, I never got any good at soldering.
Yeah, and it was one of those things, as a teenager, I just took for granted: "Oh, another Link in the garage." No big deal-or so I thought at the time. They had done one for "AeroMexico" and went down there to do the install. Their contact took my dad, his partner and their wives to a Very fancy restaurant in Mexico City. My dad, a semi-professional smart-@$$ needed to go to the bathroom. He knew the Spanish word(ban~o)for bathroom but asked instead for the way to the"palacio de urinado." I'd have loved to have seen their reactions.
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,626
- 222,188
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
I watched my dad-a machinist by trade-build a Heathkit and was totally bewildered. He and a friend had a business converting WWII Link trainers to be more sophisticated way before computers(late 50s). I'm quite certain we were the only family in Miami with a Link trainer in our garage! And, yeah, the smell of solder and that brown paste flux. Unfortunately, I never got any good at soldering.
I'm decent at soldering as long as I have a clear schematic of what I'm doing!
It was and looked like this. At one point I chopped the head separate because w/2 15's it was a pretty heavy combo. I think it was made of particleboard.
Careful... you'll be told that it isn't an all tube amp anymore.
Btw my Eminar has a ss rectifier also.
Yup, that's the one..
Notice the lockable casters. Their stuff was quality..
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HA! Better than "palacio de cagado' I suppose...Yeah, and it was one of those things, as a teenager, I just took for granted: "Oh, another Link in the garage." No big deal-or so I thought at the time. They had done one for "AeroMexico" and went down there to do the install. Their contact took my dad, his partner and their wives to a Very fancy restaurant in Mexico City. My dad, a semi-professional smart-@$$ needed to go to the bathroom. He knew the Spanish word(ban~o)for bathroom but asked instead for the way to the"palacio de urinado." I'd have loved to have seen their reactions.
That's funny. I read someone saying that a tube amp wasn't a tube amp cause it had a selenium rectifier for the bias.....
