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Thunderbird Club

#109,584
GBassNorth said:
Thanks to everyone for all the well wishes! I'm fine, in relatively good shape and just dealing with high blood pressure, which seems to be kept in check with meds. Maxed out the stress test treadmill and never even broke a sweat. I do a 5k walk every day except when I'm golfing (but I probably put in the same excercise chasing my errant drives LOL).

Anyway, looks like the bird/guitar won't be here until Monday now.:sour:
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This is good news on the home front. I hope Monday brings more good news.
 
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#109,585
bylar13 said:
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Thunderbird in Action: My wife and I playing gig last night at a really fun place called The El Bar (underneath the elevated train tracks) in Philadelphia.
Opening act was an all female performance art troupe who did 45 minutes on the power and beauty of a certain part of the the female anatomy.....no pics!

FWIW, I had two folks comment on the Thunderbird. It happens to me pretty regularly.
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Awesome. Plus, shoes overhead!
 
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#109,586
fasterpussycat said:
Hold on a minute. Even without looking inside the Traynor cabs, I'd expect there to be some sort of passive crossover, as there is in a home hifi speaker, dividing the signal into different ranges tailored to the frequency response and power handling of the various drivers. That's entirely different to pushing a full bandwidth signal through a bunch of different drivers and expecting a good result.
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My Carvin has a 3, a 6, a 12, and the extension cabinet has a 15. It must have been thought out, because it sounds fine when eq'd right.
 
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#109,588
Mike.C. said:
View attachment 3358512 Happy St Patty’s Day, Bird Lovers!!
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Dear Mike,
It's St Paddy (short for Padraigh).
Thanks,
The Irish.

P.S. A happy St Paddy's day to you!
P.P.S. We are in Dublin (Ireland) this St. Paddy's day! Yeehah!

(Don't make us call you Mice. 8^)
 
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Instagator said:
View attachment 3358874 Cheers!
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And for later, Caskmates, Stout Edition: 0317191801-01.jpg
 
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#109,592
dukeorock said:
Ok, I’m now a member of the Thunderbird club with a broken headstock...just not on my Thunderbird...
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I loaded in the bass myself and sat it in a hallway where I thought it would be safe. Our road manager thought it would be safer leaning againt the door that opens up to the stage (I was unaware of this decision). When I came back into the club the door had been opened and my peghead has fallen directly into a metal stair...fortunately the bass was still playable. I guess it pays not to get too precious about your gear on the road. I have a very nice thickly padded bag it travels in (my flight case is too big to fit in the van with the rest of the gear), so it must e fell really hard. That bass has travelled all over the world several times over and this is the first issue out of a thousand shows or more, so I guess I’ve been fairly lucky
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I have broken my upright twice. It is not a happy feeling. I am really sorry it happened to you.

Even a high quality bag cannot solve all problems. Both times mine broke were freak accidents. One was a slow motion tip over behind the van. The singer saw it start to go and almost caught it. She felt bad, but it was my stupidity for leaning it like I did. The other happened when I stumbled going up steps with it. I almost never stumble on steps. It was not out of action long either time, but that sinking feeling is not one I wish on anybody.
 
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dukeorock said:
Ok, I’m now a member of the Thunderbird club with a broken headstock...just not on my Thunderbird...
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I loaded in the bass myself and sat it in a hallway where I thought it would be safe. Our road manager thought it would be safer leaning againt the door that opens up to the stage (I was unaware of this decision). When I came back into the club the door had been opened and my peghead has fallen directly into a metal stair...fortunately the bass was still playable. I guess it pays not to get too precious about your gear on the road. I have a very nice thickly padded bag it travels in (my flight case is too big to fit in the van with the rest of the gear), so it must e fell really hard. That bass has travelled all over the world several times over and this is the first issue out of a thousand shows or more, so I guess I’ve been fairly lucky
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No way to 'Like' this:( Hope it repairs well
 
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#109,595
PillO said:
I think most of us are parodying those out in GP that will jump on any mixed drivers. Well designed cabs will work well; poorly designed cabs will sound like :poop:. Regardless of number and size of drivers.

There are those that hear a single piece of wisdom, adopt it as their own without any understanding, and parrot it back incessantly. And that is why your Thunderbird sounds terrible, always heads directly for the floor, and then without warning the headstock spontaneously pops off.
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That's why I always play with the headstock aimed at a detractor. Their expression is always great when the headstock flies off and hits them in the forehead.
 
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dukeorock said:
Ok, I’m now a member of the Thunderbird club with a broken headstock...just not on my Thunderbird...
View attachment 3358914
I loaded in the bass myself and sat it in a hallway where I thought it would be safe. Our road manager thought it would be safer leaning againt the door that opens up to the stage (I was unaware of this decision). When I came back into the club the door had been opened and my peghead has fallen directly into a metal stair...fortunately the bass was still playable. I guess it pays not to get too precious about your gear on the road. I have a very nice thickly padded bag it travels in (my flight case is too big to fit in the van with the rest of the gear), so it must e fell really hard. That bass has travelled all over the world several times over and this is the first issue out of a thousand shows or more, so I guess I’ve been fairly lucky
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Awww! That stinks! We can rebuild it. We have the technology. Faster. Stronger.
Maybe with Kung-foo grip.
But most importantly: What kind of glue?
 
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