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Thunderbird Club

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Nothing super fancy. Bianchi Infinito CV with Ultegra group set, hand built (but affordable) wheelset with HED Belgium wheels and White Industries hubs.
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I also have a Foundry Titanium bike I got for taking on tour...really nice riding bike
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Dan Partington said:
Hey, playing a Thunderbird at a gig tomorrow. Been in the studio all week prepping for a couple years touring with it.

Running some pedals but got some grounding issues.

Can’t tell if it’s the bass or a few issues going on.
I tried others basses and di’s and still had the problem tried a different power supply.

Assumed it was the studio. Got to the gig venue a day early and the issues still there.

When I touch the strings the buzz gets worse.

If I touch the jack it cleans up a bit. If I touch a pedal it cleans it up.

Taking my p bass in case. But trying to sort it out for the gig and for ideally using the thunderbird for the tours.
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Those problems suck and are sometimes d@mn difficult to figure out. Smart to bring a backup.
 
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Dan Partington said:
Hey, playing a Thunderbird at a gig tomorrow. Been in the studio all week prepping for a couple years touring with it.

Running some pedals but got some grounding issues.

Can’t tell if it’s the bass or a few issues going on.
I tried others basses and di’s and still had the problem tried a different power supply.

Assumed it was the studio. Got to the gig venue a day early and the issues still there.

When I touch the strings the buzz gets worse.

If I touch the jack it cleans up a bit. If I touch a pedal it cleans it up.

Taking my p bass in case. But trying to sort it out for the gig and for ideally using the thunderbird for the tours.
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Smart move to take a second bass, if everything is out of the chain and you're down to the bass and a cord to your amp and still getting noise, I'd check to make sure the ground wire is connected to the bridge. The input jack is more likely the culprit, yours would not be the first to go bad, the one my '89 was replaced long ago.
 
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RedVee said:
New Texan build???
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I was hoping to try the Rio Grande pickups that come stock with that bass. Guitarists rave their pickups, but besides Tommy Shannon, I’ve never heard their bass pickups. Never know after I try em! I have no clue what the build time is gonna be like on that bass, so I’m not sweating it just yet :)
 
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dukeorock said:
I was hoping to try the Rio Grande pickups that come stock with that bass. Guitarists rave their pickups, but besides Tommy Shannon, I’ve never heard their bass pickups. Never know after I try em! I have no clue what the build time is gonna be like on that bass, so I’m not sweating it just yet :)
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Those Rio's, if i'm not mistaken, are fvcking hot!. And sound so smooth.
I say this only being familiar with Les Paul replacements.
 
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Dan Partington said:
Hey, playing a Thunderbird at a gig tomorrow. Been in the studio all week prepping for a couple years touring with it.

Running some pedals but got some grounding issues.

Can’t tell if it’s the bass or a few issues going on.
I tried others basses and di’s and still had the problem tried a different power supply.

Assumed it was the studio. Got to the gig venue a day early and the issues still there.

When I touch the strings the buzz gets worse.

If I touch the jack it cleans up a bit. If I touch a pedal it cleans it up.

Taking my p bass in case. But trying to sort it out for the gig and for ideally using the thunderbird for the tours.
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Just to get it straight, you have tried other basses and you still have the noise problem?
 
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Long boring story, but I was shopping for new mic pre amps when I remembered me and my old studio partner have 8 API 3124’s in a large lunchbox type powered case. 4 of em belong to me. Asked my old engineer if I could have em back, so I’m getting my 4 API’s back and buying his 4 for a grand. These aren’t API branded (they didn’t manufacture 3124’s except in consoles back then), but the schematics were used to the T by a genius studio electronics pal of mine. 4 of the pres are modded with John Hardy op amps for a slightly different color. So I now have 8 world class mic pres. This pleases me very much :)

BklynKen said:
I love the Bianchi turquoise.
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They call it ‘Celeste!’ I wish they made an Infinito in solid Celeste, but it’s still an amazing bike. It helps that a drummer I play with owns the nicest road bike shop in Nashville. I got both of my bikes for way less than either one would normally cost. “Cycling- as addictive as cocaine and twice as expensive” :)
 
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dukeorock said:
They call it ‘Celeste!’ I wish they made an Infinito in solid Celeste, but it’s still an amazing bike. It helps that a drummer I play with owns the nicest road bike shop in Nashville. I got both of my bikes for way less than either one would normally cost. “Cycling- as addictive as cocaine and twice as expensive”
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Hah. I had a Specialized I really liked. A friend of mine in Alaska is super into mountain biking and has some crazy Specialized. He covered over the 'iz' so it said "Special Ed".
 
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BklynKen said:
Hah. I had a Specialized I really liked. A friend of mine in Alaska is super into mountain biking and has some crazy Specialized. He covered over the 'iz' so it said "Special Ed".
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Nice :). I used to be way into mountain biking, but crashing all the time really hurts, as it turns out
Specialized make really great bikes. Then again, at a certain price point, they’re all great bikes. I’m super pleased with both of mine
 
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dukeorock said:
Long boring story, but I was shopping for new mic pre amps when I remembered me and my old studio partner have 8 API 3124’s in a large lunchbox type powered case. 4 of em belong to me. Asked my old engineer if I could have em back, so I’m getting my 4 API’s back and buying his 4 for a grand. These aren’t API branded (they didn’t manufacture 3124’s except in consoles back then), but the schematics were used to the T by a genius studio electronics pal of mine. 4 of the pres are modded with John Hardy op amps for a slightly different color. So I now have 8 world class mic pres. This pleases me very much :)

They call it ‘Celeste!’ I wish they made an Infinito in solid Celeste, but it’s still an amazing bike. It helps that a drummer I play with owns the nicest road bike shop in Nashville. I got both of my bikes for way less than either one would normally cost. “Cycling- as addictive as cocaine and twice as expensive” :)
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We're beginning not to like you Mark. Won the lottery recently as well have you?
 
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fasterpussycat said:
We're beginning not to like you Mark. Won the lottery recently as well have you?
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HEY!!! To be fair, one of the two studios I co-owned, I lost about $40k on. It sucked. This little piece of good fortune ain’t so bad. I sold or parted out a lot of gear I deeply regret and miss. All I’m trying to do now is get 8 channels of top shelf signal path to the DAW. It was once 24 channels. Being more realistic in my old age :)
 
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