Thunderbird Club

[JD Ronson]

Just my personal experience with TI's, (like that old folklore about neck dive) Not floppy at all. I have a set that just might go on the Bird with CBuckers. Thing is a really want to put them on one of those, unmentionable basses.

Ha well that ain’t folklore about the neck dive. At least not on the vintage pro. That bird has some serious headstock real estate. I bought a 4” wide strap and had to throw weight into the control cavity to help but it still drops a bit. Exactly why adding a lighter tension string may benefit, cause I do tend to hold that neck pretty tightly on the bird.

 

[PillO]

Been there, done that. I’m done with traditional computers.

Me too. Once this System/360 MVS machine I am running fails, I'll move to one of those tiny VAX machines.

 

[PillO]

Just too far out there and I have no upcoming trips taking me anywhere close. But it is intriguing. Anyway, there will be an Epi NR announced at summer NAMM. I’m willing it. It will be my next bass.

It'll be a Gibson in Pelham Blue.

 

[MCF]

It'll be a Gibson in Pelham Blue.

 

[JIO]

Ha well that ain’t folklore about the neck dive. At least not on the vintage pro. That bird has some serious headstock real estate. I bought a 4” wide strap and had to throw weight into the control cavity to help but it still drops a bit. Exactly why adding a lighter tension string may benefit, cause I do tend to hold that neck pretty tightly on the bird.

It is overhyped negatively but I agree. Anyone who plays a T-bird that isn't 'slung low' compensates one way or another because we all want our birds for it's unique look and sound. I have held basses that seriously neck-dive and would never own them because of it regardless or how cool they look or how great they might sound.

 

[PillO]

Technically I don't consider myself a luddite as I'm not against progress, I just choose to not be part of certain aspects of it as a socio-political statement. To begin with I don't want to be connected 24-7, I'm not a doctor or a drug-dealer. When driving and as a cyclist/motorcyclist, I'm constantly irritated by drivers texting and not giving a s_it doing so. It's part of the general disregard people have for their 'fellow man' - "yah, I'm texting while driving and if you don't like it, F-you" When walking in a crowd of people, I'm one of the few who isn't staring into their iPhone. Our 30-something keyboardist/singer who I am so happy to have in our band might as well have her iPhone superglued to her hand. At rehearsal, any brief moment between songs - the phone is being checked. And don't get me started on "tech culture" as I am surrounded by it in the Bay Area. Too many aspects I could vent about. To avoid that and refer to your last 'note' - I agree with you about missing snail-mail. I love writing and used to send postcards and letters all the time. I'd turn the white envelop into a complex multi-colour picture, where the address would be part of the cartoon. I bet mail-delivery people really enjoyed them.

I plug in where I need to - and leave the vacuous world of tech to those with their iPhone grafted to their hand.

I'm right there with you.

I lament the general decline of civility which I believe predates the ubiquity of the cell phone. I think it was the late 90s or early 00s when I noticed people would just stop in doorways, stop shopping carts perpendicular in aisles, and other choke point restrictions; just blocking everyone else... The smart phone just made it so much worse.

I have hours. Without a pre-arranged appointment, I don't answer the phone or reply to emails between 2230 and 0530. Any emails I send between those hours I do not expect replies to until active hours. But part of being an entrepreneur is never being fully off. That is life I have chosen. I trade that "always on" 4-10 years for a year or so between projects of "me" time.

I lived in Silicon Valley for 2 years. What a weird place. I do not miss it at all. People who think that EVERYONE should know the layers of telecommunication and how to code. And that having options in their company made them a financial genius. I railed against the culture there and took every opportunity to point out that technology should just work; if I have to be an engineer to figure it out, it isn't ready for the mass market. And eyeballs on your webpage have nothing to do with value. I always thought that the underwear gnomes episode of South Park was an allegory of Silicon Valley.

 

[JJR58]

It is overhyped negatively but I agree. Anyone who plays a T-bird that isn't 'slung low' compensates one way or another because we all want our birds for it's unique look and sound. I have held basses that seriously neck-dive and would never own them because of it regardless or how cool they look or how great they might sound.

This is the thing for me though, i don't sling low, and no issues whatsoever.

 

[JIO]

This is the thing for me though, i don't sling low, and no issues whatsoever.

ok

 

[PillO]

This is the thing for me though, i don't sling low, and no issues whatsoever.

Some sling lower than others. Ahem.

 

[GonePlaid]

ok

When I started playing bass(67)on an EB-3, I always had it slung relatively low* and have stuck with that. Up until recently I've always stood to play; sitting puts any of my basses in an uncomfortable position. Even now[good song by Bob Seger], using a stool, the bass is still held fairly low.


* take the bass away and I'm adjusting my....uh.....fly! Yeah, that's it!

 

[JJR58]

Some sling lower than others. Ahem.

I'll just keep playin that funky music then. Or try to try.

 

[Count Bassie]

Reference to yesterday's convo/derail on my new to me 5 string with the preamp revelation... @GBassNorth and @PillO...
I played the SR505 for a bit tonight, and pulling out the Master Vol control (notice I didn't say "knob", ahem...) made a major difference in getting where I want to go with it. I ended up even emphasizing a little more mids from the Eden cab, leaning more on the Elf/210 half of the rig, and the bass' preamp for the deeper part of the tone, which was now dominant.

So it's working out nicely! And now, strings...

 

[MCF]

Some sling lower than others. Ahem.

I'm right there with you.

I lament the general decline of civility which I believe predates the ubiquity of the cell phone. I think it was the late 90s or early 00s when I noticed people would just stop in doorways, stop shopping carts perpendicular in aisles, and other choke point restrictions; just blocking everyone else... The smart phone just made it so much worse.

I have hours. Without a pre-arranged appointment, I don't answer the phone or reply to emails between 2230 and 0530. Any emails I send between those hours I do not expect replies to until active hours. But part of being an entrepreneur is never being fully off. That is life I have chosen. I trade that "always on" 4-10 years for a year or so between projects of "me" time.

I lived in Silicon Valley for 2 years. What a weird place. I do not miss it at all. People who think that EVERYONE should know the layers of telecommunication and how to code. And that having options in their company made them a financial genius. I railed against the culture there and took every opportunity to point out that technology should just work; if I have to be an engineer to figure it out, it isn't ready for the mass market. And eyeballs on your webpage have nothing to do with value. I always thought that the underwear gnomes episode of South Park was an allegory of Silicon Valley.

Unfortunately, the tech guru who shared your sentiments has passed. His company is descending into the abyss. There is a generation of workers in tech who have no clue that many people, although not everyone, born before 1980 do not think the way they do. Nor do they want to..

 

[PillO]

Unfortunately, the tech guru who shared your sentiments has passed. His company is descending into the abyss. There is a generation of workers in tech who have no clue that many people, although not everyone, born before 1980 do not think the way they do. Nor do they want to..

I am very good with numbers and logic and am a data hound. So I understand much of what goes on, but I don't want to have to logic my way though computers. Heck, I have an great knowledge of cars and how things work. When I take my car in for repairs, I can describe details that are very useful in diagnosis. But I don't want to open the hood ever. I even rely upon the mechanic to make sure my windshield washer is topped up with the right juice for the season.

 

[MCF]

I am very good with numbers and logic and am a data hound. So I understand much of what goes on, but I don't want to have to logic my way though computers. Heck, I have an great knowledge of cars and how things work. When I take my car in for repairs, I can describe details that are very useful in diagnosis. But I don't want to open the hood ever. I even rely upon the mechanic to make sure my windshield washer is topped up with the right juice for the season.

Grew up working on cars and motorcycles. That was how I was raised. Doesn’t mean I enjoy it. These days, I’m too lazy and have other interests. I got a new 2019 Subie Forester on March 4th. I like it. But haven’t even bothered to pop the hood to look.

 

[JIO]

I am very good with numbers and logic and am a data hound. So I understand much of what goes on, but I don't want to have to logic my way though computers. Heck, I have an great knowledge of cars and how things work. When I take my car in for repairs, I can describe details that are very useful in diagnosis. But I don't want to open the hood ever. I even rely upon the mechanic to make sure my windshield washer is topped up with the right juice for the season.

For me living 1/2 block from the Pacific Ocean - the concept of "for the season" is pretty funny. I go through windshield wiper fluid like nobodies business. Luckily it's pretty cheap, but it is a constant.

 

[JIO]

Florida:
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Looks fake (stuffed alligator) or photoshopped - not likely this would happen w/o being staged.

 

[Thumper]

I really like the strings on my T5, nickels, black thread, but the tension is higher than I like. Just got done re-learning the intro to N.I.B., Geezer did a lot string bends. Has anybody used Sunbeams on a Tbird? Care to comment?

 

[PillO]

Unfortunately, the tech guru who shared your sentiments has passed.

No, Bill Gates is quite alive . Bill Gates description of what he wanted from windows was that it be a computer simple enough for his grandmother to use.

The great visionaries in technology appear to be strongly of the opinion that users need not be coders, mathematicians, or engineers to use a computer; users should just be able to get on with doing what they want to do. The great revolution in computing was taking the CPU away from the IT department techies and putting it on the desk of the user so that the user could decide what was the important process to run, not the IT department.

 

[GonePlaid]

Grew up working on cars and motorcycles. That was how I was raised. Doesn’t mean I enjoy it. These days, I’m too lazy and have other interests. I got a new 2019 Subie Forester on March 4th. I like it. But haven’t even bothered to pop the hood to look.

Ya don't wanna disturb the hamsters on their treadmills.