Thunderbird Club

[BklynKen]

What if the spiders are hunting the roaches inside?

Well that's a roach of a different color.

 

[BklynKen]

can't say that I like the audio here, but this about 1:30 of Crazy Train. We're at the end of the third set on the second night, I'm just about gassed out...…...

You're totally rockin' it for someone who's gassed out!

 

[RedVee]

I'm going to wrap my VP, just a matter of time.

Goodo, give us a rundown when you have done it? Please?

wife turns 50 in two weeks so.....

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Sweet. Stock? Modded? Updated?

I remember the word was that ‘they can bite you’. Hence wondering if developments over the last 40 odd years have tamed that tendency any.

 

[TBird1958]

Goodo, give us a rundown when you have done it? Please?

The plan includes Betty Paige and Cold War era jet aircraft

 

[GonePlaid]

It's like someone held a talent contest at Guitar Center.
I nearly despise slap when done sparingly. I absolutely despise it in a 5 minute solo, talent or not (which this player has gobs of).
JMHO, YMMV, TETO

+1!

 

[GonePlaid]

wife turns 50 in two weeks so.....

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So you bought yourself another car?

 

[GonePlaid]

I agree, for the most part. With roaches in NYC, it's war.

Men In Black?

 

[BklynKen]

Speaking of Ernie Ball, I got a set of these to check out. I always assumed they were really floppy, due to the name "Slinky," but a friend mentioned that they're actually pretty stiff, so just to satisfy my curiosity.

 

[Gaolee]

Triumph TR6. That's a nice little motor.
My mate used to put Rover V8,s in TR7,s.and MG,s.

There was a Chevy V8 powered TR-3 around when I was a kid. Warranted for five miles or five seconds, whichever comes first. If it is not completely bent, it is a miracle.

 

[Gaolee]

Many moons ago I had a cat and watched it catch and eat a green praying mantis ... he seemed to enjoy doing so.

Cats do that. I had a cat who caught a mouse and wanted to play with it. With me. Go figure. The doomed mouse was terrified and the cat eventually ate it after a few minutes of batting it back and forth. It sounds gruesome now. At the time it seemed normal somehow. Cats were supposed to eat mice.

 

[Gaolee]

Goodo, give us a rundown when you have done it? Please?



Sweet. Stock? Modded? Updated?

I remember the word was that ‘they can bite you’. Hence wondering if developments over the last 40 odd years have tamed that tendency any.

I always thought they were reasonably tame and predictable. British roadsters power slide well, unlike an early 911 that would swap ends at odd times. TR-2 and 3 steering was prone to wear and some shimmy if you didn't keep up with it, but I thought later ones were decently sorted. MGs had scalpel precise steering.

 

[RedVee]

I always thought they were reasonably tame and predictable. British roadsters power slide well, unlike an early 911 that would swap ends at odd times. TR-2 and 3 steering was prone to wear and some shimmy if you didn't keep up with it, but I thought later ones were decently sorted. MGs had scalpel precise steering.

I think it was the power of the 2.5 vs the rear suspension. Snap oversteer I think. (Dusty memory)

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Thunderbuckers rocked it tonight.....this bass R U L E S..

 

[JIO]

Mosquitoes are more or less a pestilence, I agree. Most everything else I'm disposed to mercy with. If it has life, it has place. Unless I'm dinner...

Unfortunately bugs don't have the same benevolence toward humans - one can die of anaphylactic shock from a bee/wasp sting (quickly), brown recluse spiders are to be avoided at all cost, and I just heard about a friend of a friend who was bitten/stung by some sort of bug and developed severe neurological problems. (not to mention the deer tic...) As Micky Rourke's character in "Barfly" (see what I did there) stated; "I don't hate cops, I just feel a whole lot better when they're not around".

 

[JIO]

No physical link afaik, just early settlers getting things wrong I think.

Oh, ok so not related... got it. (still think they're cute!)

 

[GBassNorth]

I always thought they were reasonably tame and predictable. British roadsters power slide well, unlike an early 911 that would swap ends at odd times. TR-2 and 3 steering was prone to wear and some shimmy if you didn't keep up with it, but I thought later ones were decently sorted. MGs had scalpel precise steering.

Never owned a Triumph but have driven a few. The TR6 is a fun car to drive. About the right horsepower for a car with its handling capabilities. Not overly fast, not overly grippy just a fun car to drive and be seen in. Outside of the electronics about the only issue I recall was rear end related. I'd consider it (1973 or 1974) one of the best sports car buys at $25,000 or less for a mint or restored one with no rust.

The 911 earned a horrible reputation of swapping ends (right up to the 1999 model) and rightfully so in the wrong hands. It will corner on a dime, even the early models, but it's not an intuitive car to drive. You have to unlearn typical front engine driving techniques and learn rear engine driving techniques.

Those that race Porsches live by a simple saying - Never Lift! The key to avoid snap rotation in a 911 is to charge at the corner insanely fast and with as much throttle as possible, then hard brake just before the turn and throttle as heavy as you dare all the way through the corner. Gassing a 911 in a turn and keeping the power on keeps the massive rear wheels digging in and maybe even getting a bit of controlled power slide. Very few cars can come out of a corner as fast as a 911, mostly because if done right you're increasingly accelerating all the way through the corner. Timid drivers that let up off the gas pedal in a turn or touch the brake quickly realize that all that junk in the trunk wants to swap ends with the light front end. Hence the saying - Never Lift (the gas pedal).

911s are fun but challenging cars to drive vs a TR6 which is just a fun car to drive. The MGs would be a bit more like driving a 914 mid engine Porsche, basically oversized go carts.

 

[RedVee]

Oh, ok so not related... got it. (still think they're cute!)

When I think about it more... an actual Flying Fox would be Wizard of Oz flying monkey creepy

 

[Count Bassie]

Unfortunately bugs don't have the same benevolence toward humans - one can die of anaphylactic shock from a bee/wasp sting (quickly), brown recluse spiders are to be avoided at all cost, and I just heard about a friend of a friend who was bitten/stung by some sort of bug and developed severe neurological problems. (not to mention the deer tic...) As Micky Rourke's character in "Barfly" (see what I did there) stated; "I don't hate cops, I just feel a whole lot better when they're not around".

Certainly. Lol, I'm not trying to be Doctor Dolittle! It's a jungle out there.
Sorry about your friend.

 

[Count Bassie]

Fat Beams or other compression wound strings?

I would also suggest getting hold of @SLaPiNFuNK

[edit] he hangs out in the strings area and is the owner/operator of fretnation (formerly BassStringsOnline)

I never did hear back from Jason, or from my inquiry on Fret Nation, I figure he may just be busy. Anyway I ordered a set of D'addario Half Rounds for the Ibby 5er. We'll see.

Thanks again for all the pitch-ins, everybody.

 

[Count Bassie]

Latest mod, old Peavey Combo 300, sans too-small enclosure...

Still need a couple details... bottom corners, small aluminum strip on bottom of grille... the reggae box...