Thunderbird Club

[fasterpussycat]

The highlight of my afternoon was an A380 taking off directly over my head. You can hear it coming and it gets bigger and bigger and bigger ... and louder.

 

[Mike.C.]

I'm not the person you replied to, but my white strap is a Levy's Leathers MSS2-WHT leather strap with foam padding. Here's a pic of mine with my white Thunderbird:

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Sharp! Do you feel it takes away from the bass?

 

[GonePlaid]

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.

I have 'em on my LPB25. I'd liked 1/2 rounds on the 'Bird but I've not been able to get a tone I 'love' outta the Barts that are stock on the Les Paul. I keep experimenting. One o' these days I'll find the right setting(s)-maybe.

 

[Mike.C.]

My white strap is white, padded and with an extender, lets the bird sit just where it should.

I have never posted a picture of myself, let alone my neck, so how would you know what colour my neck is? Are you stalking me? Do I need to get a restraining order?

I don't have any pups, but I would like to get a dog. I love dogs.

As for strap colour, I think no strap is the ultimate solution and so to that end will be getting strap lock implants to directly attach my basses to my body. I think this will improve my connection to the bass and elevate my playing to mediocre.

My dorsal fin is nobody's business!



OK, each bass has one and only one strap. The straps are dedicated to the bass. I got a white strap for my white thunderbird because I figured it would look good regardless of anything else. I have gone for a black and white motif on that bass. If the fingerboard were not that dark, I would consider staining it darker.




Of course!

Do you feel it distracts/detracts from the bass?

Here are a few things to ponder as you drink #6 #7 & #8:
Gibson Thunderbird II Non Reverse | TC GAKKI
1964 Vintage Gibson Thunderbird II in a Tobacco Sunburst finish with OHC
Ampeg V-4B 100 watts Head | bassNguitar
Ampeg SVT 1973 White | DanRush2112
Ampeg SVT-VR 2008 with SVT 810e | Casey's Shop
Ashdown ABM-810 Black | Ferguson Instruments
Mesa Boogie Subway D-800+ with 2x15 Cab | BASS CENTRAL

And get your credit card out now to save time later.

Severe buyers remorse right there.

 

[bylar13]

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

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

I love everything about that! My first real amp was/is a Combo 300. I bought it new in 1988 and it went around the US & Canada, in the back of a 1972 Ford Econoline box truck, 4 times with nary a problem.

I lent it to friend for 4 or 5 years and got it back with a blown speaker. I put an EV 15" from another friend that ran a PA company in it, about 1995-ish and it is still going.

I had it serviced last year ($150) it needed a new transformer of some kind and now my son uses it when his friends come over to jam. His friends love it. They are all use to playing small, 10" inch speakers equipped amps for bass and they fawn all over the "vintage" Peavey. Too funny!

I always liked the sound of it and other Peavey amps I tried. I still have a Peavey Mega Bass head. If you want to bi-amp your signal you should look for one. They are cheap, have built in bi-amping and are plenty loud.

Again, nice work! You solved the primary problem with the Combo 300, the weight!

 

[GonePlaid]

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

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

Looks good. Bottom corners,yeah; aluminum strip, not so sure.

 

[GonePlaid]

The highlight of my afternoon was an A380 taking off directly over my head. You can hear it coming and it gets bigger and bigger and bigger ... and louder.

What kinda amp is it using?

 

[GonePlaid]

I love everything about that! My first real amp was/is a Combo 300. I bought it new in 1988 and it went around the US & Canada, in the back of a 1972 Ford Econoline box truck, 4 times with nary a problem.

I lent it to friend for 4 or 5 years and got it back with a blown speaker. I put an EV 15" from another friend that ran a PA company in it, about 1995-ish and it is still going.

I had it serviced last year ($150) it needed a new transformer of some kind and now my son uses it when his friends come over to jam. His friends love it. They are all use to playing small, 10" inch speakers equipped amps for bass and they fawn all over the "vintage" Peavey. Too funny!

I always liked the sound of it and other Peavey amps I tried. I still have a Peavey Mega Bass head. If you want to bi-amp your signal you should look for one. They are cheap, have built in bi-amping and are plenty loud.

Again, nice work! You solved the primary problem with the Combo 300, the weight!

The problem with all Peaveys. They're a young[read:strong]man's amp. The ones I have(KB300 and 2 PA powered mixers)are built like tanks and only slightly heavier.

 

[PillO]

Do you feel it distracts/detracts from the bass?

Nothing distracts from a Thunderbird!

 

[Mike.C.]

Nothing distracts from a Thunderbird!

10-4. I am overthinking it.

 

[Count Bassie]

Nothing distracts from a Thunderbird!

My Bird totally upstages me! Not that that's hard to do anyway...

 

[Count Bassie]

I love everything about that! My first real amp was/is a Combo 300. I bought it new in 1988 and it went around the US & Canada, in the back of a 1972 Ford Econoline box truck, 4 times with nary a problem.

I lent it to friend for 4 or 5 years and got it back with a blown speaker. I put an EV 15" from another friend that ran a PA company in it, about 1995-ish and it is still going.

I had it serviced last year ($150) it needed a new transformer of some kind and now my son uses it when his friends come over to jam. His friends love it. They are all use to playing small, 10" inch speakers equipped amps for bass and they fawn all over the "vintage" Peavey. Too funny!

I always liked the sound of it and other Peavey amps I tried. I still have a Peavey Mega Bass head. If you want to bi-amp your signal you should look for one. They are cheap, have built in bi-amping and are plenty loud.

Again, nice work! You solved the primary problem with the Combo 300, the weight!

Thanks! There was really nothing wrong with the enclosure part, but truth is it was just heavy enough to close the deal on making it head-only. It had to retain Peavey mojo if I was going to do that though, so the grille got chopped!
Fun that the kids like the vinty vibe of yours, my daughter and her boyfriend get a little twinkle in the eye over that stuff I have around too sometimes. It's cute...

 

[JIO]

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

I'm like you about not going out of my way to eliminate any living thing, which usually comes down to adverse contact with bugs of one sort or another. Sometimes our interface is unavoidable. As a cyclist I occasionally run-into/have mid-air collision with bees and wasps. Two living things impacting each other in the same place at the same time with no intent. With bees it's "ouch!", a bit of swelling/redness and that's the extent of it - been stung many times with no real issues. Once one flew in my mouth, I spit it out and it stung my arm like a dart! But twice it was some sort of wasp - felt like a hot icepick and led to major swelling on my face to the point of looking like a cabbage-patch doll. It required a trip to the emergency room and steroid shots. Living in the Bay Area close to the ocean, there isn't a lot of bugs really. Ants, flies and bees mostly and mosquito's are nearly non-existent here. Not like the mid-west, but I do miss fire-flies and cicada's.

 

[JIO]

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.

I drove one across country once. The hood is so long in front of the car - like a dinner table! So unlike most cars today where the front-end slopes away from your vision. The other car I really like is the Volvo P1800ES. I'd take one over the TR6 because of the transport space. The newer version was ok, but the original had such great style. Never drove one but I'm sure I'd like it having owed a nice '66 122S estate wagon for years.

 

[JIO]

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

They made them look creepy! I bet a real flying monkey would be pretty cool!

 

[Engle]

Actually I'm the one to escort spiders outside to freedom away from my partners wrath.

My wife does that

 

[Dadagoboi]

Two of my favorite things: Great Value and The Roach Patrol.

 

[JIO]

Two of my favorite things: Great Value and The Roach Patrol.

So those guys eat roaches?

 

[JIO]

My wife does that

That's good to hear - I can't think of a woman I've ever known who didn't have an aversion to spiders.

 

[Count Bassie]

I'm like you about not going out of my way to eliminate any living thing, which usually comes down to adverse contact with bugs of one sort or another. Sometimes our interface is unavoidable. As a cyclist I occasionally run-into/have mid-air collision with bees and wasps. Two living things impacting each other in the same place at the same time with no intent. With bees it's "ouch!", a bit of swelling/redness and that's the extent of it - been stung many times with no real issues. Once one flew in my mouth, I spit it out and it stung my arm like a dart! But twice it was some sort of wasp - felt like a hot icepick and led to major swelling on my face to the point of looking like a cabbage-patch doll. It required a trip to the emergency room and steroid shots. Living in the Bay Area close to the ocean, there isn't a lot of bugs really. Ants, flies and bees mostly and mosquito's are nearly non-existent here. Not like the mid-west, but I do miss fire-flies and cicada's.

I guess you haven't lived...!

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