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Thunderbird Club

#122,321
GBassNorth said:
Yeah, we have a few 356 outlaws in the Porsche club down here that don't think twice about driving completely ratted out barn finds. It's just not me.
This is actually what I told goat boy I'd probably get...
1968 Volkswagen Type III Squareback | eBay
Still about the most practical solution, just getting very hard to find one. Last time I did a national search I only spotted about a dozen for sale.
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really tempted to trick out the TR-6 with three DCOE 42's and enter next year's..
 
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#122,322
Miles_ONeal said:
My dad is a PhD (he got it in record time, too). I have no doubt he would have been certified genius decades ago if he would have tested. He was also astoundingly good at teaching and as a college dean... but he just got fed up with the internal political BS of colleges and universities. He's done other things since that he was equally good at, from bank vault management to hospice.
Through Dad I met quite a few brilliant people, many with multiple advanced degrees. But I also met school-smart people with alphabet salads after their names who would have better served society almost anywhere but within the setting they were in, be it educational, financial, managerial, technical, legal, governmental, etc. Some of them were well qualified for janitorial work, sewer cleaning, or food service but because of their prestigious list of diplomas, they could always find a job screwing things up for others.
Understanding this prepared me for both college and the professional technical world. I still had to learn how to recognize the chameleons, and how to cope with them at a pro level, but at least I knew what to expect and look for in general. It also made me even more determined to only work in an arena I could be competent in.
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Universities are their own special bureaucratic hell. Professors who excel at making life unbearable for grad students, post grad, and post docs, just because that is what they went through. People with inferiority complexes being promoted to dean and maliciously controlling the fates of others through tenure committees and the like. So often, it isn't about advancing the research agenda but about settling scores. Academic politics are incredibly nasty because the stakes are so low (said by a number of academics a number of ways, so no attribution).
 
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It will be a while before I get to use them, but my ribbon mic pair arrived yesterday.

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dukeorock said:
Oh, I’m just learning this setup. Once I pull the patch cables, it’s gone forever! If I get anything like a result, I record it into Logic ASAP!
Mostly playing bass into a couple granular samplers, then patching in a zillion cables until I like it. This is one live bass rig into the modular
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Like extremely much!
 
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dagrev said:
People wrongly assume that education equates being good at a job in that area. It clearly does not. (Or you need a lot of education to be good at something, or something important.:banghead:) A top student simply means that a given person is good at being a student and knows how to thrive in that environment. That does not automatically transfer into a usable skill, even one related to the degree. I used to work with a guy who had a 2 Masters degrees and a PhD. I was his boss, and he still thanks me for helping him improve at his job. Super nice guy, but he knew how to do school work but that didn't transfer into other areas of life. Anecdotal I know, but repeated very often.

Being incompetent or a fool is no respecter of education or the lack thereof. I don't mean to be political with this at all and won't go there, but I saw a study once where the people with the most education voted the same way as those with the least education.
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Better to be a fool and not stupid. :rolleyes:
Uh, ok. There's a corner for me to be somewhere out there.
 
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#122,329
GBassNorth said:
Yeah, we have a few 356 outlaws in the Porsche club down here that don't think twice about driving completely ratted out barn finds. It's just not me.
This is actually what I told goat boy I'd probably get...
1968 Volkswagen Type III Squareback | eBay
Still about the most practical solution, just getting very hard to find one. Last time I did a national search I only spotted about a dozen for sale.
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I still stand by my comment that that is the best option.
 
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#122,331
jpmcbride said:
I've been thinking about adding a new TBird to the collection. Right now I have two (well really just one I suppose). I have an early 2000's Gibson TBird that has the best neck, and plays and sounds great! I've posted pic here before. I added an aluminum pickguard, and made my own matching aluminum truss rod cover. The other is a green Epiphone non-reverse TBird from the 90's. These have the PJ pickups, so its not so much a Thunderbird, except in looks. Its not very playable. Big and heavy with a wide neck, it doesn't feel or sound anything like a TBird. But it sure looks good hanging on the wall :)

I've had my eye on the Epiphone custom versions .. Pelham blue, TV silver, and Silverburst. But I can't find any good info on the necks. Are they thin and feel something like my Gibson? How do they sound? If anyone has one of these and can share any info it would be appreciated.

The other one that interests me is the Epiphone Vintage pro. I've heard great things about these. Thin neck, great pickups. A little more than the other ones, but still a great value compared to the cost of a Gibson. Anyone have one of these?
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The Epi NR is a beast of a bass for sure. I play mine, but it is not the most comfortable bass to play. The blue/red/white/silverburst have the wider necks and remind me of the NR but I think they are more comfortable than the NR's. The TV silver version and the newer sunburst bolt neck versions have the more Gibson-like neck. Thinner and easier to play.

My Epi VP is a fantastic bass and I really enjoy playing it. The neck seems a little fatter than a Gibson, but nothing like the old thicker/wider Epi necks.


Gaolee said:
I do not have one of the custom paint versions, but I do have a bolt-on from the same era. Unless they used different necks, the bolt-on necks from the zeros, made in Korea, were boat hulls. I like them, but they are not the same thin neck as your Gibson at all. They are closer to how you describe your Epi.

The Gibson factory had some kind of magic going in the very early 2000s. I have a 2001 that was sprinkled with pixie dust. It doesn't look any different, but it manages to be just a little more fun to play and sound just a little better than any other Thunderbird I have ever picked up.
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I agree with this statement 1000%. My 2001 Bird sounds better than any other that I have owned. No clue what it is about it but that bass is my number one.
 
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PillO said:
Universities are their own special bureaucratic hell. Professors who excel at making life unbearable for grad students, post grad, and post docs, just because that is what they went through. People with inferiority complexes being promoted to dean and maliciously controlling the fates of others through tenure committees and the like. So often, it isn't about advancing the research agenda but about settling scores. Academic politics are incredibly nasty because the stakes are so low (said by a number of academics a number of ways, so no attribution).
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Indeed. True in my experience. Way too many profs have a "god complex." I think the sorriest lot of people I've ever been around are academics. (Not all, of course.) And I almost became one. Loved doing research and my masters degree was focused in that direction. I planed on doing a PhD, but came to my senses. In part, not wanting to spend that much time around some of the most closed minded and small people on earth.
 
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GBassNorth said:
Already been said and answered but I'll add to the chorus - I bet you get some really cool sounds out of that uberflexible set up. I'll also bet you can't repeat them easily once you tear it down and reconfigure for the next sound. So I assume high quality digital recording of everything is imperative, then use or save each track for a rainy day as needed. Certainly not gonna be part of your live rig.

Very cool, reminds me of the early pre moog days, great for Prog rock.
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You know, I’m hoping one day to do a live solo bass thing with all this stuff...still learning, but maybe at some point :)

PillO said:
When you find something interesting - take a few pictures (and make some notes) so that you can recreate it!
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I’m kinda doing something along those lines :)
 
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jpmcbride said:
I've been thinking about adding a new TBird to the collection. Right now I have two (well really just one I suppose). I have an early 2000's Gibson TBird that has the best neck, and plays and sounds great! I've posted pic here before. I added an aluminum pickguard, and made my own matching aluminum truss rod cover. The other is a green Epiphone non-reverse TBird from the 90's. These have the PJ pickups, so its not so much a Thunderbird, except in looks. Its not very playable. Big and heavy with a wide neck, it doesn't feel or sound anything like a TBird. But it sure looks good hanging on the wall :)

I've had my eye on the Epiphone custom versions .. Pelham blue, TV silver, and Silverburst. But I can't find any good info on the necks. Are they thin and feel something like my Gibson? How do they sound? If anyone has one of these and can share any info it would be appreciated.

The other one that interests me is the Epiphone Vintage pro. I've heard great things about these. Thin neck, great pickups. A little more than the other ones, but still a great value compared to the cost of a Gibson. Anyone have one of these?
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I have one and love it!
 
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