Thunderbird Club

[Count Bassie]

Thanks. Being a native Miamian, I've been through quite a few. "Gotta know when to fold 'em". [and take yer Thunderbird]

I was there for Andrew, tore Miami up pretty good. Leave your Stetson indoors!

 

[GonePlaid]

I was there for Andrew, tore Miami up pretty good. Leave your Stetson indoors!

Born and raised in Miami. Post Andrew pics were horrific and it was hard to recognize locations.

 

[GBassNorth]

Born and raised in Miami. Post Andrew pics were horrific and it was hard to recognize locations.

Here's a pretty nifty weather map with tons of info, neat graphics and handy links...
Windy as forecasted
To all our USA southeastern seaboard THUNDERBIRD clan potentially in harms way, stay safe and stay dry.

 

[Kriegs]

That's not an Epi 'Bird bird..... what is Kriegs up to this fine end of summer Saturday?

 

[godofthunder59]

Spending a lot of the weekend getting better acquainted with this, now that that project is over (for now at least - a little recording may be in the near future). Oh, and diving with some sharks. As you do.

@GonePlaid @Dadagoboi Stay safe!


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Woah! Early BC Rich with Hi-As!

 

[PillO]

Nah, I started using the Internet before the web was really a thing. All text-based.

Same. Newsgroups were where it was at. It was like the Wild West. Oh, forgot about IRC, but never really got into that.

Thunderbird!

Yeah, back in the early 90s I got access to the internet by being a grad student (at 9600 bps!). The killer app was email; could directly contact professors, other students, administrators, etc. Could browse what little there was on the web with Lynx. Usenet could be odd.

I don't even know if there are any sources for usenet any more. I suppose the utility of usenet was usurped by specialized, web based message systems (such as talk bass) that appealed to narrower interests and were much better controlled and policed. As an example, in the sub-domain basses/thunderbird club, discussion could be (but doesn't have to be) limited to Thunderbirds and basses resembling Thunderbirds. Usenet must have had at least one Thunderbird related group (probably somewhere in the music.* domain)

 

[Gaolee]

That was stoneage Wikipedia. Not sure if there was an entry on THUNDERBIRDS

Maybe, but it was probably wrong. No explanation of the blue green with lots of black and an electric blue fringe.

 

[Gaolee]

Maybe it's time for a new calendar.

Dates BT and AT, 10 x 34 day months, with 25 days of intercalary Bird festivals.

That is why there is no 62. It was actually zero, when Thunderbirds were on the way but not here yet.

 

[Gaolee]

water, batteries and SPAM...

Quick visit to north Georgia with Thunderbirds safely along for the journey seems like a decent option.

 

[Gaolee]

So I left work early, stopped and bought a bottle of Merlot, and headed home. The wife and son went to the in-laws for the long weekend. Could be trouble. I stayed behind to babysit the dogs, aka “the boys,” and “get some things done.” Fed the boys, poured a glass, and settled down to play with basses and watch the Dodger game. Hmmm. I wonder what’s going on with that Epi IV Pelham Blue Tbird I’ve been watching for some weeks now? Still there. Rut roh. Poured another glass. Well, ***. Pulled the trigger. Waiting for confirmation. Reverb now shows it as sold. Sure, I probably paid too much. It’s only money. I’m not getting any younger. It does come with a hard case of some sort, so that’s a plus.

If it all works out, it will be the first bass or guitar I’ve ever bought without seeing and playing it first. But I love blue basses. Pelham, LPB, Daphne...It’s a fetish I guess. If it all works out, I’ll post pics. I have dreams. Chrome Dreams to be precise. I have the nice Goth I got a few months back and I want this one to be way different. And when the VP NR finally comes out, it will have a loving sibling.

Disclaimer: I won’t consider it mine until it’s here and it chooses me. It needs to fly from NY to Cali.

Anyway, here’s s a pic from Reverb:
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That one caught my eye as well. I hope it is as good as it looks once you have a chance to tweak it into playing shape.

 

[Nocturnal]

@dagrev Was reading a post on Facebook and they were discussing good bands in Kentucky. Uncle Jack was mentioned as one of the good ones. That is your band isn't it?

 

[Engle]

So I left work early, stopped and bought a bottle of Merlot, and headed home. The wife and son went to the in-laws for the long weekend. Could be trouble. I stayed behind to babysit the dogs, aka “the boys,” and “get some things done.” Fed the boys, poured a glass, and settled down to play with basses and watch the Dodger game. Hmmm. I wonder what’s going on with that Epi IV Pelham Blue Tbird I’ve been watching for some weeks now? Still there. Rut roh. Poured another glass. Well, ***. Pulled the trigger. Waiting for confirmation. Reverb now shows it as sold. Sure, I probably paid too much. It’s only money. I’m not getting any younger. It does come with a hard case of some sort, so that’s a plus.

If it all works out, it will be the first bass or guitar I’ve ever bought without seeing and playing it first. But I love blue basses. Pelham, LPB, Daphne...It’s a fetish I guess. If it all works out, I’ll post pics. I have dreams. Chrome Dreams to be precise. I have the nice Goth I got a few months back and I want this one to be way different. And when the VP NR finally comes out, it will have a loving sibling.

Disclaimer: I won’t consider it mine until it’s here and it chooses me. It needs to fly from NY to Cali.

Anyway, here’s s a pic from Reverb:
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Nice! Indeed, time passes by and you could do a lot worse than buying basses.
I’ve bought a Hofner Cavern and my VP online. Both were what I expected.

 

[PillO]

Quick visit to north Georgia with Thunderbirds safely along for the journey seems like a decent option.

THIS would be my plan.

Best of luck to all our Floridians. I would post a song in Dorian, but as Gilbert Gottfried would say "Too soon?"

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Sincere thanks to all who replied about my old radio, especially Chucky. I greatly appreciate the information. I visited an antique radio forum and received some good suggestions, but could not get the pictures from my phone to load. I took a closer look at the chassis and interior. Needs a good cleaning. I plan to clean it up and see if I can get it working. Here are a couple of pics. Have a great weekend everyone.

Very cool. That drawing says a whole lot. The 8 tube type was pretty standard since they were designed during the notorious “Current Wars” between Edison and Tesla. Depending on the tube fiilamebt wiring, the radios could run on AC or DC (some northeast metropolitan areas still ran on DC mains) and that configuration remained for some time after AC was fully adopted.
There is no need ( as mentioned earlier) to ramp up the mains voltage slowly since this model uses a VT rectifier (5Y3GT) that will come up slowly as opposed to selenium rectifiers also popular at the time.

Keep us posted and Good Luck!

 

[dagrev]

So I left work early, stopped and bought a bottle of Merlot, and headed home. The wife and son went to the in-laws for the long weekend. Could be trouble. I stayed behind to babysit the dogs, aka “the boys,” and “get some things done.” Fed the boys, poured a glass, and settled down to play with basses and watch the Dodger game. Hmmm. I wonder what’s going on with that Epi IV Pelham Blue Tbird I’ve been watching for some weeks now? Still there. Rut roh. Poured another glass. Well, ***. Pulled the trigger. Waiting for confirmation. Reverb now shows it as sold. Sure, I probably paid too much. It’s only money. I’m not getting any younger. It does come with a hard case of some sort, so that’s a plus.

If it all works out, it will be the first bass or guitar I’ve ever bought without seeing and playing it first. But I love blue basses. Pelham, LPB, Daphne...It’s a fetish I guess. If it all works out, I’ll post pics. I have dreams. Chrome Dreams to be precise. I have the nice Goth I got a few months back and I want this one to be way different. And when the VP NR finally comes out, it will have a loving sibling.

Disclaimer: I won’t consider it mine until it’s here and it chooses me. It needs to fly from NY to Cali.

Anyway, here’s s a pic from Reverb:
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I love it! I have always loved blue as well. Had a gorgeous G&L Blueburst. If only one could get a blueburst on a Thunderbird!

Hope it sounds and plays well.

 

[JIO]

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THUNDERBIRD!

 

[dagrev]

@dagrev Was reading a post on Facebook and they were discussing good bands in Kentucky. Uncle Jack was mentioned as one of the good ones. That is your band isn't it?

Aaaaa yeah. That would indeed not be me! I got kicked out for unresolved aggression issues and abusing people with my Thunderbird!

I don't recall hearing of them before.

 

[dagrev]

Here's a pretty nifty weather map with tons of info, neat graphics and handy links...
Windy as forecasted
To all our USA southeastern seaboard THUNDERBIRD clan potentially in harms way, stay safe and stay dry.

I use this app on my phone. Link below shows another image that's really scary (not to make light of a hurricane)...
Windy as forecasted

 

[Nocturnal]

Aaaaa yeah. That would indeed not be me! I got kicked out for unresolved aggression issues and abusing people with my Thunderbird!

I don't recall hearing of them before.

Quite a few pics of Thunderbirds on their page. And since when is hitting a singer/drummer/guitarist with a Thunderbird headstock considered "unresolved anger issues"? I call that "Band Leaderdship".

 

[MCF]

That one caught my eye as well. I hope it is as good as it looks once you have a chance to tweak it into playing shape.

Watched it for weeks. They lowered the price and I got way interested. Feeling pretty good about it. The shop’s info says they're also the home office of Babicz Full Contact Hardware and Babicz Guitars. Listed as near mint.