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Thunderbird Club

#128,702
Gaolee said:
There's a big fight here in Seattle to keep the Showbox from being torn down and replaced by a condo tower. It's a classic venue right by the Pike Market. Pretty much anybody who ever came through Seattle and didn't play in an arena has played there. I have seen several great shows played by great bands there. Its problem is that it sits on prime real estate as far as developers are concerned. My guess is that it's toast in the long run. The city has landmarked it, even though it has absolutely no architectural uniqueness of any kind. It is just a big, empty box with a few ramps, a bar, and a stage. But, it is gigantic in the cultural history of this city.
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Yeah, we have lost a number of those. The worst is when one or two of those go for a condo, and then the new residents complain about the remaining venues nearby being too noisy, eventually bringing them down as well. It's like buying a house off the end of a runway and then being mad about airplane noise. Stupid.
 
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#128,706
Gaolee said:
I just get a little more prehistoric when the weather changes. Adjustments? Uh... having insensitive hands saves a bit of work sometimes. I haven't found that the necks of my bass guitars (or guitars) move enough to need a whole lot of adjustment anyway. Playing with what most around here would consider a high action is probably part of it. Even if the neck moves, there's no fret buzz.
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I’m more of a delicate flower type, so I have the action on the VP pretty low and only a tiny bit of relief. It works well with the Cobalt Flats.
If it had moved the other way I probably wouldn’t have noticed. I should probably look over the other basses so I don’t get a surprise right before a gig.
I don’t mind some fret buzz/noise. My SB600 buzzes like a Chris Squire Rick:smug:
 
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#128,707
JIO said:
It's not as difficult as you'd think. Adhere a piece of thin 3M blue tape (or that thin green tape) over the area to be worked on with your rout outline drawn on it, buy the appropriate forstner bit (width of the needed rout), use it to drill a series of end-to-end holes the appropriate depth (as the bridge-flange) and use a sharp chisel to remove the remainder of the channel. In other words, you don't have to use a router.
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It's not the actual work that scares me, it's having the time to do the work :(

TBird1958 said:
One hour - unless you're me.

BTW Lulls are what you want.
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I've been trying to find a good A/B comparison between chromed Lulls and Thunderbuckers... if anyone happens to know where I could find some clips, I'd appreciate a point in that direction :thumbsup:

Miles_ONeal said:
Still showing in your signature. 8^)
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That's why I initially reached out to him. I didn't see any action on the BadBird facebook page but did find them for sale on ebay, that's why I was confused about their availability/ authenticity when Scott said they weren't available, lol :wacky:
Badbird Bridge replacement for '63-'69 Gibson Thunderbird basses | eBay

Miles_ONeal said:
I've been really happy with teh Hipshots (and A and a Supertone), but that is GORGEOUS. It would look very much at home on a monochrome bird, especially.
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I think so too :) ....... someday :thumbsup:
 
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#128,709
Miles_ONeal said:
How? I've never seen anything written up on that.
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Note the three screws on each saddle. The two at the top are for height adjustment on each side of the saddle. The third will move the part the string sits on side to side.

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#128,714
Miles_ONeal said:
Yeah, we have lost a number of those. The worst is when one or two of those go for a condo, and then the new residents complain about the remaining venues nearby being too noisy, eventually bringing them down as well. It's like buying a house off the end of a runway and then being mad about airplane noise. Stupid.
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FWIW I don't think they're going to knock down the Showbox, way too media attention is on the issue now, most likely the city will get it's way and it'll get preserved (fine by me, there's not enough of old Seattle left) and some kind of a trade off made.

I live in the flight path of SeaTac and knew it when I bought the house, I generally don't mind the aircraft, anymore I only notice when the sound or flight path are out of the ordinary. I.E. last year when a ramp attendant stole a Bombardier commuter plane and crashed it on an island in Puget Sound, I happened to be outside that evening and noted the plane's odd flight path - watched the news later and knew it was one and the same.
 
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JIO said:
It's not as difficult as you'd think. Adhere a piece of thin 3M blue tape (or that thin green tape) over the area to be worked on with your rout outline drawn on it, buy the appropriate forstner bit (width of the needed rout), use it to drill a series of end-to-end holes the appropriate depth (as the bridge-flange) and use a sharp chisel to remove the remainder of the channel. In other words, you don't have to use a router.
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A bit of a tangent but ... I've gotten a good look under the bridge... accidentally :roflmao:
New floating bridge for G&L L-2500?
 
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Kriegs said:
A bit of a tangent but ... I've gotten a good look under the bridge... accidentally :roflmao:
New floating bridge for G&L L-2500?
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That can't happen often - me thinks the pilot holes were drilled too big. On my builds, I imbed steel mollies and use machine-bolts whenever possible - no way this would happen.
 
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#128,720
GBassNorth said:
DR left Hootie to follow that path. From what I hear he's been pretty successful at it, not sure if it's more money for him though. :thumbsup:



Never got into the whole alcohol consumption to unwind thing, or as a pick me up when feeling down. Too concerned I could easily make it a habit, and I have enough of those already. :cool:


That picture looks vaguely familiar, is it one of those bass things named after a car of some sort? Haven't seen one on this thread in so long I've forgotten what you call it, but it sure is pretty. ;)
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My daughter met DR a couple of times when she lived in Jackso, WY. She said he is an absolute gentleman and of the several celebs she met while living there, he is her favorite. She’s happy he’s back touring with Hootie, but prefers his country stuff. She also got to know Reba McIntyre a bit and likes her a lot too. She says the country singers/musicians and the baseball players she met there and while she worked a Beaver Creek, CO were all nice, down to earth people. She met several politicians too; she doesn’t have anything nice to say about any of them.
 
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