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Thunderbird Club

#128,721
Kriegs said:
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:
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Quite a few ThunderBucker clips on Youtube: ThunderBucker - YouTube

Here's one:
 
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#128,724
Dadagoboi said:
Quite a few ThunderBucker clips on Youtube.

ThunderBucker - YouTube

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Every time I see one of his Entwistle covers I just freeze in double awe. One for his phenomenal talent and one for the tool you've so masterfully created. The day is drawing closer Carlo, if Eppi or Gibby doesn't come up with a 1960's NR reissue I might just knock on your door. :thumbsup:
 
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#128,725
Kriegs said:
I thought I remembered some consternation about Babicz? To my eye, they seem really well built and easy to mount/ use. Then again, so does the HipShot, lol.... hrmm.... [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]


I have no such intent :laugh:
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PillO said:
Each has it's proponents.

I like the Hipshot. @bylar13 likes the Babicz.*

I think both are good. It is an individual choice about what factors are most important to you. And to be honest, I can't recall now why I chose Hipshot over Babicz.


*with a windmill exception.
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The Hipshot is a bit more 'understated' than the Babicz. Fewer protruding parts to cut yourself open on and it works really well. However, if I ever recommend anything, people always do the opposite, therefore you should go for the Babicz ... in tort.
 
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#128,727
Gaolee said:
Wow! Kat walks into a bar, sailors walk out, then bar implodes. It's a new talent.
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It's the setback of the week, otherwise known as Murphy's Immutable Law of Probability -- everything that can go wrong will go wrong. I was paranoid about flying to NZ because we'd had something go right for us (finding our stand-in drummer in the family). Looks like Murphy isn't going to kill me ... because she's having too much fun.

Seriously, I could be walking across an open field and have a grand piano fall on me out of the sky. Wouldn't be a Thunderbird at least.
 
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fasterpussycat said:
It's the setback of the week, otherwise known as Murphy's Immutable Law of Probability -- everything that can go wrong will go wrong. I was paranoid about flying to NZ because we'd had something go right for us (finding our stand-in drummer in the family). Looks like Murphy isn't going to kill me ... because she's having too much fun.

Seriously, I could be walking across an open field and have a grand piano fall on me out of the sky. Wouldn't be a Thunderbird at least.
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You have been hanging out with Arthur Dent a little too much lately.
 
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#128,730
TBird1958 said:
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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I hope you are right about the Showbox.

There's a track south of Seattle that I used to race on. It was mostly in an isolated area when it was built. Then there were some doublewide looking houses built, but recently, there have been some fancy looking suburban McMansion type houses built with a view of the back area up a hill to the front straight. Which doubles as an NHRA drag strip. It was originally built in 1962. The people who live there now complain about the noise. DOH!
 
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fasterpussycat said:
The Hipshot is a bit more 'understated' than the Babicz. Fewer protruding parts to cut yourself open on and it works really well. However, if I ever recommend anything, people always do the opposite, therefore you should go for the Babicz ... in tort.
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As a thoroughly shallow person, I have nothing against Hipshot bridges except their looks. I think Babicz bridges look nicer. The occasional grievous injury notwithstanding.
 
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#128,734
Gaolee said:
As a thoroughly shallow person, I have nothing against Hipshot bridges except their looks. I think Babicz bridges look nicer. The occasional grievous injury notwithstanding.
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The occasional grievous injury is the redeeming feature. ;):laugh:

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any grievous injury caused by a Supertone bridge would be broken bones which are not nearly as cool as slashed flesh.
 
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TBird1958 said:
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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Oh sure - blame the Canadian (taxpayer) made commuter jet for having an easily copied ignition key...
 
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#128,736
BklynKen said:
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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I know what the third one is for, just not sure what to do with it. I hadn't tried the obvious part of just turning it; that seemed too obvious.
 
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fasterpussycat said:
This was caused by a serious disagreement between the pub owners and the Valve Bar people (they run it in the basement). They are planning to reopen when they find a new venue but that could be next year.
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Find somewhere to do a free concert out in public!
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
I know what the third one is for, just not sure what to do with it. I hadn't tried the obvious part of just turning it; that seemed too obvious.
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I like narrow string spacing, so I have my E and G saddles pushesd all the way towards the middle, then the A and D evenly-spaced relative to them. I could do without it, but I like it. I got used to narrow spacing from when I played a Danelectro.
 
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