Thunderbird Club

[PillO]

Cricket is absolutely an endurance sport -- that's why they are called 'Tests'.

I meant aerobic endurance, not the struggle to maintain consciousness...

 

[PillO]

So do you at least play a doctor on TV? I think conflict resolution is a much more useful skill to develop - that and the ability to run away really fast. (seriously) Anything I ever read that makes sense to me starts with "#1 - try to de-escalate before anything else' - there are self preservation methods that involve dynamic physical interaction but should only be used in the event that you will inevitably be harmed if you don't initiate said action. There are numerous youtube tutorials to illustrate.

Here's one -

And that was the point. By learning how things escalate when you are a kid, as an adult you understand escalation and so seek to deescalate.

 

[JIO]

And that was the point. By learning how things escalate when you are a kid, as an adult you understand escalation and so seek to deescalate.

amen

 

[JIO]

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I just finished it up in time for a gig tomorrow night. Plays great and sounds....well y'all know how it sounds.
So, for the price of an entry level Squier, I got me a Funderbird!

Good work! A Fenderbird of another stripe!

 

[GBassNorth]

When I was still gigging, this was my October bass...

 

[GBassNorth]

There are are two reasons in that pic indicating that I've got to make at trip to Cali. I loved lawn darts and can play that nice looking black VP. I've played Jarts, but not a black TBird!

You're always welcome here brother!

 

[BklynKen]

Thunderbird action.

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Wristbands mean business. Rock on.

 

[JIO]

When I was still gigging, this was my October bass...
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National Pink Paisley Month?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Apparently they missed you too!

Not sayin.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

The dwarfs dancing around the 18" Stonehenge monument could carry it.

18”? That’s the full scale version, right?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I've not seen drunks playing badminton nor cricket. Not saying that it doesn't happen, just that I have not witnessed it.

Have seen the former, not yet the latter.

 

[GonePlaid]

New Bass Day!
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Got this from eBay thinking I would salvage the pickups and the bridge for another project.

When I received it, I realized it was like new (aside from the detached headstock), it still had the protective plastic on the pickups and guard. So, I whipped out my Sawzall and cut the rest of the neck off, first time I've done that. Then I proceeded to route a neck pocket to fit a G&L neck I had for another project, painted the headstock black in keeping with the Epi theme, installed some cloverleaf tuners and some straploks and came up with this.
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I just finished it up in time for a gig tomorrow night. Plays great and sounds....well y'all know how it sounds.
So, for the price of an entry level Squier, I got me a Funderbird!

Too cool!

 

[JIO]

Have seen the former, not yet the latter.

Actually drunken badminton is fairly safe as it's most usually played on a thick lawn. Might end up with grass-stains on your white polo shirt but that's about the extent of it. Also, throwing up would require moving the net but would only require breaking out the hose later for clean-up. As long as you set up the net down wind...

 

[Miles_ONeal]

1. I think that the Traynor ratings are all RMS - Pete Traynor had high standards for himself and his company.

2. With tubes, heat isn't the issue with higher plate voltages. The heaters would still be run at standard voltage. Arcing between plate and cathode or grid and plate would be an issue. Running a higher plate voltage may cause premature wear of the plate and/or cathode. Overtime, normal running of tubes will result in wear also. With a higher plate voltage, the grid may not be able to run the tube to full capacity, but should result in an increase in power output.

Heat is an issue, but I'm not talking about the heaters. I'm talking about how much wattage (power) the plates (and screen grids) can handle. Wattage is a function of both voltage and current, not just voltage.

3. I think that there are plenty of push pull guitar amps. Any amp that runs matched pairs of power tubes is probably running push pull. The distortion introduced by class B is not clipping but is in the transfer from one tube to another (from one phase to the other). The distortion is small and is filtered out at the output stage.

Yes, my point was simply that to get anything more than 12W out of two EL84s, never mind 20W or more, the circuit would have to be push-pull.

I think we more agree than disagree here.

Quite possibly.

I need to get one of these on the bench and scope it out.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

yikes! I hope those lights have a dimmer!

The BYOS (Bring Yer Own Shades) Room.

 

[GonePlaid]

The BYOS (Bring Yer Own Shades) Room.

The room is louder than the musicians.

 

[GBassNorth]

National Pink Paisley Month?

Yep. A Fender for the bumpers!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Actually drunken badminton is fairly safe as it's most usually played on a thick lawn. Might end up with grass-stains on your white polo shirt but that's about the extent of it. Also, throwing up would require moving the net but would only require breaking out the hose later for clean-up. As long as you set up the net down wind...

I have heard of twisted ankles, sprained wrists (falls), and mild concussions (ran full speed into each other).

 

[JIO]

I have heard of twisted ankles, sprained wrists (falls), and mild concussions (ran full speed into each other).

They should put warnings on the birdies.

 

[JIO]

Yep. A Fender for the bumpers!