Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

Cobalt flats will not hook you, they will grate your finger tips!

Carry on.

They grate *your* fingertips. They caress mine.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

very industrious.
I watched the last 2 episodes of the 2016 Roots miniseries. Well that in between running children to and from places, putting the bins out and generally getting soaked a couple of times. Bit different to a month ago.


I read the Roots book while home after New Years.

I heard tonight y'all had gotten a good bit of ran and were expecting more. Just remember, a THUNDERBIRD moves a lot more water than a traditional paddle.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Wouldn’t have made a difference.

The leader of the paranoid world on acid? Hallucinating more than usual? No thanks.

"Bob, give me the ***** **** ***** ****** football! We gotta nuke them all! Moscow! Beijing! Berlin! Nairobi! London! Des Moines! They're all about to launch and wipe us out!"
<Nixon reaches into a drawer>
"Boss, what are you doing to the tape recorder?"
<Nixon pulls out the gun Elvis brought him, points it at Haldeman>
"Give. Me. The. Baseball."
"Baseball?"
"Basketball. Handball. Kneeball. Whatever the ***** it is, just give it to me, or so help me, God, I will blow that avocado right off your face." <suddenly shoots at floor>
"Geez! What are you doing?" <Slides football across floor to Nixon>
"**** commie spiders sneaking in here with their drug propaganda..."

 

[Miles_ONeal]

yep, at the Albert Hall again tonight...
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Albert Hall? I'd love to turn you on.

(And if you don't know the side story of the Royal Albert Hall and the Beatles, you should definitely look it up. Someone was entirely too straight-laced to be listening to that sort of rock!")

 

[RedVee]

I heard tonight y'all had gotten a good bit of ran and were expecting more. Just remember, a THUNDERBIRD moves a lot more water than a traditional paddle.

over 100mm (~4inches) yesterday and today where I am, with string winds today and high tides on the coast. My local radio station had warnings about not driving through flood water “it only takes 10cm of water to float a car”.
True ? Who knows ?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

over 100mm (~4inches) yesterday and today where I am, with string winds today and high tides on the coast. My local radio station had warnings about not driving through flood water “it only takes 10cm of water to float a car”.
True ? Who knows ?

that’s a low slung car, but for some it’s true.

 

[fasterpussycat]

over 100mm (~4inches) yesterday and today where I am, with string winds today and high tides on the coast. My local radio station had warnings about not driving through flood water “it only takes 10cm of water to float a car”.
True ? Who knows ?

Once saw parked cars floating away on Oxford St in Paddington up where the Market is, after a downpour. Didn't measure the depth of the water sorry. Our building has no telly signal atm and a bit of water is blowing in under the door. Otherwise nothing to report.

 

[BklynKen]

Once saw parked cars floating away on Oxford St in Paddington up where the Market is, after a downpour. Didn't measure the depth of the water sorry. Our building has no telly signal atm and a bit of water is blowing in under the door. Otherwise nothing to report.

At least the cats are entertained, amirite?

 

[fasterpussycat]

At least the cats are entertained, amirite?

Sleeping.....

 

[PillO]

over 100mm (~4inches) yesterday and today where I am, with string winds today and high tides on the coast. My local radio station had warnings about not driving through flood water “it only takes 10cm of water to float a car”.
True ? Who knows ?

But, you can hydroplane at 60km/h. So, if you drive through at a speed of at least 60km/h you should just skitter across.*


* All just theorizing, but if you are going to try, take a video and put it up on the yootoobs.

 

[mr zee]

Hi all, gotta a grounding problem on my non standard thunderbird and electronics is not my forte. (1) When I touch the strings I get a buzzing sound, if I max the volume it goes away. (2) When I move tone knob from zero upwards this also creates buzz but is constant unless at zero.
I have looked at all connections and they look ok so I am presuming the ground to the bridge is iffy, though it feels "attached"
Here's a couple of pictures. The front pot is volume and the rear one is tone.

 

[Glenn Johnson]

over 100mm (~4inches) yesterday and today where I am, with string winds today and high tides on the coast. My local radio station had warnings about not driving through flood water “it only takes 10cm of water to float a car”.
True ? Who knows ?

Google is your friend. My research indicates that 12 inches of water will float many cars, while 2 feet of moving water will move most SUVs, pickups, etc. Being 10cm is a bit less than 10 inches, I would say that it COULD float a very small, very light vehicle. YMMV. Bear in mind that your mileage will be outstanding if your stalled vehicle is floating away! In all seriousness, be safe my friend. Better off not driving during flooding conditions.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

... Being 10cm is a bit less than 10 inches...

Finger fart? 4 inches.

 

[PillO]

Google is your friend. My research indicates that 12 inches of water will float many cars, while 2 feet of moving water will move most SUVs, pickups, etc. Being 10cm is a bit less than 10 inches, I would say that it COULD float a very small, very light vehicle. YMMV. Bear in mind that your mileage will be outstanding if your stalled vehicle is floating away! In all seriousness, be safe my friend. Better off not driving during flooding conditions.

Be careful with your electric car too. Be a bit like a toaster in the bathtub...

 

[PillO]

Being 10cm is a bit less than 10 inches,

Finger fart? 4 inches.

I would argue that he is correct - 10" is less than 10cm.

 

[GBassNorth]

Hi all, gotta a grounding problem on my non standard thunderbird and electronics is not my forte. (1) When I touch the strings I get a buzzing sound, if I max the volume it goes away. (2) When I move tone knob from zero upwards this also creates buzz but is constant unless at zero.
I have looked at all connections and they look ok so I am presuming the ground to the bridge is iffy, though it feels "attached"
Here's a couple of pictures. The front pot is volume and the rear one is tone.
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It's kind of hard to tell from the pictures, but in your first pic it looks like there might be a lose grounding wire on the output jack. Might just be the way the picture is taken but on that first pic if you look closely at the output jack it looks like there might be a loose wire at about the 12:00 position on the jack.

If that's not it and you want to test the bridge grounding, just tightly wrap one end of a bare wire to any metal part of the bridge and touch the other end of the bare wire to any metal surface of the toggle switch on the front of your bass. If that makes the buzzing go away then you do in fact have a bridge grounding issue.
(Note - This assumes the toggle is properly grounded, if you still have the noise try touching the wire to one of the pots or output jack.)

If you have a bridge grounding issue and the grounding wire inside the control cavity is properly attached to its solider point then the issue would be at the bridge end where the wire is supposed to be in contact with the treble side rear bridge stud insert. If that's the case you'd need to pull the insert and reconnect the ground wire (I don't recall if it's a solider connection to the insert or just a friction connection).

 

[BklynKen]

For the Traynor fans.

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[mr zee]

It's kind of hard to tell from the pictures, but in your first pic it looks like there might be a lose grounding wire on the output jack. Might just be the way the picture is taken but on that first pic if you look closely at the output jack it looks like there might be a loose wire at about the 12:00 position on the jack.

If that's not it and you want to test the bridge grounding, just tightly wrap one end of a bare wire to any metal part of the bridge and touch the other end of the bare wire to any metal surface of the toggle switch on the front of your bass. If that makes the buzzing go away then you do in fact have a bridge grounding issue.
(Note - This assumes the toggle is properly grounded, if you still have the noise try touching the wire to one of the pots or output jack.)

If you have a bridge grounding issue and the grounding wire inside the control cavity is properly attached to its solider point then the issue would be at the bridge end where the wire is supposed to be in contact with the treble side rear bridge stud insert. If that's the case you'd need to pull the insert and reconnect the ground wire (I don't recall if it's a solider connection to the insert or just a friction connection).

Thanks for the info, will check it out later

 

[GonePlaid]

Once saw parked cars floating away on Oxford St in Paddington up where the Market is, after a downpour. Didn't measure the depth of the water sorry. Our building has no telly signal atm and a bit of water is blowing in under the door. Otherwise nothing to report.

"nothing to report"?

 

[RedVee]

Looks like a slow commit today. My usual route is closed in 2 spots due to flooding. My main alternative has a 3 car smash, access down to 1 lane (from 3) and traffic has started backing up some kms.

plus the ceiling in the study is leaking water through. Just moved my PC.

NSW - we have it all. Drought, bush fires, and now big storm front with minor flooding.