Thunderbird Club

[Chucky Stiletti]

Almost every bass...

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someone was saying an Embassy is longer than a vintage Bird? Really?..

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

We've had a few quakes, being close to the Madrid Fault. Nothing really big, just some damage to a few structures. But they tell us one day it's going to be a big one.

I've been near tornadoes but not experienced any damage from one. Like quakes, they are quick, and then it's over. Generally sunny shortly afterwards. I have experienced flooding. I found it to be a long, drawn out affair. You generally know it's coming, but can't really do anything other than head for higher ground--maybe. You wait and agonizingly watch the water slowly rise over several hours (generally), knowing what's going to happen. Then when it does, the water is in your house and neighborhood for at least hours, often days. Then you can begin clean up. And everything has to be cleaned or thrown out. The weather doesn't do that for you. It's nasty and starting over doesn't mean starting over with a dozer, but picking through just about everything you own to clean or throw out. It's exhausting (as all such events are); and the flooding we experienced was bad my many standards and not in the main level of the house.

Floods or fires gotta be the worst. Hurricane over earthquake any day...

 

[GonePlaid]

I’ll take the earthquake risk we have over the fires here (and elsewhere) and the tornadoes, hurricanes and blizzards some of you have to worry about. Scary stuff.

I get that hurricanes are scary, but you have a week to batten down, relocate, or whatever. With a tornado, seconds-if that. I'll keep my 'canes.

 

[GonePlaid]

Floods or fires gotta be the worst. Hurricane over earthquake any day...

Yup!

 

[GonePlaid]

Unfortunately several did die. Well over 20 last I heard, with several still missing.

Yeah. Sucks.

 

[GonePlaid]

yeah but notice the Fullerton brand doesn't do that for CA victims..

I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you.(not really)
They might now outta embarrassment.

 

[GonePlaid]

Either 24 or 27 dead, I forget. Brutal tornado.

Agreed.

 

[GonePlaid]

The two times I was in Florida, the weather was exactly like Vancouver’s.

Prolly with almost as many Canadians, too.

 

[GonePlaid]

We've had a few quakes, being close to the Madrid Fault. Nothing really big, just some damage to a few structures. But they tell us one day it's going to be a big one.

I've been near tornadoes but not experienced any damage from one. Like quakes, they are quick, and then it's over. Generally sunny shortly afterwards. I have experienced flooding. I found it to be a long, drawn out affair. You generally know it's coming, but can't really do anything other than head for higher ground--maybe. You wait and agonizingly watch the water slowly rise over several hours (generally), knowing what's going to happen. Then when it does, the water is in your house and neighborhood for at least hours, often days. Then you can begin clean up. And everything has to be cleaned or thrown out. The weather doesn't do that for you. It's nasty and starting over doesn't mean starting over with a dozer, but picking through just about everything you own to clean or throw out. It's exhausting (as all such events are); and the flooding we experienced was bad my many standards and not in the main level of the house.

My sympathies.

 

[GonePlaid]

someone was saying an Embassy is longer than a vintage Bird? Really?..

Kinda doubt if it's longer than my(or your)NR @ 50 1/2". And almost all off the shelf cases are 48". Dig out the Sawzalltm.

 

[PillO]

That's because you (and MCF, whom you were echoing) are not small people.

You calling me fat?!

 

[BklynKen]

By the end of the video I was quite fatigued. Was checking to see how much was left (yes it's easy enough just to stop it but I was curious to see what other basses they might use).

Yeah, the sounds they were getting from it didn't appeal to me at all. But lots of demos are that way. Same for the Damnation, but now I love it and use it differently than any demo I saw. I think they could easily get the same sounds from the demo from Darkglass pedals for a lot less money and board space. That sizzle is what I loved away from.

 

[GonePlaid]

Yeah, the sounds they were getting from it didn't appeal to me at all. But lots of demos are that way. Same for the Damnation, but now I love it and use it differently than any demo I saw. I think they could easily get the same sounds from the demo from Darkglass pedals for a lot less money and board space. That sizzle is what I loved away from.

I've mentioned b4 on other sites-and prolly here(CRS)that so many demos consist of the player showing off.That don't tell me about the gear, esp. if it's a lotta slapandpop-which I don't like or do. Here's a bizarre thought: play the same pattern with different settings. I'm auditioning the gear, not the player.

 

[BklynKen]

I've mentioned b4 on other sites-and prolly here(CRS)that so many demos consist of the player showing off.That don't tell me about the gear, esp. if it's a lotta slapandpop-which I don't like or do. Here's a bizarre thought: play the same pattern with different settings. I'm auditioning the gear, not the player.

That's what the good demos do do. Not doo-doo.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

lotsa CRUNCH (otherwise known as “rich harmonic content”)...

 

[Midas]

I just bought two Epiphone Vintage Pro iV basses. A white one with a head crack and a black one. Funnily the white bass with the fixed headcrack sounds much better than the other one. Therefore I could not resist to take it home. Could this be the same effect like with old Gibson's?
And the guy in the shop mentioned that the new TB's that are ordered will be 100 bucks cheaper due to a change in pick ups. Is there any information about this?

 

[Beginner Craig]

Hi all. Anyone seen the fix with sticky wheel weights for neck drive. Inside the electrical compartment on the epi thunderbird. Has anyone actually tryed it and had success or is it just another silly youtube vid. The weights will need to be plastic coated. Is there much room in the compartment?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Hi all. Anyone seen the fix with sticky wheel weights for neck drive. Inside the electrical compartment on the epi thunderbird. Has anyone actually tryed it and had success or is it just another silly youtube vid. The weights will need to be plastic coated. Is there much room in the compartment?

I wouldn't try it...

 

[dagrev]

someone was saying an Embassy is longer than a vintage Bird? Really?..

That was me, and I was wrong. (It happens two or three times a year. Glad I got the first one this year out of the way.) I was thinking they were because they need a long case and not every string will reach to the G post. But the overall length is not longer as I thought. I do recall they need longer strings that the VP, but I'm not going to dig them all back out and measure.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

That was me, and I was wrong. (It happens two or three times a year. Glad I got the first one this year out of the way.) I was thinking they were because they need a long case and not every string will reach to the G post. But the overall length is not longer as I thought. I do recall they need longer strings that the VP, but I'm not going to dig them all back out and measure.

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thx! thought so..... comparatively, that VP looks nothing like the first gen..