There are several here who string their thunderbirds with flats.
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Thunderbird Club
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I recorded some reggae tracks with my EBO last night. That was sure comfortable. I’ve had it for 35+ years!
Shouldn’t be an issue. I run flats on my Vintage Pro.
Laminated necks are generally very stable.
Just spent an hour going over a half dozen cables. Resoldered a 20 year old joint and replaced a 40 year old plug. Saving the planet one cable at a time- and I know what I have.
I'm in NY where the infection rate soared 30% just last night. Everything is getting cancelled and closed. Scary stuff.Surprisingly, I'm off to a gig-which I fully expected to be 86'ed. Prolly the last one for awhile.
We're you in the Beta Phi Melopepo club?
I like Uncle Rob........ and the price of gas is going down too.
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I had one in burst for a while. Great sounding bass. Sort of a "dinky" jazz. Mine was was very light and I loved the Kubicki pre. Very versatile bass tone wise.
Good times! I like fixing stuff.
Its going to be a tough time for the bars/restaurants. I'm going to concentrate on recording.
Stay safe!
Out of the six cables I checked over, the 20 and 40 y/o cords are two of the four I made. (I've made more, but they walked off over the years.) One was made with whatever co-ax I could easily get; the other is heavy duty, top notch coax I bought from Lord Valve back when I was building and repairing tube amps as a side gig.
Also, it used to be that the barrels of standard 1/4 phone plugs were pretty much interchangeable. I discovered today that there is serious variation in thread sizes now. Grrr.
Not so sure. I passed by my local brewery today to pick up some cans for home and there was a line out the door for the tap room. I think that's because of the new rule in NY. No gatherings with over 500 people, and fewer than 500 can only be at 50% capacity, hence the line. So I think they'll be fine.
Related: this is a very interesting article on why soap and water is the best thing for killing the coronavirus on your skin:
The science of soap – here’s how it kills the coronavirus | Pall Thordarson
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We plan to eat out just as much as ever, if not more, in part to support our favorite restaurants and servers. They're all pretty savvy, and we're taking reasonable precautions (as we do every flu season).
I know some churches are cancelling services, going to livestream services or parking lot services, etc. Ours and the one I'm helping at both plan to have services tomorrow (expecting reduced attendance) so I'll be playing bass and having a blast.
Gig tonite(w/ sub drummer)went pretty well. Attendance was about 1/2 what it normally would be for a St. Patrick's day dinner/dance at a Knights of Columbus, but a good time was had by all.
We have an afternoon gig Wednesday that's on hold for now. I expect it to be cancelled, but ya never know.
We have an afternoon gig Wednesday that's on hold for now. I expect it to be cancelled, but ya never know.
Unrelated: I just looked up photos of baby polar bears and it's a rabbit hole of adorableness.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. At least here.
