Thunderbird Club

[JIO]

Peanut butter and and honey is good. Because just about anything with honey is gooder with it!

PBH - like PB & chocolate, coffee and chocolate, scotch & chocolate... oh, and chocolate.

 

[JIO]

Was someone looking for measurements?

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They've been posted before, but always good to see them again.

 

[Engle]

It's pretty easy to determine if peanut butter is rancid. (smell) Once opened it's in the fridge and it isn't going anywhere other than on bread!

It’s one of the few things my wife does not insist on refrigerating! I’ve never had it go rancid.

 

[KaraQ]

PBH - like PB & chocolate, coffee and chocolate, scotch & chocolate... oh, and chocolate.

....chocolate covered chocolate with chocolate chips...

 

[dagrev]

It may have been one of the earliest examples of multi-lam done in that way. (as later woody-woodchuck Alembic's etc) As far as multi-lam as a structural technique - before Phil Kiubicki's hard-rock maple multi-lam necks came '60s Japanese short-scale necks made that exact way. Nothing's new to a point.

Cool. What about Rics? I know they are neck-through, and don't recall the construction of the neck section, but don't remember them having that many laminated slices.

 

[Klondike]

Adams 100% Natural (Smuckers) Peanut Butter - Ingrediants : Peanuts
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that stuff is super tasty!

 

[Klondike]

It's pretty easy to determine if peanut butter is rancid. (smell) Once opened it's in the fridge and it isn't going anywhere other than on bread!

if Peanut Butter is getting "rancid" one is NOT a peanut butter fan, or human.

 

[JIO]

Cool. What about Rics? I know they are neck-through, and don't recall the construction of the neck section, but don't remember them having that many laminated slices.

From the later '70s into the '80s - multi-lam construction became common. Neck-thru construction was already there - but the advent of "natural" finishes and use of more exotic woods lead to showcasing that 'look'. The "hippy sandwich" was born.

 

[Engle]

Cool. What about Rics? I know they are neck-through, and don't recall the construction of the neck section, but don't remember them having that many laminated slices.

I haven’t built a bass from scratch for a long time, but I’m pretty sure it’s going to be an upside down Ric shape using Thunderbird construction, including the thinner wings. After I get the Ghia on the road

 

[Klondike]

....chocolate covered chocolate with chocolate chips...

you got peanut butter on my chocolate!

 

[Engle]

From the later '70s into the '80s - multi-lam construction became common. Neck-thru construction was already there - but the advent of "natural" finishes and use of more exotic woods lead to showcasing that 'look'. The "hippy sandwich" was born.

I’ve always been a fan of laminated necks. When I did my maple Tbird, I made it with 2 pieces cut from the same board. But given the means I’m all for the hippy stripe!

 

[PillO]

PBH - like PB & chocolate, coffee and chocolate, scotch & chocolate... oh, and chocolate.

Scotch and Fig Newtons are a fantastic non-obvious combination.

 

[JIO]

I haven’t built a bass from scratch for a long time, but I’m pretty sure it’s going to be an upside down Ric shape using Thunderbird construction, including the thinner wings. After I get the Ghia on the road

A Ric is thin-bodied (maple) to begin with, similar in that respect to a vintage T-bird - it just lacks ergonomic sculpting. I made one Ric-esk headless bass (sold it a couple years ago) but won't again as their legal team goes after people selling 'copies'. As much as the Korina body on mine was 'based' on an '85 4003 I owned for a short time, it was a "one off" and I had no intension of producing more. Soured me to Rics ever since. I enjoyed the one I had, but not enough to keep it. Like T-birds, Ric's aren't for everyone and those who like them are devoted to them. I appreciate them as a unique design and sound, but found they have inherent design flaws that they have never addressed. (bridge >cough<ergonomics >cough<) They are very iconic though...

 

[JIO]

Scotch and Fig Newtons are a fantastic non-obvious combination.

Scotch and Marmite?... (I'll pass)

 

[Engle]

if Peanut Butter is getting "rancid" one is NOT a peanut butter fan, or human.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that

 

[GonePlaid]

My wife would freak at the best by date. I’d still eat it.

Likewise. They hafta put a date on them. Sometimes it's sell by__, or use by____. Whatever.

 

[GBassNorth]

Scotch and Fig Newtons are a fantastic non-obvious combination.

As is dark chocolate and beer.

 

[JIO]

Pretty cool doc on the Focusrite console -

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I'm not familiar with that concept...

I grew up being told to "clean your plate or there will be no dessert".

Me, too. I had to teach myself it was ok not to clean my plate. Then I taught myself better portion control when putting food on the plate.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

It's like a lot of regiments/routines - after starting doing (whatever) for a short time (20 minutes... varies) you "get into it", and once you are into it you follow the regiment for a prescribed period of time. The result over time is the reward but the actual routine is always a task. Working on learning a new song at home or just brushing up on old material is like that also - once into it, time flies.

Running was work. Biking is joy.