Thunderbird Club

[Klondike]

It's not the cold in Dallas, even though it has gotten to single digits and remained there. It is no power for multiple hours and even days all across Texas. So far over 30 people have died due to it. And many more deaths are expected, once they can be discovered. My brother in Dallas was sleeping in his bedroom which was in low 40s inside. He is in his late 60s and has a heart condition. No power, no heat, no cooking for 2 days. Remember probably 75% of all homes, condos, and apartments are all electric in Texas.

Also no water, since all the pipes are breaking. My keys player in Lumberton, TX right out side of Beaumont, had pipes in walls and ceiling break while he was working nights. Water ran into his home for over 10 hrs. Ruining ceilings and walls and lots of other things. Some folks had temperatures inside there homes drop to below freezing for hours, some even days. Lots of folks are having real hard times in Texas.

I went to dive school in Houston and was (for several years) in and out of Texas, I feel for all Texans. Hope al get power soon.

 

[Klondike]

I was talking with another guitar/bass player last night about how many instruments does one really need. Answer? One more.

Instruments as with motorcycles, the equation of how many is enough the answer is always N + 1 Allowing N to be the current number.

 

[Klondike]

Goth showing the refurb mob’s serial number sticker.

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The Ibanez that I started my journey as a 50+ yo novice
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Not the JCB, but still a handy tool for practice and other specific spots.

Please show the rest of the ibanez!

 

[LetItGrowTone]

Would you mind telling me how you discovered that there was a problem, or what the symptom was?
I imagine that every SVT-II had/has the same problem. Is it subtle so that most people don't notice it?
Thank you very much.

A service bulletin from 1994 says:

I would hope that they put a known good one in my 2020 SVT-CL, but still no guarantee that *that* specific source of hum would be zero.

[I have what I believe is a difference product on the lowest notes. It's most audible on G (E string 3rd fret) where it's a 60-49 = 11Hz tremolo-like effect. I started a thread about it a while back, but the thread got messy.]

Love the amp. It's such a tiny, tragic imperfection!

EDIT:
It isn't a *note* (such as you'd normally get in an amp with hum, when the hum mixes with the signal), as I couldn't hear a note at 11Hz.
No, it's a tremolo-like effect (like amplitude modulation, as in a Fender guitar amp), varying at 11Hz.

 

[BklynKen]

Instruments as with motorcycles, the equation of how many is enough the answer is always N + 1 Allowing N to be the current number.

I think for left-handed players the equation is N + ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ .

 

[JIO]

Inspired by @Nocturnal to get the mini shed in the home office done today.
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I see you have your own "signature" amp...

 

[JIO]

With all those headstock pics in the last few days, I'm really noticing for the 1st time how much they vary from year to year and model to model. Another part of that unique vibe they have.

Variations on a theme

 

[MCF]

I see you have your own "signature" amp...

Yep.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Would you mind telling me how you discovered that there was a problem, or what the symptom was?
I imagine that every SVT-II had/has the same problem. Is it subtle so that most people don't notice it?
Thank you very much.

not sounding right. the culprit; a low (10 Ohm?) value resistance that tied chassis to circuit ground that gets bypassed as per the bulletin. other items include ferrite beads replacing the low value 6550 grid stoppers due to them going up in flames when replacing the output tubes with lower grade. 6550s....

 

[Engle]

Here's another one - looks like the body is made of maple (?)

Gibson Flying V Bass 1981 Transparent Blue | SS VINTAGE | Reverb

I’m not about to drop 8K (CAN) on one bass that can only be played standing up, but that is sweet! Looks like a 3 piece maple neck and no volute (not that there’s anything wrong with that). And what are those pickups?

 

[JIO]

I’m not about to drop 8K (CAN) on one bass that can only be played standing up, but that is sweet! Looks like a 3 piece maple neck and no volute (not that there’s anything wrong with that). And what are those pickups?

The only describe them as "humbuckers" - not familiar with that design. Yah, cool and all but I've never been drawn to them. The T-bird is R&R iconic but can still fit in a lot of settings whereas a FV shouts lycra stretch-pants arena rock.

 

[lowend1]

Nice...
Gibson V Bass 1981 Black first year | Rockin' TelAviv | Reverb

I bought one of those brand new. I got a screaming deal on it because they had priced it wrong and I put it on layaway before Sam Ash could correct the error. Anyhow, I thought it was the coolest thing ever and was stoked to hear how it sounded through my V4B and 810 (because it sounded like dogmeat in the store). After months on layaway... Well, guess what? It sounded like dogmeat at home, too. And at gigs. In fact, probably the worst sounding bass I've ever owned. Traded it even up at Guitar Trader for a new Kramer Pioneer (P-Bass thingie). Wish I had the V back now... just so I could sell it for the money they're bringing these days.

 

[dagrev]

not everyone should "sing the blues" TM And not to say that every human on earth doesn't need to sing the blues at one time or another... but what's going on in Blues is the feel and connection. In a way more than any other genre of music. Heartfelt blues is awesome - generic 'blue's' is at least boring and at worse awful.

 

[dagrev]

Here's mine-a $ late and a day short. Hard to see the purple silks of the 50-105 EBCF's.
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Looks like an old bass. Is it any good?

 

[GonePlaid]

Looks like an old bass. Is it any good?

Nah. I mean for an old relic I guess it's OK.

 

[JIO]

Here's some blues via Jack Johnson/Big Fun era Miles Davis - Dave Holland (Fender bass) outlines the whole piece. It's textbook on bass locking with the drummer. (Jack DeJohnette) As sparse as you get but at the same time solidly creating the low-end flow -

 

[Nocturnal]

Thanks!

I really like their hanging systems. They have made a huge difference in my music room.

 

[JIO]

I bought one of those brand new. I got a screaming deal on it because they had priced it wrong and I put it on layaway before Sam Ash could correct the error. Anyhow, I thought it was the coolest thing ever and was stoked to hear how it sounded through my V4B and 810 (because it sounded like dogmeat in the store). After months on layaway... Well, guess what? It sounded like dogmeat at home, too. And at gigs. In fact, probably the worst sounding bass I've ever owned. Traded it even up at Guitar Trader for a new Kramer Pioneer (P-Bass thingie). Wish I had the V back now... just so I could sell it for the money they're bringing these days.
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That's rich! A prime example of "just because it's vintage and cool don't mean it's going to sound good"!

 

[lowend1]

And what are those pickups?

Same ones that were in the Gibson Ripper, minus the Varitone. Of course, the Ripper had the added benefit of body mass behind the bridge, while the V-Bass had a huge, triangle-shaped area of negative space that effectively deprived it of any sonic girth that the wafer-thin body didn't already eliminate.

 

[JIO]