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Thunderbird Club

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The FedEx driver just left this for me. Box looked a little worse for wear, but no damage to the contents. I have been experimenting with flats lately and thought I would give these a try. I have never used them before, but have read plenty, both good and not so good. Debating between putting them on the Thunderbird or the 335. Hopefully they will sound good on either bass.
Have a great relaxing Sunday everyone
 

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KaraQ said:
I usually have two of the red Jim Dunlops out, one in my "practice area" and one on my work bench. A few weeks ago, I was using one of them, went to another room for something (pretty sure I had it in my hand) & came back - and it was gone. Hasn't been seen since :mad: :rollno:
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There was a Twilight Zone type show maybe in the 80s where a girl in a college dorm was studying, leaves her desk to go do something, and when she comes back her coffee mug is gone. She looks all over and finally finds this little blue guy trying to put it back and catches him. Then his boss comes out, asking her to let him go. They take little things that you wouldn't notices missing or find a big deal. He made a mistake of taking her mug, which was significant. I can't remember what show that was, but I've been trying to figure it out.

There was a sniglet for where that one missing sock goes from the laundry: Hozone.
 
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Border said:
The FedEx driver just left this for me. Box looked a little worse for wear, but no damage to the contents. I have been experimenting with flats lately and thought I would give these a try. I have never used them before, but have read plenty, both good and not so good. Debating between putting them on the Thunderbird or the 335. Hopefully they will sound good on either bass.
Have a great relaxing Sunday everyone
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I had those on a Ric. The Ric is gone. It wasn't a problem with the strings.
 
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Border said:
The FedEx driver just left this for me. Box looked a little worse for wear, but no damage to the contents. I have been experimenting with flats lately and thought I would give these a try. I have never used them before, but have read plenty, both good and not so good. Debating between putting them on the Thunderbird or the 335. Hopefully they will sound good on either bass.
Have a great relaxing Sunday everyone
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TI Jazz Flats sound great on a bird initially and just keep sounding better and better with age. I have a set on my Greco that are ancient and they sound super creamy and yet still clear. Some complain about the low tension, but I haven't noticed a huge difference tension wise between TI's or Cobalt flats.
 
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Border said:
The FedEx driver just left this for me. Box looked a little worse for wear, but no damage to the contents. I have been experimenting with flats lately and thought I would give these a try. I have never used them before, but have read plenty, both good and not so good. Debating between putting them on the Thunderbird or the 335. Hopefully they will sound good on either bass.
Have a great relaxing Sunday everyone
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Love those on my P basses..If you don't like them you can resell at just a little less then you paid for them.
 
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Instagator said:
Ten days until my first rehearsal after a year in shutdown..Turned all of the big rigs on to burn off the dust..Nice to get out from under the headphones..I’m going out with the Bergantino Forte HP and two 15’s or the Aguilar 751 and a Berg 610..on the fence at this point.View attachment 4239713

Happy Sunday everyone..Cheers.
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Oh my god. Mesa 400. Ampeg. Aguilar. Berg. How in the world do you decide what to use?
 
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godofthunder59 said:
Where do picks go? One of life's mysteries. When we cleared out my parents estate I found a cache of picks in and under the cloths dryer, even my polished stone Mind Pick that went missing in my teens. Totally useless for bass, I've been meaning to get a hole drilled in it so I can wear it.View attachment 4239185
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Gaolee said:
If it was, you know who would be all over it.View attachment 4238833
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Obviously love the bass, but love your floors. Reminds me of a when we restored a registered historic mansion here and built and office and with courtyard. The mansion had floors similar in that they had a border with about four different kids of wood. It was beautiful.
 
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PillO said:
Neither Sweetwater nor L&M are yet showing NR Thunderbirds on their webpages yet.

Worse, I still can't play. I do not have enough grip strength to fret a note. Neurologist consult isn't scheduled until the end of May; I am working on getting that moved up. But there will be an MRI at a minimum adding a couple of weeks and then probably a month or two wait for plastic surgery. So playing bass and kayaking are really getting screwed up this summer...
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Really hate to hear that. Just sucks all the way around. It's difficult when something you love is not an option for an extended time. On the bright side you still have us! OK, maybe that's a bit of a stretch.
 
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GBassNorth said:
TI Jazz Flats sound great on a bird initially and just keep sounding better and better with age. I have a set on my Greco that are ancient and they sound super creamy and yet still clear. Some complain about the low tension, but I haven't noticed a huge difference tension wise between TI's or Cobalt flats.
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+1 TI Jazz Flats
 
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Instagator said:
At my age it comes down to what I can lift out of the basement for the gig,, :)
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I have a one story house(no, it's not a "ranch"). Which combo amp I use depends on the size of the room we're gonna play and my interest in grunting it into the van. Heaviest that actually gets used is 34.5 lbs.(R200c), maybe slightly heavier with the power cord and cover.
 
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