Thunderbird Club

[Count Bassie]

Yup. Not funny "Ha-Ha", funny like WTH?

Lo-- jeez...
Yeah.

 

[TBird1958]

Some old promo, I'm standing on a lowboy trailer in the industrial part of South Seattle.

 

[PillO]

How much?

In Inches, Pounds, or Dollars?

 

[PillO]

Where the #$%# do you come up with this stuf??

I watch Sammy G all the time. He is from the Manitoba prefecture of Canada...

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Some old promo, I'm standing on a lowboy trailer in the industrial part of South Seattle.

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Dude! NRs look good on you!!!

 

[Gaolee]

Where the #$%# do you come up with this stuf??

Don't ever, ever ask PillO questions like that.

 

[TBird1958]

Dude! NRs look good on you!!!

I'll test your thoughts when Sweetwater ships my Inverness Green 2021

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I’ve heard of those before. Anything coming specifically for bass?

not that I know off, very guitar centric...they do work with bass cabs and the new firmware supports older style “reactive” cabs...only good for 100W however...

 

[GonePlaid]

In Inches, Pounds, or Dollars?

Yes. Definitely.

 

[PillO]

Don't ever, ever ask PillO questions like that.

The Samurai Guitarist is just a regular Canadian. Just like me...

 

[GonePlaid]

The Samurai Guitarist is just a regular Canadian. Just like me...

(spit take)

 

[RexxRokket]

...when I was in high school I was usually in trouble.


You're right, over the last year the asking prices have gone up a bunch. Makes one wonder if all our positive banter about the Greco is being monitored by those selling.

Who knows... but at this point, those prices are just ridiculous. I remember that exact model listed for way less than 1K not so long ago, just like most of the models which prices are going up like crazy these days. Orvilles, Grecos, Burnys, don't know whats happening. They're great instruments, sure they are, but at that point just no.

 

[GBassNorth]

Who knows... but at this point, those prices are just ridiculous. I remember that exact model listed for way less than 1K not so long ago, just like most of the models which prices are going up like crazy these days. Orvilles, Grecos, Burnys, don't know whats happening. They're great instruments, sure they are, but at that point just no.

I completely agree.

Until just very recently, if you were looking for a used TBird here in the states you'd have no problems finding a plain Eppi or Goth for $300 or under, a VP for about $600, a Greco/Orville/Burny for under $800 and a modern Gibby for under $1200. That was maybe a year ago.

The Goths are now frequently running between $400 and $600 and the Greco variants are almost always well over a $1000 asking price. As a norm, certainly not the bargains they once were. You have to look pretty hard for the good deals these days.

BTW - are you located in Venezuela? I spent some time there (Caracas) on business in the early 1990's. Beautiful countryside, friendly people.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Might as well be... I rarely used it to modulate appropriate/set volume levels anyway. I always ended up using it as an articulated tremolo pedal for effect.

They're dead useful for at least three things, probably more:

• set & forget volume for a while
• volume swell or drop
• articulated tremolo

Technically, I could do any of these with my pinky (if only one pickup is on, which is usually the case) but ...

1. I'm working enough on right hand technique without having to handle volume changes on the fly, and
2. Sometimes I'm playing too far from the volume knob to do this.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

My sense of humor... I have good days and... other days.

Oh, I knew immediately. I read his name and the song started playing in my head's jukebox.

 

[dagrev]

I’m not laughing Count. Always found that song annoying.

I liked that song when it came out. Kind of haunting and sad. Now I can't stand it.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Any got a bird tuned to BEAD? Thinking of trying it, will it work with a normal set of strings or do I need to get a 5 set? Would like to avoid recutting the nut if possible.

My VP is tuned down a whole step - DGCF (with Rotosound RS66s). It's not too floppy, but it threatens to be. I'm recutting the nut on my BO to handle fatter four strings from a set of five. Well, I will be when I get around to ordering nut files.

 

[BklynKen]

Until just very recently, if you were looking for a used TBird here in the states you'd have no problems finding a plain Eppi or Goth for $300 or under, a VP for about $600, a Greco/Orville/Burny for under $800 and a modern Gibby for under $1200. That was maybe a year ago.

The Goths are now frequently running between $400 and $600 and the Greco variants are almost always well over a $1000 asking price. As a norm, certainly not the bargains they once were. You have to look pretty hard for the good deals these days.

It's pretty crazy. I paid $1000 for my 2013 NR in 2017 in excellent condition.

 

[dagrev]

You are correct, attenuator is pretty generic and used in many applications...iow, a Power Soak is one of those applications...
I do have experience with them mostly on guitar amps....this is the latest greatest developed by my buds at UA (ex E-mu Systems)....what are you trying to do?

OX | Amp Top Box | Universal Audio (uaudio.com)

Wow, that is nice! I likely don't need one, but have been intrigued buy pushing my Ampeg head to get that natural breaking up and compression. But much/most of that comes from the power tubes, so just driving the pre really isn't what I think would be nice. Just something I had toyed with and thought might be cool.

 

[dagrev]

Ordered 4 truss rod nuts. I'll have a couple extra, so don't buy any. I was able to get the striped more than I thought nut free and will be able to get it off once the new ones arrive.