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Thunderbird Club
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It’s only about three hours away from me. If he would get reasonable...
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"Hi, is Allen available? I'm interested in the Thunderbird."
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Ok great, so what you do is this - you buy a cheap Epi, study the pics of his '76 and create an exact clone of it. Go meet him to look at his bass, and when he looks the other way, switch basses and say you'll think about it. By the time he realizes it, you'll pull off your latex mask and be jetting out of the country... oh wait, you mean this isn't an episode of Mission Impossible?
I had one and paired it with the, now discontinued, TC412. It was heavenly and a bit heavy. I found a second hand slip case from Studio Slips and that made it way better! I miss it sometimes, but my Rumble 500 and 2x210's are no slouch and are obviously lighter. I also had the YBA200-2 and it was pretty cool too. I had more trouble dialing in a tone with that one though. The 300 is wicked and super simple to dial in. Sorry if I'm enabling you!
I had one and paired it with the, now discontinued, TC412. It was heavenly and a bit heavy. I found a second hand slip case from Studio Slips and that made it way better! I miss it sometimes, but my Rumble 500 and 2x210's are no slouch and are obviously lighter. I also had the YBA200-2 and it was pretty cool too. I had more trouble dialing in a tone with that one though. The 300 is wicked and super simple to dial in. Sorry if I'm enabling you!
Lolll it's all good
.TC412.... that musta been a sweet sounding rig ! I'm looking to use it with my TC1510, which is currently fed by an old Dynabass 800H.
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That's the rig-either 200 or 300-I wanted badly back in the 70s. At the time I was using a 7ender Bassman 40-50W head and 1 or 2 2x12 cabs, depending on the room. The only store that carried Traynor gear in Miami wouldn't move at all on the price, so I found a lightly used SVT/810 rig. In retrospect, I shoulda coughed up the coin for the Traynor-didn't like the 'Peg stuff.I had one and paired it with the, now discontinued, TC412. It was heavenly and a bit heavy. I found a second hand slip case from Studio Slips and that made it way better! I miss it sometimes, but my Rumble 500 and 2x210's are no slouch and are obviously lighter. I also had the YBA200-2 and it was pretty cool too. I had more trouble dialing in a tone with that one though. The 300 is wicked and super simple to dial in. Sorry if I'm enabling you!
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Let's see...got it in 1980? No.
oh that’s right...no prevagen back then...
I’ve played through a Dynabass 800 at a rehearsal space a few times. It’s a beast - loved it!Lolll it's all good
TC412.... that musta been a sweet sounding rig ! I'm looking to use it with my TC1510, which is currently fed by an old Dynabass 800H.
Gaolee
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It was raining, but the sun is out now. I may sneak out of work in another half hour and make some noise this evening. There's going to be lots of noise on Saturday and Monday evenings.
True; I still don't know that I've seen one. I have, however, seen a white (probable) (unknown date) Thunderbird with Allen on it.
Sneaking the substitute in is the difficult part...
"Is that a Thunderbird in your pocket, or are you REALLY happy to see me?"
It may not be due to lack of pharmaceuticals back then, but the opposite.oh that’s right...no prevagen back then...
There is a pretty big write up on that on the FB Bird page as well. Seems others thought of Dave Mustaine also then realized "...playing as though he were Steve Harris". lol
Saw this in another thread. I'm pretty sure we've been going about this all wrong. Might work for amps too.
Salt water and steel wool is definitely the best way to clean tube amps! Remove the chassis, plug it in, preheat with all knob at 12 o'clock for 1 minute, then apply wet steel wool to the pins on the big sockets inside the chassis. Hold on tight or you may be trown across the room.
(Note for anyone who can't tell: this is sarcasm. Do NOT do this. You would probably die.)
