Great shot. Looks a little like sumpin' Jeff woulda done.
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Thunderbird Club
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As quickly as Granicus got out of Cleveland?
When in Europe, I spend as much time roaming castles - intact or defunct - as possible!
I frequented the Castles in Miami(Royal Castle-kinda like Krystal or White Castle).
White Castle - skillet scabs! Can’t say I miss the little buggers.
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For those of you that know more about amp electronics than I do....
Is it pretty safe to assume this is not as it should be?
Is it pretty safe to assume this is not as it should be?
Looks like it was glued/gooped to prevent rattling.
Hard to tell with all the dust, but if there is white crystals on one or both of those, it may be starting to leak, in which case replacement will be needed. If one is leaking/has leaked, the other, being the same age etc. will likely need replacement as well.
I couldn't find anything on either one that looks like it's starting leaking. Didn't appear to be anything but dust on them....
what’s it (or not) doing? the silicon is pretty standard since the mass of the cap will stress the leads with vibration….
mind boggling…..troubleshooting electronics from some moorish 9th century castle……gotta love the internet…..
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It's still in pieces, I was just cleaning off the dust & wanted to see if that goop-looking stuff was for some kind of vibration dampening, or if something was leaking.
Figured if it was the latter, I could fix it before putting it back together....
So nice that things went well and the mighty Thunderbird performed well! Not bad for a one trick pony of a bass! I must comment that this pic is the first time I've seen someone playing a Thunderbird and it looked small. After all, they ain't little basses. It almost looks like a Firebird. You must be a man of some stature to make a Thunderbird appear smallish. Thanks for the great report.
People love power, even those claiming to be against it. Which is why 99.999999 of them should never be anywhere near it and it should be diluted as much as possible.
Whew! Just so long as you are on the right side of the bars! Castles/prisons....
Continued enjoyment on your trip!
