The placing of Thunderbird II pickup

[Bionic-Joe]

Yes...My 3 1960's reverse thunderbird II's are 34" scale as well......Bridge should be moved closer to the neck by about 1/4".....or buy Scott's Badbird Bridges....

[mc2NY]

My dear metrical friend, stuck like I am among imperial measurement savages, I will dutifully centimeterize tomorrow when I'm back in the office.

Don't worry Uwe.....Baz and I and the millions of other Americans measure bullets in metric !!!

Plus we also fix out crappy import cars with metric wrenches after they fall apart   

[Highlander]

Boeings used to have these nasty things called TRI-WING fixings back in the day... don't know if they still do...

I still can't think of my height in metric and the thought of not being able to drink a pint of London Pride... or maybe a Spitfire...

[4stringer77]

English pints are nice. When I really want to tye one on I go for a Litre. Hofbrau Dunkel is one of my faves.

[TBird1958]

I need a metric system weekend........ 

[Pilgrim]

My garage is bi-standard.  I have both SAE and metric tools. 

I guess my garage should come out as "bi".

[uwe]

Don't worry Uwe.....Baz and I and the millions of other Americans measure bullets in metric !!!

That's really gunning for a point blank argument.

[TBird1958]

They're always better chromed 

[Highlander]

A little bit too far out of the closet, me thinks...

That's really gunning for a point blank argument.

Don't bite (the bullet) ...

[uwe]

What closet, I cry!!! She's been out of the model train tunnel for long!

[vates]

Ah, I can see off-topic is really among common decencies  here

I'll try to bump the thread back to its original rails though:

My dear metrical friend, stuck like I am among imperial measurement savages, I will dutifully centimeterize tomorrow when I'm back in the office.

uwe, you remind me Skipper a bit when you say so



actually the accents in my numerous questions shifted to the issue of measure from the presumably constant 20th fret, not the presumably various wooden tips of necks' bases. thank you

[TBird1958]

What closet, I cry!!! She's been out of the model train tunnel for long!

Just a different kind of fun 

Most of that stuff is actually stage clothes.

[Highlander]

Yeah, but what kinda stage...?

[mc2NY]

A few days before this metric discussion, I actually went out to three stores in NY trying to BUY a metric ruler or tape measurer and could not find one. I ended up coming home and having to convert U.S. inches to metric online, just to convert non-U.S. metric bass hardware measurement. I was trying to compare some to specs given on U.S. basses to metric replacement parts.

I do admit that metric measurements make a lot more sense...especially when our currency is already based on tens. I used to think we just didn't use it in the U.S. so foreigners would get frustrated and stay home...except our pals in Liberia and Burma (the only two other countries that still use our system)

But think of all the American classics that would be lost that have movie titles or song lyrics about "miles" or  "inches" or "pounds." Maybe we just  cannot change for art's sake?

[Bionic-Joe]

Mark...is that Bullet Belt legal??? It soon may become Illegal under our current administration.........