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Thunderbird Club

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GBassNorth said:
Thx for the reply, very helpful.

I have a tendency to go for warm and mellow finger style playing but also love the attack and bloom of a soft pick on flats. Clank and clack aren’t typically my tone goals, but I’ve always been surprised how much of that you hear on isolated bass tracks laid down by professionals.

Oh, and yes, I have a small rack of shoes as well, but most are western boots, hiking boots and sneakers (only one pair of dress shoes to my name). Unfortunately no bunny slippers, but I do have smoking shoes.:thumbsup:
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Western boots, Alaska boots, medieval style boots, running shoes, various Vans, Wookie feet, fish slippers. I think the AK & medieval boots are the only ones I haven't played Thunderbirds in.
 
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PhR75 said:
The headstock stayed in place for the whole gig, must be a some kind of record in this mad, mad Thunderbird world. But the neck dive again made me take a seat and play some slide.
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Of course you had to sit down. The strap fell off. That is a new Thunderbird weakness although it may explain some cases of neck dive and headstock detachment.
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
I may have that same book. If it's the same book, I forget it said that. The story behind the series and making it is as interesting as the series itself. Patrick had the studio tied up in knots!
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There is the story of the Iron Maiden song The Prisoner. When management called McGoohan to license the intro, the band was afraid that the manager was "blowing the deal". But McGoohan ended up liking the idea.
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IIRC, I heard Bruce Dickinson tell that story.
 
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“but she grew up tall and she grew up right with them Ind….”
@GonePlaid dude, lotsa money coming into your ancestors state…
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Miles_ONeal said:
While I wouldn't turn down any 55 as a gift, the only thing I'd really *want* would be a 55 Thunderbird, and the supply of those is a bit too limited.
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I'd accept this birth-year 'item'... (at the Palace of Fine Arts - SF)

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GBassNorth said:
Thx for the reply, very helpful.

I have a tendency to go for warm and mellow finger style playing but also love the attack and bloom of a soft pick on flats. Clank and clack aren’t typically my tone goals, but I’ve always been surprised how much of that you hear on isolated bass tracks laid down by professionals.

Oh, and yes, I have a small rack of shoes as well, but most are western boots, hiking boots and sneakers (only one pair of dress shoes to my name). Unfortunately no bunny slippers, but I do have smoking shoes.:thumbsup:
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I find the TIs generally brighter and the mids (which are very present) tend to be mid to upper mids. Pyramids seem darker and thicker sounding to me. Mids seem lower. Kind of like GHS Precision Flats, which have good low mids, but are slightly brighter than the Pyramids, but not as much as TIs or EBCFs.
 
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B-Mac said:
A google search shows prices ranging from $1,000 to $3,500 depending on condition and year of bass.
Remember, some people still think it is the year 2000 or earlier.
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I admit I am often surprised at how much some guitars and basses sell for. I wonder how much I could get for my 86 (beat to snot) Jazz Bass Special?
 
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JIO said:
I have a book on the making of The Prisoner which is where I found that factoid. Patrick MacGoohan was given full reign of The Prisoner series after Danger Man/Secret Agent Man's success. He conceptualized, wrote, directed and starred in it - a one man show, just like his character. He even whistled the theme to the music arrangers.
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I'm not saying it never happened in Christian history (everything has likely happened a few times in 2000 plus years, but that doesn't necessarily make it a practice. I'm not sure I'd count on a book about a TV program for religious history. I'd like to see in a scholarly book to satisfy my doubt. But even in such sources things aren't always correct. Many things have been attributed to that belief system that actually aren't believed. I've read several books that I won't name and kept laughing that no one I know believes the things stated (for ridicule buy "scholars" no less). I've never heard of that before, not impossible, but I'd say pretty unlikely.
 
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