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Thunderbird Club

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I found one.
 
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#202,253
Thumper said:
Just out of curiosity, how many here change their bass tone during a gig? With my ThunderJ or ThunderP I can cop widely different tones, mainly because of the series/parallel switch. Parallel gets me Thunderbird and J. Series gets me P or Gibson mudbucker. I do have a Jazz with Aguilar single coils, Dingwall 4 Way switching, and a Wenge neck with jumbo frets which gets me VERY aggressive J or can even cop a pick tone. So here's from our upcoming gig set list:
18 P
13 J
5 Thunderbird
2 Stingray
2 Mudbucker

T and J are pretty interchangeable, the T has more mids
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I only bring/use one bass. A couple times brought a fretless for one song. It was a Sunday afternoon matinee so who would care but me. It's more economy than anything - less to fuss with. Playing a set with one bass confirms the bass and players worth in the context. ..."oh look, the bass-player is playing a different bass!" (as if anyone would notice...)
 
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#202,254
Engle said:
Depends on the band/gig, but I typically don’t change tones a lot.
I used to switch to a fretless Acoustic for Sledgehammer and These boots are made for walking in my cover band, but then I got lazy and started using my chorus pedal.
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Less about "lazy" and more about "who actually cares other than you?" - and not to dis that, if it's important to you - go for it! At least that's they way I (rock &...) "roll".
 
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#202,256
Blazer said:
Well, I guess as we all know by know by know, the world has lost a very special musician and another icon of alternative rock.



So I recorded this song in a tribute to Taylor Hawkins and wrote some very specific lyrics

Alone in that hotel room
You were so far away from home
Away from your wife's loving arms
She couldn't follow where you roamed

A mute on that iconic laughter
It will no longer sound anymore
No longer a choice in the matter
Death was knocking on your door

Drummer for Alanis
Meeting your bro from another mom
Taking William's place behind the kit
Proving the world you were the bomb

A jagged little pill, there's nothing left to lose
Wasting light and one by one
Driving 180 on the sonic highways
Until the final Everlong

Gone too soon, we'll miss you
27 years of rock n roll gone in a flash
Gone too soon, We'll miss you
27 years of Rock N Roll gone in a flash
Gone too soon, we'll miss you
But I guess it was your time to go

Chevy Metal, the Coat tail riders
You played so many stage
All that drumming kept you young
You never looked your age

All those festivals
Meeting your heroes along the way
Singing Freddie's songs with Queen
That was such a memorable day

Gone too soon, we'll miss you
27 years of rock n roll gone in a flash
Gone too soon, We'll miss you
27 years of Rock N Roll gone in a flash
Gone too soon, we'll miss you
But I guess it was your time to go

Say hello to heaven
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Nicely done.
 
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#202,257
lildrgn said:
The room on stage for a 2nd bass made me wonder, what stand do you guys use to stand your Tbirds? I have 2 that are both fixed bottom (no swivel) stands and as a result, only one side of the bass is supported at the bottom. Are you telling me I need to get a new stand to keep the Tbird off the floor??
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I use Hercules stands- I have a single and a dual. Hangs by the headstock to help launch it better.
 
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JIO said:
I only bring/use one bass. A couple times brought a fretless for one song. It was a Sunday afternoon matinee so who would care but me. It's more economy than anything - less to fuss with. Playing a set with one bass confirms the bass and players worth in the context. ..."oh look, the bass-player is playing a different bass!" (as if anyone would notice...)
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I take a second bass(What)JIC the 67 should explode or something. My Epi EB-0. It stays in the gigmobile unless needed. Carefully camouflaged.
 
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GBassNorth said:
When I first started using a portable automated organizer it was a Palm Pilot (get your mind out of the gutter) it was actually pretty good at what it did and very intuitive to use. Then when the BlackBerry came out I upgraded to that. Horribly clunky piece of technology, not intuitive at all but relatively secure and allowed me to combine both the phone and organizer into one device. Years later I finally decided to try an iPhone. So much better on every level, super intuitive, quick easy access to every feature. Still use one to this day. I hear Android is better at some things and Apple is better at others but I still don’t see anything out there that can flat out replace my iPhone the way it replaced my blackberry or the way the blackberry replaced my palm pilot or the way that replaced my Franklin Planner.
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There are several things I miss about Android, but since Cirrus has provided me with a free Apple ecosystem, I can live with it just fine. It’s really a tossup for me. There are things I’d miss about IOS.
 
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