I moved mine on all my birds and axeploders but I also prefer treble geetars with a heel button too.
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I moved mine on all my birds and axeploders but I also prefer treble geetars with a heel button too.
I have come to appreciate a mild blending of a bridge pickup on Rickenbacker and Jazzy bases, but I’m not using them at all on my firebird bases. shaging hate P/J bases
Yeah, I used to do some of their tunes around that same time Strutter, Rock n Roll all Night, few others.
They were pretty good live with with that stuff. When this tune came out I didn't yet know that we were supposed to hate disco.
I never really hated it, just more of a general ignoring most of it although I listen to it today when it comes on and they had some very good musicians playing it, great rhythm sections. I think this has a little help though.
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They were pretty good live with with that stuff. When this tune came out I didn't yet know that we were supposed to hate disco.
I liked that one OK, It wasn't full-on disco. Most disco to me was white guy sanitized funk. Sterilized. Sterile. Then again, I was listening to mostly harder stuff, regardless of genre. But my black friends were teaching me the bump and all, which impacted things (sic) as well.
do the 21’s come with three buttons? my 13 did…
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Bet that would look great with a blk/wt/blk pg - would emphasis the red more.
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They were pretty good live with with that stuff. When this tune came out I didn't yet know that we were supposed to hate disco.
It was a non-urban tribe thing to hate Disco. '70s Disco was all about 'uptown' Discotheques, horn sections, flashy cloths and... dancing. In some ways not that dissimilar to '80s New Wave with dance clubs, synths, flashy cloths/hair and... dancing. In both genre's - bass was up front.
Then there were some bands that incorporated both genres -
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They were "big in Japan"... but seriously, they sounded really good on that reunion tour.
They were "big in Japan"... but seriously, they sounded really good on that reunion tour.
Yes they did. I saw them in Stockholm in 2007. They had slightly rearranged some songs and with the Taurus pedals and more solo space for Andy they sounded like Rush at times (who of course sounded a bit like The Police in the eighties...).
My only complaint would be that if Sting could have at least tried a pick for some of the older songs. He was a terrific pick player back in the day.
And Stewart Copeland is a life force.
I love Jive Talking. But just for the record Barry contends that they never did Disco. They were doing R n B.
I recently saw (or was reminded of) the Bee Gee’s walk in Redcliffe Qld
(just north of Brisbane). I’d actually like to go and have a look next time I get up that way.
They, Barry specifically I guess, certainly had a successful career. Can’t knock them. I recently bought their Greatest Hits cd after them not being my thing earlier. I must admit though being astonished by Staying Alive when it started getting radio play. Though I think I preferred Lido Shuffle.
Only on tour or maybe for some recording. Cliffs predecessor Mark Evans turned into a mostly T’bird player though. He is in Rose Tattoo now.
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74-75 was the time to see them they were white hot. I saw them in 75 and it was easily one of the best concerts I ever witnessed almost as life changing as The Beatles on Sullivan. Whether you are a fan of Simmons or not his new siggy Thunderbird is a very nice bass even with the black plastic pickups
Why do you want Sting there? He is going to play his beat up old P and do jazz versions of the Police's greatest hits.
I haven’t had the need to move mine or add another one. Though I’m using the now discontinued Gibson Slingshot strap which works great with it. Maybe we need to petition Gibson to bring that back (like that’ll work).
How about DR Pure Blues strings, anyone tried those?
No. My ‘13 doesn’t have three either.
