Thunderbird Club

[bobyoung53]

That Plexi wasn't mine.
Was the guitar players in one of the bands i was in.
He was so happy with an AC-30 he had bought, i had free rein to The Marshall.

I like AC-30's too, for guitar of course although Bill Wyman may disagree .

 

[bobyoung53]

This is why i'm so gluttonous with my rigs.
And don't care if i'm a stay at home player for now.
I loaded/unloaded, an SVT stack for years on my own.
Never complained once about it. Actually enjoyed it.
Was an adrenaline rush. Usually there wasn't any house backline to play through anyway.

47 years now although it's been probably 5 years years since I've played through a full SVT rig, I did bring a head out here though but got REAL sick of dragging it to gigs in taxis. But the real reason I haven't used it is because it scares the guitarist in my band. I find a lot of people hear with their eyes.

 

[bobyoung53]

ticks me off when they have the nerve to "demand" pre instead of post-EQ line out signal...

I used to battle them over mics vs direct boxes, I always wanted to be mic'd.

 

[KaraQ]

So......



Thunderbird Thursday again already, izzit?




What can I find, floating around on my "hard drive" (it's not, really, not anymore. More of an ssd, I suppose...), that will be good....






Oh! I know! I've always liked this one.....

 

[bobyoung53]

Anyone here who enjoys the late 50's, 60's and early 70's music and bassists are welcome to check this thread out. I didn't start it but it was given to me about a month ago, pretty much anything 60's goes, videos, discussion. I try to ID a bassist if I post anything there, you don't have to of course. I will also post videos that are later or earlier than the 60's as long as they played in the 60's.

Bassists of the '60's Club.

 

[PhR75]

I saw Wetton in 1978 in Boston with UK, he had his white pickguard-less P bass and hate to say it I don't remember what he used for an amp but he sounded great as usual.

Most likely he had Marshall heads and Marshall 4x12" loaded with EV speakers.
Both him and Allan Holdsworth had their Marshall heads in a rack:

 

[GonePlaid]

ticks me off when they have the nerve to "demand" pre instead of post-EQ line out signal...

Yeah. No choice with the Rumbles*. Ya get what I send ya.('course we never have sound men anyway)

*EDIT: post EQ only

 

[GonePlaid]

I do it because it's so easy to pull them out and put them back in, I alternate between fingers and pick usually.

That's why I did it. Didn't realize I was screwing it up 'til I had.

 

[PhR75]

"Bass player. Send me a bland and uninteresting signal so my job will be easier and I don't have to change much from the last band. Thanks man, you're a pal and you sound great."

That's why I'm so glad that the modern IR technology has come as far as it has at the moment so I don't have to settle for a bland DI sound to the PA and my amp is on stage un-mic'ed.
Last Christmas at a Christmas concert with a 15 member ensemble I used an Acoustic 301 IR that went to the house and to whoever needed bass to their IEM's or wedges. Nobody complained and the sound engineer didn't want a clean DI with it. Of course if they had mic'ed my cab I would have used that but sometimes the DI route is more efficient and when it can be done like this I'm very happy.

 

[GonePlaid]

ticks me off when they have the nerve to "demand" pre instead of post-EQ line out signal...

Easy answer(especially for you): I disconnected that output.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I like AC-30's too, for guitar of course although Bill Wyman may disagree .

Ha! sole reason he got hired by the stones (admits it in a late 70's Guitar Player interview) was for owning one of those...apparently they all (Mick too) used to plug in LOL...

 

[bobyoung53]

Ha! sole reason he got hired by the stones (admits it in a late 70's Guitar Player interview) was for owning one of those...apparently they all (Mick too) used to plug in LOL...

I think he actually had two If I remember correctly (no acronym ), I remember reading that in his book and their eyes popped when they saw them.

 

[Engle]

I've come to realize that as a native South Floridian, my knowledge of Canada is limited to knowing the location of the major cities, i.e. Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Dog River.

Sounds about like my knowledge of Florida. But I may have an upcoming project in your area Mike.

 

[GBassNorth]

Good choice indeed. And I left out the most vicious of all, the dreaded drywall hammer.

Or maybe a dead blow hammer for max blunt trauma on the receiving end and minimum recoil on the user end.

Reminds me of the first time I used a rubber mallet. Just a teenager putting a stubborn hubcap (remember those) back on a friends car. The car was on a lift so the wheels were about face level, my buddy handed me a rubber mallet and said give it a good whack , it’ll go right back on. So I did. Much to my surprise, immediately after the hammer struck the wheel it came right back in my face, right between the eyes (two black eyes I might add). As I’m standing there dumbfounded he’s laughing his arse off. I got the last laugh though when I promptly walked the hammer over to a cutoff saw, cut the handle off and handed it back to him. We both learned a lesson that day.

 

[GonePlaid]

Sounds about like my knowledge of Florida. But I may have an upcoming project in your area Mike.

Lemmee know.

 

[GonePlaid]

Or maybe a dead blow hammer for max blunt trauma on the receiving end and minimum recoil on the user end.

Reminds me of the first time I used a rubber mallet. Just a teenager putting a stubborn hubcap (remember those) back on a friends car. The car was on a lift so the wheels were about face level, my buddy handed me a rubber mallet and said give it a good whack , it’ll go right back on. So I did. Much to my surprise, immediately after the hammer struck the wheel it came right back in my face, right between the eyes (two black eyes I might add). As I’m standing there dumbfounded he’s laughing his arse off. I got the last laugh though when I promptly walked the hammer over to a cutoff saw, cut the handle off and handed it back to him. We both learned a lesson that day.

Sorry for yer pain, but that's funny.

 

[JJR58]

47 years now although it's been probably 5 years years since I've played through a full SVT rig, I did bring a head out here though but got REAL sick of dragging it to gigs in taxis. But the real reason I haven't used it is because it scares the guitarist in my band. I find a lot of people hear with their eyes.

Oh, I hear ya Bobby.
In those days I either had an old broken down Toyota pick up, or we had the band van, which was quite a joke.
"Hearing with their eyes" Love it!!!
That PDX crowd usually did. if you came in with something small they thought you were an amateur.

 

[JJR58]

I used to battle them over mics vs direct boxes, I always wanted to be mic'd.

Honestly, I'll take a mic stuffed in front of one of my speakers any day.
FOH sound people are a strange bunch unless they're really good at what they do.

Ok, they're still strange no matter what.

 

[GonePlaid]

Honestly, I'll take a mic stuffed in front of one of my speakers any day.
FOH sound people are a strange bunch unless they're really good at what they do.

Ok, they're still strange no matter what.

IDK if they know how to EQ anything not FSO.

 

[JJR58]

IDK if they know how to EQ anything not FSO.

Could be some truth to that.