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#220,361
PillO said:
Was Whipping Post the Freebird of its day?

From Whipping Post (song) - Wikipedia
In a 1974 concert in Helsinki, Finland, an audience member repeatedly disrupted a Frank Zappa performance by shouting a request for "Whipping Post." Zappa responded by playing a version of his song "Montana",[23] where he altered the lyrics with references to whipping posts.[22] (This incident was eventually captured on his You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 live album, released in 1988.) In 1981, Zappa's band learned "Whipping Post" and added it to their repertoire, since the band's new singer and keyboard player Bobby Martin knew the song and sang the lead vocals on it.[22]
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I suppose you could say that. Kind of, anyway. At least their "Freebird," though they had longer songs, it caught on, but was never as popular. No one yells, "Whipping Post" at gigs.
 
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Venom of God said:
This is interesting. I take it the .068 in the Goth leads to a darker tone? And the .022 in yours makes it quite a bit brighter? Does this have an affect when the tone is set to 10? I am very new to this! With a baby on the way and selling my collection down to a single bass (my most sentimental Tbird, despite playing my old American Standard P more) I actually like the idea of making her a bit brighter and more versatile.
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I used a no-load tone pot on my Classic Pro to be able to get a brighter tone, but without sacrificing the darker sounds with the tone rolled off.
So "10" on the tone pot bypasses it, goes straight to output; 0-9 work as normal.
Worked out great! :thumbsup:
 
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#220,365
Gaolee said:
Yeah, the Lulls are amazing.
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I'd gladly have these three.

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bobyoung53 said:
This video is from 1970, with them playing at a three band gig at The Fillmore East, the vocal mic is off for about ten or so minutes but I watch this video every once in a while even though, it's like a lesson on how to play together as a band. They got a standing ovation at the end, they were not real well known to us Yankees at the time. This reminds me of the Boston Tea Party where I saw some good bands. The closeups are unbelievable in the video. Duane does some stuff that blows my mind here.
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Got to watch it and I had seen that a number of times. Great 70s jam. I love their instrumentals. Mountain Jam is cool with earbuds. During the drum solos you can really hear what each one of doing. Heck of a song, being two sides of a two album record (Eat A Peach). It was a 70s thing and would never go over today. Some of it was a little "trippy," but it was the late 60s/early 70s. When I listen to their early stuff I'm still hearing things I never noticed before. An older friend down the street was in school in Georgia when they were somewhat new and saw them ten times. He said they were always fantastic live, and they weren't his favorite band.
 
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bobyoung53 said:
Yes, he was a very different player than Hendrix who was actually a blues/R&B player, that's why I don't get the comparison at all, Kath was basically a jazz player, at least to me. Hendrix played with the Isley Brothers, Don Covay, Little Richard, King Curtis, he even played with Joey Dee and The Starlighters. He started getting bluesy again on Electric Ladyland, it's sad he died because there's no telling what he would have done.

Jimi Hendrix, Before He Was Famous

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That last line goes for bofem. Kath had a side project that was far more bluesy.
 
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dagrev said:
Got to watch it and I had seen that a number of times. Great 70s jam. I love their instrumentals. Mountain Jam is cool with earbuds. During the drum solos you can really hear what each one of doing. Heck of a song, being two sides of a two album record (Eat A Peach). It was a 70s thing and would never go over today. Some of it was a little "trippy," but it was the late 60s/early 70s. When I listen to their early stuff I'm still hearing things I never noticed before. An older friend down the street was in school in Georgia when they were somewhat new and saw them ten times. He said they were always fantastic live, and they weren't his favorite band.
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I bought Eat a Peach when it was new, yes great album.
 
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bobyoung53 said:
The only thing I really don't like on that album is the long guitar solo, "Free Form Guitar", I never liked it even when it was new, in fact it was an automatic bypass (even on cassette). I will refrain from further bash-ment. :laugh:
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Good. because I always loved that! 8^P
 
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