Thunderbird Club

[bobyoung53]

This track has a great overdriven bass sound. Players aren't too shabby either. Those damn Swedes again:


I'm getting the MojoMojo pedal today. There will be clips I promise.

One thing I don't like about drive pedals that have a blend is that the clean sound is sometimes too separate sounding. I mean when I have the overdrive on my playing touch is different (mostly more aggressive) and that doesn't necessarily work with the clean sound audible. Depends on a pedal of course.

The guitarist reminds me of Johnny Winters. Good band.

 

[bobyoung53]

I was returning sumpin' and there were two other customers waiting to be checked out. Otherwise, 'cos I'm an olde phart, the less than half my age staff ignores the [stuff] outta me.

"That's guy's gonna take forever looking for something for his grandson, ignore him"

 

[bobyoung53]

I haven't crossed the border since '81. Coming into Canada at Windsor, the Customs lady was professional but nice; coming back into the States at Buffalo, the Customs guy was an a-hole.

I have found U.S. customs/immigration to be by far the rudest of all, sometime you feel like they're gonna climb out of the little cubicle and pin you to the floor.

 

[bobyoung53]

One of the things I noticed right off with the hot Greco pickups is how easy it is to get Felix’s sound, which I love.

Felix was one of my heroes when I was a young whippersnapper, wore out this album, course this is pretty clean.

 

[TBird1958]

A nice, quiet day here.....

Thanks everyone for a wonderful 2022, the memories are forever and hopefully we'll make more in 2023!

 

[bobyoung53]

Boom

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I bought one of those brand new in 1980, last year they made them, don't ask where it is.

 

[BklynKen]

Good day to revisit this. I love Paul Turner's playing here.

 

[bobyoung53]

They made a brown 'smoke' RI in 1998 which has the slide-in pu - pretty cool. I just saw this and noticed they up-graded the classic Dano bridge with brass saddles...
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...I did the same thing in my '68 Coral (Dano) Deluxe Bass -
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Aren't the necks really wide on the originals? I've never tried one but I've heard that. People were sayin'.

 

[JJR58]

nice here…
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Have i danced in those parts before?

 

[bobyoung53]

Today's weather:

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....too much like TN

One thing I definitely do not miss is rain.

 

[JJR58]

Good day to revisit this. I love Paul Turner's playing here.

Ken!, this is awesome!
You look like Turner.

 

[JJR58]

I have found U.S. customs/immigration to be by far the rudest of all, sometime you feel like they're gonna climb out of the little cubicle and pin you to the floor.

I could tell you horror stories when i worked for Delt.................. at JFK.

 

[PaleAngel_90]

Same here. Never heard of Jaco until TB as far as I recall. Heard of Weather Report, even have a couple CDs, and never cared for anything they did. Listening to Jaco, no denying his abilities, but couldn't stand the tone.

Same here.

 

[bobyoung53]

I nearly bought one years ago, but knew I'd never use that sort of power.

They really only put out somewhere between 260 and 280 WRMS, they advertised peak power, plus 6 pairs of matched 6L6's cost a fortune.

 

[BklynKen]

Ken!, this is awesome!
You look like Turner.

If only I had a fraction of his talent.

 

[bobyoung53]

That's OK. I met Jaco in 71-before he became JACO. The band I was in(on keys and sax)was looking for a bass player. We were doing late 60s/early 70s R&R. He came-with an attitude-and either wasn't interested, which he could've said from the get-go, or couldn't play the stuff we were doing(Who, Free, Sly and the Family, etc.). I s'pose that colored my opinion of him from then on. Amazing technician, horrible tone-IMNSHO.
Jamerson I didn't know by name until long after I was influenced by his playing. He-and other studio players-weren't in the credits on albums I bought.

I'm 100% positive he probably could have played just about anything he wanted to in 1971 unless he REALLY improved a lot by 1976. That being said I'm not a big Jaco fan, bought the first album, marvelled at his playing and never played it again and I agree with you about his tone, I like bass. Jaco completely changed bass styles, created a lot of lead bass players. I don't mind busy players as long as their bass sound sound sounds like a bass, I never heard of him until the Joni Mitchell- Mingus album, I liked what he did on that album a lot.

 

[bobyoung53]

You’re sick Willy.

 

[bobyoung53]

If only I had a fraction of his talent.

I liked your post until I realized you weren't talking about Ike Turner.

 

[BklynKen]

I liked your post until I realized you weren't talking about Ike Turner.

Follow along, Bob.

 

[bobyoung53]

Egg-zackly! Add Carol Kaye. Who knew that some of the best bass lines ever came from that little lady?

If you're talking about the BB stuff she did, most of that came from Brian Wilson but you knew that already.