Thunderbird Club

[bobyoung53]

I got the angry piano sound back, put a new set of Rotos Swing 66's on my NR. It's funny I played flats for ten or fifteen years until I tried Rotos again a few years ago but take them off after a week now. I used Rotos for close to twenty five years at one point, it was like going back home when I switched back to them.

 

[JIO]

RL, I had to look that one up. I traded a mid 70's Tele bass for a late 60's P bass that had an EB-0 pickup at the neck with a rosewood fretless neck on it in 1977, the owner wanted the pickup back so I gave it to him. I had to learn how to play a fretless in a hurry, it was my only bass.

Coincidence, I was just watching a Steppenwolf video of 'Monster' and both Kay and th bassist had Dan Armstrong plexiglass basses and guitars.

I had my relatively new EB3 de-fretted in about '71 after seeing/hearing a friends friend/bass-player playing a (new) fretless Fender P-bass live in an R&B/Funk band. Woh! I wanted in! (way pre-Jaco)

 

[dagrev]

I’m assuming he got real busy. Like I did and went underground recently. Him logging in this week was huge. I’m expecting he’s ok and will be back with us when he can.

But you were in prison, right? That's was the rumor anyway.

I never believed it Marshall.

 

[bobyoung53]

I had my relatively new EB3 de-fretted in about '71 after seeing/hearing a friends friend/bass-player playing a (new) fretless Fender P-bass live in an R&B/Funk band. Woh! I wanted in! (way pre-Jaco)

I was in my own little world when I was a kid, I don't think I even knew they existed until I traded that Tele for one in 1977.

 

[bobyoung53]

But you were in prison, right? That's was the rumor anyway.

I never believed it Marshall.

I wasn't sure whether to believe it or not.

 

[JIO]

But you were in prison, right? That's was the rumor anyway.

I never believed it Marshall.

Wait.., in prison? I thought he was on the lamb - a fugitive of justice. I gotta' keep these stories straight.

 

[bobyoung53]

Wait.., in prison? I thought he was on the lamb - a fugitive of justice. I gotta' keep these stories straight.

I think he could have gotten away faster on a horse.

 

[JIO]

Markbass amp, all flat with low-mid slightly goosed, both PUPs at 10, tone wide open into TC Sparks driving SushiBox pedals.

Yes, I failed to mention my pedal board... I feel that it has just as much to do with my sound as the amp/speaker and bass. Pedals are the fine-tuning elements of a bass mix, and yes - I can play bass w/o them.., but I have more control of shaping my sound with them. Not a purist enough to simply go direct unless there was no other option.

 

[BklynKen]

For those with a Jazz Bass, this is pretty interesting.

 

[GonePlaid]

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did anything happen? or, he just stopped posting?..

excellent questions. Anyone gots a answer?

 

[GonePlaid]

Been learning guitar and ukulele with a pick as a way to get used to pick again. I tried again in my Gibson and my Challenge using a pick and it felt much more comfortable. probably an odd approach but it seems to be working for me so far
:crossed fingers:

Hard to play that way.

 

[GonePlaid]

I have a 1/2 acre. If it’s on my property, I still need to clear it with them before using a chainsaw. If it’s on their land, I need a permit which can take months to get. Fire risk be damned. It really makes no sense. But after all the cuts during the last administration, there is hardly anyone there to talk to.

Another new song from my alter ego. Tom Heslin sang it, some of you here might know him. A singer and a bass player from Chicago, a great guy. He also wrote the vocal melody. I played the guitars, basses (a T-Bird!) and multitracked the CS-5.

 

[GonePlaid]

I have a 1/2 acre. If it’s on my property, I still need to clear it with them before using a chainsaw. If it’s on their land, I need a permit which can take months to get. Fire risk be damned. It really makes no sense. But after all the cuts during the last administration, there is hardly anyone there to talk to.

"A coupla dead trees on my property fell over during the storms. When I went to check on them, they'd 'disappeared'".

 

[GonePlaid]

Had a gig tonight(Saturday). Wanted to use the new Epi Embassy, bit since it turned out to be NFG, I had to use the 67 NR. I know, what a hardship! Anyhoo, I hadn't played the 67 for awhile 'til I realized I was gonna have to use it tonight. Damn, what a sweet playing instrument. There are little technical things I can do on that bass that are a PITA on any of my others. I'm sure that's 'cos it's been my "A" bass since 73. Still, it makes it a real pleasure to play.

 

[RedVee]

this goes out to you Geoff. I’ve lost count how many times I’ve seem him live since 1974. I challenge anyone to fine a better sign than this c

I’m about to buy myself a cheap electric, prob SX. I was thinking Strat but now I’m thinking butterscotch Tele. It’s a sign.

good one "goosing" something is like raising/increasing whatever "it" is. So goosing the bass would be increasing bass output. Maybe that's not a common slang-term there. There's also "goosing the pedal" (increasing downward pressure on a car accelerator) and of course the juvenile "goose"... which you'll need to look up.

Ok, apart from the bird we have a couple of meanings.
1. What you call someone that’s been acting the fools. “Gee mate you are a goose” in a friendly way or sometimes in a harsh way if they have annoyed you or done something bad.
2. You can “goose” someone, but I don’t recommend it. You will end up getting a bunch of fives, and possibly a charge against you.

 

[GBassNorth]

One thing you could check out is the EHX Steel Leather effect pedal. It was made for this type of situation. Sharpens the attack on the strings. Could give you a more pick-like attack. They're discontinued, but you can find them around cheap. I also wish I'd learned to play with a pick, but I don't really have the time or patience now to learn. I have one of these pedals on the way to see if it can give me that.

Sounds interesting, keep us posted.

Has anyone here tried a Rex Brown thunderbird?

Do love the look of those. They are getting good reviews on sound as well.

 

[JJR58]

Exactly this. Although I haven’t improved a real lot with the pick. But with fingers, I can (sort of) gallop with the best of them.

I’m all fingers.

 

[PhR75]

Very nice! Congratulations on a great song!

Thanks! Took it down 'though, I accidentally downloaded a wrong mix. A correct one will be up shortly.

 

[PhR75]

It was a thing then - many players "goosed" their bass presence by modding their Fender P's & J's with a Gibson EB-0 neck-hugger/mud-bucker. Rick Laid of the Mahavishnu Orchestra also.

I can't find a pic of RL playing his P-bass w/added mud-bucker, but interestingly enough considering current topics here - he also played a Dan Armstrong/Ampeg clear-lucite bass. He used Ampeg SVT's and Acoustic 360's. (...but not at the same time!) The Mahavishnu Orchestra were the cutting-edge of jazz-rock music then. (born of Miles) They only made 4 recordings, the last coming out many years later. (a 'lost' studio version of the 3rd live LP + added songs by the other three band members) Everyone who followed them then heard about a 4th LP but due to internal issues - it was not released until decades later after someone 'found' the tapes in the Columbia vaults collecting dust. It's quite remarkable as the live performance of "Between Nothingness and Eternity" (last of 3 Lp's released in the '70s) is exact - they were scary tight players playing crazy sophisticated music.

There has never been a band to come close to equalling them to this day.

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He also used Sunn amps.
The second edition of Mahavishnu made good stuff too. Narada Michael Walden is a monster drummer, sometimes I prefer him to Cobham. But the first one was a special band.

Boz Burrell added a neck humbucker to his Jazz Bass when in King Crimson in 1972. And one of my favourite bassists Doug Rauch had a mudbucker equipped Jazz for almost all of his too short career. It had also a P-pickup and all sorts of bells and whistles (in-built phaser for example!):

 

[bobyoung53]

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He also used Sunn amps.
The second edition of Mahavishnu made good stuff too. Narada Michael Walden is a monster drummer, sometimes I prefer him to Cobham. But the first one was a special band.

Boz Burrell added a neck humbucker to his Jazz Bass when in King Crimson in 1972. And one of my favourite bassists Doug Rauch had a mudbucker equipped Jazz for almost all of his too short career. It had also a P-pickup and all sorts of bells and whistles (in-built phaser for example!):

Yeah, that was common back then, I remember seeing both single coil Tele and J bridge pickups on P basses too. Billy Sheehan is another one who had an EB-0 pickup against the neck. His Yamaha's also have neck pickup.