Thunderbird Club

[Stealth57]

Speaking of John, he got his catalog back.

 

[MCF]

Fat bottom birds, you make this rockin’ world round!

Fat bottom birds, you make this rockin’ world round!

 

[MCF]

I still watch it. Actually had some thought that went into it.

The library at the law school I went to is the repository for all things Perry Mason. Scripts, etc. Long story. I’ll leave it that.

 

[BklynKen]

The library at the law school I went to is the repository for all things Perry Mason. Scripts, etc. Long story. I’ll leave it that.

So are you only licensed to practice law in TV and film?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Not that I'm a Niners fan..........cuz you beat the Seahawks 3 times this year, but dammit a win over Dallas would be nice today.

always dug the Hawks…..miss Wilson… really a Pats fan but as you know… when in Rome..

 

[GonePlaid]

always dug the Hawks…..miss Wilson… really a Pats fan but as you know… when in Rome..

Light a Roman candle?

 

[Gaolee]

Also interesting how what you hear and experience from stage is often quite different in the audience. There were lots of technical difficulties (none of them mine) and I thought we must've sounded terrible, but everyone in the audience thought we sounded great. A good friend of mine said it's the best we've sounded. Amazing the perspective.

I deal with that every time I play through an ACC amp. Standing in front of it isn't all that loud, relative. Pants are flapping, but whatever. Back by the bar, guts are liquefing. Going wireless means I can do a sound check back there and figure it out before somebody turns into jello.

 

[Gaolee]

Since I had the VP out of its case, decided to update my Fender + 'bird pic.....

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I don't care for white, but that J is stunning. And I don't even like Jazz Basses. I would rock that one.

 

[Gaolee]

If there’s a bass missing for me….
Is a fretless.

No disrespect to Willy.
But I’d get a factory fretless.

I wouldn’t mind a TF in LPB.
But I’d def swap the pick ups.

My fretless is a completely modified Pro IV. I hated the pickups, preamp, and frets. It needs a refinish to be the way it should be.

 

[SubHuman]

A little eye candy I saw on the internet…should please a lot of staunch Gibson/Fender only!
Color is beautiful and Tele neck doesn’t look out of place and compliments the body.

 

[Gaolee]

A little eye candy I saw on the internet…should please a lot of staunch Gibson/Fender only!
Color is beautiful and Tele neck doesn’t look out of place and compliments the body.

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That looks really good. You won't find purists around here.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Painful lessons. I don’t mind whipping out the multimeter, but when the result don’t match reality….

“Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want”!!’

 

[Haans]

That’s the challenge with playing bass. Sound on stage is a whole lot different than sound at home.

I love my Barefaced 610. The few times I've played live lately, I've brought my Barefaced and my Verellen Meatsmoke. The tech usually spends two minutes rigging the DI, a minute complaining that I'm too loud, and another minute dialing in the sound, most of it coming from the stage. Then compliments. The BF is amazing.

Of course, lugging around 90 pounds of tube amp is not for a working musician.

 

[RedVee]

Stumbled across this on YouTube, it definitely isn’t me but it has a certain vibe to it. I like it.

 

[JIO]

A little eye candy I saw on the internet…should please a lot of staunch Gibson/Fender only!
Color is beautiful and Tele neck doesn’t look out of place and compliments the body.

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I've seen that one - a very tasteful blending of two iconic basses.

 

[JIO]

Sunday night in downtown Sausalito (Marin) ... tiny stage - I stood on the floor! We had the whole night and did 3 sets to a healthy crowd. (well, as a matter of speaking that is!) As if drinking in a bar was 'healthy'...

Took my TC Electronics BG250 1x12" due to the space constraints, and as usual - it sounded great! This is a fun photo - it 'appears' that my orange sparkle cab-stand is hanging off the stage! Oh well, I thought it looked funny... Went full cheap wireless with great success. Especially in tight spaces, not having to stand on guitar cords all night is huge! "Beam of light" is my flash energizing reflective tape on my power unit. "Beam me up Scotty!"

Very "old school" Marin bar. (note painting with the Golden Gate Bridge! - classic!)

As is always the case, there were a few dead-beats hangin' around the bar. Gives the joint a bad name lettin' these low-lifes stink up the place in their fine establishment.

 

[PhR75]

Here's the other "B-side" track. The guitar-like instrument is a piccolo bass. I have always disliked that name for some reason or the other. Then I recalled how Zappa had a credit on "Hot Rats" playing an 'octave bass' and he explained that it was a bass strung with guitar strings and tuned to a guitar pitch. Thanks Frank!
A rather downbeat tune. I was listening to a lot of Eberhard Weber when I wrote it (or more like stumbled to it). Anyway the 'octave bass' gives it a certain sound and feel you can't get with a guitar.

 

[JIO]

Here's the other "B-side" track. The guitar-like instrument is a piccolo bass. I have always disliked that name for some reason or the other. Then I recalled how Zappa had a credit on "Hot Rats" playing an 'octave bass' and he explained that it was a bass strung with guitar strings and tuned to a guitar pitch. Thanks Frank!
A rather downbeat tune. I was listening to a lot of Eberhard Weber when I wrote it (or more like stumbled to it). Anyway the 'octave bass' gives it a certain sound and feel you can't get with a guitar.

I dig it - I love stuff like this. Probably a lot of TB members here don't know who Eberhard Weber is! Early Nels Cline Trio material can go to similar places.

One of my early NCT faves.

 

[PhR75]

I dig it - I love stuff like this. Probably a lot of TB members here don't know who Eberhard Weber is! Early Nels Cline Trio material can go to similar places.

One of my early NCT faves.

Thanks man, and thanks for the link! I've seen Nels twice with Wilco but haven't really heard his solo stuff. That first track itself sounded fantastic!

 

[JIO]

Thanks man, and thanks for the link! I've seen Nels twice with Wilco but haven't really heard his solo stuff. That first track itself sounded fantastic!

We would see/hear Nels regularly in SF. He would play often here and this is what we were hearing - we knew then how special/unique he was. He is hands down my favorite living guitarist - full stop. There are other recordings older and newer - but this one always kicks serious avant-jazz/rock ass.