Thunderbird Club

[MCF]

I have been reviewing options, as there may be a move in my future (a few years) subject to a number of conditions (work and personal related). Britain (England, maybe Wales) or Malaysia. Possibly both. I may move one company to the UK and we will need a Malaysia subsidiary for the other.

Yeah, my plans are a bit scattered.

I vote Wales. Absolutely beautiful. And they do speak English. At least some of the time.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

So right! Andy had a very unique style....that was fantastic.

I've noticed that as well with this clip and a few others. One is Johnny Winter vid. every once in a while you see a head bobbing, but mostly they look like they had to be paid to be there.

There was a definite transition in audience behavior in the early 70s in the South. Almost overnight, at least in smaller venues, crowds went from being energetic to being cool, just sitting there. It was weird. I suspect from this and some other videos it was a European imported behavior. Big venues? Rockers still had audiences going wild.

 

[JIO]

That's interesting, and makes sense. Most things I can do left or right, but some things I just settled on doing right (playing bass) or left. I can paint with either hand, but not hammer that well right-handed. My writing is awful, so doing it right handed is not much different/worse. I tried bass left-handed a very few times, but that was very unnatural. Maybe with practice I could get there, but there's no reason to spend the time trying.

I attended a lecture by a famous cycling coach in the '90s who when asked why velodromes always were ridden/raced counter-clockwise said that it was easier for humans to turn left because our heart was on our left side. Always wondered if that was based in fact...

When I try to write left handed - it's not 'neat' but it's backwards.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

All good choices. One thing else I do is to get a lamb shoulder from the butcher and ask them to butterfly it. I used to bring the bone home for the dog (sad face). Then I make a marinade of olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, lemon rind and rosemary (I think that’s all) and marinade it for a good while - a couple of hours. Then on to the BBQ grill and it’s done in half the time the shoulder would be done whole. Carve it up and serve in slices. It is quite a Greek style. Bloody beautiful says this Aussie.

yeah, definitely one of the best ways to make it….you can roast the potatoes in there as well……..lotsa Chinichurri works too…..one needs strength to play THUNDERBIRDS….

 

[Miles_ONeal]

So guys. Help me out. How much better is the Classic Pro than the bolt on neck Thunderbirds? And the Vintage Pro?

I play in a post rock band and want to tune my bass to CGCF to go along the two guitars.

what do you think of the Classic vs Vintage for this genre is music and with this Drop C tuning?

Both are great basses, noticeably better than the IV, both in terms of pickups and ergos. The CP has all the low end you can ask for - rumble for days, the VP has more upper mids/highs, doing the Angry Piano perfectly. So it comes down to which tone you’re looking for.

 

[JIO]

Jiffy Pop was cool

Yes - as kids we were attracted to the novelty. Tried it once. Being originally from corn-country, I avoid micro-wave popcorn like the plague which is jam-packed with nasty artificial everything. Real corn, real oil, real butter, real salt = popcorn.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I attended a lecture by a famous cycling coach in the '90s who when asked why velodromes always were ridden/raced counter-clockwise said that it was easier for humans to turn left because our heart was on our left side. Always wondered if that was based in fact...

When I try to write left handed - it's not 'neat' but it's backwards.

most people are right legged, thus approach the bike from the left, and at stops have their left foot on the ground and right on the pedal by default. I suspect this has more to do with it. Especially since most hearts are basically in the middle (safely behind the sternum), only slightly to the left.

 

[Stealth57]

Both are great basses, noticeably better than the IV, both in terms of pickups and ergos. The CP has all the low end you can ask for - rumble for days, the VP has more upper mids/highs, doing the Angry Piano perfectly. So it comes down to which tone you’re looking for.

Told y’all I was tone deaf

 

[JIO]

most people are right legged, thus approach the bike from the left, and at stops have their left foot on the ground and right on the pedal by default. I suspect this has more to do with it. Especially since most hearts are basically in the middle (safely behind the sternum), only slightly to the left.

True - and motorbikes have the kick-stand on the left.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I have my CP tuned in D standard. I quite like the way that sounds. I am playing through a Traynor YBA 100 and 1510, so YMMV.

I have my CP, Greco, and VP tuned D standard with 105-50 (I think the 50 is right) EBCFs. The CP and Greco love it. The VP not quite as much, but it works.

 

[Gaolee]

Right hand is throttle hand on a motorcycle. Turning left means your right hand only has one thing to do, while turning right means throttle and countersteer. As usual, I turn right a little easier than left. One more in the book of freak traits.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I have no material, non-public information...

The safe, SECure answer!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

True - and motorbikes have the kick-stand on the left.

As do bicycles that have kickstands.

 

[bobyoung53]

My posts are very rarely about thinking.

Actually, my whole life is about not thinking...

Well, I obviously thought that one out too much. What's that old saying, analysis is paralysis?

 

[BklynKen]

The old boy is still hanging in there but needs plenty of rest anywhere he wants to take it.
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He so deserves it.

 

[BklynKen]

most people are right legged, thus approach the bike from the left, and at stops have their left foot on the ground and right on the pedal by default. I suspect this has more to do with it. Especially since most hearts are basically in the middle (safely behind the sternum), only slightly to the left.

I think I'm left-legged. A long time ago a friend pushed me to see which left I'd stop myself with and it was my left. If that means anything.

 

[GonePlaid]

I can only imagine how frustrating that is. I recall being in school with all right hand desks. I think there might have been two or three lefties in each school. Like other lefties, I was regularly disenfranchised and traumatized, but like all lefties, we have to be tough to live in this world. I guess that may be why lefties are far more likely to be ambidextrous than "those other people." Apparently we have a significantly larger bundle of nerve fibers connecting the two sides of the brain than right-handers do.

Nah, yer just weird.
(I was born a lefty, but broke my left elbow at ~5y/o and 'converted'. I still do a few things l.h. dominant.)

 

[GonePlaid]

Singing Blitzkrieg Bop last night. Half the audience weren’t sure what to make of it!View attachment 5004836

You either enlightened or confused them.

 

[GonePlaid]

What constitutes "custom parts"? Tattoos? Piercings?

Ahem.

Extensions?

 

[GonePlaid]

Thinking is anathema to my playing.

Agreed! If I start thinking too much, I f---* up.

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