Thunderbird Club

[GBassNorth]

Yes indeed. I wanted to run Ramble on right after Heartbreaker and Live in so that it would be just like the record. The guys wanted to split it up.
Am I the only one that hears a song on the radio and at the end of the tune my brain automatically goes to the next song on that particular album?

You’re not alone, I do the same.
Then there are songs that just shouldn’t ever be broken up… Foreplay/Long Time; We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions; Dreamboat Annie/Crazy On You; Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding…

 

[Instagator]

You’re not alone, I do the same.
Then there are songs that just shouldn’t ever be broken up… Foreplay/Long Time; We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions; Dreamboat Annie/Crazy On You; Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding…

Agreed on all of those.
It is a thrill for me to see the crowd go nuts after the micro pause between Heartbreaker and Live In. Subconsciously they all know its coming.

 

[JIO]

Couldn't find any picture of a fresher TB.

So it has no 'name' on it? If not, how does the seller know it's a Fresher?

They made a guitar version but apparently not a bass. Mostly Fender-style.

Maybe it's one of these - funny name "Meriken" - like slang for American

1989 - 1990 Meriken Japan Thunderbird IV Medium Scale Cherry Red | Reverb Australia

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I'll take yer word for it. Only "sea food" I do is an occasional bowl of New England clam chowdah.

 

[Loretta]

Seymour Duncan still makes/sells them.

The "HawkBucker" really sounds great"!

 

[Loretta]

So it has no 'name' on it? If not, how does the seller know it's a Fresher?

He said it's either a Greco or a Fresher. He must have done some research but with no definite result.

 

[Engle]

Yes indeed. I wanted to run Ramble on right after Heartbreaker and Live in so that it would be just like the record. The guys wanted to split it up.
Am I the only one that hears a song on the radio and at the end of the tune my brain automatically goes to the next song on that particular album?

No, it bugs me when I hear an album I know out of sequence.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

You get to work on some seriously cool stuff.

thx! pretty lucky, yeah……this one after…..finding parts won’t be easy…

 

[JIO]

Saundersbird Thursday... Fender-Kubicki 9v pre under the hood. A Rockn' Roadster

 

[MCF]

Sweet! I counted 3 songs of Led Zeppelin 2!

My guitarist high school buddy I played with all four years could play every song from the first four albums. I faked with basic lines. We could play a lot of Zeppelin. When we could get the right drummer.

 

[PillO]

We're all in our 70s and we've played all of these songs with other groups in the past. So for us it's pretty much "let's do(fill in the blank)"; "OK, what key?"; "How 'bout G?"; "OK, Tom(drummer), click it off". And away we go. Visual clues[that 95% of the audience doesn't see]to go to the bridge or back to the top; harmonies as required-we all know each other's range.
BTW, the video of us playing outside where we have a sax player with us? We never rehearsed with him. He'd suggest a song, we'd ask the usual("what key?"), and play it.

Your drummer is Tom?? Really?

 

[GonePlaid]

Your drummer is Tom?? Really?

Yup.

 

[GonePlaid]

If someone was to ask me the notes/chords of most of the songs, I'd be scratching my head. I play by 'feeling' the intervals from one change to the next. Sorta by position. So, for example, when we did "Old Time R&R" w/ the saxman in the video, he does it in C, whereas I do it in G(lower voice). We just did 'our' arrangement but in his key. That's why he cracks up at our ending.

BTW, both our guitarists have jazz backgrounds. They don't have any problem with flat keys. We do quite a few songs in Bb and Eb.

 

[dagrev]

Not at all.

Wrongly replied to Kara instead of Mr. Gator, which made for a weird reply.

I don't think it odd at all to expect the next song from the album. I almost always do. It's just in my head for many albums and I expect what is ingrained.

 

[PillO]

Yup.

Well, I guess he picked the right instrument.

 

[bobyoung53]

It's finally kind of nice here so I can get some time in walking and doing some light exercise, actually looking forward to it.

After Covid I started walking everyday which gradually turned to running. I've run on and off for years but it had also been years since I last ran so I take it easy, couple of miles is good for me.

 

[bobyoung53]

No, it bugs me when I hear an album I know out of sequence.

Same here, when The earlier Beatle CD's were first released it was the British sequence which was of course what they wanted but it took me a long tie to get used to them, I still like the U.S. versions though.

 

[JJR58]

The "HawkBucker" really sounds great"!

It's a fav of mine, it's in one of my basses as well.

 

[BklynKen]

Well, I guess he picked the right instrument.

Eric Bass Signature Strings | S.I.T. Strings

 

[Engle]

BTW, both our guitarists have jazz backgrounds. They don't have any problem with flat keys. We do quite a few songs in Bb and Eb.

I recently got my 1/2 size upright into playing condition (recapitated).
Bb and Eb are easier than B and E