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Thunderbird Club
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I've been playing with the current lineup since 2014, most weekends pre-covid. Bookings have dropped off since then, but still working 3-4 gigs a month. Band is usually pretty tight, but the jazz influenced drummer and I don't seem to ever quite be on the same page. It's sometimes frustrating when there's a perfect spot for an accent, or a triplet rhythm, or (?), but he's more into random kicks. At least he rarely plays too loud.
I'm not an 'at home' player, so gigging with these guys is basically all I've got and there isn't a lotta call for a 77 y/o, somewhat overweight bass player in this area. Even the occasional jams have tapered way off around here, and I'm really not enthused about schlepping all myjust for S&G. I'll do it for an inside gig, but not for an afternoon, outside thing when it rains damn near every afternoon and there's a mad scramble to protect gear. BTDT, ain't gwine do it again.
The drummer is dropping bombs all the time?
I did a gig once with a very straight rock & roll Chuck Berry type guitar player with a drummer and keyboard player that came with the gig. They were stone jazzers who most likely never player straight in their life, it was so ridiculous it was comical. At one point we just looked at each other and burst out laughing.
When those things were a fad during the early 70's there was a local band called The Excursion who had a whole pile of them, blue sparkle, they didn't sound real good but looked cool. The fad passed rather quickly.
I bought a new P bass in 1970-71 (first good bass) and took those all off and promptly lost them. I bought it because of the Red Grand Funk cover with the Fender Jazz on it but I didn't know the difference.
Not a lot. And the group he was in previously did almost all 50s/doo-wop(I was in that group at the end 'til the lead singer died). He and I hooked up with the 2 guitarists, one I'd known for 20+ years, and formed the current thing. I was unaware of his jazz influence in the early years. He just does things that he feels, whether it fits or not.* I just shrug and take the money and run. Hey! Good idea for a song: "I Just Shrug".The drummer is dropping bombs all the time?
EDIT:*one example: at the end of one of the ballads I sing, the rhythm is 4 descending eighth notes on beats 3 and 4-with a ritard-to a held whole note. He plays triplets against it. Doesn't really work. I've mentioned it-once. He doesn't change. Back to shrugging.
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Worn in Wednesday, looking forward to a return trip to Hollister.
Yup, sometimes you have to do that. I love doo-wop but never played in a doo-wop band. I love all that fifties stuff.
rented one to play at the Broward County fair with the HS band in 80…..ran my 4001 stereo into both channels….sounded pretty good to me…When those things were a fad during the early 70's there was a local band called The Excursion who had a whole pile of them, blue sparkle, they didn't sound real good but looked cool. The fad passed rather quickly.
Hey! If it wasn't so dang far out to Hollister, I could bring these.(changed pic)
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whatever helps Dave….I'm bringing my ear protection. All those sweet watts and brick walls
I must be living in a closet to not know this guy.
Joe Dart is amazing. Check out some live Vulfpeck stuff.
Very nice vintage gear there! That ‘69 Jazz was one of the last great years. I think by 1970 CBS Fender had used up pretty much all of the preCBS inventory they acquired in the takeover. I know my ‘68 Pbass has some pre ‘68 components.
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Ok - that's a very illustrative pic. It does save wood - if cut from one piece of wood, the whole length would have to be the depth of the angle and all the rest removed. As there are various set-back angles minimal to maximal, it could waste a lot of wood. If my Supersonic was cut from one piece - it would waist 1.5" the length of the 34"scale neck.
My '68 Coral Deluxe bass has a grafted piece of solid rosewood to the poplar neck. Somewhat similar to the Epi, but yet another way to join two pieces for a set-back hs.
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Yah, my Fender/CBS '66 P is basically the same bass as a pre-CBS Fender '65 P. (and was acquired for a whole lot less because of it!)
You probably know this but '65s are usually known as transition year basses, CBS bought them on Jan 4th 1965. '64s are really the last pre-CBS Fenders. I'm sure nothing much changed for a while though.
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I don't post-or read-on this.
It's pretty sophisticated - it's small, it shows correct time, stores friends/family/biz #'s, records missed calls, connects with other callers and if you drop it - it's ok. And it will take pictures in an emergency.
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