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Thunderbird Club

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Bar stories... I'm pretty sure I told this tale before here, but a while back. I played with the Eddie Taylor Blues Band in the late '70s-mid '80s in Chicago. Eddie and his son Larry on drums, Steve on rhythm guitar & me on bass. (my '64 II) We had a reoccurring gig on the East side (primarily black) at a joint called The Golden Slipper. It's where I initially 'auditioned' for Eddie. (8 - 5:30am!) It was probably swanky when new - a very old-school "lounge". It was a Friday night and the place was hopping/packed. Midway through a song, there was a commotion at the long bar - a man & woman arguing loudly. A knife was pulled and suddenly everyone in the bar pulled a gun or knife. I had a 2x15 cab Acoustic 150 amp then and quickly got behind it! The club owner behind the bar, "Bow-Tie" raised his arms and advised everyone to stay calm - slowly, everyone put their weapons away and Eddie motioned to us to start playing again, which we did. I have a few stories from playing at that place - easy to sound exaggerated, but it all happened.
 
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TBird1958 said:
Yummy, curvalicious Non Reverse goodness.

YARDBIRD YU-SUTO MODEL - KAMINARI GUITARS
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Lollar pu's - I wonder about all the different hs identity graphics - the basses all look the same other than that, so they make multiple identities and you pick which one you want? Light ash sounds good too. Also - an example of a non-setback Gibson style hs with string retainer-bar.
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
Mine did a darned good job on Hank Williams' "I Saw the Light" yesterday.
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So this new to me Epi TV Silver LE Custom Shop with the chrome guitar humbucker pickups and DA tapes is confusing me. When I was shedding with it this weekend, my wife and son, who never say anything, commented how good my playing sounded. But the tapes hide a lot of the fretting placement errors and finger noise. But it does sound good on the Beatles and Fleetwood Mac stuff I was playing.

So, I’ll go ahead and put a new set of the DA tapes on it (some will recall, the prior owner butchered the set that is on it).

but, I have to get better and will solder on with stainless steel rounds on all my other basses. I really need to work on cleaning up technique.
 
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MCF said:
So this new to me Epi TV Silver LE Custom Shop with the chrome guitar humbucker pickups and DA tapes is confusing me. When I was shedding with it this weekend, my wife and son, who never say anything, commented how good my playing sounded. But the tapes hide a lot of the fretting placement errors and finger noise. But it does sound good on the Beatles and Fleetwood Mac stuff I was playing.

So, I’ll go ahead and put a new set of the DA tapes on it (some will recall, the prior owner butchered the set that is on it).

but, I have to get better and will solder on with stainless steel rounds on all my other basses. I really need to work on cleaning up technique.
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Yah, soldering stainless is tricky... ;)
 
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NBD for my Bday! My first bass was a Klira violin bass the second a '65 Hofner. As a young lad in '73 I thought all I would ever need was a Hofner after all it was good enough for Paul. How wrong I was, by '74 it was apparent that I needed a solid body bass. I couldn't afford much but I picked up a Univox Hiflyer bass at The House of Guitars for 30 bucks and road home on my bike with it over my shoulder. I didn't have it long but it served me well for maybe 12 months and then I sold it to a friend, it sent me on the path to discover Thunderbirds. This is the final piece of my "early years collection " a birthday gift from my dear wife. I found it on ebay for a price we both can live with and in better shape than most. I've included a picture from '74 with my first Hiflyer, note the Wishbone Ash T shirt!
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Nocturnal said:
NU Metal was big in the 00's along with boy bands.
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Good point, I (fortunately) forgot about all the “Boy Bands”. They were a big thing for my pre teen daughter in the early 2000’s. Thankfully she progressed into liking bands like 3 Doors Down, Finger 11 and Theory of a Dead Man. Not sure what genre they fit into - maybe modern post grunge or post alt?
 
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