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Thunderbird Club

Neck pickup. . . Are you implying there's another pickup?
I'll lean into this and say the Thunderbird bridge pickup sounds great, but that's an anomaly. I really like my J, but it's neck pickup solo most of the time.

Hah! I'm the opposite - I favor the bridge pu on any 2-pu bass I own/play and bring in enough N-pu to get the loudest overall output and live, tone is full-up. Recording gets more nuance of settings.

This bass [ESP/Grass Roots Bass IV] is my most versatile next to my T2K Mk II (G&L L2000 powered Fender Tele bass)
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Neck pu, middle pu, bridge pu, and bypass to jack. Whichever combination of pu's chosen goes directly to the jack so no V or T control. Like having a clean boost with the flick of the switch. My favorite setting - middle & bridge pu's - one volume, one tone. I never really use the neck-hugger pu, but it delivers some low-end for sure.

I almost brought it to the T-bird GTG... next time.

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I have played this one. I had a week to learn it. The solo that Glenn Cormack did was more than I could pull off in a week, so we skipped it. It sure was fun. The guys I was playing with were all Bulgarian, so they would go off on some crazy 11/8 jags or whatever it is Bulgarian music does rhythmically.

Actually learning that solo might be a good wintertime project.

Good afternoon Gaolee, and thank you for posting this great Jethro Tull music and video. I have learned parts of this at various times, but have never played it live. Hoping to get my friends in the eastern fusion band to give it a try. One fellow builds flutes, among other instruments, and is an excellent musician. We played a gig Saturday night, without our two string players. Limited our selection, but still great fun. We had some wonderful dancers join us. Dark picture from evenings end.
Cheers
 

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Forgive me for I have sinned. I searched for the measurements Wiki, and of course can't find it

@Miles_ONeal can you give me the link?

For future reference, since Dave the Stealth Chick Magnet responded with a link, the wiki pages are a rare, valid use of search. Click on "Wiki", then click on "List of All Wiki Pages" under the list of "articles to check out". Then you can search for words likely to be in the title of the desired wiki, such as "Thunderbird" or "Purple Silks".
 
Thanks Dave. Poor Miles will never live that down. And the rest of us were jealous. Especially when the daughter showed up.

Daughter had some anger going on. I wasn't sure if she was going to throw mom over her shoulder to haul her off or just start decking all the TBers in sight.

(For those who weren't there, it was the latter. She killed us all. We're just ghosts in the machine now. Ask Sting.)
 
For future reference, since Dave the Stealth Chick Magnet responded with a link, the wiki pages are a rare, valid use of search. Click on "Wiki", then click on "List of All Wiki Pages" under the list of "articles to check out". Then you can search for words likely to be in the title of the desired wiki, such as "Thunderbird" or "Purple Silks".
Seriously? That's too much work.

BTW, how do I add to it?
 
Had to do a double take, thought it was Chuck on drums for a second there.


So, I wasn't the only one!


Yes, my Burgundy Red Metallic was there. That's Jeff back behind Irv, running it thru it's paces during the jam session…
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Rick (drummer in the photo) and Chuck couldn't be more different personality-wise!
 
Good afternoon Gaolee, and thank you for posting this great Jethro Tull music and video. I have learned parts of this at various times, but have never played it live. Hoping to get my friends in the eastern fusion band to give it a try. One fellow builds flutes, among other instruments, and is an excellent musician. We played a gig Saturday night, without our two string players. Limited our selection, but still great fun. We had some wonderful dancers join us. Dark picture from evenings end.
Cheers
That looks like it was a whole lot of fun.
 

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