Thunderbird Club

[Count Bassie]

You're just proving "it's in the fingers"!

Hey. Maybe it's true... what do I know?? Sometimes nothing...

 

[Count Bassie]

Never tried that one... (most likely won't either!)

Come on, live a little!

 

[Stealth57]

Jury duty day…in jury room at 8:30, plea deal at 9:00. Spent 3x more time traveling to the court and back.

 

[Engle]

Hey. Maybe it's true... what do I know?? Sometimes nothing...

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I’m in the Macrae clan, Scottish highlands in the Kintail area. According to wiki…

“Clan Macrae of Kintail were famous throughout Scotland for cooking high quality moonshine, or "peatreek" in Scots, from illegal pot stills”

In hindsight, I guess it made perfect sense that I lived in Kentucky for nearly 40 years.

AND appreciate good whiskey….

 

[JIO]

Funny, I got a remark tonight from someone who was at my last gig, that my CP sounded like a Hofner, esp during our rendition of Hey Bulldog by the Beatles... That was through a GK 800RB>small 215 cab.
I in fact thought it was 'Rickenbacker-like' upon seeing a vid of us when I was playing through a mid-90s Peavey TNT combo a few months ago.
Getting Rickie vibes from my TB+ equipped Classic Pro. Funny. Didn't expect that. Anyone else get that, or is it just my mojo?? Can't be...

TSC's plays Hey Bulldog also. PM's (pick'd) bass-lines are really fun right? I don't think it ever sounds like a Hofner regardless of what bass I use. My Custom Kraft hollow-body would have come closest but I only used it once live and HB wasn't on the set-list..

And most definitely it's your mojo.

NYE 2018 -

 

[JIO]

Hey. Maybe it's true... what do I know?? Sometimes nothing...

Always the player - easy way to test that is to have a good player play your bass. It'll sound totally different than the way you hear yourself playing it. Not meaning a 'better' player - but a player as good as you focusing on how they play resulting in how it sounds.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

triple whammy this weekend…..Gardinos with JMB tomorrow night and two on Sat, 2 setter at Pacific Grove and a 3 setter here in Hol at 7 with this guy….
https://youtube.com/shorts/gz7mtMuH27w?si=EdxM7H5hhUVJjDux

learned Steely Dan’s Black Cow for tomorrow…..seems like that song visits all 12 positions on the neck in typical Steely Dan fashion lol…..this one is pretty popular too….

 

[Count Bassie]

Zackly!

 

[Gaolee]

TSC's plays Hey Bulldog also. PM's (pick'd) bass-lines are really fun right? I don't think it ever sounds like a Hofner regardless of what bass I use. My Custom Kraft hollow-body would have come closest but I only used it once live and HB wasn't on the set-list..

And most definitely it's your mojo.

NYE 2018 -
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Macca always sounds like Macca whether he's playing a Hofner, a Ric, or a Fender. He would probably sound like Macca playing a Thunderbird. Even if you play a Hofner, good luck sounding like Macca. It's one of those things I never worry about when playing Beatles songs. Nobody sounds like him, even if you play with a pick up by the fretboard.

 

[Gaolee]

triple whammy this weekend…..Gardinos with JMB tomorrow night and two on Sat, 2 setter at Pacific Grove and a 3 setter here in Hol at 7 with this guy….
https://youtube.com/shorts/gz7mtMuH27w?si=EdxM7H5hhUVJjDux

learned Steely Dan’s Black Cow for tomorrow…..seems like that song visits all 12 positions on the neck in typical Steely Dan fashion lol…..this one is pretty popular too….

Pity those clips got cut off. I was enjoying listening to them.

 

[Stealth57]

Macca always sounds like Macca whether he's playing a Hofner, a Ric, or a Fender. He would probably sound like Macca playing a Thunderbird. Even if you play a Hofner, good luck sounding like Macca. It's one of those things I never worry about when playing Beatles songs. Nobody sounds like him, even if you play with a pick up by the fretboard.

Careful, you’ll be accused of being from Liverpool.

 

[Count Bassie]

TSC's plays Hey Bulldog also. PM's (pick'd) bass-lines are really fun right? I don't think it ever sounds like a Hofner regardless of what bass I use. My Custom Kraft hollow-body would have come closest but I only used it once live and HB wasn't on the set-list..

And most definitely it's your mojo.

NYE 2018 -
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Paul's playing is some of my favorite, maybe because it's the closest to my early musical experience, from childhood.
And he's got some of the most unexpected approaches to playing a line- he almost *leaves the realm of bass playing* with his forays- but an interesting thing happens: what he plays redefines the term "bass line" in real time- as you're listening. You say, "Oh, yeah of course..." The dude invents playing bass again for the song he's playing. He's the only one who does that, seems to me.
I don't do that. But maybe the influence was profound enough to make itself evident somehow?
Only Paul is Paul... But it's fun to consider that a positive influence could express itself in your own art, that some of these characteristics could be shared among us all, here and there.
We've all got our own evidence of shared influence, for sure.

 

[Count Bassie]

Always the player - easy way to test that is to have a good player play your bass. It'll sound totally different than the way you hear yourself playing it. Not meaning a 'better' player - but a player as good as you focusing on how they play resulting in how it sounds.

It's always interesting to hear someone else play your bass... Now I want to set up the Zoom at the next gig and invite someone up to play a couple tunes...

 

[Count Bassie]

triple whammy this weekend…..Gardinos with JMB tomorrow night and two on Sat, 2 setter at Pacific Grove and a 3 setter here in Hol at 7 with this guy….
https://youtube.com/shorts/gz7mtMuH27w?si=EdxM7H5hhUVJjDux

learned Steely Dan’s Black Cow for tomorrow…..seems like that song visits all 12 positions on the neck in typical Steely Dan fashion lol…..this one is pretty popular too….

Nice.

 

[Instagator]

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You have taken up the Duke0Frock deal finding habit. Well done!

I have been fortunate. I’ve been looking for a G3,Grabber or Ripper for a couple of years now. The prices on those have gone up substantially in the last few years.
There is no way that I was going to pay $3000 + on Reverb for a beat up specimen.
What got me on this one was that it was advertised as mint and it was close by.
The seller was asking $1800 and we settled on $1550. I consider this one to be investment grade.
I went over it carefully last night and did find a scuff on the back of the lower bout.I’ll post the picture
No belt rash either.
The seller even apologized about thumb prints on the tuners.
I remember when they were practically giving these away. Mrs Gator loves natural wood guitars so she practically pushed me out the door to go pick it up.
I put a dime next to the “damage” maybe I should return it.
Cheers!

 

[Engle]

triple whammy this weekend…..Gardinos with JMB tomorrow night and two on Sat, 2 setter at Pacific Grove and a 3 setter here in Hol at 7 with this guy….
https://youtube.com/shorts/gz7mtMuH27w?si=EdxM7H5hhUVJjDux

learned Steely Dan’s Black Cow for tomorrow…..seems like that song visits all 12 positions on the neck in typical Steely Dan fashion lol…..this one is pretty popular too….

Nice! Hopefully you have some good players and singer(s) for the Steely Dan stuff!

 

[Stealth57]

TBT (thumb bird Thursday)

 

[JIO]

Macca always sounds like Macca whether he's playing a Hofner, a Ric, or a Fender. He would probably sound like Macca playing a Thunderbird. Even if you play a Hofner, good luck sounding like Macca. It's one of those things I never worry about when playing Beatles songs. Nobody sounds like him, even if you play with a pick up by the fretboard.

yep -

 

[Count Bassie]

A

I have been fortunate. I’ve been looking for a G3,Grabber or Ripper for a couple of years now. The prices on those have gone up substantially in the last few years.
There is no way that I was going to pay $3000 + on Reverb for a beat up specimen.
What got me on this one was that it was advertised as mint and it was close by.
The seller was asking $1800 and we settled on $1550. I consider this one to be investment grade.
I went over it carefully last night and did find a scuff on the back of the lower bout.I’ll post the picture
No belt rash either.
The seller even apologized about thumb prints on the tuners.
I remember when they were practically giving these away. Mrs Gator loves natural wood guitars so she practically pushed me out the door to go pick it up.
I put a dime next to the “damage” maybe I should return it.
Cheers!

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Dayum.