Thunderbird Club

[Chucky Stiletti]

So if I am correct, amps on stage are for the player to hear their sound directly/physically and what's heard in the audience is entirely FOH. Or a bit of both for the player... which is what I'm familiar with. Or.., were they wearing ear monitors where what the player "hears" is the mix in their ears?

no ear monitors…….no 7enders either….Rick and Les Paul recording…..sound is truly crystal clear…. perfect venue for this…

 

[JIO]

no ear monitors…….no 7enders either….Rick and Les Paul recording…..sound is truly crystal clear…. perfect venue for this…
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Wow, what an awesome theater! It reminds me a lot of our Castro theater, when they did it right - (the Castro theater is primarily for films)

 

[JIO]

If there's any interest - no affiliation.


BURNY TB-70 Thunderbird Active Bass apan circa 1987 in Fire Red with FGI Pickups | Reverb

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Yes. EHX's description is:

Dedicated attack expander allows your bass to cut through any live performance with razor’s edge control. Adjustable attack bleeds bite with suede.
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My goal when I got it was to get a more pick-like attack with fingers.

How well does it do that?

 

[GonePlaid]

I never thought about it being painted. Mine’s a 2010. It does sound metallic if I tap on it. Thanks!

See if a magnet is attracted to it. Oh, wait...

 

[GonePlaid]

I planned to get back into swimming this summer. Got the pool dialed in. Only got a couple weeks in and then I broke the ankle. It’s too cold to swim in the winter.

Ice skate?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

whatever... if it does something that aids ones sound regardless of what it's called.

I’ll see your whatever and raise you one “who cares if we call it ebony or rosewood?”)

The functional opposite of a compressor is an expander. Knowing the name makes it easier to discuss, research, etc.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

some pedals do both and are called compounders…helps when you go to the store looking for one……

Companders. Spell check get you?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Any decent d.i. will give you that option. One that some players really like (but is pricy) is this one -

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Really pricy, but really awesome.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Looks pretty similar to the one on my Pro 5, which is brass under the paint. Odd that yours isn't....maybe the later years were different? Mine's an '09, first year for the Pro 4/5.

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Yeah, mine was brass painted black.

 

[Mvf]

who says Rickys are a thing of the past?…..
Steve Hackett at Golden State Theater in Monterey…….
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That same Rick was on stage in Helsinki in May this year. Super show! The first set was numbers from Hackets solo production and in the second set they did the complete Foxtrot album plus Firth of Fifth and Los Endos.

 

[MCF]

who says Rickys are a thing of the past?…..
Steve Hackett at Golden State Theater in Monterey…….
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Steve Hackett. Damn. I would like to be there.

I may take another go at finding a Ric. I couldn’t find one I felt right with when I went trying them five or so years ago. With the ‘23’s, they supposedly revised the 4001 neck profile.

 

[MCF]

no ear monitors…….no 7enders either….Rick and Les Paul recording…..sound is truly crystal clear…. perfect venue for this…
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Looks sold out.

 

[Iristone]

who says Rickys are a thing of the past?…..
Steve Hackett at Golden State Theater in Monterey…….
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Count me as another fan of both Rick and Birdperson... sorry Bird. The Bird is 2 universes more comfortable to play than the Rick to me, though. And it must have 5x the output of a Rick. I like the stereo Ric-O-Sound output, though.
Oh, and I love me some Genesis, too - curiously I like them in both versions.

Well congratulations then! I was thinking either your wife doesn’t pay attention, she’s a saint, or both.

My wife didn’t say anything for several days about the Carbine in the bedroom until the other night when she asked me to please turn it off before I got into bed. She’s a coming around.

I thought it was about his wife not liking the Bird look. Well my girlfriend doesn't, but I convinced her that I'd get a comfortable, versatile and reliable bass in my situation (my only daily driver Rick broke).
Other than the modernist Gibsons (which I love but she doesn't), we share a pretty similar aesthetics towards guitars. We both like a Casino, 60's Telecaster, Gretsch archtops, her ES-335 and 214ce, Höfner, Viola, and my Rick, but not a Bacchus (which I loaned from a friend while waiting for the Bird), EB-3L, or Dreadnought or Gretsch acoustics.

 

[MCF]

Wow, what an awesome theater! It reminds me a lot of our Castro theater, when they did it right - (the Castro theater is primarily for films)

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The Arlington in Santa Barbara is another cool theatre. Some major acts are playing it now. We saw Patton there in ‘70.
It’s California Mission style.

 

[JIO]

Steve Hackett. Damn. I would like to be there.

I may take another go at finding a Ric. I couldn’t find one I felt right with when I went trying them five or so years ago. With the ‘23’s, they supposedly revised the 4001 neck profile.

I owned a nice '85 4003 (with the tr at the heal, 2-section pg and two wood screws through the bridge) - I played it for a year or two occasionally... it was ok, and then I sold it.

 

[JIO]

The Arlington in Santa Barbara is another cool theatre. Some major acts are playing it now. We saw Patton there in ‘70.
It’s California Mission style.
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I love the old classic theaters - whenever I'm in them I feel at home.

 

[JIO]

I’ll see your whatever and raise you one “who cares if we call it ebony or rosewood?”)

The functional opposite of a compressor is an expander. Knowing the name makes it easier to discuss, research, etc.

BOSS Compression/Sustainer ... it's like putting a humidifier in the room with a de-humidifier and letting them fight it out. (Steven Wright) I set the level full up and the sustain full off - attack at 12:00. It's always on.

 

[JIO]

Really pricy, but really awesome.

You've used/tried it? - I have been tempted, but haven't acquired one. How would you describe how it's awesome?

 

[RedVee]

Yeah, mine was brass painted black.

Seems odd to me. I’d’ve thunk that a brass nut would be a selling point at the Epi price point. Why wouldn’t they leave it unpainted and show it off?