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Thunderbird Club
- Thread starter TBird1958
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Many years ago, I did take the hypocritic oath.Hypocrisy? Where? Did I miss something?
Something to consider b4 needing to contact Chuckie:
Yep, apparently Kurt Whatshisname "borrowed" the main riff for Come as You Are.
I got to know Killing Joke a bit when some young lads covered a different song of theirs way back when. I prefer the KJ version these days though.
- Jun 30, 2010
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- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
correction : a '90s Gibson T-bird w/ebony fb ... black is beautiful. (can I say that Paul?...)
- Jun 30, 2010
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"I'm tellin' you man - the sound of the bass is in the fingers man..."
Man. That’s s close.I was feeling a little underwhelmed by the sound of the pickups in my Orville. But I realized they were down kinda low, so I shoved some foam under them and got them adjusted as high as they can go without string contact (well not much contact).
I played at last night’s Code Delta practice and YOWZA! That’s the ticket, especially with a pick
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Black Flag was the original L.A. punk band. The Minutemen came along a couple years later, along with X. Late seventies, early eighties. Good times.
- Jun 30, 2010
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I was feeling a little underwhelmed by the sound of the pickups in my Orville. But I realized they were down kinda low, so I shoved some foam under them and got them adjusted as high as they can go without string contact (well not much contact).
I played at last night’s Code Delta practice and YOWZA! That’s the ticket, especially with a pick
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Yes, it depends on the pu output and ones individual playing style. Pick-up height varies on all my basses - some are very close to the strings if fretting at the heal. (which honestly is not often - mostly used as a set-up standard) None of my basses have super-low action... more 'relatively low'. I mostly play with a relatively light touch (and primarily with a pick) but it gives me room to dig-in when needed. I'm also always going to favor a clean, articulate tone only using fuzz/distortion or other effects sparingly for accent. I do use chorus (full time) on one song for the feeling/vib it evokes.
I was in a bit of a strange musical place back then. I wasn’t a fan of hair/glam metal and while I’m not stupid enough to ignore the impact and importance of Van Halen, I didn’t own any of their albums. Nor was I into straight ahead punk when it was new and vibrant. Nor was I a big prog fan with the exception of Beat-era King Crimson. Besides consistently re-visiting the Allman Brothers’ Live at Fillmore East, the John Coltrane Quartet's Live at Birdland, and Miles Davis’s Pangaea, I really liked Keith Richards’ Talk is Cheap, Steve Earle’s Copperhead Road, Midnight Oil (punk influenced), INXS, GnR, and Iron Maiden (sort of a dual guitar substitute for the Allman Brothers + horror movie lyrics).
We were living in Japan from 1982-1991. One of the many great things about that was the availability of records that were out of print and largely unavailable in the US such as the entire discographies of the Ventures, the Meters, Booker T and the MGs, etc., so in many ways, I spent more time living in the musical past than the present.
We had a great time taking in @Ringhammer *s amazingly tight hard rock trio Bad Lemon at Hotel Utah in S.F. last night. His playing and Thunderbird through his Orange rig sounded great!
There is so much talent in the Thunderbird Club!
There is so much talent in the Thunderbird Club!
And great pics Marshall!
Thanks Jeff. Turned out pretty good for an old iPhone 8.
Yep, apparently Kurt Whatshisname "borrowed" the main riff for Come as You Are.
I got to know Killing Joke a bit when some young lads covered a different song of theirs way back when. I prefer the KJ version these days though.
Those Garage Days were great for me. I had never heard of some of those bands, and Budgie is now one of my favorites
We had that discussion.Wanna borrow my flip phone?
