Thunderbird Club

[Engle]

Before I step into a studio or in any kind of jam session, ear plugs go in first.

I’ve had a pair of Hearos in my gig pouch for the longest and used to have a set of Earasers in a keychain fob that kept on me at all times.

Problem with the Earasers fob was that kept getting unscrewed in my pocket, and I eventually lost one. The other thing is they started get oily over time.

I looked up a review listing the best earplugs for musicians for 2023 and came up with these top rated ones by Bollsen. For 16.99 apiece, I bought three as opposed to the number two slot earplugs going for $199.

Review at this link- 5 Best Earplugs For Musicians | What Are The Most Effective?

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Will check them out this coming week-

I'm going to in-ears for gigging with my cover band. I keep trashing my throat because I can't hear myself singing well enough, and trashing my right hand because I can't hear the bass.

 

[Engle]

This is what it is paradying - TSC has played it.

This is Bitch!

 

[Engle]

And I just noticed the engineer.

I didn't...awesome!

 

[ectoflanger]

One other I recently purchased for working in a friends studio for the next six months or so before we relocate-

A Hercules HCGS-525B with three extra yokes and stoppers for thin electric instruments- though designed to hold five acoustic and electric instruments, with its adjustable yokes it can accommodate up to ten skinny instruments if there are no acoustic or hollow bodies.

I also like that it folds up when not in use-

 

[Stealth57]

I'm going to in-ears for gigging with my cover band. I keep trashing my throat because I can't hear myself singing well enough, and trashing my right hand because I can't hear the bass.

I think @Ringhammer ’s drummer uses them. If I remember correctly, he hears himself so well that he doesn’t have a good feel for how loud he is really singing or playing.

 

[MCF]

This is what it is paradying - TSC has played it.

Always liked her. Good song.

 

[Stealth57]

One other I recently purchased for working in a friends studio for the next six months or so before we relocate-

A Hercules HCGS-525B with three extra yokes and stoppers for thin electric instruments- though designed to hold five acoustic and electric instruments, with its adjustable yokes it can accommodate up to ten skinny instruments if there are no acoustic or hollow bodies.

I also like that it folds up when not in use-

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I have the one made for 3 axes but added two expanders and it easily holds 5 birds.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

They are $129 a piece. Almost all of the aftermarket Tbird pickups are $200 to $300 a piece. Except the “Chinabuckers.”

clip pls…

 

[Ringhammer]

I think @Ringhammer ’s drummer uses them. If I remember correctly, he hears himself so well that he doesn’t have a good feel for how loud he is really singing or playing.

Yep, in Bad Lemon, he’s used them for years. If he improves his mic control (coming in or away at the right times) it works well, but he’s also got drumming on his mind.

 

[JIO]

Always liked her. Good song.

It's a very easy to play pop song... we only play it when doing more than one set - generally not our style/genre, but I like the song and it's a really fun vid.

 

[JIO]

This is Bitch!

Bitch's abound!

 

[JIO]

And I just noticed the engineer.

Yah, I saw that too ... a teeny tiny little engineer.

 

[JJR58]

I know. I know.
It’s a Precision.
But that Delano!
And a little blending in of the HawkBucker.
Use headphones to really hear those pick ups.

 

[JIO]

I know. I know.
It’s a Precision.
But that Delano!
And a little blending in of the HawkBucker.
Use headphones to really hear those pick ups.

Very strong, muscular tone you got there. Works well w/the Duncan. It could hold its own vs a T-bird.

 

[JJR58]

Very strong, muscular tone you got there. Works well w/the Duncan. It could hold its own vs a T-bird.

I know you asked about hearing a difference Geo.
I absolutely love the tone.
Much stronger and more present then a standard type P pick up.

 

[ectoflanger]

Got not only a T-Bird, but a matching firebird sighting in this vid by Sweet performing “Love is Like Oxygen.”
I’ve always liked how the bass counterpoints the solo vocal as the instruments resume in the refrain-

 

[MCF]

Got not only a T-Bird, but a matching firebird sighting in this vid by Sweet performing “Love is Like Oxygen.”

I’d forgotten that song. Such a fun bassline.

 

[ectoflanger]

I’d forgotten that song. Such a fun bassline.

Added that I always liked how the bass comps the vocal solo in the refrain-

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I put one in my BaCH II in place of the stock Artec. Huge upgrade. And a bargain at $129. I won’t try to convince anyone it sounds as good as the unobtainable Lull that Veronica put in her blue BaCH, but it gets close.

I got distracted as I started reading this, but what I read yanked me back to verify.
“I put one in my BaCH II in place of the stock Altec. Huge …”
Yeah, that would make a huge bass (imagining a Voice of the Theater speaker in your Bach).

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I know. I know.
It’s a Precision.
But that Delano!
And a little blending in of the HawkBucker.
Use headphones to really hear those pick ups.

gritty! love it!…..