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Thunderbird Club

#286,761
Engle said:
It's important to keep in mind that no one in the audience is there with the intention of picking apart your performance. They want to have fun and be entertained.
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This was entirely true before social media where shows are posted in real time and viewed later -
 
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#286,762
dagrev said:
Thanks. It likely has the best P neck I've ever played. Whoever was hand shaping it seems to have done extra pass or so on it and it's slightly smaller than the typical P or for that age. Other than my '64 and '06, it's my favorite neck. I'm not all that picky about necks, but that one is really nice. The '62 J is nice as well. Has no finish left on back of the neck, kind of like an EB SR now. I love the feel of it.
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Yes, every neck hand-shaped then. I also am open to all kinds of necks, at least 4-stringers - but have favorites.
 
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#286,763
dagrev said:
Indeed. I tell everyone in music settings and a few others, Just keep going and don't make any faces or look at a person if they did something wrong (or something goes wrong)--99% of the time no one will know--unless people start making faces and looking around. The drummer and I will at times get tickled by something one of us does and grin at each other, but no one knew what was to be done then so they had no clue and thought we we having a good time. I hope.
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Upon studying footage of our GGBandshell set - I caught myself suppressing a 'mistake face'. (not in this shot) Good thing all eyes were on Cherie! :)

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#286,765
dagrev said:
I'm glad I'm not the only one who does that from time to time. I've even got "lost" on easy songs...and I almost always have music in front of me, and still it happens. My wife says she never notices it, so somehow I fake my way out of it. I always cracked it up to how we play something different every week with one run-through on Wed and another on Sun morning. Generally it's a couple months before we do a song again at the earliest, with it generally being a number of months if not a year or more. I hate that part. I liked a band setting much better because you keep going over songs until they are second nature....and when it's show time you don't have to think so much about it. I think learning songs without music was a help for me as well. For what I'm doing at church with different songs every week I gave up trying to memorize songs long ago. No point since you may not play that song for no telling how many months or even years....or ever.
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In your church setting, charts make sense.
As much as possible, I try to have the music memorized so I can concentrate on performance.
 
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JIO said:
Upon studying footage of our GGBandshell set - I caught myself suppressing a 'mistake face'. (not in this shot) Good thing all eyes were on Cherie! :)

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It is quite impossible to look good in every shot! For every live shot I have posted here, I've rejected 20 for the really bad face I'm making......No doubt because my brain has wandered off, thinking of Root Beer, model trains or HVAC instead of the music.
 
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#286,771
Stealth57 said:
Canadian invaders are back.

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Some years ago, there were a pair of mallard ducks who hung out in our neighborhood, and on my block in particular. They figured out that the begging was pretty good for a duck. We keep a large bowl of water for birds, and they found that, too. They were around off and on for two or three years. I don't know how long ducks live. I assume they found somewhere else they liked better.
 
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This weeks temptations…
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GBassNorth said:
This weeks temptations…
Burny Electric Bass Guitar Thunderbird ZB-85 Used Product Shipping From Japan | eBay
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Greco TB-65 1984 ThunderBird Model Electric Bass Guitar free shipping from Japan | eBay

2012 Gibson Thunderbird IV Non-Reverse Bass Guitar | eBay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1457113427...0sVelH5HxJwIjZRPblD1k66GZ+|tkp:Bk9SR_zTw-7XYw
Epiphone 1990's Non-Reverse Thunderbird Electric Bass, Sunburst x1072 (USED) | Reverb

Burny ZB-85 Thunderbird; Japanese Bass, Norio Toshiro Signature; Blue Burst, 1995-1999 | Reverb

Greco Thunderbird Bass TB-70 1990 Black | Reverb

Greco Thunderbird 1980s - Lavender Copper Metallic | Reverb

Epiphone Thunderbird IV Classic Pro 2015 - 2020 - Alpine White | Reverb

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Interesting that there is no description on that Greco in Japan.
 
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