Thunderbird Club

[Chucky Stiletti]

thanks everyone! never seen a neck with an action like this…. lower of any bass I’ve ever seen, shipped with the strings loosened…..,a very professional packing job from Mike’s guitars…caso in ok shape..
haven’t plugged it in yet…..

 

[dagrev]

Purely intended to put butts on the dance floor, simple repetitive monotonous beat to keep ‘em on the dance floor. No creative bass line, no significant vocal arrangement, cheap electronic generated club dub, trance music. Five minutes of it and I’m done.

There was a great scholar quoted article recently about music. In short, Classical helps cognition, Rock/Pop, far less, and other studies that Rap is so unthinking as indicated by lower SAT scores. Classical has "rules" and the brain actually likes them. The more pop music tends to be, it becomes more predictable and filled with repetition, some obviously more than others. This is why classical was at the top and rap at the bottom. As you pointed out, shortness was also a factor and obviously required less attention and sustained thought.

 

[dagrev]

like this?…..
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WHAAAAAAAT? What happened here? Where did that come from?

 

[Rickplaysbass]

thanks everyone! never seen a neck with an action like this…. lower of any bass I’ve ever seen, shipped with the strings loosened…..,a very professional packing job from Mike’s guitars…caso in ok shape..
haven’t plugged it in yet…..
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Who's passing out the cigars for bringing that baby home?

 

[dagrev]

sure is!…..
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Fantastic! I was hoping someone here would get it. The more I thought about it, them more I thought it was worth buying. They ain't gonna get any cheaper!

 

[dagrev]

You just stop that now.

That's what people say when I play. How did you know?

 

[JJR58]

That's what people say when I play. How did you know?

 

[JJR58]

I don't know when or if i'll ever get back out there in the game.
But if i do, i'm prepared to give people a face full of in your face bass playing.
And feel good about it.

 

[JJR58]

thanks everyone! never seen a neck with an action like this…. lower of any bass I’ve ever seen, shipped with the strings loosened…..,a very professional packing job from Mike’s guitars…caso in ok shape..
haven’t plugged it in yet…..
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That bass is literally in good hands now.

 

[dagrev]

thanks everyone! never seen a neck with an action like this…. lower of any bass I’ve ever seen, shipped with the strings loosened…..,a ver

That bass is literally in good hands now.

Word.
Worthy hands and in a worthy home. Just glad Scott's bass hack roadie didn't snag it up.

 

[Ringhammer]

car stereos were being where half or more of the music was being listened to.

Still where I listen to most of my music, however I know it’s not as common for everyone as it once was. I use my work truck as my listening room when going over the mixes for new recordings. However I am coming to the conclusion I also must listen with earbuds and straight off the iPhone to also make sure the mix is something I can live with, which, as far as a good bass mix coming from itty bitty speakers, virtually never happens… key there is “a mix I can live with”. Music sounds really good in my work vehicle, and always has. I have always made sure to have a decent system in the place I spend so much time.

I think most people have maybe long forgotten how good music can sound! Quick YouTube clips on your tiny phone with tiny speakers, just don’t do it, and I guarantee, virtually never, do most people get from beginning to end of a song/video, without switching to the next one. Could Pink Floyd find success in this century if they were just starting out?

Not to mention since we’re all older, most of my friends and acquaintances don’t listen to music like they used to. When we were young, music was just simply a bigger part of everyone’s life. Waiting for the next recording(s) from your favorite band(s), going home to kick back and enjoy listening to music, going out every weekend to hang out and see live music from your friends’ bands, to national acts passing through, etc. Now it seems that mostly it’s a handful of your friends and only the other musicians/bands that you interact with that are still going out. I get it, everyone has grown up, and, to young people, the music we play is old people music, etc. it’s just what happens as time passes…

Music, playing it, and listening to it, and discovering new stuff(even when the discovery is new to me but not “new”), is still my favorite hobby. I realize how important it is when I’m hanging at home in the morning, quietly and I get up and head out to my garage to tinker, and just put one of my weird Pandora stations on, and my mood lifts, immediately.

…caffeinated morning musings by Richard, thanks for listening.

 

[GonePlaid]

There is none.

Some guy at sound man school said that's how it's s'posed to be done. And the lemmings all agreed.
I was in a Chicago/BS&T cover band in the early 70s. I know-and played-the bass lines from most of their early hits. My daughter and I went to a bunch of Chicago concerts(14?)the past few years. The kick was so effing loud that the only time I heard those bass lines was in my head. I could see Jason's fingers moving where they were s'posed to but his bass(Lakland J)was buried.

 

[Engle]

sure is!…..
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Nice! Congrats Chuck!

 

[GonePlaid]

The purple just isn't as "brilliant", comparing the two I'm a little disappointed..... if I had it on it's own I would not be so bothered.

Keep it in a different room.

 

[Engle]

That bass is literally in good hands now.

This is true! Chuck will play it.

 

[Engle]

Still where I listen to most of my music, however I know it’s not as common for everyone as it once was. I use my work truck as my listening room when going over the mixes for new recordings. However I am coming to the conclusion I also must listen with earbuds and straight off the iPhone to also make sure the mix is something I can live with, which, as far as a good bass mix coming from itty bitty speakers, virtually never happens… key there is “a mix I can live with”. Music sounds really good in my work vehicle, and always has. I have always made sure to have a decent system in the place I spend so much time.

I think most people have maybe long forgotten how good music can sound! Quick YouTube clips on your tiny phone with tiny speakers, just don’t do it, and I guarantee, virtually never, do most people get from beginning to end of a song/video, without switching to the next one. Could Pink Floyd find success in this century if they were just starting out?

Not to mention since we’re all older, most of my friends and acquaintances don’t listen to music like they used to. When we were young, music was just simply a bigger part of everyone’s life. Waiting for the next recording(s) from your favorite band(s), going home to kick back and enjoy listening to music, going out every weekend to hang out and see live music from your friends’ bands, to national acts passing through, etc. Now it seems that mostly it’s a handful of your friends and only the other musicians/bands that you interact with that are still going out. I get it, everyone has grown up, and, to young people, the music we play is old people music, etc. it’s just what happens as time passes…

Music, playing it, and listening to it, and discovering new stuff(even when the discovery is new to me but not “new”), is still my favorite hobby. I realize how important it is when I’m hanging at home in the morning, quietly and I get up and head out to my garage to tinker, and just put one of my weird Pandora stations on, and my mood lifts, immediately.

…caffeinated morning musings by Richard, thanks for listening.

I have Bose bluetooth headphones that I wear when walking the dog. Between the clarity of those headphones and some of the remastered recordings available, I hear parts that I didn't know existed in music I've been listening to for years.

 

[Engle]

Seems like a good morning for the Dead Milkmen

 

[JIO]

The point is, He's plays J's.
As well as TBirds.

Oddly enough, both produce low tones.

 

[JIO]

I don't know when or if i'll ever get back out there in the game.
But if i do, i'm prepared to give people a face full of in your face bass playing.
And feel good about it.

That's the spirit! I want to be in the audience when that happens!

 

[JJR58]

That's the spirit! I want to be in the audience when that happens!

You may have to come to Germany for that.