Thunderbird Club

[MCF]

Sucks in many ways.

It’ll take five years minimum to sort out.

 

[MCF]

I raised the pickups and put on a set of new Power Steels. I had to add some foam to the pickup cavities to get the pickups to feel solid. Liking the changes so far. Looking forward to seeing how the strings settle in.
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You will like them.

 

[MCF]

Saw Alice live at a Welcome To My Nightmare tour in NYC.
Madison Square Garden.
Aynsley Dunbar, Steve Hunter, Dick Wagner, Prakash John.

I’ll just leave it at that.

EDIT: Pentti Glan on drums.

This was exactly Lou Reeds band from Rock-n-Roll Animal, at The Palladium.
Which I also attended.

I think this is only the second or third time Prakash has come up in the almost ten years I’ve been around here. We need to change that. Amazing versatile player.

 

[JJR58]

I think this is only the second or third time Prakash has come up in the almost ten years I’ve been around here. We need to change that. Amazing versatile player.

I think he’s an incredible player.

 

[MCF]

Paint your roof blue

I would if the HOA would allow it.

 

[GonePlaid]

Bond Girl gig report from last night : The Makeout Room (Mission SF) is a biggish club with high ceilings with lots of shiny hanging things and kinetic lighting. Stage is two-tiered with classic red velvet curtains. Sound... well, the sound was ok but I didn't notice it until listening to the other band but the space has a really loud air fan?/system that made hearing music played quietly difficult. It's an old joint and it could definitely use an upgrade for that unit - only relatively loud music would sound ok. As Cherie puts it "we are a James Bond rock band" and we play relatively loud, but always making sure her vocals are heard above everything else. My amp was on the top tier with drums and I was on the lower tier so I could hear my bass loud & clear - it sounded really good actually. Overall we sounded ok, but not great due to the room (with that loud fan) and a a sub-standard FOH. I had a hard time hearing Paul (guitar) on the other side of the stage. Really dark also so navigating the two-tiered stage setting up with cords everywhere was precarious. Unexplainably, my B9 set-up wasn't working. I attempted trouble-shooting but due to time and difficulty in seeing in the dark, I just used my POG pedal instead. I only use the B9 on two songs and only one of them was on our setlist. These things happen at gigs. You come prepared and have set-up countless times with no issues, and one tiny thing/detail derails success. It was fairly minor - and for sure no-one knew the wiser. Today I went through everything and it all worked perfectly.

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Whenever something like that happens with our group, someone'll say "Understanding Electronics 101".

 

[GonePlaid]

When seated, yes, about the same.
Standing, no. The NR is more of a reach by a good bit. (And I'm 6' and have some reach.)

I guess 'cos I've been playing mine since 73, I never noticed. And that was coming from a Gibson EB-3(SS).

 

[JJR58]

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JJ that is my favorite Bird! So Nice!

That warms my heart.
It does incredible tones.

 

[GonePlaid]

Becca (20) shreds…..

 

[GonePlaid]

you mean like this?…….
Congrats!!!

 

[Stealth57]

Dogs headed back home.

 

[dagrev]

Baked are cake-like. If possible/rational, I would eat donuts at least once a day. That's one of the handful of things I could binge eat to the point of being sick.

I can live without the sprinkles. This is what is served in heaven every morning.

And for lunch......

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

What 9v battery is everyone using for their active basses?

 

[Nocturnal]

What 9v battery is everyone using for their active basses?

Duracell typically since I can usually get good deals on them at Costco.

 

[GonePlaid]

What 9v battery is everyone using for their active basses?

Whatever's on sale.

 

[SubHuman]

you mean like this?…….
Congrats!!!

Nice solid bass Chuck. Love that tune too. Was that on an L shaped platform?

 

[JIO]

Whenever something like that happens with our group, someone'll say "Understanding Electronics 101".

another way of saying " happens" ...

 

[JIO]

Duracell typically since I can usually get good deals on them at Costco.

Same - and I have only a few active basses and batteries last a long time, as long as you don't leave them plugged in.

 

[WillyW]

What 9v battery is everyone using for their active basses?

whatever is in the smoke detector…

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Wow - that must have been a trip! I only have seen his concert vids but I would guess the very early and later shows would be what I would have liked to see/hear/attend. His over-the-top extragaganza shows were part of what I didn't like about '70s 'arena rock'. His '90s and later down-to-earth work w/this band including Gail Anne Dorsey on bass is overlooked and some of my favorite Bowie.

My number one requirement was a good concert, but I was never adverse to a good show along with that. In either 74 or 75, ELP put on a phenomenal show, but I missed most of it, first puking and then wandering in circles around the Omni, unable to find my seat but having a great time otherwise. I could tell by the light spilling from the doorways and the crowd that there was something special going on. Eventually I came out of the hallucinatory fog[1] enough to check my ticket stub. I got to my seat just in time for the last song or two, which were without fireworks, theatrics, etc.
[1] A hazard of taking huge hits off whatever strangers were passing down the row at the concert.