Thunderbird Club

[GonePlaid]

My wife does that on keyboard. I can't see her hands, but at home where I can it drives me crazy.

I worked with a keyboard player that had BIG hands. He could easily reach a tenth(say C to octave E)and play a note or two in between.

 

[GonePlaid]

When I was a kid, KHJ channel 9 in L.A. (owned by Desi and Lucy Arnez for a time) ran the same movie every night for a week. My brother insisted on watching every minute of the Blob every night for a week. It gave me nightmares. I used to be afraid that the blob was under my bed.

And now?

 

[GonePlaid]

@Dark Horse

 

[GonePlaid]

Oh yeah I understand the mechanics are different and it's amazing they can make it work convincingly on a bass.
Sometimes it's a pain to learn a song in another key.
But it's also very good brain exercise

But they said we wouldn't hafta use our brains.

 

[MCF]

We drove over to Paso Robles Saturday to see the Avett Brothers at the Vina Los Robles Amphitheater. It is a wonderful 3500 seat venue. The show was, as they always are, fabulous. Sold out.

If you are so inclined, try to catch a show when they come near you. You will be thoroughly entertained.

 

[MCF]

And now?

I cannot watch that movie to this day.

 

[Basvarken]

Rob's shootout was posted in this thread, so might be a little hard to find
He'll probably chime in, but he's in Europe, so time zones are a factor.

Here's the post

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/thunderbird-club.1056205/page-13186#post-27851911


Scroll down from there to see the replies.

 

[KB5]

I'm starting to think that Epi should do run of silver sparkle '64 Chuck Garrick signature birds. This dude had probably played his VP's in morrle countries and in front of more people than anyone else. I saw Alice Cooper 5 years ago and he was playing the VP's then and continues to tour with them.



Chuck Garric on Instagram: "Bass Solo! This last tour when @hurricanenita missed a few shows, Alice asked me to come up with a bass solo instead of taking the guitar solo out of the set. Hope i did ya proud Strauss Rockers…enjoy the Distortion @alicecooper @ryanroxie @glen_sobel @disvicious1 #basssolo #gibsonthunderbird #distortion #kemperamps"

 

[dagrev]

I had an opportunity to try my friend's friend's fretless 5-string Wal today. A big mistake.
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A beautiful sounding and playing bass. Now I fully understand why they are so desirable. And it doesn't really help that my most wanted fretless is indeed a Wal.
One thing that helps is that I could never afford one.

And I thought the big mistake was going to be how disappointed you were that the Wal sucked.

 

[dagrev]

@Dark Horse

Cool! Thanks for posting that V!

 

[dagrev]

I first misread your sig as saying, "No gig too small, no amount of constipation too large" and I cringed.

Was something else on your mind?

That's a "we don't need to know" answer.

 

[bylar13]

Was someone looking for tug bars?

Gibson Bass Thumb Rest, Tug Bar | eBay

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I worked with a keyboard player that had BIG hands. He could easily reach a tenth(say C to octave E)and play a note or two in between.

We had a teen in our youth group years ago who was way taller than six feet, with hands to match. His reach on bass was insane. We'd go places in my Miata (I was his substitute dad) and he had to really duck down to keep his face out of the wind. Once we got caught in a thunderstorm and had to put the top up. He was pretty much curled up in a fetal position around his backpack and his head still made a huge bump in the soft top. But he could reach across 6 or 7 frets with ease down by the nut.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

And now?

Now he KNOWS it's there.

 

[GBassNorth]

We had a teen in our youth group years ago who was way taller than six feet, with hands to match. His reach on bass was insane. We'd go places in my Miata (I was his substitute dad) and he had to really duck down to keep his face out of the wind. Once we got caught in a thunderstorm and had to put the top up. He was pretty much curled up in a fetal position around his backpack and his head still made a huge bump in the soft top. But he could reach across 6 or 7 frets with ease down by the nut.

Yikes - that’s my first and second position combined. Because of my arthritis I have a hard time properly fretting with just the first 5 frets, I can’t imagine hitting 1 and 7 at the same time.

 

[dagrev]

Was someone looking for tug bars?

Gibson Bass Thumb Rest, Tug Bar | eBay

In reference to a question about changing the pots in an Epi VP, I said it wouldn't be a priority for me and a tug bar would be higher on the list. (Because we all know, mahogany tug bars is where the real tone is at.)

 

[Rickplaysbass]

In reference to a question about changing the pots in an Epi VP, I said it wouldn't be a priority for me and a tug bar would be higher on the list. (Because we all know, mahogany tug bars is where the real tone is at.)

I prefer East Indian Rosewood for it's more natural dynamics and slightly compressed feel. Don't get me started on that West Indian junk though. I'd rather have a stinky slab of pau Ferro.

 

[JIO]

Oh yeah I understand the mechanics are different and it's amazing they can make it work convincingly on a bass.
Sometimes it's a pain to learn a song in another key.
But it's also very good brain exercise

I'd like to try the pedal before getting any more interested as it's not cheap and it's another pedal. Not sure if GC here in SF would stock one.

 

[D.M.N.]

Not T-bird related, but I think the album title applies to a lot of us here...

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

White Wed…..

https://youtube.com/shorts/QHi8Pm134Ec?si=zoYfEszY4Ws0w4lY