Thunderbird Club

[ectoflanger]

a little "Tricolore" action.....
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Nice basses but I'm curious about the AMX. If I remember correctly there were two engine options, both of which had unique CID's, the smaller of which I believe was something like a 304 or 330. Don't know if the larger one was a big block. By the way, were the those engine blocks from unique castings or where they stroked or bored versions of existing ones?

 

[JIO]

He also got the monkey of his back. Which freed him to be himself.

I saw the recent movie on him in a movie theater, can't recall what it's called. It's less a documentary than an interpretive sketch of his life as a creative force - really good.

 

[ectoflanger]

An original “Dream Pop” song. Mick Fleetwood once referred to it as exquisite.

Speaking of Mick Fleetwood, I like this atmospheric piece- used to think it was from a Bob Welch solo album-

 

[ectoflanger]

sweet....that one can be pretty accurately faked with a pick if you don't have the pizzicato stamina..... not so the case with "Paradise" with the way it jumps strings imho....

Hey Chuck, I believe you might like the bass lines in these as well- I also like the meanings behind the songs-



I love the F# to G slide in the opening riff in this one- a really effective way to add tension as well as the fifth harmony from the guitar in the following bars- and the haunting comp by Michael's Fender Rhodes-

 

[JIO]

I got a lot of shade early on for being a Bowie fan. My friends eventually came around when Golden Years was a hit. Then they listened to the earlier stuff and admitted I was right. Bowie was huge in SoCal back in the day.

I was the first kid on my block to have the 1st DB LP in 1970, The Man Who Sold the World. He had at least one earlier LP under David Jones if I remember correctly. Still one of my favorite Bowie LP's. I think RadioHead listened to it for inspiration on OK Computer, their breakthrough LP, especially the way the bass was recorded.

 

[ectoflanger]

I was the first kid on my block to have the 1st DB LP in 1970, The Man Who Sold the World. He had at least one earlier LP under David Jones if I remember correctly. Still one of my favorite Bowie LP's. I think RadioHead listened to it for inspiration on OK Computer, their breakthrough LP, especially the way the bass was recorded.

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Liked "Width of a Circle" from that LP. Enjoyed "Hunky Dory" - "The Bewlay Brothers" was a fun romp-

 

[JIO]

Liked "Width of a Circle" from that LP. Enjoyed "Hunky Dory" - "The Bewlay Brothers" was a fun romp-

 

[Gaolee]

I never 'got' her appeal. Then again, I'm sure my preferences would be in the minority.

Her appeal doesn't rely entirely on listening.

 

[Gaolee]

Love her voice and the music, a lot of which has great simple groove to it, this being a prime example, the bass is plowing a simple, almost hypnotic groove about a mile wide, very upfront and present. It might sound simple, but playing it so consistent for the duration of the song is quite difficult. It's easy to lose your concentration and start thinking about stuff like HVAC or Root Beer and then the groove goes to $%#@ - Yeah, that didn't happen here.

Thinking about HVAC and root beer is how I always screw up repetitive grooves. It happens every time. It is why I suck at songs like that unless I keep changing fingering to have the right kind of distraction. Then I screw it up a different way. There might be a pattern here. It ain't the groove.

 

[Gaolee]

I wouldn't buy her records, playing the stuff on the other hand....

There are a whole lot of songs I don’t want to hear but happily play. Funny how that works.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Nice basses but I'm curious about the AMX. If I remember correctly there were two engine options, both of which had unique CID's, the smaller of which I believe was something like a 304 or 330. Don't know if the larger one was a big block. By the way, were the those engine blocks from unique castings or where they stroked or bored versions of existing ones?

AMC never made a big block, three generations:
1) 250, 287, 327
2) 290, 343, 390 (in photo)
3) 304, 360, 401

 

[MCF]

Speaking of Mick Fleetwood, I like this atmospheric piece- used to think it was from a Bob Welch solo album-

It reemerged as a single after he left the Mac, on good terms. And with the band’s blessing. Same thing with Sentimental Lady.

 

[MCF]

There are a whole lot of songs I don’t want to hear but happily play. Funny how that works.

It is! I’m not much of an Earth, Wind & Fire fan and don’t listen to it. But trying to play some of the songs is a blast.

 

[MCF]

I was the first kid on my block to have the 1st DB LP in 1970, The Man Who Sold the World. He had at least one earlier LP under David Jones if I remember correctly. Still one of my favorite Bowie LP's. I think RadioHead listened to it for inspiration on OK Computer, their breakthrough LP, especially the way the bass was recorded.

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Is that a pic of yours? Do you still have it? An original pressing with the animated cover can be pretty valuable. And the one in the pic looks like it was a cutout! Mercury records really blew it with Bowie.

 

[ectoflanger]

Her appeal doesn't rely entirely on listening.

Like Samantha Fish- I remember seeing her featured in a magazine at my luthier bro Neal’s repair shop and thinking she was cute and wondering if she could jam-

 

[ectoflanger]

Since I keep mentioning him- my buddy Neil Sargent of Professional Guitar Repair in Houston, Texas. That’s him on the right as I try my Tele after a setup he did for me-

Here he is with an early-60”s ES-175 he had replaced the tuners on and cleaned up the electronics- earlier he had shown me the pickups that had the Patent Aoplied For stickers on the back.

He’s dedicated- lives in his shop in the next room over.

 

[ectoflanger]

Thinking about HVAC and root beer is how I always screw up repetitive grooves. It happens every time. It is why I suck at songs like that unless I keep changing fingering to have the right kind of distraction. Then I screw it up a different way. There might be a pattern here. It ain't the groove.

I remember Mick Fleetwood saying in his autobiography that he had the same issue with repetitive drum patterns that he attributed to a type of learning disability- so he had to switch things up-

 

[Engle]

Since I keep mentioning him- my buddy Neil Sargent of Professional Guitar Repair in Houston, Texas. That’s him on the right as I try my Tele after a setup he did for me-
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Here he is with an early-60”s ES-175 he had replaced the tuners on and cleaned up the electronics- earlier he had shown me the pickups that had the Patent Aoplied For stickers on the back.

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He’s dedicated- lives in his shop in the next room over.

I think I need a Tele!

 

[TBird1958]

a little "Tricolore" action.....
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The one on the right......................

 

[MCF]

I think I need a Tele!

Yep!!! In Lake Placid Blue!