Thunderbird Club

[JJR58]

Yep. He did. The pride of SLO. I pray they will remain with us for a long time to come too.

I’ve been eyeing a few.
But it’ll be cheaper for me to put back together my black body Geddy Lee J.

 

[GonePlaid]

Greeks...
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Arabs...
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Germans...
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They look like they'll be nice when they finish them. ('cept the German one)

 

[GonePlaid]

Definitely not Mike’s flip phone.

Hey!

 

[Engle]

That music in your clip is probably my favorite genre.
Especially how you guys played it.
My hats off to you Irv and the rest of the musicians.

Thanks Jeff! I always enjoy playing some heavy tunes - having fun rediscovering this stuff:

 

[PhR75]

Now the album is out. Here's one track, one of the not-so-downer ambient things from it:

 

[Miles_ONeal]

EMG's (their low impedance active pu's) were/are especially favored by metal guitarists because they deliver a clean, neutral sound, so when adding all their effects they remain clear and articulate. I have (9v active) EMGX J pu's in my Supersonic bass and they are exactly that - clean, clear and neutral. (...it's strung w/flats) My Russian (Moscow) guitarist/musician friend who worked for Avid (formerly Digi Design - he's a sonic scientist) played all my basses at one point and picked that bass as his favorite. I don't think I ever made it growl, but otherwise it sounds/records damn good.

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For all your death metal needs!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

thanks!.....dicking around in the studio decades ago....this one has an amusing story our guitarist/singer wrote about the owner of a club (called "La Comedia" where we used to play) who canned us after his wife came on to him....can't write this stuff.....
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Totally digging this, Chuck!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I found a recording of the Tbird I built - when it had the EMG active P pickup in it:
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Killer!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Did it involve a strip search?

The fried-chicken-sniffing dogs outted him!

 

[ectoflanger]

Someone earlier said that Fender bass specs are relatively high action and although they were an improvement what my Jazz came with I decided on lowering the action so-

Instead of .012 at the 6th or 7th fret for trussrod setting I went with .008 and for the string height settings from the bridge (measurements taken at the 17 th fret I went as follows-

Instead of Fender's suggested 2.4 mm height for the E string, I went with 2.0 mm, and instead of 2.0 mm for the G string I went with a little less than 1.75.

Mind you this is what they recommend for a radius of 9.5.

No buzz thus far!

Any measurements you can share?

 

[Engle]

Someone earlier said that Fender bass specs are relatively high action and although they were an improvement what my Jazz came with I decided on lowering the action so-

Instead of .012 at the 6th or 7th fret for trussrod setting I went with .008 and for the string height settings from the bridge (measurements taken at the 17 th fret I went as follows-

Instead of Fender's suggested 2.4 mm height for the E string, I went with 2.0 mm, and instead of 2.0 mm for the G string I went with a little less than 1.75.

Mind you this is what they recommend for a radius of 9.5.

No buzz thus far!

Any measurements you can share?

I don't measure. I check the relief by holding down the E string at each end and tapping it in the middle.
And I usually set the action where it feels good.

 

[JJR58]

The fried-chicken-sniffing dogs outted him!

They did not.
I outted those customs peeps.
I won for a change.

 

[JJR58]

I don't measure. I check the relief by holding down the E string at each end and tapping it in the middle.
And I usually set the action where it feels good.

Same here.

 

[BuddhaFingas]

I measure, then I twiddle for minimum clank.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

not much changes around here....

hungry now...

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

B15 fun..

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Totally digging this, Chuck!

Thx Miles!! from well into last century....crazy..

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

There's a pesky Englisher on the right

I meant yours V, the '39 Victor's ready.....talk about contrast....

 

[dagrev]

I don't measure. I check the relief by holding down the E string at each end and tapping it in the middle.
And I usually set the action where it feels good.

I've measured before a few times and set things to what was considered optimal but went back to adjusting till it feels right. Those were not the same for whatever reason.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

On my own I wouldn't have known that about Palermo, however, George C. Scott mentions it in "Patton" which happens to be one of my all-time favorite movies. I firmly believe the man was put on this earth to play that role, he was brilliant.

Basic translation: "To the fallen, on the 40th Anniversary of the Battle of Gela". 1983.
Remembering (from an Axis perspective) the US/UK amphibious assault of Sicily in preparation for the invasion of the mainland which proved so costly reiterating Napoleon's view that Italy like a boot, best entered from the top....