Thunderbird Club

[JIO]

Well said. And your #1 would be mine as well. I would much rather play with people with less talent, but are more mature and easy to get along with than people who are great, but you would never choose to be around them otherwise.

All of my favorite band settings were people I knew, knew of (or were initially friend of a friend). In those situations we were also friends outside the band setting. The situations I could have lived without were where I didn't know the guys and we were filling slots basically. No gelling. No lasting ether. I found when members are friends it's worked better even in the difficult times because the friendship was as important as the band aspect.

So true. My friend Chris Kuffner who is a 'hired-gun' pro touring bass-player echoes the same thing on that level. If you are chosen to tour with a band, you obviously need to be competent but more importantly you need to be a good hang.

I've been blessed(?) to share compatible friendship with members of both bands I'm in. For me Bond Girl is going on 10yrs and TSC 7yrs. We've gone through a few drummers (think Spinal Tap ) and one guitarist but otherwise our core is the same.

 

[GonePlaid]

Heard the perfect song for (some of) Thunderbird Club on LSUG today:
"The Raw Oyster Blues with a Shrimp Poboy on the Side" by Benny Grinch and the Bunch

 

[TBird1958]

We had not considered that, but maybe I will suggest it. I am sure the guys will love the idea.

Obviously, a set of band promo shots are in order - the whole brick wall thing comes to mind

 

[Miles_ONeal]

2 long ones in Capitola tomorrow.....
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Killer

 

[JIO]

I cracked up when I saw this from the water Co about keeping pipes from freezing. It's the image that's the problem. Maybe someone with more insight than I have can explain this. Otherwise it looks ai to me.
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[Miles_ONeal]

You got me, I meant Highway Song. We've been talking if Highway Star would work without keys, so it was on my mind.

I’d like to hear that if you try!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

must be some of that chick magnet mojo wearing off....

There’s plenty to go around!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I should probably post one zoomed in on the "repair." For Dave's entertainment purposes.

It looks like this (stock photo):

The stock location for the upper strap button makes for disastrous neck dive. Once the strap button has moved to the heel of the neck where it belongs, it balances very well. It is bolt on, meaning I drilled a hole in the neck plate for the strap button attachment.

There's a lot that's pretty low-budget about it, but the frets have polished, eased ends that are really comfortable. I sure didn't expect that at all.

I'll get a picture of the real one this weekend if you pester me enough about it.

Pester
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Pester

 

[Miles_ONeal]

And we are having a "snow drought." Our summer water supply is all from the snow pack, and it's been too warm for any of this deluge to stick up in the mountains. It's just coming down the mountains and flooding anywhere low lying.

Pester

 

[Miles_ONeal]

That's us Washington folks sharing our misery with our good neighbors in Canada - We're givers!

Washington is the US’s Canada. Or Canada is Canada’s Washington. Whatever.

 

[BklynKen]

Obviously, a set of band promo shots are in order - the whole brick wall thing comes to mind

Oh how I miss that Rock and Roll Confidential site. Thank good ness for the Way Back Machine.

Rock And Roll Confidential | Your Band Sucks

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Saw LZ in the 70s in that little (long gone) amusement park that used to be offa Sheridan St. there in Hollywood. [FL for y'all westcoasters]

How were they? Supposedly their ‘73 gig in Atlanta was banger.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Can I return to the receiver, cd player, amp talk for a moment?

I was wondering if you guys take a cd or album with you when shopping for new equipment?

In my case I was shopping for my first CD player (I had about 25 cds though!). My mate and I went out equipped with Dark Side of the Moon and tested the CD players with “Money” and “Time”. We both bought the same Denon player, to which I added a Denon amp and Mordaunt Short MS5 speakers.

What song/s do you guys play when road testing new cd/record players?

Yes, but it’s been a while.

 

[Ellery]

WBW it is!
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I need to update my white bass photo, I’ve added a Lull TB5 and a Burny since the last shoot, and wrapped up a CSLE hot rod for my Nephew (shipped out last week, he loves it)…
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Wow nice collection! Those birds look great in white. Up on a dark stage the body shape really stands out. Please educate me on that Burny… are they MIJ? And are they made by Fernandes? Someone advertising one on the local CL is claiming it is made by Greco. Are they “Greco level” quality?

 

[JIO]

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I have that pedal - I use it on History Repeating w/BG

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[Engle]

What’s up with the Mesa?

I turned it on the other day and I could hear the fan running through the speaker. I confirmed it by temporarily stopping the fan with a stir stick. I checked with Andy and he said L&M can handle the repair - he'll provide troubleshooting info.

 

[Engle]

Marshall + Thunderbird =

It's a tiny stage so the Swanky Spider will come out (Tbird pickups). Load in is pretty easy, I don't need a line out and it would be good to run the Marshall...

 

[Miles_ONeal]

For anyone in the Philly area, we (The James Rocket) and @bylar13 (Highfield) are playing together tomorrow night. The more the merrier!


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I wish!

 

[GonePlaid]

How were they? Supposedly their ‘73 gig in Atlanta was banger.

They weren't that well known at that time. Many of the kids that were there were just happy to be out doing something at night. Band sounded good(open air situation); sound system was "OK" for the time.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I remember doing that in the mid 1980’s when I was buying my fist CD player.

DSOTM was an obvious demo disc but so was PF Wish You Were Here. At the time, to my ears, the Denon and Marantz players sounded warmer and less sterile than the Sony players of the same era. Pretty much the same experience with the integrated amps.

For turn tables the soundtrack to Star Wars was my vinyl of choice and I found Pioneer players to be a really good bang for the buck. Then again it was PF “Wish You Were Here” in four channel stereo, kind of a precursor to surround sound.

At that time (early 1990’s) most of my cars had cassette tape players so I copied my CDs onto Cassette for car use and found the Nakamachi decks to be better than most at recording on metal cassettes. I mostly tested with Bach or other classical CDs because of the dynamic range of the recordings.

Headphones are where it all became really important to test with the hifi music you played frequently, my choice was Queen “Play The Game” and “A Crazy Little Thing Called Love”.

Then when DVDs came out I used The Fifth Element and Mulon Rouge to audition players, projection TVs, projectors and video sound systems.

From about 1980 to 2000 I spent a small fortune in audio and video equipment, always chasing the latest technology or the highest quality components. I threw in the towel when my stereo system had morphed into a 7.2 audio video nightmare. I don’t have any of that equipment anymore, gave it all away or sold it piece by piece. Last I looked Marantz was touting an 11.2 system. Glad I gave it up when I did.

Coincidentally, that’s about the time that I started playing bass - guess where all the money is going these days - LOL.

I have upgraded our receiver several times in the last 25 years — always for free. People buying new gear keep giving me yheir old ones. I currently run a 7.2 A/V monster with at least 7.2 capability — in stereo through a pair of big speakers that have served us well for yesrs. I only upgraded to the A/V receiver when we got the BlueRay player because I needed the HDMI capability.

Bass rigs are much simpler!