Thunderbird Club

[JIO]

Happy Birthday JIO! I hope you have a great day and celebrate with family and friends.

Thanks! HNY!

 

[TBird1958]

Everyone around the world celebrates my B-day!

Happy Birthday, and have a great show today too!

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I didn't know there was a difference between the VP pickups and the '64s. Tells how often I drop by...

Anyway, Happy New Year!
And to show off something, here's my "new" Roland RS-202 string synthesizer (or string machine as I prefer to call it). I turned 50 last November and didn't buy anything then if I recall correctly and didn't get anything for Christmas either so when a friend was selling this I thought those are my excuses.
From 1976 so almost as old as me. Used by Tony Banks, Peter Bardens, Robin Lumley, Nick Magnus and many others. Sounds perfect and has the Roland's legendary "Ensemble" effect which really does the 75%.
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blast from the past!....76 I think, the guys at Sequential used to rave about those......reminds me of this:

ARP String Ensemble - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

That schematic is different than my 1979 wiring, which looks all original and visually matches all the other Bi Birds I’ve seen.

can you pls forward?

 

[JIO]

Rock & Roll! Steve's a true friend! All systems GO!

 

[JIO]

Happy Birthday, and have a great show today too!

Thanks V - HNY to you & Frank - I pulled it out of the fire! R&R!

 

[Count Bassie]

Rock & Roll! Steve's a true friend! All systems GO!

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That's how we do it.

 

[dagrev]

I would absolutely love it if Steve could attend - he, Paul & I started TSC 10yrs ago this year! But whatever happens (or doesn't).., happens... (or doesn't happen! Life goes on and you gotta' roll with the punches -

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[Chucky Stiletti]

with all due respect, one of those bands that never did anything for me.....

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Rock & Roll! Steve's a true friend! All systems GO!

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Looking good...ROCK IT G!

 

[dagrev]

with all due respect, one of those bands that never did anything for me.....

I get it. I kind of like their early work, but they went down hill after the Tuna Fish album IMO. Sugar pop after that. They were good live, unlike many acts in the 70s and 80s.

 

[MCF]

I get it. I kind of like their early work, but they went down hill after the Tuna Fish album IMO. Sugar pop after that. They were good live, unlike many acts in the 70s and 80s.

Yeah. They were sort of popular when I was in high school with the first three albums. But they kept changing singers. I personally thought High Infidelity sucked. It sold millions.

 

[Count Bassie]

Yeah. They were sort of popular when I was in high school with the first three albums. But they kept changing singers. I personally thought High Infidelity sucked. It sold millions.

We used to do Riding the Storm Out. I hated it...

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I get it. I kind of like their early work, but they went down hill after the Tuna Fish album IMO. Sugar pop after that. They were good live, unlike many acts in the 70s and 80s.

you can't argue the top class musicianship, vocals and live performance....just not funky enough for me

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

dig Grecos and wigs....

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I saved a bookmark that is under the address bar with "Thunderbird Club" and this as the address. Always takes me to where I left off.
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/thunderbird-club.1056205/

“Watched threads” is the equivalent of having that bookmark for each thread you’ve posted in or explicitly watched.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I get it. I kind of like their early work, but they went down hill after the Tuna Fish album IMO. Sugar pop after that. They were good live, unlike many acts in the 70s and 80s.

^^ This

 

[Miles_ONeal]

We used to do Riding the Storm Out. I hated it...

That was probably my favorite song of theirs.

 

[dagrev]

Yeah. They were sort of popular when I was in high school with the first three albums. But they kept changing singers. I personally thought High Infidelity sucked. It sold millions.

Yeah. Popular and very sugary. Likely the reason it was popular.

 

[dagrev]

We used to do Riding the Storm Out. I hated it...

Same here. Fun when you are starting out--which I was--but not exactly challenging. But people loved it when we played it. If a cover band played it now the crowd would think it's a new song, unless there were some 55+ there.