Thunderbird Club

[bylar13]

On another note, this is a really good price for an uncommon, 2014 Walnut Thunderbird:

https://reverb.com/item/92840670-gibson-thunderbird-2014-walnut

I love the neck on my 2014. These look really nice with silver hardware.

 

[ectoflanger]

My illustrator bro finished the 11 x 17 inks on the first four of in-book illustrations for Harrington's View a few days ago.

Interestingly I noted that one of us had installed image #1 right side up in my hardcopy portfolio and my first thought was- That's our bro Chucky!!!

So I asked Garrett if the image was supposed to be upright or inverted as I first received via text- and he replied that it was supposed to be inverted - I agreed given that the guy looked way too cool and collected for someone on his way to a psychiatric facility-

So this is how it will go in the book- one Caleb Key apparently drifting in space on the space yacht Lenore to Harrington's View for psychiatric evaluation (though he did not know it at the time)

The next three images are of a decidedly feminine gender-

This is Möbius so nicknamed because she first manifests to Caleb as a multi-colored Möbius Strip. Anna Harrington, his psychiatrist wryly refers to her as a "Möbius Stripper" later in the novel-

Here are the Harrington sisters, Leia and Anna, confronting Mr. Key after an escape attempt - the one on the right is his psychiatrist-

And the last of this first batch would be Arista, an extraterrestrial Viragan-

For context - a clip shortly after they meet-

Leaning forward, she placed a hand on each side of his head and began sniffing rapidly as a dog would its owner after a long absence.

Sniff, sniff, sniff, long exhale. She briefly recoiled, then cocked her head in a quizzical fashion before resuming.

“Hmm, there’s been a lot of women in your life.”

Ticklish, he squirmed. “What planet are you from?”

“Viraga, to be exact.”

“Yeah, right.”

She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, revealing bluish white lips. Then she blinked, revealing opaque silver white eyes.

Caleb gasped and jerked backward.

She caressed him gently with her hands. “Calm, calm, what you saw were vestigial nictitating membranes. Look at me now.”

He did so, gazing once again into pale blue irises.

“Is there anything else I need to know?” he asked shakily.

“None other than super-human strength and psionic abilities, the usual fare. But in case you’re wondering.”

She placed her hands on her hips and drew herself up.

“Resistance is futile!” she said in mock basso profundo.


So each image will be scanned and cleaned up digitally before being proportionately reduced from the original 11 x 17 inches to an 5.5 x 8.5 paperback book format, which should render a nice resolution.

Commissioned another eight. which I'll share when I get those inks.

As far as the novel goes, I'm on page 133 out of 430 performing the second round of stylistic and grammatical edits, after which I'll do a read through to check the pacing before sending to a professional editor. After that I'll shop for an agent who likes sci-fi-

 

[Engle]

And now for something completely different:

 

[JJR58]

On another note, this is a really good price for an uncommon, 2014 Walnut Thunderbird:

https://reverb.com/item/92840670-gibson-thunderbird-2014-walnut

I love the neck on my 2014. These look really nice with silver hardware.

Already at a good price and he’s willing to take offers.

 

[JJR58]

And now for something completely different:

Saw this.
Personally, I love it.

 

[ectoflanger]

And now for something completely different:

Interesting presentation- nice bass tone- I wonder where he got the guitar built. I can see them doing soundtracks for avant-garde films.

 

[ectoflanger]

I just recalled this vid shared by one of my Warwick brothers-

 

[GonePlaid]

I tend to round wounds but will say that my Warwick Corvette fretless four had some sort of flat wounds on it though Guitar Center sold it as new back in '08. And I really liked it playing through the Acoustic Head with the tall 8 x 10 cab. Which I was playing the opening notes of "Paradise" by Icehouse.

Later I found that I could get a remarkably aggressive attack with those strings using a pick.

But I eventually switched to round wounds since that's how Warwick sends them from the factory, given their hard ebony fretboards. Which I recall someone mentioning Pino Palladino flatwwounds and I'm thinking that may be related to his career playing a fretless MM. I wonder if he still uses flatwounds with his fretted Fender (Precision I believe)?

But I did save the flatwounds, don't know which brand but they had red silk on the ends, and I have a brand new set of Chromes never opened just in case ...

I did get a set of D'Addario Half Rounds for my Corvette fretless five but I didn't like them and went back with the factory Warwick rounds.

My fretless Steinberger XL-25 has the standard double ball end round wounds but that bass is an altogether different animal tonally, and surprisingly one can get some uprightish sounds out of it if you pluck it nice-

So there you have it-

I had tried the 1/2 rounds years ago and mostly liked them. I tried a set more recently and didn't (b4 Jeff turned me on to EBCFs).

ADDENDUM: IIRC I mostly used Chromes when I was playing 6 nights/week(75-83) with occasional experiments with tapes and the half-rounds.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I hear you about 'feel' of different strings Chuck and sorry if I misinterpreted your initial inquiry/focus. In general this kind of discussion is part of who we are as bass-players.., how we each approach our instrument of choice. It think the most defining way to learn that is by recording. Recording, you hear how your bass "sits" in the mix tonally, sonically and melodically. Playing live gives you an impression - a recording provides a document that you can listen to and assess. It provokes questions; does it provide what that song requires? Is it placed where it should be in the mix? Is it an interracial part of the song? For me, I learned an immeasurable amount from recording. Live - you have that impression while playing, but the recording doesn't lie. Getting the impression and the live reality aligned is key to understanding one's overall "sound" regardless of which bass, which pu's/electronics/amps/settings etc.

whoa! lol.....just meant how one would potentially play different patterns in different positions due to the different feel of the strings...

 

[Engle]

If I can’t have 810’s, I’ll take 2.
Might not be an HT322.
But it is 210’s and 112.
Stopped into Goodwill and they had this little 210 AV for 70 bucks.
Works perfectly and blends just right with the 112.
I don’t even dare try and run the sub with these 2 cabs.
Plenty of umph as is.

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I love my 210AVs. Great score!

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Another famous car exposé popped up- had mixed emotions about this one, though it is interesting. In this case I was disappointed for the car. They had about every problem one could imagine maintenance-wise, and at least one that I never would have guessed; unlike "Bullitt's 67 Mustang or "Vanishing Point'"'s 1970 Challenger RT which needed mods for stunt driving but were not plagued with general maintenance issues. Probably because they were high performance models whereas the 1974 Gran Torino of "Starsky and Hutch" was designed as a family sedan. But to be fair they were there used for one movie whereas "Starsky and Hutch" was a series with four seasons from 1975-79.

The earlier Torino GT was so much more appealing and you could get the 429CJ!

 

[ectoflanger]

The earlier Torino GT was so much more appealing and you could get the 429CJ!

I did not know that- I was curious as to whether Ford later made robust changes as a result of Starsky and Hutch-

 

[Engle]

Saw this.
Personally, I love it.

Same here. It's great to see someone pushing past the boundaries of what is usually done with drums, bass and guitar.
The multiple loops with the non 4/4 time signatures...

 

[GonePlaid]

Same here. It's great to see someone pushing past the boundaries of what is usually done with drums, bass and guitar.
The multiple loops with the non 4/4 time signatures...

I saw it on another thread. Didn't float my boat. Too 'out there' for this olde phart.

 

[JJR58]

I love my 210AVs. Great score!

I’m happy I scooped it up.
I asked about the return policy just in case it was a dud.
It’s a keeper.
There was no need for the sub, so I removed it.

 

[JIO]

Agreed. I like to stir things up once in a while to make sure folks are awake in here......

Yes, something well played/placed and spontaneous can do just that. Both bands I play in (TSC/BG) play "I'm a Spy (In the House of Love)" by the Doors. Basically a blues, the instrumental allows me to step out melodically while incorporating the needed roots. I never play it the same way twice and sometime go pretty far out so I was lucky that when BG recorded it my melodic wandering worked!

 

[Engle]

I’m happy I scooped it up.
I asked about the return policy just in case it was a dud.
It’s a keeper.
There was no need for the sub, so I removed it.

The only place I use a sub is our living room entertainment system.
My daughter sent me this rig rundown the other day. Buddy uses a 210AV in his touring rig:

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I saw it on another thread. Didn't float my boat. Too 'out there' for this olde phart.

pretty bizarre...... leave it to the Français, with a name like Heart Attack, go figure.....

 

[Engle]

I saw it on another thread. Didn't float my boat. Too 'out there' for this olde phart.

I understand. Musically it’s kind of math rock and there are notes between the semi-tones, so it sounds messy to our ears trained on 12 notes in an octave.

 

[GonePlaid]

I understand. Musically it’s kind of math rock and there are notes between the semi-tones, so it sounds messy to our ears trained on 12 notes in an octave.

I don't 'listen'-as in sit down and pay attention-to music much anymore. Mostly I have some sort of musical noise going on while driving. And that wasn't road music. To me, anyhoo.