I play for free and play only originals, with and odd cover for fun. Mostly it’s only cover bands that get paid, and the rare bands that have a regular and somewhat reliable draw.
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Thunderbird Club
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Back in the 70’s when I was in high school- local rock radio only played the live version of “Frre Bird”. I remember being surprised when I first time I heard the studio version thinking how low energy it was-
Ed was such an humble guy admiting that he was riding on Gary Rossington’s coattails when he came up with the iconic “Sweet Home Alabama” riff-
Unwinding at my favorite sports when I turned and saw this-
Just sat in the car and this began to play-
Kudos to Rick Wills and his venerable Precision- what a great song and bass comp- along with great vocals, stellar production …
Kudos to Rick Wills and his venerable Precision- what a great song and bass comp- along with great vocals, stellar production …
He always did.
So your own music wasn’t original. Huh.
There is a lot of that out there!
Does anyone have a picture of the back of one of the Greco Bird pickups they could share?
Yes. The live versions are massively better. I never thought the early albums sounded all that great, overall. Not to mention on the live album is the best version of Crossroads that exists.
Take the beginning of Freebird. The live version on piano is amazing.
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Yes, seems to have been an all around great guy. You can understand that he left when things were getting crazy.
No, once we did one we just covered ourselves.
You're going about this wrong Andy. Ask for a Greco pickup so you can see the back.
I could probably shoot a pic and post it tomorrow. I have a 1977 and a 1990 which one do you want a photo of?
Was messing around in the ‘67 NR control cavity today and realized it has a .022 tone cap. Is that the norm for this year or should it be a .047?
Whichever is easiest to get to. I was just hoping that someone had a pic of one out of their bass for a comparison.
I’m curious too.
Because I’m sure they changed throughout the years, and they probably sound different as well.
In this respect, it’d be great to see as many pick ups as possible.
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some pay to play around here, different in Nashville, bands get up and do 4 hour non stop sets! Then the next one gets up and so on....in many cases the establishment pays somewhat of a fee but not always, all about tips which they all carry in big plastic paint cans they use for tip jars lol....boy do they hustle too...saw this young band get 100 bucks into the tip jar from different folks to play Freebird when someone jokingly requested it, (clearly a common occurrence) which they half azzed pulled of with one single electric guitar.....
These are from a 2002 Greco Les Paul type bass.
Ken sent me a vid.
I’ll find that.
But I doubt the 70’s and 80’s pick ups are not anything like these.
Just guessing right now.
Ken sent me a vid.
I’ll find that.
But I doubt the 70’s and 80’s pick ups are not anything like these.
Just guessing right now.
enjoyed doing that for awhile but it got old....I got paid to play for the first time at 15 and liked how that felt, I can read and have a (not to boast) fairly large repertoire that I can play in most keys, that right there, is marketable.....I feel lucky to have played internationally and made a living doing it ( often in places as an "illegal alien" where I didn't speak the language) playing for celebrities, being paid to record etc.... can't really compare the two imho...I'm not a song writer, I'm a player...
