And he probably plays the same theme song multiple times.Wow... just... wow. If I had to guess... I'd say his mom must've been the bar maid in Blues Brothers. The one who proclaimed that they had "both kinds of music. Country and Western."!
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Thunderbird Club
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Nope... couldn't be. Somebody had already used that tone!
Probably thinks brand/type of strings don't matter and an amp in an ampNope... couldn't be. Somebody had already used that tone!
I'm sure he's baffled by all the options out there. I mean... when there's only 3 different tones... why does there hafta be so many different kinds of strings & amps?
Haji
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In that shape it's a hundred bucks with the case. You can get 'em used with case in decent shape for a couple hundred to two fiddy.
Heard from the luthier bloke before he departed for his mate's wedding in Bali (sounds like a real hardship eh?). He decided to crack on with the Epi yesterday and finished it already -- says it 'came up really nicely'. I'll get it back on or after 8 August.
He was also seriously enthusiastic about the Bass Burners and already had a few sets in his string drawer. When I asked him if he knew anywhere local I can find them, he said no, just buy them from Bass Strings Online...
He was also seriously enthusiastic about the Bass Burners and already had a few sets in his string drawer. When I asked him if he knew anywhere local I can find them, he said no, just buy them from Bass Strings Online...
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Exactly. Gibson's problem is its leadership. Someone needs to rescue it from Henry J.
Also some pretty idiotic assumptions in his talking about each of those things being only one tone. Even the P-bass has multiple tones. A two pickup bass like a Jazz or a 4001/4003, or a T-bird IV, has many tones.
Plus the "regular" Gibson bass configuration (the mudbucker alone or mudbucker + minibucker) was definitely a common choice in the 60s and 70s, and Fender apparently thought it was worth copying with some versions of the Tele bass.
I go out in to "Gen pop" for good behaviour, and I realize, almost immediately, I never should have been let out of the "solitary confinement" that is the Thinderbird Club.
In Canada, so prices might be a bit higher than those, but not what they were asking.
Bastards! You made me look.
'Fanboys' = total inversion of TB reality, but another example of the phenomenon whereby the dominant culture/group claims victim status for itself on the basis of the very existence of a smaller non-conforming group.
Look - the Thunderbird 'fan club' has a thread!!
'Fanboys' = total inversion of TB reality, but another example of the phenomenon whereby the dominant culture/group claims victim status for itself on the basis of the very existence of a smaller non-conforming group.
Look - the Thunderbird 'fan club' has a thread!!
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Just post with alacrity, most the clowns in that thread couldn't find their own @$$^%&*( with both hands - much less actually know something about Gibson basses.
I just finished wrenchin' on my bird too. I was able to pull a tad more relief out & drop the action a fuzz. Had to raise the high side of the 3 point about a 1/4 turn to get rid of some buzz on the G string. I'd been getting some unruly buzz out of it, and if I moved wrong, it would let off some crackling & popping. After opening up the cavity, I figured out that the jack had been replaced with one that was too long, and was being jammed down when the cavity cover was screwed into place, so I swapped that out. I removed all the tuning keys, sprayed a li'l lube down the shafts, put the keys back on, & spun each one with a cordless drill for a little while in both directions. All 4 were just horrible before I did that. Now 3 of them are smooth, but the A string tuner, though it's much better, still bitches at me (I'll get new tuners when I'm able). I finished up by stringing it with those .050 - .105 Cobalts. I definitely like the .050 better than a .045, but I really like the feel and reduced finger noise of the DRs. Not sure yet what I'll do about that. You "angry piano" lovers oughta try out a set of these EB Cobalts!
For a person who likes wrenchin' on guitars & basses... there is nothing better than a Dean Markely Turbo-Tune!
For a person who likes wrenchin' on guitars & basses... there is nothing better than a Dean Markely Turbo-Tune!
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In fact, the present count is 188,491 threads in the Basses sub-forum. I'd wager good money that the ratio of FSO/salami-is-the-greatest to Gibson 'fan club' threads is very high. There's a PhD thesis in there for someone...
I don't get their arrogance in the post on Gibson/Epiphone & even Rickenbacker threads. Wow, they just drip with hate and condescension.
They actually don't have to post in threads about things they don't like.
I guess it's almost an evangelical zeal to convert us to Saint Leo.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
I looked in on that thread and decided it wasn't even worth trolling.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
And just to let you know I love you all - I just finished playing an hour and a half on the drums, with two and a half hours of upright bass playing coming up. And, I'm checking in here, mid-show.
Fvckwit -- for when 'wanker', 'tosser', 'bellend' and 'knob' won't do.
It was cold yesterday, and forecast cold for next week, but today it's already 20C with a forecast maximum of 26C -- might have to break out the cocktail umbrellas.
It was cold yesterday, and forecast cold for next week, but today it's already 20C with a forecast maximum of 26C -- might have to break out the cocktail umbrellas.
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
Except only to the early works of Leo.
His best work (G&L) doesn't seem nearly as popular for whatever reason.
