Thunderbird Club

[Haji]

Well, so much for the old saying..
You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friends nose.

That is not necessarily true. Depends on how close the friends are.

 

[Nocturnal]

I actually like 12 inch speakers. Think it's a good compromise between 15 and 10. Sometimes, I find 10's too thin sounding.

The only thing I would like more than my 212 is a second 212 ... or a 412.

Couldn't agree more. I am on my second 2X12 cab and had a 4X12 in the past. If the right 4X12 comes along again I will grab it. I like my Genz Uber 212 a lot and it only weighs about 63 lbs. A 6X12 would be brutal at loud-ish volume, and I mean brutal in a good way

 

[JJR58]

Are you sure this is a cat?

Sometimes I don't know what that creature is.

 

[theFixer]

Random Thunderbirdness

Maaaaaaaan... The Datsuns are AWESOME!!! I know they achieved a little success here in the states, but the only people I've ever met who had even heard of them, was my buddy Todd, and my x-wife's Kiwi cousin who moved from "Enzed" (as she called it) to live with us when she was 18 years old. Of course she was completely "over them" by the time she got to us

I strongly recommend this album to anyone who's into hard, brash, abrasive straight-ahead overdriven rock & roll

 

[theFixer]

When we discovered that we all like each other for more than our collective love for TBirds of every feather.



Yup.



Is this the reason for the pup's name?

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Larry... in your post you responded to a few different posts. I will reply to all of your responses with just one.
A resounding

 

[Larry V]

Maaaaaaaan... The Datsuns are AWESOME!!! I know they achieved a little success here in the states, but the only people I've ever met who had even heard of them, was my buddy Todd, and my x-wife's Kiwi cousin who moved from "Enzed" (as she called it) to live with us when she was 18 years old. Of course she was completely "over them" by the time she got to us

I strongly recommend this album to anyone who's into hard, brash, abrasive straight-ahead overdriven rock & roll
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...and based on your recommendation I shall turn off my current playlist and switch over to it to see what all the hub-bub is about. I'll be back shortly...

 

[theFixer]

...and based on your recommendation I shall turn off my current playlist and switch over to it to see what all the hub-bub is about. I'll be back shortly...

May I also recommend listening to "M F from Hell" EXCEPTIONALLY loudly, and first!

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I think you'll find, as I did, that the amount of pleasure you derive from listing to the Datsuns, increases exponentially as the volume increases

 

[JIO]

Is this the reason for the pup's name?

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Good one! I don't think so - in that cartoon he looks like Wily Coyote but he's more like the Road Runner - a real instigator!

 

[JJR58]

The only thing I would like more than my 212 is a second 212 ... or a 412.

I'm with you that Kat, 2 of those 212 AV's would just tear it up.

 

[Larry V]

From the first note I could tell I was going to like it!

0:00 Sittin' Pretty
3:03 MF From Hell
6:40 Lady
9:39 Harmonic Generator
12:48 What Would I Know
18:25 At Your Touch
21:58 Fink For The Man
26:34 In Love
29:33 You Build Me Up (To Bring Me Down)
33:34 Freeze Sucker

I'm listening to them in the order that the band/producers intended and it's great. Thanks for the recommendation!

@Fixer, you said, "hard, brash, abrasive straight-ahead overdriven rock & roll"

NAILED IT! I'm on the 5th track and not a stinker in the bunch... I'm guessing I won't find one.

 

[theFixer]

From the first note I could tell I was going to like it!

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0:00 Sittin' Pretty
3:03 MF From Hell
6:40 Lady
9:39 Harmonic Generator
12:48 What Would I Know
18:25 At Your Touch
21:58 Fink For The Man
26:34 In Love
29:33 You Build Me Up (To Bring Me Down)
33:34 Freeze Sucker

I'm listening to them in the order that the band/producers intended and it's great. Thanks for the recommendation!

@Fixer, you said, "hard, brash, abrasive straight-ahead overdriven rock & roll"

NAILED IT! I'm on the 5th track and not a stinker in the bunch... I'm guessing I won't find one.

 

[Larry V]

I think you'll find, as I did, that the amount of pleasure you derive from listing to the Datsuns, increases exponentially as the volume increases

I'm stuck in my jail cell... I mean cubicle, until 2 PM so the volume can be loud in my cans but not obnoxious since only about 12 feet separate me from Mr. Duncan and he certainly doesn't have my taste in music.

 

[theFixer]

I'm stuck in my jail cell... I mean cubicle, until 2 PM so the volume can be loud in my cans but not obnoxious since only about 12 feet separate me from Mr. Duncan and he certainly doesn't have my taste in music.

It's cool man... but at 2:01, I fully expect you'll be ready to crank the volume, unplug the headphones, jump up, jam a donut in Mr. Duncan's unsuspecting face, and let both middle fingers fly as you headbang aggressively in his direction. It's a relatively common reaction...

 

[theFixer]

From the first note I could tell I was going to like it!

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0:00 Sittin' Pretty
3:03 MF From Hell
6:40 Lady
9:39 Harmonic Generator
12:48 What Would I Know
18:25 At Your Touch
21:58 Fink For The Man
26:34 In Love
29:33 You Build Me Up (To Bring Me Down)
33:34 Freeze Sucker

I'm listening to them in the order that the band/producers intended and it's great. Thanks for the recommendation!

@Fixer, you said, "hard, brash, abrasive straight-ahead overdriven rock & roll"

NAILED IT! I'm on the 5th track and not a stinker in the bunch... I'm guessing I won't find one.

I'd forgotten about "Harmonic Generator". IIRC... it's the only song I've heard that's been written about an effects pedal! The Electro Harmonix HOG2

 

[Larry V]

It's cool man... but at 2:01, I fully expect you'll be ready to crank the volume, unplug the headphones, jump up, jam a donut in Mr. Duncan's unsuspecting face, and let both middle fingers fly as you headbang aggressively in his direction. It's a relatively common reaction...

I'm starting to suspect that corporate America may not be in your purview.



Just got done listening and it's very few albums that one can like from the first note and the first listen all the way through. This happens to be one of them. Thanks!

 

[BklynKen]

So is my kid. The cool part is that I saw a pic of him as an eight cell blastocyst

Do you keep it on the mantle with other family photos?

 

[BklynKen]

@TBird1958 I have the DR Hi-Beams on and really liking them! More than I expected to. They’re definitely more floppy than I’m used to, but I’ll leave them on for a while to see how I like that.

Adding this: the floppies doesn’t really come into play that much since I play at the bridge, but they bend too easily at the frets. That’s the ‘we’ll see’.

 

[Gaolee]

Another couple coats onto the 7enderbird bodies. The wood is getting darker, but I think it's going to take more pigment in the finish than I had originally thought. Better to darken gradually than put too much in all at once and the have a mess to clean up. It's a big experiment, which makes me happy. Learning new things and doing new things makes life more fun. I feel like a little kid playing with a new toy. That's probably not the usual response to putting finish on a piece of wood, but it's all I got. I got the same kick out of it back when I was making furniture.

 

[BklynKen]

I have to tell this: the bass has been used a lot from the previous owners, even if kept nearly as new (except some minor dings), and still the frets looks like they were never touched by strings.
the previous owner used only Rotosound Swing66 on this bass, and if I'm not wrong only steel in general for the others.

when I bought it, the frets were opaque and dirty, I polished them and wow, brand new.
on any other bass I've owned in the last 10 years the frets were always signed by strings, and polishing only made them shine, but didn't remove the scratches.
Gibson frets are probably made of some kind of adamantium even the '76 Ripper of my friend (the previous owner) had nearly new frets.

I’d have to guess that a lot of what you’re talking about is down to playing style. Some people could probably make nylon carve into frets, and other make concrete not show a sign on frets.

 

[theFixer]

I'm starting to suspect that corporate America may not be in your purview.



Just got done listening and it's very few albums that one can like from the first note and the first listen all the way through. This happens to be one of them. Thanks!

I imagine the "2:01 scenario" I described, as being a scene from the movie "Office Space" had it been a musical starring Jack Black

Tonight... when the Datsuns have inspired you to drink too much... have one more for me!