Thunderbird Club

[RedVee]

I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for telegram sam and Metal guru personally

There you go, don’t know how those 2 fell out of my mind. I knew there was something obvious I’d forgotten.

Cheers

 

[ThaCoast]

It took forever but it's finally completed.

 

[kat888]

Wow. I’m tired from trying to catch up.
* That VP looks great in ebony.
* To the guy asking about his CP, yep, same as the others. Neck pup full on, bridge back a bit.

Now, a question. Any TRex-philes around?
Get it On (Bang a Gong) came on the radio the other day and I hadn’t heard it for ages, really enjoyed it.
Any other suggestions?
I can only really think of that one, Jeepster, Children of the Rev & Hot Love.

Any others in particular I should look out for?

I like(d) TRex but find these days all the songs tend to blur into one another. A little goes a long way.

 

[PillO]

It could be worse. This is the Basement of Bad Ideas. Ceiling height, about 6'-10".
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Crappy cell phone photos, but you get the idea. There's a reason recording in there is pretty tough. But it is fun. That large blocky object in the corner behind the drum kit is an Acoustic 360. That's the definition of overkill, but even turned way, way down, it sounds amazing. Plus it has the classic fuzz circuit that is the definition of fuzz in my mind.

You can't really see the drum kit, but it's a late '60s Pearl stencil kit named "Reuther." The shells are 3-ply luan and fragile as all hell, but they sound amazing. They are gawd-awful loud if you really cut loose on them. I love cheesy old Japanese and knock-off Taiwanese drum kits from back when they were disposable. They have a wonderful splatty sound that is unmatched by anything. You can damp them down and stop the ring, but you can't get that ring from anything else.

Often, it is the insides that are more important than the packaging. So, what beer is in the fridge?

 

[PillO]

Careful with the stereotypes, some of us can be quite bonhomous (while still being pretentious).

I like my professors pedantic.

Heck, life is a stereotype these days. It's unfortunately becoming increasingly impossible to not be pigeonholed into one camp or another. So I guess if you're a good natured yet ostentatious professor wear it like a badge, life could be worse.

Stereotyping is a metal shortcut with it's roots in evolution. We didn't need to see every sabretooth tiger* devour a tribesman to conclude that all sabretooth tigers are dangerous, we only need to see it once.

*For the pedants, I know that there was no sabretooth tigers and that the common sabretooth cat is a smilodon. Smilodon just doesn't sound as good to those raised on the Flintstones.

 

[Count Bassie]

Wow. I’m tired from trying to catch up.
* That VP looks great in ebony.
* To the guy asking about his CP, yep, same as the others. Neck pup full on, bridge back a bit.

Now, a question. Any TRex-philes around?
Get it On (Bang a Gong) came on the radio the other day and I hadn’t heard it for ages, really enjoyed it.
Any other suggestions?
I can only really think of that one, Jeepster, Children of the Rev & Hot Love.

Any others in particular I should look out for?

I Like to Boogie... Rip Off... do I have those titles right? I like those too.

 

[Count Bassie]

Went to a studio today to record a song and used this:

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The engineer told it was from the late 1990's. I had no idea this amp even existed before today. It sounded pretty awesome.

Some other gear we used:

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Where Is This? Looks like Verdant in VT, Pete Weiss' place.

 

[JJR58]

There you go, don’t know how those 2 fell out of my mind. I knew there was something obvious I’d forgotten.

Cheers

Baby Strange is a good one.

 

[Cardinal Fang]

Thunderbird sighting:

 

[bylar13]

Where Is This? Looks like Verdant in VT, Pete Weiss' place.

It was Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia:

About Miner Street Recordings

The owner/engineer/producer, Brian McTear is a long time friend. We recorded 1 song as kind of an "art project" if you will. We did not really rehearse the tune, did not have a structure per say and had not really worked out any details. Brian gave his feedback about how he thought things should go and unless it was sounding wrong we used most of his suggestions.
Started recording around 1 PM and fished, mixing included, by about 8 PM. If I can get a copy to sound cloud I will link it.

 

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Thunderbird sighting:

 

[hillerup]

...Now, a question. Any TRex-philes around?
Get it On (Bang a Gong) came on the radio the other day and I hadn’t heard it for ages, really enjoyed it.
Any other suggestions?
I can only really think of that one, Jeepster, Children of the Rev & Hot Love.

Any others in particular I should look out for?

I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for telegram sam and Metal guru personally

I Like to Boogie... Rip Off... do I have those titles right? I like those too.

Baby Strange is a good one.

All those mentioned and Ride A White Swan and 21st Century Boy...

There's an excellent compilation called Bolan Boogie, which has most of the hits that is worth checking out...

 

[hillerup]

Thunderbird sighting:

Friggin' amazing!

 

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Friggin' amazing!

You don't hear too many major key metal tunes, color me impressed as well.

 

[BklynKen]

Wow. I’m tired from trying to catch up.
* That VP looks great in ebony.
* To the guy asking about his CP, yep, same as the others. Neck pup full on, bridge back a bit.

Now, a question. Any TRex-philes around?
Get it On (Bang a Gong) came on the radio the other day and I hadn’t heard it for ages, really enjoyed it.
Any other suggestions?
I can only really think of that one, Jeepster, Children of the Rev & Hot Love.

Any others in particular I should look out for?

Why not just full albums? I always enjoy Electric Warrior and The Slider. Although one of their mellowest, I love Spaceball Ricochet.

 

[BklynKen]

 

[Gaolee]

Ok, that's very cool on the drum kit, how do you mic it for recording if i may ask?

A kick drum mic and two overheads. The kick drum mic is an AKG D112 and the overheads are Avantone CK-1 pencil mics. There's plenty of bleed into other channels, because we record "live." I haven't bothered to try tracking anything.

And, the 'fridge is magic. It seems to spawn beer. Sometimes I actually buy beer to put in it. Sometimes it just has beer in it. There's no way to know with that 'fridge. GE beats Ampeg every time. One of these days, I want to coat it with black Duratex and put Fender speaker cloth grills on it. I even have a fancy Squier badge to put on it when that happens. It's about 324 on the project list, though.

 

[PillO]

I'm off to see Guns and Roses tonight. \m/

Slash and Duff will be cool. And I want to see Axl before he explodes.

Also, I wonder - did Axl take singing lessons from Bob Dylan?

 

[BklynKen]

I'm off to see Guns and Roses tonight. \m/

Slash and Duff will be cool. And I want to see Axl before he explodes.

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Also, I wonder - did Axl take singing lessons from Bob Dylan?

Is this kid opening?

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[marko57]

Love the song choice, SO Seattle! It's funny because L.A. is a short plane trip down the coast but their brand of '80s/'90s rock/metal just didn't quite take hold here, Queensryche was our answer to it, maybe just a bit more sophisticated musically and lyrically. Operation Mindcrime is still a fave of mine, the bass tone is great!
Very cool that you're in a band that plays that song.

Just saw Queensryche a little over a month ago, still tight as ever. Eddie always has his Mike Lull 5 string bass.