Thunderbird Club

[ProgressiveDoom]

I can just picture @ProgressiveDoom as Captain of the plane going through some turbulence...
(Over the loud speaker Dooms voice comes on) "Dudes, this is your Captian. We have some really effed up weather outside. The flight attendants will be passing out complementary libations, so roll em how ya like em. For obvious reasons we will not be landing in Singapore until all libations have been completely consumed and the smoke has cleared. Once we deplane you can find the nearest snack bar at terminal A. Until then, breathe deep and enjoy the ride".

 

[bholder]

There's tape over my work laptop camera.

Haha - me too! Did you cover the mic too?

 

[milo]

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[5StringBlues]

I'd trade my spleen for a nice non-reverse.



Any takers?

 

[Larry V]

I'd trade my spleen for a nice non-reverse.



Any takers?

I’m not selling, nor do I need an extra spleen but...

...these 2013’s show up from time to time on eBay so have a search setup to send you hits and just sit back and wait.

If you really want one, it shouldn’t take long.

 

[5StringBlues]

I’m not selling, nor do I need an extra spleen but...

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...these 2013’s show up from time to time on eBay so have a search setup to send you hits and just sit back and wait.

If you really want one, it shouldn’t take long.

2013s? Man I'm out of touch!


Appreciate the info sir, I see one in my future...............

 

[Larry V]

2013s? Man I'm out of touch!


Appreciate the info sir, I see one in my future...............

You're welcome. For whatever reason, Gibson only did a run of these in 2013 but luckily they made them in Pelham Blue and Vintage Sunburst so you can cast a wider net.

 

[kat888]

Haha - me too! Did you cover the mic too?

Nah, the mic is good for work from home days when I don't want to use a headset with the softphone.

 

[marko57]

There were quite a few platinum records in Mike's old shop (for his work with the associated artists), including Queensryche, not too big a surprise since they were a Bellevue, WA. band. Just before Mindcrime came out I spent a drunken evening at a Bellvue Denny's with some friends including Degarmo and Tate, they had some great funny stories and were both nice guys.

Would agree, met them after a club show on The Warning tour and both Chris and Geoff where great dudes, chatted it up with Geoff for a good while, all in all a great experience. Losing Chris Degarmo was a loss that haunts the band to this day. Sadly, in his later years, Geoff became a bit of a pariah and pretty much "pirated" the Queensryche ship until the remaining members had to send him on his not so merry way. They have found new life with a singer (Todd LaTorre) who can do justice to the old catalog and yet add his own "character" to the new material. And so the Ryche lives on.

 

[PillO]

Really? That bridge pup looked pretty close to the strings on my phone.

I was on an overnight tech conference call a couple of months ago, playing one of my Birds acoustically in the boring bits. The moderator demanded 'whoever it is playing music in the background, can you stop it please'.

Birds

• kat888
• Aug 25, 2017
• thunderbird bass

Birds

First - take the compliment that it was music, not noise.

Second - always mute a conference call when not speaking. That way, other participants will not hear your unvarnished opinions of them as coworkers and human beings.

Three - when on a conference call with consultants whom you contracted (don't mess with other people's consultants), pretend you think you are on mute as you proceed to give an unvarnished opinion of them as experts and human beings.


*All advice given is for my own amusement and probably shouldn't be followed. But if you do follow it, be sure to put up the youtube video of the exchange and any fall out.

 

[Count Bassie]

Really? That bridge pup looked pretty close to the strings on my phone.

I was on an overnight tech conference call a couple of months ago, playing one of my Birds acoustically in the boring bits. The moderator demanded 'whoever it is playing music in the background, can you stop it please'.

Birds

• kat888
• Aug 25, 2017
• thunderbird bass

Birds

Of course you told him to stuff a sock in it.

Didn't you?...

 

[BklynKen]

2013s? Man I'm out of touch!


Appreciate the info sir, I see one in my future...............

Also check reverb.com. I got a 2013 there, and it wasn't a rarity around there.

 

[Fletz]

Are you playing with a pick?, if my pups were that high I would have ruts under each string from digging the way I do.

50/50. I'll post a pic later from the side. I think the lighting is really deceptive.

 

[Larry V]

I'd trade my spleen for a nice non-reverse.



Any takers?

Oh shoot, I just realized your board name is 5StringBlues... have you considered one of these?

This one is actually for sale and is in great condition. 1997, IIRC. PM me if you’re interested.

 

[rodv66]

Pick or fingers both end up down between the bridge pickup and bridge. That's 'Bird technique. Precision ends up between neck and pickup for fingers, down by bridge for pick. EB-2 and EB right above the neck pickup. None of this is on purpose. All of this can change if there's a specific sound I want to get. Then everything adjusts.

And because it's the Thunderbird Club, I have to say something about fingers being down low. Can't go there if you started there and never left.

Tend to play by the bridge pickup, sometimes in between the pup and bridge when using a pick. On a Fender, right around the pup, either way playing.

 

[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.

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

OK, caught up on the evening/overnight activity...

It was a very long show 3.5 hours with no breaks. They played everything you would want to hear as well as some interesting covers - Wichita Lineman? OK, fun intro to a song, but what song? Oh wait, they're playing the whole song.

Really Axl? The Seeker, nice! Speak Softly Love (from The Godfather) cool Slash! Wish You Were Here- seems like everyone has started doing a Pink Floyd cover (or at least part of one). Blackhole Sun - I really did not see that one coming!​

GnR is clearly Axl's band. The vocals were really loud compared to all else and all the instruments were severely scooped to clear the frequencies for Axl's voice. It is a big band - 2 guitars and 2 keyboards (when did 80s hair-metal require 2 keyboard players?). Not much interaction between anyone onstage - almost like no one really likes Axl, they just get along well enough to go out earning with him.

All said - it is a must see to see Duff and Slash playing the music they made their names on. And I have to see Slash before he dies from cardiomyopathy.

 

[hillerup]

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?

Isn't that an old picture of Axl?

On the pictures/videos of him with AC/DC he looked fairly slim again, although not as skinny as in his heydays...

You like that? I find that color awful. I would've been extremely tempted if it had been the heritage cherry like the SGs.

That Bright Cherry is a bit harsh on the eyes... Might as well have been day-glo orange...

Well it was only acoustic...

There's tape over my work laptop camera.

LOL - must be an IT thing, I kept a post it note over my work laptop camera.

Disclaimer: I'm not an IT person but my department (R&D Engineering Services) was in the IT division.

Haha - me too! Did you cover the mic too?

You guys are being paranoid...

 

[PillO]

Isn't that an old picture of Axl?

On the pictures/videos of him with AC/DC he looked fairly slim again, although not as skinny as in his heydays...

Yeah he has dropped some weight (not all of it). But Fat Axl memes are so much fun.

 

[hairypete1138]

Yeah he has dropped some weight (not all of it). But Fat Axl memes are so much fun.

And fat or not, he is definitely turning into Benny Hill!

 

[Gaolee]

Well it was only acoustic...

There's tape over my work laptop camera.

They wanted you to plug in a crank it up.