Thunderbird Club

[theFixer]

Public service announcement. I would never use the word "poopie". TB didn’t even allow the word c r a p

yyyeeaahhh... you don't really look like a "poopie" kinda guy...

 

[Haji]

I think he does one of those vids every year or so. In the last one I saw he was using 4-10 (bass) and 1-15 (treble) Hartke sealed cabs, paper cone speakers. Same bass and amps and similar outboard gear but less of them. No synth.

Anyone I know who's met him says he's a great guy. I liked his aside about Rotosounds. The last time I used them was during the period he said they'd had problems. Have to give them another shot.

I saw a recent rundown where he was using 15's. Hydrives, I think, but I'm not certain. I sent him a message asking why he made the change from 10's. He said it sounded more like the sound he had in the 70's. I told him it still sounded like him, to which he said "thank you!".

 

[GBassNorth]

Public service announcement. I would never use the word "poopie". TB didn’t even allow the word c r a p

Try Scheisse instead.
Our brothers and sisters in Germany,
will know exactly what you said.

Or caca if you will.
Our clan from Mexico,
will understand very well.

Just don't type poopie
Whatever you do,
the mods will change it,
And it'll come out like poo.

Worthy of a bathroom wall somewhere in the world.

Edit: just in case the last verse sounded odd, please realize I didn't type poopie, I used the forbidden word for effect, which was auto-cleansed to poopie as expected.

 

[bholder]

Try Scheisse instead.
Our brothers and sisters in Germany,
will know exactly what you said.

Or caca if you will.
Our clan from Mexico,
will understand very well.

Just don't type poopie
Whatever you do,
the mods will change it,
And it'll come out like poo.

Worthy of a bathroom wall somewhere in the world.

And yet we have the poopiest of emoticons!

 

[theFixer]

Try Scheisse instead.
Our brothers and sisters in Germany,
will know exactly what you said.

Or caca if you will.
Our clan from Mexico,
will understand very well.

Just don't type poopie
Whatever you do,
the mods will change it,
And it'll come out like poo.

Worthy of a bathroom wall somewhere in the world.

 

[Haji]

Anyone know what kind of TBird this is?...
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I just wanna know how high ya gotta be to think that hat looked cool.

 

[Dadagoboi]

I just wanna know how high ya gotta be to think that hat looked cool.

Pretty damn high!

 

[dukeorock]

Did a quick clip of the Cataldo NR41 if anyone is interested. A/B’d it with my ‘02 Gibson to hear the difference of the stock Gibson pickups vs the Thunderbucker Ranch ‘63

 

[Haji]

When that thread first started, I kept up for at least 10 pages... I don't know why or how I did, but I did.

I've read every post in the club. Every one. Talk about not knowing how why...

 

[godofthunder59]

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I see the word crap in your post... odd that.

Oh goodie! Must have taken a while to change over.

 

[bholder]

Did a quick clip of the Cataldo NR41 if anyone is interested. A/B’d it with my ‘02 Gibson to hear the difference of the stock Gibson pickups vs the Thunderbucker Ranch ‘63

Dang that sounds sweet!

 

[theFixer]

I just wanna know how high ya gotta be to think that hat looked cool.

Pretty damn high!

Well... to be fair... he may have only been high enough to not care if it looked cool or not. That takes way less

 

[Haji]

Speaking of guilt and shame, I stopped off at Sam Ash to grab a strap and locks for the Cataldo and got this as well...
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Now climb off my a$$, people!

Also, saw they had a few new Epi ‘Birds on the wall, but no VP’s. Asked the sales guy and he’d never even heard of em

Doesn't surprise me. I've done a fair amount of business with Sam, but their staff aren't the guys I go to for knowing what's what. I usually go to Corner Music or Gruhn's for that...and Corner has a fair amount of my money, too.

 

[dukeorock]

Doesn't surprise me. I've done a fair amount of business with Sam, but their staff aren't the guys I go to for knowing what's what. I usually go to Corner Music or Gruhn's for that...and Corner has a fair amount of my money, too.

It’s super close to my house and that’s the only reason I went there

 

[theFixer]

Did a quick clip of the Cataldo NR41 if anyone is interested. A/B’d it with my ‘02 Gibson to hear the difference of the stock Gibson pickups vs the Thunderbucker Ranch ‘63

WOW!!! I LIKE that '63 a LOT!!! I'm anxious to hear the '66!

 

[JJR58]

Did a quick clip of the Cataldo NR41 if anyone is interested. A/B’d it with my ‘02 Gibson to hear the difference of the stock Gibson pickups vs the Thunderbucker Ranch ‘63

Gotta wait till home to listen with the cans.

 

[dukeorock]

WOW!!! I LIKE that '63 a LOT!!! I'm anxious to hear the '66!

Me too!

 

[Cardinal Fang]

Ha ha, I just watched "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" last weekend! I hadn't watched a Russ Meyer film in probably twenty years (you had to rent them from the local XXX store back then) and hadn't listened to Faster Pussycat for the same amount of time.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

 

[Inky13]

Gotta wait till home to listen with the cans.

Even through dinky ipad speakers I could hear the difference.
That Cataldo sounds like it could cut like a laser through butter. Plus, I've always been a single pickup guy. And there's nothing like rounds on frets.

 

[Haji]

NAMM photos are pouring in on TalkBass. I’ve been to NAMM as an endorser maybe 8-10 times...loved it the first time when I was a kid. Been downhill ever since. Pretty much eleventy billion variations on a J bass, but with some ‘exotic’ wizard wood. I just don’t get it. Couple cool things in a crowded, noisy sea of goofiness

That's trade shows in general. In my former industry, the equivalent is called SHOT Show ( Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade). First few times I went I really enjoyed it. Then I had to work the show for many years. The only thing I looked forward to was the after parties, Roberto's Taco Shop, and leaving Las Vegas.