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Thunderbird Club

#70,082
PillO said:
Everyone scatters when the drums stop. Because it means it is time for the bass solo.
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Even #62's heirs. I wore that number as a little league football player for several years. The team was awful, and I think we won something like one game in three years. The number is cursed.
 
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#70,083
GBassNorth said:
We both wish it were that easy. Unless some entity called "Reverb" buys my '68 P bass your falling short on your end of the deal.
Darn, I was so looking forward to seeing your NBD thread for the twins. Oh, just in case you need a quick reminder of their good looks...
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Love those! :)
 
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#70,086
lowend1 said:
Although


I dunno, I just never got all hot and bothered over single pickup basses, even Thunderbirds - probably because I anchor my thumb on the bridge pickup also. I play with my fingers probably about 75% of the time, although I initially learned with a pick. Sometimes I switch back and forth within the song. Even with a pick, I'm usually on top of the bridge pickup or between the two anyway.
Speaking of pick players with Thunderbirds...
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Gene forgot to plug in the 'bird! :)
 
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#70,089
megatapper said:
This is a picture of a friend of mine playing my new vintage Arctic White Epiphone T-bird Bass. This is the one that had the chunk of black or Bust it off of it but I decided to choose it because the one that came in today was a total dog.
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Alpine White it is... ALPINE WHITE!!! :)

Beautiful bass - Congrats with the NBD and welcome in the Club! :)
 
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#70,090
Gaolee said:
Because they are big, heavy, and unnecessary. Is there any other reason to do anything?
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:) Not dissing anyones preference for delivering their bands 'sound' (TETO), but I see players drag their stacks and fridges into small venues and the main result is needing to stuff a bar napkin or provided orange plugs in my ears. My 2x10 Eden with the 650w Mesa gets sufficiently 'present'. One of my bands gets loud on certain songs but we never have trouble keeping it under 'too loud' levels. The audience very much appreciates actually hearing the music that results. Our "secret" is; vocals are always the loudest. Our vocal songs have lyrics and we all work to hear them over the rest. I saw Mike Watt twice in my local Tavern (that I have performed at many times), and as loud as they were - you could hear all the words to all the songs. It's walking distance from where I live so I regularly hear many bands there. Most of the time - the singer is fighting to be heard and needless to say - words are not discernible. But like I said, if that is the sound sought (and sometimes it fits) so be it.

(didn't mention anything about space and weight...);)
 
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JIO said:
:) Not dissing anyones preference for delivering their bands 'sound' (TETO), but I see players drag their stacks and fridges into small venues and the main result is needing to stuff a bar napkin or provided orange plugs in my ears. My 2x10 Eden with the 650w Mesa gets sufficiently 'present'. One of my bands gets loud on certain songs but we never have trouble keeping it under 'too loud' levels. The audience very much appreciates actually hearing the music that results. Our "secret" is; vocals are always the loudest. Our vocal songs have lyrics and we all work to hear them over the rest. I saw Mike Watt twice in my local Tavern (that I have performed at many times), and as loud as they were - you could hear all the words to all the songs. It's walking distance from where I live so I regularly hear many bands there. Most of the time - the singer is fighting to be heard and needless to say - words are not discernible. But like I said, if that is the sound sought (and sometimes it fits) so be it.

(didn't mention anything about space and weight...);)
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As always, I'm Very Serious At All Times (tm).

Abandoning that kind of seriousness for a moment, you are exactly right. I use the big ol' stack in a variety of venues, but also have a much smaller Carvin combo and extension cabinet that I use quite a bit as well. The stack has a volume knob that almost never gets turned up very far, too. There's nothing worse than being too loud.

My wife and I saw Lake Street Dive at the Moore Theater in Seattle. They are an outstanding band, with amazing musicianship and vocals. The venue is one of those old, ornate music halls that were built to need very little amplification. In fact, the singer who was on before Lake Street Dive walked away from the mic and sang into the venue without amplification. The effect was wonderful. Unfortunately, the sound guy who took over when the main show started cranked everything up to mush. I could see what they were doing, and make out some of it, but too loud in a room that didn't need it was awful.

Moral of this story - the volume knob is there for a reason. I prefer playing through the reissue 360, because I think it has the best sound, not because it can be insanely loud. Yeah, it can be, but it doesn't have to be. Turned down, it can still be too big at times and gets left at home. Access and stage size are the main considerations, not so much volume.
 
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Gaolee said:
As always, I'm Very Serious At All Times (tm).

Abandoning that kind of seriousness for a moment, you are exactly right. I use the big ol' stack in a variety of venues, but also have a much smaller Carvin combo and extension cabinet that I use quite a bit as well. The stack has a volume knob that almost never gets turned up very far, too. There's nothing worse than being too loud.

My wife and I saw Lake Street Dive at the Moore Theater in Seattle. They are an outstanding band, with amazing musicianship and vocals. The venue is one of those old, ornate music halls that were built to need very little amplification. In fact, the singer who was on before Lake Street Dive walked away from the mic and sang into the venue without amplification. The effect was wonderful. Unfortunately, the sound guy who took over when the main show started cranked everything up to mush. I could see what they were doing, and make out some of it, but too loud in a room that didn't need it was awful.

Moral of this story - the volume knob is there for a reason. I prefer playing through the reissue 360, because I think it has the best sound, not because it can be insanely loud. Yeah, it can be, but it doesn't have to be. Turned down, it can still be too big at times and gets left at home. Access and stage size are the main considerations, not so much volume.
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Well put - a local metal band I saw/heard at that local tavern had really dense wall-of-sound delivery that fit their band perfectly but you barely needed ear protection. It was a perfect example of how dynamics and a serious dialing of every musician's sonic space on stage so that it all locked together like a puzzle and delivered a really enjoyable in-your-face sound. On another night another band was just too loud and when I made mention of it they complained that it was "the tavern" ...
 
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#70,096
Larry V said:
I've heard, "They paid for a rock show and we never turn down."

Yes, sometimes it's just waaaaayyyy too loud.
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Bottom line, is the desired effect a sonic assault or a showcase of musicianship? (and I'm not talking about being a flashy shredder or Prog-rock wizard) I think excessive volume sometimes is a substitute for lack of the later, or at the very least it compromises any musicianship showcased.
 
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#70,097
hillerup said:
How is the bass attached to that fence?
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I knew somebody was going to catch that. It's hanging on one of those screw-in "U" shaped hangers that most people use in their garage for rakes and such. Cheap, and easy to Photoshop out of the image - "clone" the fence material, and poof! - no more hanger!

I WAS going to say that I just ran a 4" lag bolt through the pickup cavity and into the fence and then reinstalled the pickup...
 
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