Thunderbird Club

[JJR58]

Spoken sarcastically after crappy gigs, getting rained on packing up,etc.

Now that makes sense.

 

[kat888]

Started in '76 on bass - Sold all my basses and backline in '87/'88 and switched to keyboards for 20 years...

Decided it was time to pick up bass again in 2009 and bought myself a Thunderbird Gothic for my 48th birthday, and haven't looked back since...

You really wish you hadn't sold that Marshall stack.

 

[dukeorock]

Will there be a drunk person that falls all over the merch table?

Fingers crossed!

 

[Larry V]

Will there be a drunk person that falls all over the merch table?

Fingers crossed!

Oh, there will be DRUNKS! Mostly lots of happy happy drunks! It’s St. Patrick’s Day afterall.

 

[Gaolee]

Playing with others definitely helps you grow as a player. Jam with your kids every chance you get. You have a built in "house band" so that can only help you grow and learn.

Plus, there's nothing better than playing with your kid. Even if he sometimes turns around, glares at you and hisses: don't you practice!

He's a musician. I'm a hack. That's his problem, not mine.

 

[JJR58]

Oh, there will be DRUNKS! Mostly lots of happy happy drunks! It’s St. Patrick’s Day afterall.

Oh oh, I forgot it's St. Patty's day. Glad I'm with the fam in NJ. Away from all of it.

 

[dukeorock]

Cool old show poster from when we opened for the Pogues at the Fillmore in San Francisco

 

[hillerup]

Yes. Practice both ways. You also don't need to play the song note for note. Learn the song but you can feel free to put your "touch" on it as well. That is what we are doing with our covers. We don't want to do exact copies of the original songs, more our interpretation of the song. People that know the songs will recognize them but they are slightly different.

If you are in a tribute act then that is where I would be much more precise and be more likely to do note-for-note covers. People are expecting to hear the songs that they love the way they know them. I feel like in that situation you give the crowd what they want.

I totally agree with this.

Not playing in a tribute band, but we occassionally do covers with our own twist to make them fit in with our original material.

 

[hillerup]

Life sucks, then you die.

Thank you, Larry!

 

[kat888]

Saints days?

 

[bholder]

Cool old show poster from when we opened for the Pogues at the Fillmore in San Francisco
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Soon after my ex and I split for good, I had an opportunity to go see The Pogues with the cutest girl I knew at the time. Couldn't get up the nerve to ask.

 

[hillerup]

You really wish you hadn't sold that Marshall stack.

Oh yes... And my Jetglo Ric 4001...

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Slowly getting there...gigging tonight, can't wait..

 

[TBird1958]

I really should have kept one of my BaCHs, that's looking really sweet!

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

One more

 

[theFixer]

Slowly getting there...gigging tonight, can't wait..
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She shore iz purdy!

 

[Haji]

Close, but deep down inside you really know you want a VP with flats, a VP with Rounds, and a VP with tapes.

I just want three EVP's with roundy rounds. Whatever it takes to have more basses.

 

[bylar13]

Solid deal on a Greco near me:

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[theFixer]

Solid deal on a Greco near me:

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A solid deal indeed!

 

[Chuck King]

Just got my first Thunderbird! It's a 2013 model; I stumbled across it completely unexpectedly at a local used gear emporium. This has the skinny neck, which I like. I've had some other Gibson basses (Ripper, Money, Midtown, EB) but never a T-bird until now. I'm looking forward to seeing what I can do with it.