Thunderbird Club

[kat888]

BTW, in my solo you can hear my pedal(no board)

Yes, I did notice that. I find it fascinating that you all have last names which match your instruments. What are the chances of that?

There's a term for people with names matching their profession...

 

[GonePlaid]

Yes, I did notice that. I find it fascinating that you all have last names which match your instruments. What are the chances of that?

There's a term for people with names matching their profession...

So much for my secret identity

 

[kat888]

Aptronym

 

[GonePlaid]

Aptronym

Well, that's certainly apt!

 

[Larry V]

Aptronym

Gesundheit!

 

[kat888]

I always figured that's where some common last names came from, someone in their family lineage was that occupation, like Baker and Cook.

Yes. But then you have the marine scientist called Trout or whatever -- those are the cool ones -- or Vince Varmint...

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

Aptronym

I always figured some common last names like Baker and Cook came from someone in their family lineage was that occupation.

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

Yes. But then you have the marine scientist called Trout or whatever -- those are the cool ones -- or Vince Varmint...

 

[kat888]

You do realise that's your stage name now, don't you?

Vince Varmint

 

[PillO]

I just like messing around with effects, mainly modulation (wah, flanger), rarely use my distortion or overdrive effects lately.... then there's utility pedals, tuner and noise suppressor that come in handy but are more... well utilitarian

Having worked on some of these things in high school, a couple of things:
Flanger is considered modulation, but really it is done through time effects.
Wah is a filtering/tone effect - a sweepable high/low/band pass filter.

Distortion, if done tastefully, is the sort of thing that warms the sound and can be always on.

Tuner -- wouldn't be seen dead with a clip on (maybe that's just me)

I see so many people with clip on tuners. And they just leave them on.

OK, they are cheap. If I worked in a guitar store, I would keep one on hand to tune instruments.

But for home use, how can you use one? Get a proper tuner that works quickly and accurately; one that plugs into the output of the instrument in some way (pedal or otherwise).

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

You do realise that's your stage name now, don't you.

Vince Varmint

I think Vincent Varmint sounds better

 

[GBassNorth]

Cheers! What era was your Dad? Mine was born in 1923 and served in WW2 (Borneo).
!

Dad was born in 1922 and served in the Coast Guard during WWII in the Pacific theater. IIRC he said he spent time with the Aussies in Borneo and was also at Midway and Guam and towards the end of the war he spent time with the Russians in the Aleutian Islands. His original deployment was Pearl Harbor, very fortunately he was on a couple days leave in San Francisco to get married when Japan attacked. He didn't talk much about the war, and I didn't ask, but I got the impression that he saw more death and destruction than he wanted to see.

 

[kat888]

I think Vincent Varmint sounds better

Vincent Varmint and the Vegan Vampires

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

Having worked on some of these things in high school, a couple of things:
Flanger is considered modulation, but really it is done through time effects.
Wah is a filtering/tone effect - a sweepable high/low/band pass filter.

Distortion, if done tastefully, is the sort of thing that warms the sound and can be always on.



I see so many people with clip on tuners. And they just leave them on.

OK, they are cheap. If I worked in a guitar store, I would keep one on hand to tune instruments.

But for home use, how can you use one? Get a proper tuner that works quickly and accurately; one that plugs into the output of the instrument in some way (pedal or otherwise).

Overdrive warms the sound more than distortion, but that is accomplished with the tube amp, and is better than any overdrive pedal I've tried.

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

Vincent Varmint and the Vegan Vampires

Ya... I'll get right on starting that band.

I might know a punk band that needs a bassist though... perfect debut for Vincent Varmint

 

[GBassNorth]

....
I see so many people with clip on tuners. And they just leave them on.

OK, they are cheap. If I worked in a guitar store, I would keep one on hand to tune instruments.

But for home use, how can you use one? Get a proper tuner that works quickly and accurately; one that plugs into the output of the instrument in some way (pedal or otherwise).

I'm of the opposite mindset. I use clip on tuners at home all the time and I did carry one in my guitar case as a back up for gigs but while on stage my preference was my rack tuner or pedal tuner. Just never liked the look of a clip on during a performance.

 

[kat888]

Ya... I'll get right on starting that band.

I might know a punk band that needs a bassist though... perfect debut for Vincent Varmint

Vince sounds more punk rock.

 

[RedVee]

Dad was born in 1922 and served in the Coast Guard during WWII in the Pacific theater. IIRC he said he spent time with the Aussies in Borneo and was also at Midway and Guam and towards the end of the war he spent time with the Russians in the Aleutian Islands. His original deployment was Pearl Harbor, very fortunately he was on a couple days leave in San Francisco to get married when Japan attacked. He didn't talk much about the war, and I didn't ask, but I got the impression that he saw more death and destruction than he wanted to see.

Yeah Dad didn’t talk either. Well not until he quite old. Dad was a gunner on the last, successful, push into Borneo.
Uncle was a radio operator in PNG and also other islands with the US guys (as an Aussie soldier).
Other Uncle was a RAAF mechanic. Fixed a plane for Macarthur while in Townsville. Was posted in Canada for a while, where he met his bride.

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

Vince sounds more punk rock.

I'll do a couple focus groups and trial runs to decide

 

[kat888]

At this rate, we'll hit the 4000 page mark tomorrow.