Thunderbird Club

[Gaolee]

Oh, I've played through plenty of Acoustic 360s and own a 220 head with a 402 cab, but 3500 when it's not even an original ACC 360?..

I have an original from 1968 and a Grexa reissue from about 2013 or 2014. I don't remember now. The Grexa reissue can do what the original does, but it has a treble horn mounted in the top of the cabinet. I wouldn't call it a modern hi-fi sounding cabinet, but it can come close to that, too. If you want to liquefy innards at the back of the room with aorta rupturing bass, both do the job just fine even without excessive volume. Beats me how the physics of it works, but I think it's a little like a curve ball. By Newtonian physics and all rational calculations, a curve ball can't bite just before it gets to the plate and a 360 can't possibly be more powerful with more distance, but that's what both seem to be able to do.

 

[Mike.C.]

Hi all. Got a gig where we were asked to fill 3 hours. No problem. Now the agent says we need to do three 75 minute sets with no more than twenty minute breaks in between. We do not have enough songs for this ‘modification’.

Prevailing thoughts are to either play a few songs again from the first set during the middle-to-end of the last set, or do some acoustic/down temp versions of earlier songs towards the end.

What would you do?

THX

 

[dukeorock]

Hi all. Got a gig where we were asked to fill 3 hours. No problem. Now the agent says we need to do three 75 minute sets with no more than twenty minute breaks in between. We do not have enough songs for this ‘modification’.

Prevailing thoughts are to either play a few songs again from the first set during the middle-to-end of the last set, or do some acoustic/down temp versions of earlier songs towards the end.

What would you do?

THX

Repeat some from the first set, or talk A LOT between songs

 

[PillO]

Hi all. Got a gig where we were asked to fill 3 hours. No problem. Now the agent says we need to do three 75 minute sets with no more than twenty minute breaks in between. We do not have enough songs for this ‘modification’.

Prevailing thoughts are to either play a few songs again from the first set during the middle-to-end of the last set, or do some acoustic/down temp versions of earlier songs towards the end.

What would you do?

THX

I suggest adding to your set lists 2112, Close to the Edge, and Freebird. Be sure to play extended versions of everything; surely you can get 10 minutes out of Mustang Sally.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Hi all. Got a gig where we were asked to fill 3 hours. No problem. Now the agent says we need to do three 75 minute sets with no more than twenty minute breaks in between. We do not have enough songs for this ‘modification’.

Prevailing thoughts are to either play a few songs again from the first set during the middle-to-end of the last set, or do some acoustic/down temp versions of earlier songs towards the end.

What would you do?

THX

stretch them like rubber bands...

 

[DChid]

I suggest adding to your set lists 2112, Close to the Edge, and Freebird. Be sure to play extended versions of everything; surely you can get 10 minutes out of Mustang Sally.

Down by the River can easily be 20 minutes long.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I suggest adding to your set lists 2112, Close to the Edge, and Freebird. Be sure to play extended versions of everything; surely you can get 10 minutes out of Mustang Sally.

I was thinking of ending each set with a nice, long, extendable song like Freebird, Stairway to Heaven, or Close to the Edge. Maybe play all of Thick as a Brick or DSOTM. Y'all can learn those real quickly, right?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Hi all. Got a gig where we were asked to fill 3 hours. No problem. Now the agent says ...What would you do?
THX

And have a talk with that agent.

 

[Nocturnal]

I suggest adding to your set lists 2112, Close to the Edge, and Freebird. Be sure to play extended versions of everything; surely you can get 10 minutes out of Mustang Sally.

Mustang Sally isn't already 10 minutes long?? I guess it just seems that way.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Because I have no self control and more money than sense...

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'68 Sunn 1000s, bone stock, 3 GE 6550s, a GEC/Genelex KT88, and the original cab with JBL D15S (D130s) and horn. Don't think it had ever been opened until I did so to take these photos.

AND the Dynaco tranny...

 

[GonePlaid]

Hi all. Got a gig where we were asked to fill 3 hours. No problem. Now the agent says we need to do three 75 minute sets with no more than twenty minute breaks in between. We do not have enough songs for this ‘modification’.

Prevailing thoughts are to either play a few songs again from the first set during the middle-to-end of the last set, or do some acoustic/down temp versions of earlier songs towards the end.

What would you do?

THX

stretch them like rubber bands...

Besides extending songs, learn this handy phrase:"We had a request to do one we did earlier......"(no one needs to know the request came from the band)

 

[GonePlaid]

Mustang Sally isn't already 10 minutes long?? I guess it just seems that way.

!0 minutes of not thinking(I do that one in our group)

 

[GonePlaid]

I was thinking of ending each set with a nice, long, extendable song like Freebird, Stairway to Heaven, or Close to the Edge. Maybe play all of Thick as a Brick or DSOTM. Y'all can learn those real quickly, right?

Evil Ways is easily extendable-lotsa solos. Maybe even a bass sol......nah!

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Two bass amps of the same country of manufacture, type, period and Wattage. Different manufacturers..
(Thanks for the pic D.M.N.)

 

[Gaolee]

Hi all. Got a gig where we were asked to fill 3 hours. No problem. Now the agent says we need to do three 75 minute sets with no more than twenty minute breaks in between. We do not have enough songs for this ‘modification’.

Prevailing thoughts are to either play a few songs again from the first set during the middle-to-end of the last set, or do some acoustic/down temp versions of earlier songs towards the end.

What would you do?

THX

Got a guitarist who can wank away on an extended solo? That fill a whole lot of time. Another one is to just extend songs by doing them again without ever stopping. We do that with some really short songs, especially if people are dancing. Get 'em up and moving and they don't notice that the same words happen three times.

Three 75 minute sets is a bit more than three hours, especially with a couple twenty minute breaks. Don't you mean three 45 minute sets? That makes a whole lot more sense. Math can be hard unless you are a nerd. I'm a nerd, so a little arithmetic comes with the territory. Just don't ask me to spell anything.

 

[GonePlaid]

Got a guitarist who can wank away on an extended solo? That fill a whole lot of time. Another one is to just extend songs by doing them again without ever stopping. We do that with some really short songs, especially if people are dancing. Get 'em up and moving and they don't notice that the same words happen three times.

Three 75 minute sets is a bit more than three hours, especially with a couple twenty minute breaks. Don't you mean three 45 minute sets? That makes a whole lot more sense. Math can be hard unless you are a nerd. I'm a nerd, so a little arithmetic comes with the territory. Just don't ask me to spell anything.

A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G

 

[Gaolee]

A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G

Thank you. You wouldn't believe how much that word was bothering me, and now the stress has been relieved. Phwew!

 

[Count Bassie]

@Count Bassie I like the new Avatar. Didn't you have that one about a year ago?

Yes, can't remenber where I found it though.

 

[Count Bassie]

I just don't understand the extender. I understand wanting to have the low D, but I don't understand why you want an extender to get there. It makes more sense to me to have your bass tuned BEAD. And for those that want EADG too, well, have two basses - because you always need another.. Or, you could even go with a 5 string...

There are lots of things I don't understand, so I will get over it. But if someone can explain what I am missing, I would be at least modestly appreciative.

It's a way to have just a 4 string and standard tuning, and ability to reach lower.
We do a tune un E-flat, and another couple with a low D. So two basses, each with an appropriately tuned Hipshot. This does kind of defeat the one-bass angle, I'm still working it out. In my case a 5 string would be the answer. But I didn't expect to have tho do this, and I'm lothe to get rid of instruments now... I've done that too many times-it's like throwing your history away, and that's kind of a part of you.
More basses also doesn't really suit me, nor can I afford that. Eh, bring two...

 

[Count Bassie]

I also kinda like to solve problems, so digging into how to play with the kind of logistical distortion the Hipshot detuner presents is, I think, good for my brain and hands to have to do. I like the process.