Thunderbird Club

[Tooned]

Back in those days I got a chair to the back of my head at a DOA show. Fortunately it didn’t do any major damage except to my ego when I ran into Joey poopiehead at a guitar store a few days later. He thought it was pretty funny!

Now Joey's been elected to civic office: Punk rock comes to Burnaby council

 

[Gaolee]

Now Joey's been elected to civic office: Punk rock comes to Burnaby council

Canadians are always a few steps ahead of us southerners.

 

[Engle]

There was a guy snapping pics with a real camera at a gig I played with the Stereo Anthems a few weeks ago. I brought my PF350 and plugged into a GK 412 that belonged to the bassist for an Iron Maiden tribute. Holy Thunder!

 

[Engle]

Canadians are always a few steps ahead of us southerners.

Joey's been running in elections here for many years. It's good to see him succeed and it will be fun to watch him shake things up!
TALK - ACTION = ZERO

 

[RedVee]

He was great as the Marquis de Sade and brilliant as Casanova Frankenstein.

Ok thanks. The speech therapist from the King’s Speech.

LOVE Mystery Men.

Can’t forget Shine.

I was surprised to read a while ago that he was the guy in the “Hey Charger” ad. He looks rather different from 1971 but you can just tell by the voice.

As a school boy whenever a Charger went past we would give it the Hey Charger call and the V for Victory salute. Even now the phrase has great recognition from people ‘around my age’ cough splutter...

It may have had a symbiotic relationship with a movie and TV show ‘Alvin Purple’. About a waterbed salesman who was irresistible to women (it was the 70s) and was concerned about it and seeing a therapist, a woman of course.
He drove a Valiant Charger.

 

[GonePlaid]

Uuuhhh.......

 

[Gaolee]

About a waterbed salesman who was irresistible to women (it was the 70s) and was concerned about it and seeing a therapist, a woman of course.

We know he wasn't a bass player. We have all been saved from the kind of torment that being irresistible brings.

 

[Inky13]

A lot of arrangers are writing low Eb's(and lower),expecting 5 string basses. And some concert band string bass parts expect at least one bassist(upright)to have a 'C' foot. In the concert band I play in, I'll find out in rehearsal if there are any lower than E parts that I'd need a 5er. I have used the Les Paul for one concert. I bet they'd go crackers if I brought in the EpiBird 5, although I'm using the '67 for our 'Halloween' themed concert. I'm also using the Coffin case as a prop.

In my concert band days, I would sometimes have to read tuba parts. Man those things go low. It’s like talking to an elephant.

 

[TBird1958]

A little bit of Washington, at Lake Crescent

 

[GonePlaid]

In my concert band days, I would sometimes have to read tuba parts. Man those things go low. It’s like talking to an elephant.

When I first got in the concert band it was to fill in for the tubaist(?) who was a snowbird. So I quickly figured out everything had to be "thought" up an octave. Down to Bb, I'm good. Below that, I hafta pencil in the note name @ initial reading 'til I get used to it.

 

[PillO]

We know he wasn't a bass player. We have all been saved from the kind of torment that being irresistible brings.

Speak for yourself. Have you seen my picture here?
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[Gaolee]

Speak for yourself. Have you seen my picture here?
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You are the exception that proves the rule. And so is Veronica. We know she's irresistible to the women in the front row. We have seen pictures.

 

[Gaolee]

In my concert band days, I would sometimes have to read tuba parts. Man those things go low. It’s like talking to an elephant.

A sousaphone is my current unlikely GAS issue. Unlikely because what would I do with a tuba? And unlikely because the chances of me spending the money on one and then finding a place to put it, let alone somewhere to learn to play it are about zero. I want one anyway. A big, white fiberglass sousaphone. I have wanted one ever since I saw a guy playing one and dancing at the same time on the street in New York. Being a jazz tuba player would be one of those beautiful and irrelevant things that make life worth living.

 

[PillO]

A sousaphone is my current unlikely GAS issue. Unlikely because what would I do with a tuba? And unlikely because the chances of me spending the money on one and then finding a place to put it, let alone somewhere to learn to play it are about zero. I want one anyway. A big, white fiberglass sousaphone. I have wanted one ever since I saw a guy playing one and dancing at the same time on the street in New York. Being a jazz tuba player would be one of those beautiful and irrelevant things that make life worth living.

I would recommend working your way up.

Cool Wind - Plastic 3 Valve Euphonium - Red

Cool Wind - 4 Rotary Valve Plastic Tuba - Red

And finally

Jupiter - JSP1000 Sousaphone, Fibreglass Bell w/Case

But one step at a time. Start with one of these

Solutions - Kazobo Extra Loud/Large Kazoo

 

[GBassNorth]

An interesting Bird inspired bass, kinda pricey but an interesting story to go with it...
Hagstrom Ultra Swede Bass 1982. RARE Prototype Model built in Japan. Highly collectible. Historical.

 

[dagrev]

View attachment 3192270 A little bit of Washington, at Lake Crescent

Looks like Kentucky too much of the time...cloudy! Amazing view, however.

 

[GonePlaid]

An interesting Bird inspired bass, kinda pricey but an interesting story to go with it...
Hagstrom Ultra Swede Bass 1982. RARE Prototype Model built in Japan. Highly collectible. Historical.

Weird.

 

[GonePlaid]

A sousaphone is my current unlikely GAS issue. Unlikely because what would I do with a tuba? And unlikely because the chances of me spending the money on one and then finding a place to put it, let alone somewhere to learn to play it are about zero. I want one anyway. A big, white fiberglass sousaphone. I have wanted one ever since I saw a guy playing one and dancing at the same time on the street in New York. Being a jazz tuba player would be one of those beautiful and irrelevant things that make life worth living.

If you are(or get)serious about this, google used sousaphones and also check with school board used equipment sales. Schools will sell off older instruments that they replace. I missed getting a contrabass clarinet from that source back in the 60s. I think they scrapped it. <ADDENDUM> I googled it-just for gits and shiggles-and found a bunch of them(more than I'da thunk)in fiberglass and brass. Somewhat surprised.

 

[TBird1958]

Looks like Kentucky too much of the time...cloudy! Amazing view, however.

There's a rain forest about 40 miles west of this pic, but yeah it rains here, otoh, we grow trees like few places.

 

[MCF]

There's a rain forest about 40 miles west of this pic, but yeah it rains here, otoh, we grow trees like few places.

“Scent of pine trees in the air. Never knew a day so fair. The bluest sky’s you’ve ever seen...” A heavy metal or punk version of that song would be epic.