Thunderbird Club

[Chucky Stiletti]

The world is full of karaoke stars. Some even have their own mic!

that's better than many "pro singers"......oh, and let's not get into the mic stand and tambourine.....such expensive unattainable items...

 

[Mike.C.]

Plus, the way a neck looks with no markers at all is great, especially if it's a darker wood. Side dots are all I ever really need, since that's all I can see while playing. I never understood what the markers on the front were really for.

I believe they are there to assist guitarists.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I’m confident this did not come from the travel case - no zipper and/or anything else remotely similar. I figured I’d better remove it before it had the chance to do some damage.


2nd this.

well, it looks like nothing that would go into an electronics assembly..

 

[Mike.C.]

If it fell in there during manufacturing then I’m surprised it didn’t touch something hot and cause an issue. I will consider this luck.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I would have expected, being near Music City, that my band would be able to find a singer. There are apparently tons of them in town...but none have ever shown up for the audition. We've been in contact with 22 of them. Only two have said "I can't do it". About a dozen of those we scheduled an audition for. NOT ONE of them showed up. Only one cancelled and rescheduled...and then he flaked on HIS preferred reschedule date.

Musicians suck.

We've had a couple of job candidates do that where I work. Sorry; I really don't get that mindset at all.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I believe they are there to assist guitarists.

Probably because luthiery was originally an art (it still is, but most instruments are mass produced). And it works for the audience so that the neck isn't just a slab.

 

[BklynKen]

that's better than many "pro singers"......oh, and let's not get into the mic stand and tambourine.....such expensive unattainable items...

Mic stand is useful to hold a bolt-on cup (beer) holder. Ask me how I know.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Mic stand is useful to hold a bolt-on cup (beer) holder. Ask me how I know.

Does it involved a beer-refin'd bass, or adding a light show to an amp?

 

[fasterpussycat]

Or me for that matter.

That wasn't you on the jetty?

 

[fasterpussycat]

FTR, I'm working on two basses - one with an Epi Goth (maple/rosewood) and one with an AllParts Fender Authorized J neck (maple/ebony). The Goth neck weighs 2 lbs, the J weighs 1 lb/13oz. Only a few ounces but less. So the wenge/ebony weight is primarily from the wenge, and wenge/wenge would probably weigh more than wenge/ebony.

The next question would be, how does the weight of a wenge/wenge J neck compare to a maple/rosewood P neck? Not that I'm expecting an answer here. Might go out and survey the GenPop.

 

[BklynKen]

Does it involved a beer-refin'd bass, or adding a light show to an amp?

You're putting too much thought into it.

 

[fasterpussycat]

You're putting too much thought into it.

Non-instrument playing singers obviously have too much time on their hands. Never had time for drinking while playing.

 

[fasterpussycat]

that's better than many "pro singers"......oh, and let's not get into the mic stand and tambourine.....such expensive unattainable items...

I suggested a Heil Fin would be a good band purchase and the singer said, no, no, that's my instrument, I'll get one.

 

[BklynKen]

Non-insteument playing singers obviously have too much time on their hands. Never had time for drinking while playing.

Oh, I meant for myself. Between songs. And to be honest I've only ever used mine in the rehearsal space.

 

[BklynKen]

I suggested a Heil Fin would be a good band purchase and the singer said, no, no, that's my instrument, I'll get one.

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Wow, that singer's a keeper.

 

[fasterpussycat]

Wow, that singer's a keeper.

Yes. The line up is pretty settled. For some unfathomable reason, both singer and drummer seem to think I have some form of talent and are keen to stick with me.

No one seems inclined to have a go at me for 1. playing Thunderbirds, 2. using roundwound strings, 3. playing with a pick, 4. using a tuner pedal.

 

[Engle]

Yes. The line up is pretty settled. For some unfathomable reason, both singer and drummer seem to think I have some form of talent and are keen to stick with me.

No one seems inclined to have a go at me for 1. playing Thunderbirds, 2. using roundwound strings, 3. playing with a pick, 4. using a tuner pedal.

At least you don’t play with one of those clip on tuners. I don’t know why, but they bother me. That and capos.

 

[BklynKen]

Yes. The line up is pretty settled. For some unfathomable reason, both singer and drummer seem to think I have some form of talent and are keen to stick with me.

No one seems inclined to have a go at me for 1. playing Thunderbirds, 2. using roundwound strings, 3. playing with a pick, 4. using a tuner pedal.

Suckers!

(same goes for me - I milk it as well as I can)

 

[BklynKen]

At least you don’t play with one of those clip on tuners. I don’t know why, but they bother me. That and capos.

Yeah, I think those clip-ons look ridiculous. Like something out of a Dr. Seuss book.

 

[fasterpussycat]

Yeah, I think those clip-ons look ridiculous. Like something out of a Dr. Seuss book.

I have one for JAEbird and cable only expeditions. Tune up, put tuner back in gig bag, play.