Thunderbird Club

[GonePlaid]

Hooked this up just for grins(EpiBird 5er>Rumble 200c/R112>Kasino 252-everything @ "9", tone(s) flat.

 

[fasterpussycat]

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What's 'sulfer'?

 

[Engle]

Slight right turn...
Funny how after you've put some of your own fingerprint on an instrument, you warm up to it. I've got a Squier mutt someone put together for me, just charged me for the parts. Squier-II neck (mid-80s Samick factory, Korea, Maple board), Vint/Mod Agathis Jaguar body in glossy black, alnico'V p'ups. Custom wiring harness w/CTS pots and Switchcraft bits. Hipshot D-tuner.

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Damn thing plays beautifully, strong output and clear, punchy sound. I've tried to not love it, but I kinda do. If the shoe fits, kick some sh!t with it I guess.

Still got a comfy and hopeful space saved in my quiver for a 'Bird, but she'll come along...

Mmmm maple fingerboard...kinda miss having one around.

 

[fasterpussycat]

Update on my daughter’s (not really a punk)band:
They decided to call it “The Chili Joint”...

My daughter is now on vocals only and her friend (former band mate) is going to play bass. That girl brings great energy, but lives about 4 hours away, so yours truly gets to fill in at rehearsals when she’s not there.

I introduced them to this tune and they’re going to play it:

'History shows again and again
How nature points out the folly of man'

I'm on the lizard's side.

 

[Engle]

I saw SNL last weekend. The guitar player in Gary Clarke jr.'s band was playing a left-handed telecaster right handed. I immediately thought that there would be a gang of left handed players out there swearing at their TVs because it is hard enough to get LH instruments without right handers scooping up the limited supply.

That is a great band! I watched again with my daughter.

 

[Engle]

'History shows again and again
How nature points out the folly of man'

I'm on the lizard's side.

I like the shot where it catches the plane

 

[Engle]

"wankers play J basses"

I bring mine to jazz class every Tuesday night where I am instructed in wankery

 

[fasterpussycat]

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We all do.

I like the backline there.

 

[Engle]

I agree that long bass solos are unnecessary most of the time. There is however huge value in learning to play the melody of a song on the bass. Not that you should play it during a performance, but knowing it helps build tasty bass lines.

 

[Engle]

Another kind of Thunderbird:
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[fasterpussycat]

The bass players rig was a 1001rb with two GK 410 cabs. I patched my Grace Felix pre in front and did half the set on upright and the other half on the Gretsch. I managed to get an acceptable sound out of that rig, but really regretted not setting up my own rig. The more I play through other rigs the more I appreciate my own. Probably just because of familiarity, but those GK 410’s sounded a lot like Edens to me and I’ve never got the appeal of that cab. Mushy lows, super loud, horn like mid bass and brittle highs. I just don’t get it. I think the owner of the rig is just happy he’s able to get loud enough to compete with the guitars and that rig certainly gets loud, but that’s about all I can say for it. Oddly, GK makes a couple decent cabs in the RBX series but they weigh a ton and almost no one seems to use em anymore

For not very interesting reasons, we ended up at the drummer's house yesterday. I was playing through a small 100W 3 channel/sealed cab busking combo. Plug in pedalboard, two clicks on the Darkglass preamp and instant me. Not as nice as the Traynor, but it does the job. Was better than that SVT 3 Pro I played through a few weeks back.

 

[fasterpussycat]

Another kind of Thunderbird:
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Is that a carry handle in the middle of the front grille?

 

[dukeorock]

Hmm. Maybe you could turn him on to some better cabs-if ya know of any.

Ha! Marketing ain’t one of my strengths

 

[fasterpussycat]

Ha! Marketing ain’t one of my strengths

Yes, I have learned that what I want out of bass/pedals/amp/cabinet is entirely different to the requirements of 95% or even 99% of bass players. Therefore when recommendations and endorsements are solicited, I might as well not bother, to the point where I may be wilfully bad -- as in recommending the Fuzzrocious Cat Tail to someone wanting to even out their string to string volume (it's a very effective compressor) over on the FX forum.

 

[PillO]

What's 'sulfer'?

Sulfer - one who takes "selfies'

Edit:

Selfer - what one would ask if contemplating a purchase and looking to sort out budgeting.

 

[BklynKen]

For the Lou Reed fans, here's a recording of him doing Ride Into The Sun at that 1996 show.

Dropbox - 19960330-Luna_with_Lou_Reed-Ride_Into_The_Sun.mp3

 

[PillO]

Another kind of Thunderbird:
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I wanted to repair the grill cloth, but couldn't afford to replace it all...

 

[GonePlaid]

What's 'sulfer'?

I just post the pic, not print the shirt.

 

[fasterpussycat]

Sulfer - one who takes "selfies'

Yes. This isn't the Anthropocene era, it's the Narcissocene.

 

[PillO]

For not very interesting reasons, we ended up at the drummer's house yesterday.

Well, now it seems like the reasons might be interesting.