Thunderbird Club

[dukeorock]

I’m pretty sure if you walked out of the room, there was a good reason and the others are aware of that. Good luck!

Thanks! I certainly had my reasons for walking and it’s the first time I’ve ever done it. Whether they were good reasons or not is a matter of opinion
I have kicked a couple musicians out of sessions, but only a couple in many years. This is the first time I tried to fire myself

 

[GBassNorth]

I guess my best attempts to get fired from producing this record backfired, so I gotta go into the studio today :/
Hopefully things won’t be tense, but I think it’ll be ok. Gotta transfer all the tracks onto a drive and load em up at home to see where we stand on everything. Should be a fairly cool eccentric Americana record though

Was this the same couple that were experimenting with different percussion objects for a unique sound?

 

[dukeorock]

Was this the same couple that were experimenting with different percussion objects for a unique sound?

Well, it was mostly the drummer and myself, but they certainly appreciate the oddball percussion. My old band, Legendary ShackShakers, routinely made trips to hardware stores, junkyards and such, looking for cool percussion sounds. I once spent an entire day at a blacksmiths shop in Kentucky, recording sounds.

 

[Gaolee]

Things took a dark turn around here

Give it a few minutes. Things will take another turn into some other direction. I suggest colors.

 

[JJR58]

Give it a few minutes. Things will take another turn into some other direction. I suggest colors.

I like Burgundy Mist.

 

[Gaolee]

I accidentally said something offensive.

You did? I thought we were just being the Thunderbird Club and going off in some odd direction completely unrelated to whatever anybody said.

Plus, now we know we have a diva. We haven't had the official diva until Mark stepped up for the duty. That's a real sacrifice on his part. I have had to take diva duties in a band because the singer just wouldn't do it. So, I appreciate the work that Mark is going to have to put into doing it right. Thank you, Mark! Keeping Jeff in line and walking out on sessions is only a start. Now, we all have to coil cords for you, carry the mic, load the van, and all that. You have to keep all of us in line. It's hard work!

 

[dukeorock]

You did? I thought we were just being the Thunderbird Club and going off in some odd direction completely unrelated to whatever anybody said.

Plus, now we know we have a diva. We haven't had the official diva until Mark stepped up for the duty. That's a real sacrifice on his part. I have had to take diva duties in a band because the singer just wouldn't do it. So, I appreciate the work that Mark is going to have to put into doing it right. Thank you, Mark!

I’m a team player

 

[Gaolee]

Well, what do you think of the rectum as a whole?

I try not to.

 

[JJR58]

You did? I thought we were just being the Thunderbird Club and going off in some odd direction completely unrelated to whatever anybody said.

Plus, now we know we have a diva. We haven't had the official diva until Mark stepped up for the duty. That's a real sacrifice on his part. I have had to take diva duties in a band because the singer just wouldn't do it. So, I appreciate the work that Mark is going to have to put into doing it right. Thank you, Mark! Keeping Jeff in line and walking out on sessions is only a start. Now, we all have to coil cords for you, carry the mic, load the van, and all that. You have to keep all of us in line. It's hard work!

Yeah, i went all snow flake on everybody. Mark always stands up to the challenge.

 

[Gaolee]

The guitarist is coming by later to work through a few things. Bringing a tiny Marshall practice amp, hopefully the Green Russian and delay as well. Should be amusing.

Marshall makes a 4 or 5 watt tube guitar amp. I haven't heard one, but I'm intrigued. Aside from huge ACC bass stacks, I'm partial to little, tiny tube guitar amps. I have a Valve Junior combo that I want to sell one of these days because I'm intrigued by the little amp Vox makes. I just put new tubes in the Gibson BR-9, and it went from being a clean sounding amp to being a ferociously crunchy amp. Beats me what that's all about, but there you have it. Replacing mismatched vintage and tired 6v6 tubes with new, matched JJ tubes didn't do what I expected, but I'm not complaining.

 

[Gaolee]

Epi Les Paul.

Re language filters, I've never understood why people think there's a difference between 'f***', 'flip', 'freak', 'frick' and 'f..u..c..k' -- the intent is the same, however it is 'minced' by the the person who utters it.

Fanny isn't censored in the commonwealth but other words are. Go figure.

 

[Gaolee]

Thanks! I certainly had my reasons for walking and it’s the first time I’ve ever done it. Whether they were good reasons or not is a matter of opinion
I have kicked a couple musicians out of sessions, but only a couple in many years. This is the first time I tried to fire myself

You have to do it on stage in order to reach Charles Mingus levels of volatility. It's a good start.

 

[BklynKen]

Marshall makes a 4 or 5 watt tube guitar amp. I haven't heard one, but I'm intrigued. Aside from huge ACC bass stacks, I'm partial to little, tiny tube guitar amps. I have a Valve Junior combo that I want to sell one of these days because I'm intrigued by the little amp Vox makes. I just put new tubes in the Gibson BR-9, and it went from being a clean sounding amp to being a ferociously crunchy amp. Beats me what that's all about, but there you have it. Replacing mismatched vintage and tired 6v6 tubes with new, matched JJ tubes didn't do what I expected, but I'm not complaining.

 

[dukeorock]

Marshall makes a 4 or 5 watt tube guitar amp. I haven't heard one, but I'm intrigued. Aside from huge ACC bass stacks, I'm partial to little, tiny tube guitar amps. I have a Valve Junior combo that I want to sell one of these days because I'm intrigued by the little amp Vox makes. I just put new tubes in the Gibson BR-9, and it went from being a clean sounding amp to being a ferociously crunchy amp. Beats me what that's all about, but there you have it. Replacing mismatched vintage and tired 6v6 tubes with new, matched JJ tubes didn't do what I expected, but I'm not complaining.

The guitar player in Prayer Flags has a hand wired Marshall in the 3-5 watt range. It’s our main recording amp. Love it!

 

[JJR58]

The guitar player in Prayer Flags has a hand wired Marshall in the 3-5 watt range. It’s our main recording amp. Love it!

Agreed, great sounding amp!

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

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CHello?!!..

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

The guitar player in Prayer Flags has a hand wired Marshall in the 3-5 watt range. It’s our main recording amp. Love it!

many of those single ended (one output tube) class A low wattage amps were R&R tone machines (unintentionally) from the get go. In an effort to squeeze every ounce of volume out of those configurations which were meant to be cheaper student models no corrective feedback was used which gave way to more distortion.....I've seen players plug the speaker output of those into a power soak and straight into the mixer in live settings...

 

[BklynKen]

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[Miles_ONeal]

You did? I thought we were just being the Thunderbird Club and going off in some odd direction completely unrelated to whatever anybody said.

Plus, now we know we have a diva. We haven't had the official diva until Mark stepped up for the duty. That's a real sacrifice on his part. I have had to take diva duties in a band because the singer just wouldn't do it. So, I appreciate the work that Mark is going to have to put into doing it right. Thank you, Mark! Keeping Jeff in line and walking out on sessions is only a start. Now, we all have to coil cords for you, carry the mic, load the van, and all that. You have to keep all of us in line. It's hard work!

I got fingered[1] to carry a set of spare strings. I hope I'm up to the task. I'm grateful I'm not the M&M sorter. Too many of those end up losing their homes and having to bathtub surf[2].

[1] Ahem!
[2] It's like couch surfing but with the hope someone takes your kidney and leaves you part of the proceeds.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Marshall makes a 4 or 5 watt tube guitar amp. I haven't heard one, but I'm intrigued. Aside from huge ACC bass stacks, I'm partial to little, tiny tube guitar amps. I have a Valve Junior combo that I want to sell one of these days because I'm intrigued by the little amp Vox makes. I just put new tubes in the Gibson BR-9, and it went from being a clean sounding amp to being a ferociously crunchy amp. Beats me what that's all about, but there you have it. Replacing mismatched vintage and tired 6v6 tubes with new, matched JJ tubes didn't do what I expected, but I'm not complaining.

It's all about how the tubes bias.

OK, not all, but it's a big part.