Thunderbird Club

[JJR58]

Obscure LP/band alert : for all you Beefheart fans - you may or may not know about Mallard, so here's something to spark your interest. Two LP's were made in the mid 70's, I have this one and all songs including this one are great. Mark Boston (Rockette Morton) on the Fender bass.
Mallard (band) - Wikipedia ps - Chucky recommended I post this here and with this cover art... a shout-out to our Mark!


this is a fave of mine -

Oh yeah!!!

 

[JIO]

 

[JIO]

another fave -



full album

 

[fasterpussycat]

It's a good start. Still need a bridezilla, a sweet old grandma, and at least one teenager.

Teenager?

Vince.

 

[Klondike]

I can see why you're having a hard time. What will the finish be for the headstock and body?
Just from this pic I'd say no inlays but those are gorgeous, too, so for me it depends on the finish.

In the end itll be a 7ender bird. Im leaning in a variety of Inverness/Kelly green. And the green in the Abalone would look increadable but at the same time leaving mo imlays would look awesome too.

Side mote I should have taken a poll.

 

[Gaolee]

Obscure LP/band alert : for all you Beefheart fans - you may or may not know about Mallard, so here's something to spark your interest. Two LP's were made in the mid 70's, I have this one and all songs including this one are great. Mark Boston (Rockette Morton) on the Fender bass.
Mallard (band) - Wikipedia ps - Chucky recommended I post this here and with this cover art... a shout-out to our Mark!


this is a fave of mine - bass very much in 'the mix'

I like those a whole lot. Thanks for the introduction. I had not heard of Mallard before.

 

[Gaolee]

Teenager?

Vince.

Nah. Gotta be Carlo. Vince will be bridezilla in time. Only bridezilla would have a bulldozer in the back yard for a while. Beats me who the sweet old grandma might be.

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

Teenager?

Vince.

I’ve outgrown that title a few years ago

 

[Gaolee]

In the end itll be a 7ender bird. Im leaning in a variety of Inverness/Kelly green. And the green in the Abalone would look increadable but at the same time leaving mo imlays would look awesome too.

Side mote I should have taken a poll.

With the paint you are considering, I might change my opinion about inlays. With the right color, they would be stellar.

 

[GonePlaid]

funny that we should be talking about single ended EL-84 based amps...got this on the bench...no name brand
6AQ5 (6V6 ratings but a miniature base like on 84s) and a 6X4WA (6 volt filament) rect. there were so many manufacturers back then.....unusual tolex color/pattern...nicely put together though...has a GM automotive speaker..
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Nice power cord

 

[fasterpussycat]

I'm scouting for (guitar) reverb pedals now. Mr Black Supermoon looks pretty good. The Digitech Polara is another potential candidate. Any suggestions are welcome. Shopping for other people is just as much fun as shopping for yourself.

 

[JIO]

I like those a whole lot. Thanks for the introduction. I had not heard of Mallard before.

Glad to introduce you to Mallard. A friend had a cassette tape of it (in the 80's) and it had no info other that song titles. No 'google' then so we suspected it was Beefheart related but it wasn't till later we got clued in. Haven't heard the other LP/recording yet - will have to see if it's available.

Here's another cool obscure band (from Vancouver Canada) Brahman - (only LP they made) Always liked the back cover pic - looked like a groovy bunch of cats. Was given the LP in 1971 (new) by a friend who's mom was a radio DJ and gave him albums that were sent to the station. It's always been one of my faves over many years. I recently bought a NOS cut-out LP copy (plastic still on it!) as mine had disappeared years ago. Talk about a blast from the past! I always play side B first (starts at 16:16 - listen to that massively crunchy bass! Who knows, could have been a bird!) as it rocks out-of-the-box more than side A. Another album he gave me was "The Man Who Sold The World" (original cover) - David Bowie? Never heard of him...

Robbie King on the Hammond organ

 

[Gaolee]

I'm scouting for (guitar) reverb pedals now. Mr Black Supermoon looks pretty good. The Digitech Polara is another potential candidate. Any suggestions are welcome. Shopping for other people is just as much fun as shopping for yourself.

You can never go wrong with vintage Japanese weirdness:

 

[fasterpussycat]

You can never go wrong with vintage Japanese weirdness:
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Oh, it's an analog Miku pedal.

 

[Gaolee]

Oh, it's an analog Miku pedal.

I actually have one of those. It is a little like Rotating Wah pedals - an odd way to make warble and reverb. It is a one trick pony, but at least the trick isn't annoying. And, it was far cheaper than a Miku pedal. I could get a wild hair up and buy it without regrets.

I'm still baffled by Miku pedals.

 

[JIO]

You can never go wrong with vintage Japanese weirdness:
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it's very portable...

 

[ThaCoast]

What do you guys think? With or with out the Abalone Inlays?

Im having a hard time deciding, I really like it each way. So Im asking for All Ya’lls input on this.
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In the end itll be a 7ender bird. Im leaning in a variety of Inverness/Kelly green. And the green in the Abalone would look increadable but at the same time leaving mo imlays would look awesome too.

Side mote I should have taken a poll.

No inlays: 4

That's a beautiful fretboard. I say no inlays.

The inlays are beautiful, but I agree with Ken all the way.

Nice neck. I vote no dots on the fretboard, but instead use oversized side dots. Those are the only ones I ever look at.

Geeze, i dig em both, hard to say. Leaning towards no inlays.

Inlays: 3

With inlays is my vote

with..

WITH

Having limited time at work - able to zoom through this thread & be caught up. I cast my vote to No inlays - a board looks better without inlays although it depends on the guitar/bass & if it completes the aesthetic portion. So 5 votes no inlays, 3 votes inlays. Thus far. Now you can keep track @Klondike

 

[Nocturnal]

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...

Mick Ronson talks about getting his sound from small amps cranked up. Around the 1:20 point he discusses using practice amps in the studio.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

two channels, tremolo and reverb

What's the tube complement?

 

[Gaolee]

You can also go with cheesy USA weirdness, too. Shopping for other people can be far more fun than shopping for yourself.