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Thunderbird Club

#108,644
Gaolee said:
That works. I vi V VI

There's only four rock and roll songs, and that's one of 'em. The fourth one is an angular punk rock song with a tritone. That's not the punk song.
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We have a sax player friend that occasionally sits in with us. When he does "Shotgun", I always tell him I have trouble with the changes.(I):smug:
 
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fasterpussycat said:
Hah! They look like broomsticks (which seems appropriate).
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There are sticks called brooms or broomsticks, and they look like a round whisk broom. They are fun to play with when they work. When they don't, they sound awful.

I just got a chance to listen properly through mediocre speakers but better than a phone. I like what you are doing a lot.
 
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fasterpussycat said:
I think the guitar needs to be a little more chimey.

Stop going on about bloody ribbons, you're giving me GAS you bugger!
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There are so many different, wonderful ribbons out there that it's near impossible to avoid ribbon GAS. As soon as you have found one you think is perfect, another one come along that's different. For now, I'm sticking to Shure 330s, because they are directional and sound like they should. I would love to have a whole arsenal of Beyerdynamic, RCA, and everything else. Looking for a rich uncle isn't working out too well, unfortunately. Alas, no arsenal.
 
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This sounds quite gnarly with the Thunderbird. Borrowed it from a guitarist friend to play around with. One of the "Voice" settings doesn't screw with the bass' low end. I still prefer my AO.

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fasterpussycat said:
Exactly. As you can hear, our singer can sing in tune (more or less) but the other 4 songs we're working on she was all over the place. We have four weeks while our guitarist is away to cajole her into shape.
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Her slight intonation problems on those two songs fit the mood of the songs pretty well, for what that's worth. And, your guitarist really should be cranking through an oil can at the end of the first one. What she was doing is good, but a real oil can would be even better. I may be biased.
 
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Count Bassie said:
I might stop right there, oil that baby up.
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It does look really good like that. I'm agonizing over sending the magic 2001 to him to do something like that. That would be a really dumb thing to do, but...

I probably won't do it, but I'll think about it. The cost is a bit of a deterrent as well. Not that it's outrageously expensive for what he's doing, but as we have been discussing, GAS takes multiple forms. And, there's always a whole lot of other projects I want to do around here that have a cost element. I'm still hunting for that elusive rich uncle.
 
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Count Bassie said:
Or "Thunderods"... I always think they're called "Thunderoos", like they're from Australia, or something.
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Those are a different version. That's all before you get into the variations of stick balance, barrel diameter, head, length, grip, and everything else. It's endless.

I found a Canadian company that makes sticks that I like. They are called Head Hunters, which is probably appropriate.
 
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fasterpussycat said:
Does, doesn't it.

Bass GAS -- gone
Amp GAS -- gone
Pedal GAS -- gone (apart from enabling guitar pedals)
Recording gear GAS -- my little eyes light up with telephone number prices... [sigh]
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Bass, Amp, and pedal GAS are all gone. For the most part recording gear GAS is gone. But ribbon mics....

And I would like a few other cymbals to play with and experiment with. And, a maple shell drum kit to contrast with the luan mahogany kit would be great. Finding a place to put it is as much of a damper on that as the money. Even if I could just go out and buy one, there's no place for it. And then, one of these days, I really want to build a harpsichord from a kit. I'm nowhere near skilled or ambitious enough to dive in and build one from scratch. It's another one that has no obvious place to go. My wife has told me in fairly clear terms that musical instruments can come upstairs, so long as they go back down into the basement when I'm done playing them. The harpsichord, if it ever happens, won't live upstairs. It's probably good to have these limitations.
 
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Gaolee said:
And then, one of these days, I really want to build a harpsichord from a kit. I'm nowhere near skilled or ambitious enough to dive in and build one from scratch. It's another one that has no obvious place to go. My wife has told me in fairly clear terms that musical instruments can come upstairs, so long as they go back down into the basement when I'm done playing them. The harpsichord, if it ever happens, won't live upstairs. It's probably good to have these limitations.
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Limitations?

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