Thunderbird Club

[GBassNorth]

Where it changes from 'donk donk donk' to a throaty snarly...

...So, you know my ex-wife.

 

[Gaolee]

Mine's the non reverse Firebird -- it's appreciated.

That is #2 on my list. Well the reverse version. It is also the baritone Telebird. With a Bigsby. I probably owe some pictures.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I too have a heavy right hand. I have been working on having a lighter touch. My teacher reminds me regularly (and I repeat to myself) let the amp do the work. It's a bit like having an amp that goes to 11 - if you need the extra push over the edge, where are you going to go? So, with a lighter touch, I can have better dynamics and less worry about bottoming out on pickups.

Sorry - I have been no help on your question.

That’s fine advice if you are hitting hard for sheer volume. But sometimes you just want the ferocity. Or I do, anyway. Not a lot, but it hapens.

 

[Gaolee]

Yes, you have been no help at all.

But that is sound advice! Like using a power tool, letting it do the work. There are interesting textural sonic things you can do though with some physicality when that's called for- a little speaker breakup, stressing the string slightly out of tune with a hard pull, backing off and playing with the fat of your finger closer to the neck. I think of it as the 'tone' of your attack.

I also overthink quite a bit.

Excess attack makes the sound lessen, in my experience. You get clack and not much else.

 

[Count Bassie]

Excess attack makes the sound lessen, in my experience. You get clack and not much else.

True. Some things create an effect I like.

 

[dagrev]

When I see Trujillo, I think he spent hours watching apes...

He is a hell of a player; love his Infectious Grooves stuff. I think his talent is mostly unused in Metallica. And as we have seen in other clips, he is the best guitar player in that band.

Maybe it helps with constipation.

But if it would help my playing I'd do it too!

 

[Gaolee]

How did those strings go?

GBass may have those on his 2014. I know he has gold strings on it.

 

[Count Bassie]

Excess attack makes the sound lessen, in my experience. You get clack and not much else.

Sometimes I'll bear down harder during a passage, back a little closer to the bridge, during a moment of intensity in a song. If my stroke isn't straight downward, but more *across* the strings, and back closer to the bridge where the strings are somewhat tighter, I can pummel it pretty good and avoid some of that string-smack against the neck pickup.
EDIT: And to connect it to @Gaolee 's remark, all that hard attack does kinda zap your volume somewhat... but you still get intensity.
It's not how I spend most of my playing time, just a gag in the toolbox.

I don't like clack much, generally. I still get some.

 

[JJR58]

I can pummel it pretty good.

I’ll just speak for myself here.
Some of the sound clips you’ve posted in the past with Plan 9, and other such things. Yeah, you got it going on.

 

[Count Bassie]

Thanks Jeff!

 

[Count Bassie]

GBass may have those on his 2014. I know he has gold strings on it.

Maybe he'll chime in. I'm getting more interested in strings in my maturing years as a player.
But not my maturing years as a person. Lol. No... there are none of those.

Hey @GBassNorth , how did those flats pan out?

 

[TBird1958]

...So, you know my ex-wife.

I have one of those too!







So, yeah, I got that goin' for me.

 

[JJR58]

I have one of those too!







So, yeah, I got that goin' for me.

Sh!t happens. You’re still loved here.

 

[Haji]

I’ve produced a ton of records and soundtrack stuff...I’m a dang Grammy loser, I’ll have you know!
I always used amazing engineers. Now I really just want to get better at engineering myself, though I have no desire to be a full time engineer.
Hope your gig at the 5 Spot was great! That’s my local watering hole, but sadly I was out of town for your show

Big crowd for a late Thursday night! First time I've played there; hope we'll do that again soon. I work over that way but I'm not real familiar with 5 Points. Neat area! I swear I'm gonna get out and see you either with Da Bros or D. Hoke. This shall happen!

 

[Gaolee]

Well, the guitarist came by. He did not know any music theory, did not understand structure, and did not know how to count. He just wanted to play faster and shred lots of notes. It sounded kinda pentatonic. Kinda. I am not a great drummer, but there is not time to play and have a day job and be an unpaid music teacher. We were all beginners once needing some slack. But jeez. He said he took a music theory class and didn't like the circle of fifths and had trouble counting. It was not going to end well. It didn't end well. He got his chance and it was just a wasted hour. Ok, enough whining on my part.

 

[Haji]

I noticed that the Dingwall D Bird has a strap lock socket sunk in at the neck and the back of the upper bout of the body. Anybody ever try that with standard buttons on a regular type TBird? What is the result?

 

[GonePlaid]

Well, the guitarist came by. He did not know any music theory, did not understand structure, and did not know how to count. He just wanted to play faster and shred lots of notes. It sounded kinda pentatonic. Kinda. I am not a great drummer, but there is not time to play and have a day job and be an unpaid music teacher. We were all beginners once needing some slack. But jeez. He said he took a music theory class and didn't like the circle of fifths and had trouble counting. It was not going to end well. It didn't end well. He got his chance and it was just a wasted hour. Ok, enough whining on my part.

I think you meant 'guitar owner'.

 

[Count Bassie]

I noticed that the Dingwall D Bird has a strap lock socket sunk in at the neck and the back of the upper bout of the body. Anybody ever try that with standard buttons on a regular type TBird? What is the result?

You can use regular strap buttons, and get some of those red or black rubber round things that look like "fender washers" (sorry). Put your strap on the button, then slip the rubber washer onto the button on top of the strap. Works as well as a Straplock.

 

[GonePlaid]

You can use regular strap buttons, and get some of those red or black rubber round things that look like "fender washers" (sorry). Put your strap on the button, then slip the rubber washer onto the button on top of the strap. Works as well as a Straplock.

I tried the rubber ones. Didn't work well. Put on metal washers.

 

[BklynKen]

A (long) while ago, I had a copy of VI for DOS. I have no idea why I thought that was good idea.

Maybe because it's the best editor? I still use it daily for well over 20 years.