Thunderbird Club

[Gaolee]

I suppose it would be like one of those "invisible fences". She would only go far enough that she could still hear herself. So either until the signal cut out or until the volume knob ran out. Still; pity the patrons in the bar that they could have Kat wandering amoungst them...

It would be fine until there was static electricity. Then bad.

 

[JJR58]

I suppose it would be like one of those "invisible fences". She would only go far enough that she could still hear herself. So either until the signal cut out or until the volume knob ran out. Still; pity the patrons in the bar that they could have Kat wandering amoungst them...

Some of the patrons would consider themselves honored to have her in their presence.

 

[Gaolee]

Some of the patrons would consider themselves honored to have her in their presence.

Well, they oughtta!

 

[ToddOfThunder]

This one?
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That would be Keef.

For the Vile Imp, the Rolling Stones are a band that has been playing since your grandparents were dating.

For Kat, I don't think Jeff Beck ever smashed a guitar. He was known to throw them in the studio out of frustration (with others), but would pick them up and start playing again. Not smashed.

That IS rock & roll right there!

 

[Count Bassie]

So I made the semi ill advised move of playing a gig with a new bass I don't know so intimately yet, AND a cab I hadn't plugged into yet. Wasn't actually a problem, and given the time I get to put into my scene these days I'm not beating myself up over it.
The Bird looked cool, and the sound was great- I'll get comfortable soon enough. Things like eq and how to arrange these cabs for better stage sound will be along on the next bus.
I need to get this band some gigs.

 

[JJR58]

So I made the semi ill advised move of playing a gig with a new bass I don't know so intimately yet, AND a cab I hadn't plugged into yet. Wasn't actually a problem, and given the time I get to put into my scene these days I'm not beating myself up over it.
The Bird looked cool, and the sound was great- I'll get comfortable soon enough. Things like eq and how to arrange these cabs for better stage sound will be along on the next bus.
I need to get this band some gigs.

You’ll be fine. The key is the eq, imo.

 

[Mike.C.]

So I made the semi ill advised move of playing a gig with a new bass I don't know so intimately yet, AND a cab I hadn't plugged into yet. Wasn't actually a problem, and given the time I get to put into my scene these days I'm not beating myself up over it.
The Bird looked cool, and the sound was great- I'll get comfortable soon enough. Things like eq and how to arrange these cabs for better stage sound will be along on the next bus.
I need to get this band some gigs.

We haven’t been able to get gigs lately so we’ve decided to do an open mic every other week to polish up and get songs stage ready. Also, two new (to the players) guitars to do exactly what you are talking about.

I once took a brand new P (fat neck and all) to a gig and played horribly. Sold it!

 

[GonePlaid]

You’ll be fine. The key is the eq, imo.

Like Jeff said^^. Try to get as far as the cable will reach during set up so you can hear what the 'room' hears. More than once I've had to set things so they sound better out front than they do to me.[one of the reasons I'd like to get a wireless]. I'm 'locked in' to one spot during performance-in front(back?)of my mic, since I sing on most of our songs

 

[Engle]

You’ll be fine. The key is the eq, imo.

Cab placement in a small room can make a huge difference. At one of my regular pub gigs, I once made the mistake of putting my 210AVs in the corner....yikes! 3 feet over from the usual spot and I was messing with eq for most of the first set trying to dial back the boominess while retaining a decent tone/volume.

 

[dukeorock]

Turned out to be a pretty fun gig last night in Spring, TX. Super humid, so I didn’t think the upright gut strings sounded so good, so I mostly played the T Bird. After hear video some folks posted, the upright sounded fine, but the T Bird really sounded nice

 

[TBird1958]

Cool shot Mark!

 

[Mike.C.]

Some might make that argument about any with active electronics...

I dig mine. Totally different sound with rounds but man a Pro-VI with flats is amazing.

Turned out to be a pretty fun gig last night in Spring, TX. Super humid, so I didn’t think the upright gut strings sounded so good, so I mostly played the T Bird. After hear video some folks posted, the upright sounded fine, but the T Bird really sounded nice

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2nd the nice shot. Smoke, lights and Tbird - what else is there?

 

[JJR58]

Cab placement in a small room can make a huge difference. At one of my regular pub gigs, I once made the mistake of putting my 210AVs in the corner....yikes! 3 feet over from the usual spot and I was messing with eq for most of the first set trying to dial back the boominess while retaining a decent tone/volume.

Yes, this is true. Also, depending on the cab/s, getting them off the floor to reduce coupling an be very advantageous.

 

[Count Bassie]

Cab placement in a small room can make a huge difference. At one of my regular pub gigs, I once made the mistake of putting my 210AVs in the corner....yikes! 3 feet over from the usual spot and I was messing with eq for most of the first set trying to dial back the boominess while retaining a decent tone/volume.

I had the bassier 210 on top of the much less bassy 410, next time they'll go side by side. The 210 does well on the floor- phat and punchy.

 

[Inky13]

Turned out to be a pretty fun gig last night in Spring, TX. Super humid, so I didn’t think the upright gut strings sounded so good, so I mostly played the T Bird. After hear video some folks posted, the upright sounded fine, but the T Bird really sounded nice

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How did the scroll surgery turn out?

 

[BklynKen]

I had the bassier 210 on top of the much less bassy 410, next time they'll go side by side. The 210 does well on the floor- phat and punchy.

We're you used to using this setup for other basses? The Thunderbird really doesn't need much help.

What string were you using?

 

[GonePlaid]

Yes, this is true. Also, depending on the cab/s, getting them off the floor to reduce coupling an be very advantageous.

If we're on a stage(last Fri. and tonight)I'll use a stand to de-couple. Last Sat.-on a concrete floor-I used the AmpWedge to tilt the amp toward my ears a little.

 

[BklynKen]

If we're on a stage(last Fri. and tonight)I'll use a stand to de-couple. Last Sat.-on a concrete floor-I used the AmpWedge to tilt the amp toward my ears a little.

Do you often play with a wedgie on stage?

 

[GonePlaid]

Do you often play with a wedgie on stage?

When I go on break, after propping my fazaza on the stool, it feels like one.

 

[Ed Fuqua]

It's been years so I have no idea who the bands were, but I recall a show in either Augusta, GA or Atlanta, GA back in the early to mid '70s where one of the bands had two drummers, a guitar and keys (or two guitars), and a bass player as lead singer, and the other band had two bass players, a guitar and keys (or two guitars), and a drummer as lead singer. Both were pretty good, and the band with two basses (I almost said double basses) used two basses quite well. At the time I knew nothing about bass brands and don't recall what they had, but I do recall them doing everything from southern rock lead guitar-style doubling to playing in different registers, to trading who played traditional bass and who played counter-lead or even lead guitar.

Hmmm, was that at the Performing Arts Center at (then) Augusta College? There was a double bill of a couple of bands from Atlanta, one of which was a sort of experimental rock band called RADAR that had two bassist, one playing fretted and one fretless, the fretless player also doubled on keyboards. This would have been 72 or 73...