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Thunderbird Club
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- Jun 30, 2010
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Can't play a cowbell and tambourine at the same time. Plus, that's the 'percussionists' job.
Sure ya can. Just have a kick pedal attached to the bell all mounted on the floor, frees up the hands.
I have one word for your singer - tambourine
Well, when we find the new one ... there are three candidates. Reckon they can all prolly do what's required.
Gaolee
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Better movie, too.
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Listen to a pair of Barefoot MM27’s and tell me there’s no going back to dual concentric
I love some of the older Tannoys. First studio monitors I was ever blown away by, in fact. But that was in the early 80’s and I I had very little to compare them to, in retrospect. I also made a bunch of records in the 90’s at a particular studio in Chicago that had a massive pair of Tannoy mid/far fields that were quite nice. Weighed about as much as a Toyota and twice as expensive, but they were nice speakers.
In 2019, based on what I’ve heard, my list of heavy hitters these days would be
Barefoot
ATC
Focal
Adam/HEDD
Possibly in that order
Gaolee
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A singer I played with disappeared into the audience at one point. She was good and lit, which is another story, but when it was getting on time for her to come back in, I looked at the drummer, she looked at me, and we both looked at the guitarist, all deciding what we would do if she was not around. She materialized somehow just in time. That was only one thing she did during a performance that could have been a complete disaster but miraculously wasn't. She's given up drinking now. That's good.
I bring this up as something I don't recommend the singer do.
Something like this? Wonderful speakers but unlikely to be a source of domestic harmony.
Gaolee
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I wouldn't know just yet. I have been living with a pair of Klipsch Heresy speakers for close to 40 years. The place where the record player (yep, records) is these days doesn't lend itself to ideal sound. I'm thinking about taking the Klipschs into the basement and using them with a smallish power amp to replace the truly crappy speakers that sit on my desk next to the computer. I can't say that listening to recordings we make is much fun on those. It's not conducive to doing anything useful with the recordings, either.
The speakers upstairs would get replaced with smaller, more precise speakers. I cannot bring myself to get rid of the Klipschs. They have been with me longer than just about else I have ever owned.
Listen to a pair of Barefoot MM27’s and tell me there’s no going back to dual concentric
I love some of the older Tannoys. First studio monitors I was ever blown away by, in fact. But that was in the early 80’s and I I had very little to compare them to, in retrospect. I also made a bunch of records in the 90’s at a particular studio in Chicago that had a massive pair of Tannoy mid/far fields that were quite nice. Weighed about as much as a Toyota and twice as expensive, but they were nice speakers.
In 2019, based on what I’ve heard, my list of heavy hitters these days would be
Barefoot
ATC
Focal
Adam/HEDD
Possibly in that order
Those are top notch picks.
Back in the day. Whatever that was were NS10’s and Urie 809’s.
That’s all I knew in my studio recording days.
Short lived as it was.
And that was from 2002-2007. Even then there was a lot of offerings that would be considered more up to date.
But those 2 got the job done for mixing and mastering. Meh, once again. What do I know....
Tannoy monitors, Neve consoles, cups of tea and dark fruit cake ... there may be a pattern here.
Prop 65
"The bottom line: We believe that our hardware is very safe provided you don't inhale large quantities of it."
Sound (sic) advice, indeed.
What's the largest amount of Hipshot bridge you have personally inhaled?
"The bottom line: We believe that our hardware is very safe provided you don't inhale large quantities of it."
Sound (sic) advice, indeed.
What's the largest amount of Hipshot bridge you have personally inhaled?
Gaolee
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A lot. A whole lot. Except it was tuners, not the bridge. Tuners are safe for inhalation.
And if you're not the bass player, while on a small stage with a Thunderbird nearby, more likely to inhale.
Two tambourines. Rhythmically shake them and on a downbeat-- correction, on an upbeat, slam them together... repeat... all kinds of good gags for tambourines.I have one word for your singer - tambourine
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Read a good description of the percussion on the Jean Genie recently = 'rattlesnake percussion'. I want rattlesnake percussion.
Now this was a cool rig. I'm gonna be after another 215 cab for my new bird, which, again, I'm really digging the sound of. Those TB+ pup's are killing it.
Kinda regret losing the Blackbird... hanging onto the new one. No more regrets for CB.
Kinda regret losing the Blackbird... hanging onto the new one. No more regrets for CB.
- Jun 30, 2010
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I saw an shirtless exotic performer (male, think Jim Morrison) using a big snake once at a dance club in the 80's... there might have been tribal drumming involved.
And if you're not the bass player, while on a small stage with a Thunderbird nearby, more likely to inhale.
I'm claiming stage left as my domain -- keep ppl away from the Birds. The session we had with the left handed guitarist had a few nervous moments when she walked towards the Orville.
That's always a challenge. Welcome to my world. At that gig that Jeff came to, I was battling it out with a speaker shelf, though.
