Thunderbird Club

[fasterpussycat]

No, yer not. For years bass amp makers have tried to get clean and power. Then most everyone wants to f---* it up.

*uzz

When I was a young bass player all those months ago, patronising [bees]dicks would tell me, in that way that they are always so entitled to do, distortion is wrong on bass and don't play so hard. Of course I listened to them.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Nice hippy stripe bass!

thanks! hippy wedding....hippy bass I guess.....

 

[Engle]

Well the two that come to mind are the Rotosound Drop Zone and La Bella Drop Tune. I bet both would give you that.

I just need to decide which basses to set up that way. You’d think it would be easy given I have 16 of the things...

 

[fasterpussycat]

That sounds like fun. I’d like to play a mix of classics like Tosh, Marley, Toots, Jimmy Cliff, with some Specials, English Beat, Madness and Selector thrown in. And of course some choice Clash travks too.

'English Beat' -- never heard of.

 

[BklynKen]

'English Beat' -- never heard of.

Holy crap. Does the Mod know you said that?

 

[fasterpussycat]

Holy crap. Does the Mod know you said that?

He would say the same thing. Oh did you mean The Beat? BONUS points for the NR Bird.

 

[dukeorock]

hey, this technology's also used in condenser mike supplies..

I’m going to take your word for it

Holy crap. Does the Mod know you said that?

The ‘English’ Beat are just called ‘The Beat’ except in the US, as far as I know. There were two other (that I know of) American bands called The Beat that were signed to a major before the ‘English’ Beat. One became The Paul Collins Beat, the other became Hi-Fi, which was also taken, so they became The Prime Movers and had a side band called Dread Zeppelin. Fun facts

 

[BklynKen]

He would say the same thing. Oh did you me The Beat?

What's with the audience facing away from the band?

 

[fasterpussycat]

There's an interesting little rabbit hole. Established bands who have been obliged to change their names, at least in part, because America.

The Beat (UK)
Flowers (Aus)
Shihad (NZ)

 

[BklynKen]

There's an interesting little rabbit hole. Established bands who have been obliged to change their names, at least in part, because America.

The Beat (UK)
Flowers (Aus)
Shihad (NZ)

Mission (UK)(UK)

 

[Miles_ONeal]

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Unless you are set on having flats.

Dr. DDT sounds like a nickname Duke (from Doonesbury) might have had. "We'll never make the gryphon the national bird until all these d***** eagles are dead."

 

[fasterpussycat]

The anatomy of a seven day cold:

Monday - scratchy feeling in nasopharynx
Tuesday - runny nose and aching joints
Wednesday - head full of snot and rocks
Thursday - head still full of snot and rocks
Friday - fluid mainly moved to lungs, cough, cough, weird barking sneezes
Saturday - slight residual cough, talking like Iggy Pop
Sunday - should be right as rain

 

[Miles_ONeal]

When I was a young bass player all those months ago, patronising [bees]dicks would tell me, in that way that they are always so entitled to do, distortion is wrong on bass and don't play so hard. Of course I listened to them.

Self-proclaimed experts are one of the banes of existence. And some males are really, really good at it.

 

[dukeorock]

There's an interesting little rabbit hole. Established bands who have been obliged to change their names, at least in part, because America.

The Beat (UK)
Flowers (Aus)
Shihad (NZ)

The Comsat Angels are labeled The CS Angels in the States. Not sure if that’s everywhere and it’s a pretty dated reference
Wasn’t the band Yaz originally named Yazoo?

 

[fasterpussycat]

While I'm on...

 

[PillO]

I’m going to take your word for it



The ‘English’ Beat are just called ‘The Beat’ except in the US, as far as I know. There were two other (that I know of) American bands called The Beat that were signed to a major before the ‘English’ Beat. One became The Paul Collins Beat, the other became Hi-Fi, which was also taken, so they became The Prime Movers and had a side band called Dread Zeppelin. Fun facts

And then there was that band called the Originals, but there was another band called the Originals, so they became the New Originals, but the Originals became the Regulars...

 

[fasterpussycat]

The Comsat Angels are labeled The CS Angels in the States. Not sure if that’s everywhere and it’s a pretty dated reference
Wasn’t the band Yaz originally named Yazoo?

Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke? They are Yazoo. This is Yazz.



The Comsat Angels are the Comsat Angels.

 

[GonePlaid]

The anatomy of a seven day cold:

Monday - scratchy feeling in nasopharynx
Tuesday - runny nose and aching joints
Wednesday - head full of snot and rocks
Thursday - head still full of snot and rocks
Friday - fluid mainly moved to lungs, cough, cough, weird barking sneezes
Saturday - slight residual cough, talking like Iggy Pop
Sunday - should be right as rain

I'm one day behind you. Doesn't help on gigs.

 

[PillO]

Saturday - slight residual cough, talking like Iggy Pop

A little hungover and strung out and mostly confused except when talking about music?

 

[fasterpussycat]

What's with the audience facing away from the band?

Not sure, but the program was called OTT, which was a spinoff of Tiswas.

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