Thunderbird Club

[JJR58]

I have heard the same about Rival Sons in different settings, even when they were headlining. And this was from people that are/were fans.

I'm to late in deleting that post, but i did. Didn't mean to stir it all up, who knew?

 

[Nocturnal]

No need to delete it IMO. They have some good songs and I have a couple of their albums, but not the most recent.

 

[JJR58]

No need to delete it IMO. They have some good songs and I have a couple of their albums, but not the most recent.

Honestly never heard of them till my friend sent me a couple of vids. All new to me.

 

[Engle]

I'll be picking this up this weekend. I'm gonna see if I can save it. If not, I'll reuse the parts and eventually try my hand at a Fenderbird down the road
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Nice! I have a 1/2 size upright with a snapped headstock that is at least that bad.

 

[JJR58]

Nice! I have a 1/2 size upright with a snapped headstock that is at least that bad.

Duke put his back together, ok, so not half sized.....

 

[RedVee]

No need to delete it IMO. They have some good songs and I have a couple of their albums, but not the most recent.

Same here.

 

[Engle]

still wonder what their intended purpose was/is.....

More chrome!

 

[RedVee]

Honestly never heard of them till my friend sent me a couple of vids. All new to me.

It’s not an issue Jeff. Just personal opinions in the end. I still like their songs that I have collected.
Was just disappointed is all.

 

[JJR58]

It’s not an issue Jeff. Just personal opinions in the end. I still like their songs that I have collected.
Was just disappointed is all.

All good, and i can relate.

 

[Gaolee]

Have I ever related the tale of my visit to Seattle? There was a bar downstairs in the vaguely seedy hotel I was staying in and I wanted a couple of beers.

Now, in Australia at that time, alcohol was only sold on licensed premises - either a pub or attached bottle shop and you could buy 'take away' over the counter at pubs with no bottle shop.

So I saunters up to the barmaid and asks her for a couple of take aways and she booms 'certainly NOT, we have liquor laws in this state young lady'. Upon enquiring where one might purchase a couple of mildly intoxicating beverages, she directed me to a 'grocery store'. Yeah, liquor laws ... right.

I still can't buy booze at the local supermarket ... not that I think that's a bad thing.

There are no more state liquor stores here. You can buy seriously intoxicating beverages from the grocery store now. It is marijuana that you have yo buy in a special store. Times sure change. May as well legalize and control what is going to happen anyway. Or so we seem to think around here, up to a point.

 

[Kriegs]

The sharp points! LOL. Like I say, I’m shallow.

Liking what you like isn't shallow

 

[Gaolee]

This morning at ~07.30 our first auditionee of the day pulled out, 3.5 hours before she was due.

That left the one we were certain we wanted as the last woman standing ... and ... she's bloody fantastic! Coming to a full 3 hour session next week. Tralalalalaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

The Trace 215 was in use for a recording session, so it was the Hartke 410 today, poor weedy sounding little thing.

Better late than never.

 

[Count Bassie]

Nice! I have a 1/2 size upright with a snapped headstock that is at least that bad.

I like this kind of project. Not equipped to tackle such, but it's a cool, worthy problem to solve.

 

[Count Bassie]

Kat's on a good roll. I anticipate something cool and substantive from her.
Pay this no mind... *yawn* I gotta go finish some trim in the upstairs bathroom...

 

[Klondike]

I disagree - I can hear the space for lyrics to go in.

Now content of the lyrics is another matter. I could see cookie monster vocals fitting or bubblegum pop. Or even bubblegum pop done in cookie monster vocals.



That was the absolute coolest thing i've seen in a good while! Took me a minute to figure out why they were showing a meal being made then I realized she was singing the subtitles! LMAO!

 

[GonePlaid]

Honestly never heard of them till my friend sent me a couple of vids. All new to me.

They play a coupla their songs on "Little Steven's Underground Garage"

 

[GonePlaid]

More chrome!

 

[GonePlaid]

I've got the herd at 8 basses, 8 guitars
As far as amps go, I finally ditched all the amps & cabs that I had just laying around collecting dust or were only for the road. We made the decision to stop touring/ playing out and become a studio only band, so that made the paring down MUCH easier and changed the scenario from a Sophie's Choice situation to a simple analysis of the various pup configs/ unique tones that I need for the studio and I was easily able to trim the fat from there


Of course, now the attention will turn to the acquisition of more studio gear, signal processing and effects, etc

Since we only play 'live', I've held on to my larger(not monstrous)PA cra... er, gear. I know that as soon as I'd get rid of it, we'd cop an outdoor gig where we'd need it. WT7, I've got the room for it.

 

[MCF]

Firebird sighting!

Yeah, I quite like Rival Sons. On record anyway. They were the support on the Black Sabbath “the end” tour. I made sure to get in early enough to catch them as I liked them. Very disappointed.

That has happened a few times with bands I’ve caught up with that we’re supporting bigger names. Pretty lacklustre.
I’m wondering if it is a ‘support band’ thing. They have the annoys about it and don’t put in ? Or they get a substandard go through the PA ?

Any theories anyone ?

I’ve seen Something like 300+ shows. A few where the support blew the headliner off the stage. A few where I wondered how this act ever got a record deal and many where the opener was just meh. But I still go and listen to whoever is playing.
Worst ever was a sad Dr. John opening for the Avetts. But as long as he’s been around, I’ll cut him some slack. I couldn’t do it....I saw Tull five or six times in the seventies as an opener and as a headliner. One great, one ok, and the others, pretty bad.
Worst headliner was Cage the Elephant. Had to leave after about thirty minutes. Im a huge Yes fan, but had to walk out during the Drama tour show I caught. In both instances the mix was awe full.
I think it just depends really. Sometimes the magic happens, sometimes it doesn’t.

 

[Engle]

There are no more state liquor stores here. You can buy seriously intoxicaring beverages from the grocery store now. It is marijuana that you have yo buy in a special store. Times sure change. May as well legalize and control what is going to happen anyway. Or so we seem to think around here, up to a point.

Legalization doesn’t necessarily bring common sense with it. We have millions of square feet of pot growing in greenhouses in my town, but council won’t allow a retail store...
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