I do. It's really great. Really loud.
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Thunderbird Club
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They’re off to a good start! Couldn’t hear the bass on my phone. Will try later with speakers. You might not get that self-playing bass back!
It sure looks like it chose her.
Yeah, someone's gotta get that kid one of them. They're relatively inexpensive.
@Engle The band did great!!! Nicely done by all there.
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...new strings for old birds...Rotosound Flats (jazz bass!) for my 65 rev and my last set of Gibson Thunder plus (the world‘s finest strings) for my 66 NR......
.....to be continued....
In a good manly gauge!
Should have thought of that myself.
I'm noodling on the couch. The Yamaha is the couch noodling bass...
I am struck by Adam Clayton's (U2) bass lines. Nothing complicated, but they groove and move the song. They are a palette to which David Evans (The Edge) applies his textures.
I loved U2 in high school. It was new and there wasn't anything like it. It came along just as NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) and hair metal was starting to get stale.
Unfortunately U2 lost me after The Joshua Tree. I appreciate that they were growing musically and reaching out for new sounds. But, the direction was decidedly pop to my ear and I didn't like it. And I can understand anyone deciding that they want to make money for a change.
I think Joshua Tree and Unforgettable Fire are my favourite bass lines to endlessly noodle on the couch.
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I am struck by Adam Clayton's (U2) bass lines. Nothing complicated, but they groove and move the song. They are a palette to which David Evans (The Edge) applies his textures.
I loved U2 in high school. It was new and there wasn't anything like it. It came along just as NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) and hair metal was starting to get stale.
Unfortunately U2 lost me after The Joshua Tree. I appreciate that they were growing musically and reaching out for new sounds. But, the direction was decidedly pop to my ear and I didn't like it. And I can understand anyone deciding that they want to make money for a change.
I think Joshua Tree and Unforgettable Fire are my favourite bass lines to endlessly noodle on the couch.
This random thought brought to you by Bullet the Blue Sky.
Not on topic(big surprise), but I've only visited Canada once, in 82. I met a couple from Barrie, Ont., at the hotel our band played in on Miami Beach. They invited me to come up on vacation. I entered at Windsor-nice, helpful Customs lady-drove across to Toronto, then north to Barrie. We spent the weekend on their boat on Lake Simcoe up by Orillia, then back to Barrie. I left on Monday, reentering the U.S. at Buffalo-nasty attitude Customs man.
I'd love to go back to Canada some day, but this time I wanna go to Dog River, Sask.
I'd love to go back to Canada some day, but this time I wanna go to Dog River, Sask.
I've driven across the border many times and that's pretty much always my experience between the Canadian and American sides.Not on topic(big surprise), but I've only visited Canada once, in 82. I met a couple from Barrie, Ont., at the hotel our band played in on Miami Beach. They invited me to come up on vacation. I entered at Windsor-nice, helpful Customs lady-drove across to Toronto, then north to Barrie. We spent the weekend on their boat on Lake Simcoe up by Orillia, then back to Barrie. I left on Monday, reentering the U.S. at Buffalo-nasty attitude Customs man.
I'd love to go back to Canada some day, but this time I wanna go to Dog River, Sask.
Me, too. Prior to Joshua Tree I really liked almost everything they did. Afterward, most of it was meh to me.
Not on topic(big surprise), but I've only visited Canada once, in 82. I met a couple from Barrie, Ont., at the hotel our band played in on Miami Beach. They invited me to come up on vacation. I entered at Windsor-nice, helpful Customs lady-drove across to Toronto, then north to Barrie. We spent the weekend on their boat on Lake Simcoe up by Orillia, then back to Barrie. I left on Monday, reentering the U.S. at Buffalo-nasty attitude Customs man.
I'd love to go back to Canada some day, but this time I wanna go to Dog River, Sask.
Say Hi to Officer Pelley for me. She used to live in the same condo as me in Toronto. I ran into her in the gym all the time. It was a couple of months before I figured out who she was.
Buffalo/Niagara may have the crankiest border guards on BOTH sides.
I have had many good experiences with US CBP agents. I recall passing through (at YYZ) on a Sunday night on my way (I think to San Diego) and was screened by the same agent I had seen on the Thursday on my way to NYC. He recognized me, commented that I travel a lot and chatted about what I do (not profession, but the mechanics of it) and clearly remembered the other times he had seen me because of my interesting collection of concert T shirts (I generally travel the night before and dress very comfortably).
Best thing I ever did was get a Nexus card so that I don't have to deal with cranky Canadian border officers. They all seem to have an attitude to some degree.
Chiming in on that sentiment. Canada, friendly and unstressed. US, standard-issue drag.
Only a couple trips though, so there's that.
Yeah, and I could do without Bono preaching his politics. But the songs up to (and including) Joshua Tree are fun.
Canada rocks....used to go to Tadoussac in Quebec often....BC is gorgeous....walking downtown Vancouver feels like you are in UK..Not on topic(big surprise), but I've only visited Canada once, in 82. I met a couple from Barrie, Ont., at the hotel our band played in on Miami Beach. They invited me to come up on vacation. I entered at Windsor-nice, helpful Customs lady-drove across to Toronto, then north to Barrie. We spent the weekend on their boat on Lake Simcoe up by Orillia, then back to Barrie. I left on Monday, reentering the U.S. at Buffalo-nasty attitude Customs man.
I'd love to go back to Canada some day, but this time I wanna go to Dog River, Sask.
Living in S.E FL, it's unlikely I'll get up that way, but if I do, I'll tell her you said hello. Just so I don't hafta go through(
)Wullerton.
U2 is great noodling music. I like Adam Clayton.
My couch noodling is in the family room downstairs. I usually have an audience of two listening to me play along to tunes on my ss Mustang PJ through a basic Rumble 25.
I like simple songs to groove with. Some that drive the music, some that go comfortably along for the ride. Easy to pick up by ear, no charts needed. Just work on the grove. Something like this:
Or this:
Or this:
I know, a bit shoe gazey. But perfect for a lazy afternoon.
