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Thunderbird Club

#119,563
MCF said:
You can’t. Her un auto tuned voice is horrible. And certain friends of mine hear don’t like Neil Young. Go figure.
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In no particular order...
I don't think that was without autotune - I think it is a prank. There are many like this on the yoot oobs.
I like Neil Young songs.
I don't like Neil Young's nasal, whiny voice.
I hate Neil Young's politics. I'm glad he and Justin Bieber has chosen to live in LA rather than Canada.
 
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#119,565
ToddOfThunder said:
+1 I know that I’m on here because I love basses, almost all basses. I am a member of the Thunderbird Club because, for one, a Thunderbird chose me, two, the members here rock in more ways than one and three, the members here ROCK!
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right with you on that...if it's got 4 strings, is tuned in 4ths and the lowest string is tuned to 41.2Hz I DIG IT!!
 
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nice little car show today...some real beauties..
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#119,567
Bassmike62 said:
*sigh* ... I miss my T-Bird. Shouldna sold it. Alpine white classic iv Epi, to which I added a black pickguard, she was a sight to see and sound to hear...
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Sounds like you need one. We are here to enable. I let my first 'Bird go. It was a mistake! I understand your pain.
 
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PillO said:
In no particular order...
I don't think that was without autotune - I think it is a prank. There are many like this on the yoot oobs.
I like Neil Young songs.
I don't like Neil Young's nasal, whiny voice.
I hate Neil Young's politics. I'm glad he and Justin Bieber has chosen to live in LA rather than Canada.
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In very particular order...
The TS prank clip was a hoot.
His songs don't do much for me.
His voice does nothing for me, except get on my nerves.
My opinion of his politics is best left unsaid. I live in LA and wish he and the Beeb didn't.
 
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#119,573
dagrev said:
Don't! T-Birds deserve a better finish! :D
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Fender Antigua is one of those finishes that starts out looking unique, maybe cool in a different strokes kind of way. Then as it ages it starts to take on a faded split pea soup appearance eventually turning to a pale yellow/green baby $h;t dirty diaper look. Not my favorite aged finish.
 
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Bassmike62 said:
Any mentionnable tone difference between Epi classic pro iv and the more recent vintage pro models ?
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To my ears, the classic pro IV sounds good but not in a traditional Thunderbird way, it could just as easily be an Ibanez or Yamaha bass. The VP on the other hand sounds great in a very classic rock way, a bit more raw and rowdy, a little less refined. If both basses were offered at the same price I'd go for the VP hands down no questions asked. JMHO
 
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#119,575
Bassmike62 said:
Yup, that's the way I remember my Bird sounding. I think I might be into that new aggressive sounding Bird...
I had an opportunity to play a Gibson Bird (unshure make and year, but recent) a few months ago in a shop, it belonged to another customer who let me try it while he was talking to a store clerk. I was amazed at the low-end gushing out of it, compared to an Epi pro classic iv I AB'd it with. You guys feel the same about the Epi vintage Pro ?
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Yes! You can't go wrong with a VP.
 
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GBassNorth said:
Please tell me you didn't position and mic an empty hiwatt cab in front of the SWR 4X. It would shatter my image of your god like sound.;)
Nice clip BTW!:thumbsup:
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Naw the SWR was part of a supplied backline, we were the only band allowed to used our own gear.
 
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GBassNorth said:
In very particular order...
The TS prank clip was a hoot.
His songs don't do much for me.
His voice does nothing for me, except get on my nerves.
My opinion of his politics is best left unsaid. I live in LA and wish he and the Beeb didn't.
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Katy Perry, not Taylor Swift. As much as we might want to think that our pop-tarts are interchangeable, they and their management probably think otherwise.
We can agree to disagree.
Is there anyone that thinks he is a good singer?
It isn't his political beliefs, it is hypocritical and sanctimonious approach.

I don't understand the cult of the "celebrity". Being able to sing, play a musical instrument, convince people that you are someone else on film, or just being really really ridiculously good looking does not qualify someone to opine on complex systems that they don't understand.

Sorry about LA. By all reports it was a great place in the 50s and 60s. There are network effects for the crazies, so once there is a nucleus, they tend to concentrate. But, your loss is our gain; with each celebrity crazy that goes to LA, another community loses a celebrity crazy.


Disclaimer - I am probably not serious about at least 50% of this. I will leave what I am serious about up to imaginations. But I feel for all you LA dwellers having to tolerate Justin Bieber amoungst you. Not sorry enough that I would have him back though...
 
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