I was focused on the 410 stack because the hot blonde singer isn't in the shot and it is back when the queen was on GKs (sometimes literally)
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Thunderbird Club
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One of the many things I love about our teams: we get to just be us. So the same song might sound very different each time we play it, depending on who's playing/singing and how they're feeling that day and what they want the song to do.
There's a song we learned recently that I developed a sort of mixed 80s pop / 90s alt.rock sound for, but next time I'll be playing it a lot more Leon Wilkeson.
I get it for well paid cover bands; people want to be able to pretend it's the real deal. If I were good enough, I wouldn't mind doing that for a living for a while- so long as I had time for a jam(-ish) band as well to make up for it.
It was part of the bird steel string experiment. I hated the Prosteels but the 66 steels were actually pretty good. But, my conclusion was that I like the feel of nickels. 66 nickels might be the ticket for me. But I think I need to get through 77s first (because Steve Harris).
I applaud you creative inclusion of a shoe.
The coated DRs are an acquired taste. @GBassNorth suggested I try black beauties on the bird and they had a great sound. But you have to get over the grippy texture (which abates with time).
I love me some raspy clank! And getting it while playing my thunderbird is even better. Ahem.You are not helping!
Actually you are. It's been so long since using them I'm concerned they are all raspy clank and no lows. I don't do thin sounding.
Nice shoe in the reflection!
I had them on that bass for a long time and the grippy-ness bothered me every time I picked it up. I have other basses so I just didn’t play it.
I had bought the Rotosounds for my VP, but the Cobalt flats on it are great for my cover band, so they are going to stay.
Hey gang, there’s a birder out in the GP who could use a little help.
Is this due to weight, balance, or both?
Is this due to weight, balance, or both?
For me it is volume. I'm with Spinal Tap - I just want to make some ear drums bleed.Generally my wonderful personality makes up for my lack of skill in playing!
I did with a band in the early 70s. Unfortunately, the eardrums were mine.
Huh. I did not realize you subbed for Billy Talbot.I did with a band in the early 70s. Unfortunately, the eardrums were mine.
Same. Love the RS66 but took the Pro Steels right off. IIRC, they were lacking mids. Sounded hollow.
The worship team at church is about 20 people, total. But any given Sunday, we have 5 or 6 on stage.
Hey thanks man - that's me, with the shortscale Bird.
Ironic, as some 15 years or so I was perfectly comfortable with a full-on Sixx Blackbird.
Dammit!
Not likely, I was on sax for that gig.(Castaways in N. Miami Beach.)<correction>the sax was on me.
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I play in a mostly 'cover' band, although I don't think of it like that. Any music played well fresh stands on its own. I don't expect or want my audience to pretend it's that song verbatim - I would like to invite them to revisit a song they have a certain memory of done in an immediate, inevitably different way. Delivery is everything in the moment.
We're a cover band-Bass, 2 guitars, drums. Very few of our renditions sound "just like" the originals, but they evoke memories for our 50+ y/o audiences. And we don't play "too[expletive]loud"-which is part of why we get rehired. We've worked almost every weekend, and this is the "off" season in FL.
