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Thunderbird Club

#126,881
GBassNorth said:
Great arrangement by some top notch players I've never heard of but will certainly look up!

However, when I see the song title "Iron Man", I expect it to sound not exact but a lot like Iron Man, not background music for some car chase scene from a 1970's Clint Eastwood film.

Don't get me wrong, I loved their song and intend to try to find more of their music, but I'd be sadly dissapointed if I was expecting an Iron Man cover and heard that. JMHO YMMV
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You say that like it's a bad thing :D
 
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#126,887
Butcherboy said:
....all original...no modifications...
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wow - :thumbsup: ... wait ... the red one - that's a '66 ... that's the one I'd want! I was looking at the order you typed it thinking the red one was the 2012... never mind....
 
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JIO said:
wow - :thumbsup: ... wait ... the red one - that's a '66 ... that's the one I'd want! I was looking at the order you typed it thinking the red one was the 2012... never mind....
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Annnd, "POP!", goes another balloon.
On a serious note, Reverb posted that CITES has passed a musical instrument exemption to take effect in November 2019.
 
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love playing here......right next to the iconic 17th hole...
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#126,894
GBassNorth said:
Great arrangement by some top notch players I've never heard of but will certainly look up!

However, when I see the song title "Iron Man", I expect it to sound not exact but a lot like Iron Man, not background music for some car chase scene from a 1970's Clint Eastwood film.

Don't get me wrong, I loved their song and intend to try to find more of their music, but I'd be sadly dissapointed if I was expecting an Iron Man cover and heard that. JMHO YMMV
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If memory serves, @Miles_ONeal knows/knows of/is local to these guys. I am quite impressed with Brown Sabbath's funk versions of Black Sabbath. They occupy a number of spots in my "Interesting Remakes" play list. I love an interesting take on a song.

That horn section has some well used gear. Just look at that rusty trombone!
 
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MCF said:
I Love Old Hagstroms! On my GAS list. Please post a pic! There were a couple kids around me in the seventies whose dads got them when they were serving in Germany in the sixties. Well built, kinda wonky but pretty solid bridge/trem, interesting pickups, and nice sound. You can get one now for around $750 which, adjusted for inflation, is probably close the what they were new.
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This started life as a Model One (a.k.a., Kent). Two single coil pickups with on/off switch per pickup, a tone switch, a mute switch, and a volume pedal. The pickups were too thin sounding and low volume for me. Bought it for $20 off a guy at my favorite music store. Vinyl on the back was falling off, etc.
Now it's phase/off for each pickup, series/parallel, volume, and tone.
A teenager borrowed it. When it came back, a saddle was missing with a sticker saying "IOU". But needs a better bridge, anyway.
Like I said, this guitar is why I'm comfortable working on my THUNDERBIRDS.
The last photo is next to my THUNDERBIRD IV for size comparison.
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#126,896
PillO said:
In that case where do you get licked. Or should we let our imaginations run wild? :laugh:

The best covers songs, the band puts their own spin on each song. If I wanted to hear the original note for note, I would stay home and listen to the album.

Thunderbird!
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Oh, yeaaahhh. When I heard them live, this song sounded completely different. But similar in that it was built on Iron Man. Great band. If you get a chance you should go see them. Despite their lack of THUNDERBIRD.
 
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GBassNorth said:
Great arrangement by some top notch players I've never heard of but will certainly look up!

However, when I see the song title "Iron Man", I expect it to sound not exact but a lot like Iron Man, not background music for some car chase scene from a 1970's Clint Eastwood film.

Don't get me wrong, I loved their song and intend to try to find more of their music, but I'd be sadly dissapointed if I was expecting an Iron Man cover and heard that. JMHO YMMV
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When I heard them it was still different, but a lot more obvious that it was IM.
 
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#126,898
Miles_ONeal said:
This started life as a Model One (a.k.a., Kent). Two single coil pickups with on/off switch per pickup, a tone switch, a mute switch, and a volume pedal. The pickups were too thin sounding and low volume for me. Bought it for $20 off a guy at my favorite music store. Vinyl on the back was falling off, etc.
Now it's phase/off for each pickup, series/parallel, volume, and tone.
A teenager borrowed it. When it came back, a saddle was missing with a sticker saying "IOU". But needs a better bridge, anyway.
Like I said, this guitar is why I'm comfortable working on my THUNDERBIRDS.
The last photo is next to my THUNDERBIRD IV for size comparison.
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When I was first looking at basses in mid-late 60's, I saw the Haggies in my local (mom & pop) music store. My image is of a red bass with the moulded plastic pg with what looked like a speaker grill. (like that guitar) They were out of my price-range but I liked their groovy look.
 
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PillO said:
If memory serves, @Miles_ONeal knows/knows of/is local to these guys. I am quite impressed with Brown Sabbath's funk versions of Black Sabbath. They occupy a number of spots in my "Interesting Remakes" play list. I love an interesting take on a song.

That horn section has some well used gear. Just look at that rusty trombone!
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I wish I knew them! I have briefly said hi after a show but that was it. Sad face.

Rusty trombone? It's dipped in Brownout!
 
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