Thunderbird Club

[Kriegs]

Like Liberace at The Playboy Mansion

 

[MCF]

Yes, those look solid and reliable. But to install one requires measurement and accuracy for which I do not have the patience and for which I will not pay someone.

Interesting aside - the Ric that Geddy played for so may years does not have a Ric bridge - it has a Badass installed.

G&L is a great company. Ugliest headstock in the industry. Yeah, I’m shallow.

Don't know her. What would be your fave 2 or 3 songs I should check out?

Others beat me to it and posted Voices Carry. I would start with a listen to her album “Whatever.” Then Spotify her most played tracks before digging deeper. She has been around a long time and is great for quiet Sunday mornings. You’ve heard it before, just didn’t know her name.

 

[MCF]

That would be worth a ticket to Oz. Especially if there is a flying piano show somewhere close by, but not right there.

I thought you were going to play drums with her. Don’t you already have a ticket?

 

[dagrev]

indeed it does....
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I don't think I have much of an envy issue. Then......

 

[Miles_ONeal]

That is a fantastic story! I have bee smiling like a lunatic for hours.

I have quite a few stories for the short time I worked there!

 

[fasterpussycat]

I thought you were going to play drums with her. Don’t you already have a ticket?

Saw one venue offering a night. They want you to bring four or five bands and a couple of hundred people.

 

[dagrev]

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That's just good.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

TL;DR - Got into trouble for playing pranks that got out of hand. RF power tubes are expensive. Thunderbird.

Dude, double CR for paragraphs would have made that much easier. I know, limitations of the phone...

Yeah, I try to do those and sometimes forget. That was on the computer; I don't do long stuff on the phone unless it's crucial. Like if someone needed help with a THUNDERBIRD.

 

[PillO]

G&L is a great company. Ugliest headstock in the industry. Yeah, I’m shallow.

Geddy & Lee? Didn't know they made basses, but I agree with the ugly part.

For those missing the reference
The Hilarious House of Frightenstein | with Billy Van & Vincent Price

A locally produced children's program from the early 70s. Included Vincent Price and Julius Sumner Miller.

Grizelda bore a striking resemblance to Geddy.

 

[PillO]

Yeah, I try to do those and sometimes forget. That was on the computer; I don't do long stuff on the phone unless it's crucial. Like if someone needed help with a THUNDERBIRD.

So really no excuse then...

 

[BklynKen]

Saw one venue offering a night. They want you to bring four or five bands and a couple of hundred people.

That's the worst. They don't care how good your band is; just if you can bring in people ($$$).

 

[PillO]

That's the worst. They don't care how good your band is; just if you can bring in people ($$$).

On one hand, the purpose of entertainment is to bring in people to part with their money. But on the other, putting the onus on the band doesn't seem right either. Seems like the band should be good enough that people want to hear them and the bar owner's job to select the right band for the crowd he/she desires. There are reputation factors on both sides - the band needs to be known to be good enough that people want to hear them, the bar owner will have a reputation for the type of music that they bring in... It should be a symbiotic relationship, not a parasitic one.

 

[JJR58]

They did whip it out, but i had to make them turn around. They have there own corner.

 

[JJR58]

 

[JIO]

G&L is a great company. Ugliest headstock in the industry. Yeah, I’m shallow.

Others beat me to it and posted Voices Carry. I would start with a listen to her album “Whatever.” Then Spotify her most played tracks before digging deeper. She has been around a long time and is great for quiet Sunday mornings. You’ve heard it before, just didn’t know her name.

 

[BklynKen]

On one hand, the purpose of entertainment is to bring in people to part with their money. But on the other, putting the onus on the band doesn't seem right either. Seems like the band should be good enough that people want to hear them and the bar owner's job to select the right band for the crowd he/she desires. There are reputation factors on both sides - the band needs to be known to be good enough that people want to hear them, the bar owner will have a reputation for the type of music that they bring in... It should be a symbiotic relationship, not a parasitic one.

Exactly. It's a Catch 22. New band would need to have built up some sort of following to get people in. Bribing your friends isn't good enough.

 

[Engle]

I always refer to todays, A-Hem!, country music as hacked up rolled around eighties rock.

Yep it’s recycled hair band music.

 

[GBassNorth]

Headstock fun

Total Protonic Reversal.


Pointy

Here, let me give you some more head stock action...

 

[BklynKen]

Here, let me give you some more head stock action...
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Bow chicka wow wow.

 

[MCF]

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I forgot about Vox. Didn’t know the others. You win.