Thunderbird Club

[ToddOfThunder]

Ok, that pretty much settles it then. I'll just stick to using my Tascam 8 channel 4 track cassette recording console to capture the instruments and then play each track back thru Garage Band to edit cut and splice and save in a sound cloud format. Not what I wanted to do but it sounds like nobody makes a stand alone recording/mixing station with full editing of individual tracks and file storage capability. I gotta believe there is something out there but I'm just not seeing it.

I may be wrong about this but look into a Zoom if you haven’t already. Edit: I spelled it wrong the first time. It’s ZOOM

 

[StephnG]

Here's a *killer* version of "Time Has Come Today". Unfortunately, being a 1969 TV recording, you can't hear George play the THUNDERBIRD. ARGH! Still worth it. So much talent on that stage. They have a great drummer, and then the cat with the cowbell does more with it than many pro drummers do with a full kit.

Yes Sir,
Them & "The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown" were some of my favs from that era!! Remember being excited about those tunes when I was a kid, I'd say it had a profound influence on me!!
Thank you Mr Chambers!! RIP

Here's a *killer* version of "Time Has Come Today". Unfortunately, being a 1969 TV recording, you can't hear George play the THUNDERBIRD. ARGH! Still worth it. So much talent on that stage. They have a great drummer, and then the cat with the cowbell does more with it than many pro drummers do with a full kit.

Here's a *killer* version of "Time Has Come Today". Unfortunately, being a 1969 TV recording, you can't hear George play the THUNDERBIRD. ARGH! Still worth it. So much talent on that stage. They have a great drummer, and then the cat with the cowbell does more with it than many pro drummers do with a full kit.

 

[PillO]

Ok, that pretty much settles it then. I'll just stick to using my Tascam 8 channel 4 track cassette recording console to capture the instruments and then play each track back thru Garage Band to edit cut and splice and save in a sound cloud format. Not what I wanted to do but it sounds like nobody makes a stand alone recording/mixing station with full editing of individual tracks and file storage capability. I gotta believe there is something out there but I'm just not seeing it.

I may be wrong about this but look into a Zoom if you haven’t already. Edit: I spelled it wrong the first time. It’s ZOOM

I guess the part we are missing is: are you using a tablet or a computer and what kind?

It seems to me, that if you are using a computer, something like this*:
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...ite-scarlett-solo-3rd-gen-usb-audio-interface
with the correct drivers installed should allow you to get something directly into your recording software of choice (Garageband?).

If it is on a tablet, you are on your own - I know very little about what is possible.

* I use a PC and have little/no experience with Apple products. I'm sure others here can add/correct as needed.

 

[GonePlaid]

I took apart so many TVs with components crammed around the picture tube to reduce the footprint.
Back when manufacturers made stuff to last...
Cue @GonePlaid in grumpy old fart mode.

You rang?

 

[PillO]

You rang?

No, I walked across your lawn.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

You rang?

I hope everyone heard that in Lurch’s voice.

 

[PillO]

I hope everyone heard that in Lurch’s voice.

Was there any other way to hear that?


Uhhhhhhhg.

 

[Gaolee]

That's awesome. Are the tubes branded CMI, RCA, or what?

For a while, my side gig was tube amps, and I became known in part for Kalamazoo work. I still maintain the Kalamazoo Guitar Amp Field Guide pages, and just this week got an inquiry about working on one. I still have the Model One a friend gave me in 1976, and still play through it on occasion. Not bass, tho. That would be a farce.

I have never opened it. I doubt it has much use time on it at all. You would think it could have some cap issues by now, what with spending more than 50 years in a closet. I got it a few years ago, and it was pristine. It has a ding on one edge now from a mishap I was not part of and was unaware of until I saw the ding. Oh well. But it works fine. It still has the original two prong plug and zip cord power cable. Meaning it is fully capable of a mic zap if it is plugged in backwards. It sure sounds good. The tremolo runs from pretty subtle to about right. You do not get Crimson and Clover levels out of it.

 

[dukeorock]

And actually brothers. Unlike the Doobie Brothers, or worse @dukeorock 's Eskimo Brothers whom I suspect are neither Eskimos nor Brothers.

What would make you suspect that?!

 

[Inky13]

For years I kept a 31 band graphic eq in my rack. Still have a couple laying around. I had a 10 band for fly dates. The problem with a 10 band (for me on upright gigs) is the Q is too wide to really dial things in. I wouldn’t fuss with parametric eq on electric bass, but find it pretty crucial on upright. HPF/LPF filters are a no brainer, especially on tube amps, IMO.

Duke, as you play doubling gigs, can you talk a bit about transitioning between UB/EB? Any dual channel stuff or whatnot?

 

[Inky13]

86 the overheads -

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Remember carbide cannons? Something tells me you probably can’t get them anymore.

 

[GBassNorth]

Some interesting selections in his top twenty bass intro clip...

...he sports a P bass, a Stingray and a Ric. Just needs more Thunderbird.
Come to think of it, can anybody recall a pro band song that had a Thunderbird intro?

 

[GBassNorth]

Remember carbide cannons? Something tells me you probably can’t get them anymore.

I still have mine. Haven't seen carbide for sale anywhere though.

They were a blast (pun intended) when my brother and I were growing up. We each had one and used to face off at opposite ends of the bedroom, cram leggos down the barrel, and fire away. As you'd guess there's a lot of air gap around a square leggo in a round barrel, so not a lot of projectile velocity. One of us got the smart idea to put a marble down the barrel, nice snug fit. Fortunately we didn't aim it at each other. It went right through the drywall, out the other side and shattered a sliding glass door.

How we didn't kill each other growing up remains a mystery.

 

[Engle]

Yeah, I buy computers at the Microsoft store because then it comes with only the OS installed. No crapware that then takes many hours to get rid of (including the registry errors entries).

[edit]
if it is a standalone, single application PC, you can go with minimal processor and just make sure that there is sufficient RAM. It is when you start doing things like web browsing, CAD/CAM (or both simultaneously), and my 20+ page spreadsheets that you need more processor.

I have reloaded Windows 10 (with a Microsoft version of the OS) on 5-6 computers over the last couple of years and there’s no bloatware.

 

[Engle]

And the writing is entertaining.
"Neck dive was a total nightmare so I carefully moved the top strap button behind the neck and it's all good now."
I'm seeing a surgical unit, bass on a table under a high intensity light, owner in mask and gown, using felt-tipped forceps to hold the button, moving slowly, while a nurse pats his sweating forehead with a sponge.

 

[dukeorock]

Duke, as you play doubling gigs, can you talk a bit about transitioning between UB/EB? Any dual channel stuff or whatnot?

My Grace Felix preamp has two channels. Press one button and you’re done. Super fast

Some interesting selections in his top twenty bass intro clip...

...he sports a P bass, a Stingray and a Ric. Just needs more Thunderbird.
Come to think of it, can anybody recall a pro band song that had a Thunderbird intro?

Sweet Emotion- Aerosmith

 

[Engle]

We played the Landing Pub last night and I didn’t even bother taking the backup bass out of its bag.

It was one of those nights where my fingers actually obeyed the commands from my brain I played a few more songs with a pick which gave my right hand a bit of a break (and sounded pretty awesome)

We played Frankenstein for the first time in public. I wasn’t sure how it would go over, but people really liked it! We rearranged it without the big synth part and put in horn solos ala Marcus Miller’s version.

 

[TBird1958]

Some interesting selections in his top twenty bass intro clip...

...he sports a P bass, a Stingray and a Ric. Just needs more Thunderbird.
Come to think of it, can anybody recall a pro band song that had a Thunderbird intro?

Eh, I'm politely disagreeing.


"Stealin' by Uriah Heep, the bass is pretty much the first third of the song, and he thinks "Runnin' with the Devil" is better?

 

[GBassNorth]

?..

Sweet Emotion- Aerosmith

Looks like a Fender Jazz bass and a Gibson Firebird guitar to me...

 

[PillO]

What would make you suspect that?!

You don't look alike and you haven't posted any good seal or bannock recipes.