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Thunderbird Club
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I'm just sharing my feelings... don't hate me because they're beautiful!Well, he IS a legend, and I think he WAS a sensation. Plus his voice suited his music so well.
ah yes.....the French...View attachment 3609955
I've seen better golf carts in most retirement communities.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
And his guitar was strung with suspension bridge cables to top it off, if I'm not mistaken. I don't remember exactly how heavy his strings were, but as I recall, they were incompatible with what he was able to do using them.David Sanborns music-centric TV show was pretty cool - Hiram Bullock hung/played(PDB)/(took drugs) with Jaco in the 80's in NYC - one of the top Jazz cats then.
SRV made doing what he did look effortless - he really had a gift.
SRV experimented with different string gauges throughout the course of his career, ranging from .013-.058 gauge to as high as .018-.074 gauge. For the most part, he stuck with a high E of .013.
I met a guy who was friends with his amp tech, and he partied with Steve a few times. He was said to have had pretty big hands, and yep, used particularly heavy gauge strings. Big fat guitar strings have a bigger, stouter sound.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
What little I can see of the driver says the shell isn't all that important. Dunno what she's looking at.
I think that's awesome. Go from point A to point B. Get out, go play...ah yes.....the French...View attachment 3609955
Edit- and if you can fit a pretty lady in it to go along, a fine automobile it is.
Who's bringing your bass and amp?
Small trailer. My amp doesn't weigh much anymore.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Erm... Well, that's a possibility. It can be a challenge to know for sure sometimes.
- Mar 13, 2008
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- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
Headstocks....
The one on top is actually an Orville.
The one on top is actually an Orville.
- Mar 13, 2008
- 18,897
- 142,236
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
ah yes.....the French...View attachment 3609955
I miss France! odd as this car is, it looks "right" within it's context, i.e. Paris - I recall seeing a Chevy Suburban in Paris during my visit, it was quite out of place in that context.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
I don't speak a lick of French. My wife does. When we visited France, the French all seemed to think I know exactly what they are saying and were very friendly and talkative. It's nice to be loved. I love them back. But, they could have been telling me that I'm an idiot with questionable ancestry for all I know. My wife thought it was hilarious. I would be happy to live somewhere in France, for the food, for the people, and for a lot of reasons. Well, maybe not LeHavre or parts of Marseilles, but I don't want to live in Elisabeth, New Jersey, either.
- Mar 13, 2008
- 18,897
- 142,236
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups, The Bass Shop, Seattle WA.
I really need to look on fleabay for an Orville TRC, I'd much rather mine had one than a Gibson........
First world problems
First world problems
Is @Kriegs the only one here with Gibby (appellation d’origine protégée
) headstocks?.....
