Thunderbird Club

[Larry V]

Been awhile since I played along for
THUNDERBIRD THURSDAY!

Just the Gibson family.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

gotta love Cali...
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Love that place. Still serving pizza on Frisbees?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Love that place. Still serving pizza on Frisbees?

yep....one of the best pies around..maybe we should open one in Round Rock?...

 

[Inky13]

You guys seemed to like the Baby Animals. The Divinyls were sort of a proto Baby Animals. Rock music, with the female singer and the lead guitarist being the constant thread.

I’m pretty sure you know one of their songs, but even before Chrissie Amphlett was touching herself the Divinyls were putting out some good stuff.








https://youtu.be/5boYiMktOvs

Nice! I also really liked Single Gun Theory.

 

[RedVee]

I touch myself was their hit in Canada. I think some of their other material has made it into the mainstream as covers (or perhaps I am confusing them with another Aussie band).

My favorite Divinyls song

Her cousin Patti Amphlett




Better known for

 

[Engle]

I see your #ThunderbirdThursday, and raise you the Goth Bird after I strung it up with black beauties, because more black is more Goth, right?
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You could dye the fingerboard...

 

[GonePlaid]

You could dye the fingerboard...

Yeah. A little "bootblack" and ya'd be in bizness.

 

[TBird1958]

Greco fun!

 

[fasterpussycat]

You have a JC yet?

Funny thing is I don't have any GAS to speak of right now. Maybe specific hihats, but that's it. That's a really low level of GAS, too. As in, it doesn't turn up much. The drum kit sounds good, and anything that needs changing can be done with heads or simple tuning. All the cymbals sound good. The bass guitars I have make me happy. A '64 would be nice to have, but I don't know what the point would really be. The upright sounds good and feels good. Another one of those would take up too much space anyway. I already have way too many ribbon mics. Repairs and maintenance come before a bigger pile. There's no urge to look at amps or pedals or anything else like that. I'm even satisfied with the van and the motorcycle. The world must be about to end.

No. It's on my 'one of these days' list. It's very mild GAS and it wouldn't be the end of the world if it never happened. But if I get another one, it will be a JC.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Greco fun!

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bulldozer...

 

[Count Bassie]

Nice lip(almost)synching. Still a great tune.
I might be wrong-it has happened-but the Divinyls version sounds like a keyboard/synth bass.

I thought it was low-B action in a 5 string- but I din't know what key it was.

 

[Count Bassie]

Greco fun!

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That's a sexy beast.

 

[MCF]

What would Einstein do in this STRESSFUL situation?

Wait. I thought @PillO was Einstein

We are doing Come Together in a Hard Rock Band. Young people are enjoying it, perhaps because there is a commercial using it currently airing.

It’s always a cool song. When it first cam out, our 6th grade teacher played it and had the class snake atound the room to it. One kid’s mom got super upset because the lyrics were, well.....

 

[MCF]

Done it too much. I don't care for really early Beatles all that much anyway. If you are going to play like Carl Perkins, play like Carl Perkins. I get along with their later songs better.

Done it too much. I don't care for really early Beatles all that much anyway. If you are going to play like Carl Perkins, play like Carl Perkins. I get along with their later songs better.

 

[MCF]

My new Gibson T-Bird's first band rehearsal (rock 'n' roll w/ a touch of punk)!
Kudos all around from the band...
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Excellent!

 

[MCF]

I posted a picture of her last week (I think), I don't think I'm on the roster...

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Welcome! And there will be more. I’ve got a 4th on the way; it took flight Tuesday. NORAD indicates she’ll land next Tuesday, just ahead of Santa.

 

[MCF]

Yay! I'm #790

I've played pretty much everything, and love my Thunderbird. Sounds great and she's comfortable and perfectly balanced. For my current project (rock / punk cover band), I need a solid body bass that I can beat on for a three hour gig, and I really prefer the feel of a nitro finish. I have a lead on a black pickguard w/ gold logo, and then when that goes on, I'll swap out the knobs for gold Gibson tophats...

You have a lead on a Unicorn? More than one available? PM me if you’ve found a source. I’ve searched a few times without success.

 

[MCF]

We also do I Dig a Pony and Get Back

Try adding Why Don’t We Do It. Played that once during a high school pep rally. Yeah, we got in trouble. But it was funny.

 

[MCF]

I installed a creative audio redeemer circuit in my spector classic x yesterday. I much prefer it to the tone pump junior circuit. So, now it is volume, volume, tone. It just sounds more natural. Eventually, I WILL get to build my custom bird, which for me, is pretty much a spector bird like nikki sixx used to play, probably with p/j pups, but bolt on. I owned the schecter sixx bass with sunburst finish. It was a really nice bass but, heavy as hell and not quite as sexy shaped as a gibson. Sounded, played, looked and was built great though.

Ive been a billy sheehan type player most of my playing career but man, I really enjoy letting a bird hang down to my junk and using a pick sometimes! Im starting to get alittle obsessed with birds.

Obsession is a virtue around here.

 

[MCF]

I was as surprised as you and the cat! Even the drummer, who's also an audio engineer, was surprised. He seems to have the same taste in bass amps as I. I still have no interest in a Markbass, but at least I can get along with one when I have to.

I was looking at a used cab at a GC, GK 4x10. I can’t recall the actual model. The sales kid hooked it up to one of those. Didn’t like what I heard. No idea if there was something wrong with it (there may have been, the price was very reasonable) or I just didn’t like the amp.