Thunderbird Club

[Glenn Johnson]

The notice I got was vague about timing. It said anywhere from five to sixteen business days, with February 13 as the last day of its delivery window. It also said that it was dependent upon the efficiency of the postal service in the recipient's country. USPS has been pretty good, in my experience. I had one thing disappear over the years, and that was shipped by FedEx. UPS destroyed an amp that I crated up like it was made of eggs. That still boggles my mind a bit. But, the plain old Post Office has been reliable as an anvil.

UPS apparently dropped an anvil on that poor amp.

 

[PillO]

We have it on good authority* that Epiphone will be showing prototypes of the new Vintage Pro Non-Reverse in Pelham Blue, Inverness Green, Vintage Cherry, Ebony and White.



* Good authority being previous posts consisting of a small amount of speculation and a large amount of wishful thinking.

Bah. No BMM, so no Epi NR for me then.

We can add that to the fantasy rumour.

I have heard* through the grapevine that although not being shown at NAMM, Burgundy Mist Metallic will also be a colour choice.



* Someone around here said something about being a colour they needed to have.

 

[FlyingPigSound]

Yep. They are the worst double digit winner ever. Plus everyone is injured. I am still rooting for them all the way until the end. When they are done, I will lose interest.

This might be fun. Got notified last night it is shipping economy shipping via Singapore post with a provided tracking number. Expected arrival 02/12.

Take that with a grain of salt...could show up any time...

 

[Bassmike62]

Did someone say Anvil!?

Lolll... Running gag here, idn't it ?
I saw them early in their career at Le Papillon, a small bar in then-Hull (QC, now fused with another city) and they had a hell of a show already. I saw the documentary and was saddened by it, but felt nothing but respect for these 2 guys' dedication.

We had quite a few good bands in that bar...a friend swears he saw Def Leppard play there, about a year before they started their road to stardom. Or was it Blind Armadillo....oh well.

 

[GBassNorth]

Take that with a grain of salt...could show up any time...

LOL - hopefully anytime sooner.
Looking forward to the Black and Gold trim on my 2015 bird.

Hmmm, maybe I need to add some gold pup covers and trim rings and gold knobs to complete the black and gold look. I already have Black Beauty strings and all black hardware on the beast. Hmmmm.

 

[PillO]

Lolll... Running gag here, idn't it ?
I saw them early in their career at Le Papillon, a small bar in then-Hull (QC, now fused with another city) and they had a hell of a show already. I saw the documentary and was saddened by it, but felt nothing but respect for these 2 guys' dedication.

We had quite a few good bands in that bar...a friend swears he saw Def Leppard play there, about a year before they started their road to stardom. Or was it Blind Armadillo....oh well.

Anvil was a good hair-metal band. Lipps continues to play shows as he can.

The documentary is a bit sad, but it points out that in music, at least as important as being competent musicians is sustained hard work, some luck, and being in the right place at the right time. And once on the success pathway, the business decisions are at least as important as the musical decisions. Faltering on business is almost always lethal to the project. There are bands that were as good and never got the opportunity at stardom that Anvil got. Having read a number of music biographies, what strikes me is that it takes a lot of sacrifice, and hard work - ten years or more - to get a whiff of success. The vast majority of people can't conceive of working 7 days a week for little or no pay for 10+ years to have a chance of success.

 

[Engle]

I put some LaBella Low Tension Flats on my white VP yesterday. Other than some newness feel, these babies are smooth. They sound really good at home (which means little or nothing). Was thinking of using that bass today but thought I'd give them at least a week to settle and thicken up a little. Seems like they will have a really nice low-end thump with some definition. I hope these further confirm my belief that flats (some) sound great on Thunderbirds. Currently only the '64 has rounds.

How does the tension on the LTFs compare to roundwounds like RS66s? I would love to be able to swap strings between flats and rounds on some basses without having to tweak the trussrod.

 

[Gaolee]

Take that with a grain of salt...could show up any time...

No doubt. Five work days is a whole lot sooner than a month and a half. Fifteen work days is sooner than that. Beats me how they do the calculation.

 

[GonePlaid]

UPS apparently dropped an anvil on that poor amp.

I do whatever I can to avoid "Buster Brown", shipping or receiving.

 

[Engle]

No doubt. Five work days is a whole lot sooner than a month and a half. Fifteen work days is sooner than that. Beats me how they do the calculation.

It probably depends on what boat they get it on. They are giving you the worst case scenario.

 

[Bassmike62]

Anvil was a good hair-metal band. Lipps continues to play shows as he can.

The documentary is a bit sad, but it points out that in music, at least as important as being competent musicians is sustained hard work, some luck, and being in the right place at the right time. And once on the success pathway, the business decisions are at least as important as the musical decisions. Faltering on business is almost always lethal to the project. There are bands that were as good and never got the opportunity at stardom that Anvil got. Having read a number of music biographies, what strikes me is that it takes a lot of sacrifice, and hard work - ten years or more - to get a whiff of success. The vast majority of people can't conceive of working 7 days a week for little or no pay for 10+ years to have a chance of success.

So true

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Baja RULES...really tempted to call in sick for tomorrow’s New Year’s gig at Pebble.....

 

[Engle]

Anvil was a good hair-metal band. Lipps continues to play shows as he can.

The documentary is a bit sad, but it points out that in music, at least as important as being competent musicians is sustained hard work, some luck, and being in the right place at the right time. And once on the success pathway, the business decisions are at least as important as the musical decisions. Faltering on business is almost always lethal to the project. There are bands that were as good and never got the opportunity at stardom that Anvil got. Having read a number of music biographies, what strikes me is that it takes a lot of sacrifice, and hard work - ten years or more - to get a whiff of success. The vast majority of people can't conceive of working 7 days a week for little or no pay for 10+ years to have a chance of success.

The music business is brutal! There are many thousands of talented hard working musicians (we’ve never heard of) that don’t ever make it to the big time.

The other day, I got the finished files for an EP I recorded last year and the artist asked me to play some shows when he booked them. Then he floated the idea of touring and went on to say if he gets a record deal, there could be $100k in it for me to do a tour.
That’s (very much) wishful thinking and it will not happen, but even if it did, what’s the likelihood of being paid $100k the next year? And after that?

 

[GonePlaid]

The music business is brutal! There are many thousands of talented hard working musicians (we’ve never heard of) that don’t ever make it to the big time.

The other day, I got the finished files for an EP I recorded last year and the artist asked me to play some shows when he booked them. Then he floated the idea of touring and went on to say if he gets a record deal, there could be $100k in it for me to do a tour.
That’s (very much) wishful thinking and it will not happen, but even if it did, what’s the likelihood of being paid $100k the next year? And after that?

Ya never know.

 

[Bassmike62]

Well, I didn't take any pics of the installation, but it was SUPER EASY. I will post a pic of the finished product later.

All good. I love Hipshot stuff, got them all over my Jazz basses (bridges and Xtenders), already have an Xtender on the way for the 'Bird. Was not planning to change the bridge, but.... ya know.

 

[TBird1958]

I'm off to Pt. Angeles a day early, we have NYE out there...….Back later today.

 

[PillO]

The music business is brutal! There are many thousands of talented hard working musicians (we’ve never heard of) that don’t ever make it to the big time.

The other day, I got the finished files for an EP I recorded last year and the artist asked me to play some shows when he booked them. Then he floated the idea of touring and went on to say if he gets a record deal, there could be $100k in it for me to do a tour.
That’s (very much) wishful thinking and it will not happen, but even if it did, what’s the likelihood of being paid $100k the next year? And after that?

It isn't just the music business.

In my industry, things can not work for reasons far beyond your control. Everyone I know who is successful has suffered at least one failure (and some of them many), but all kept working. Working very hard. Sometimes for no pay. Sometimes for an extended period.

All of the over-night successes I have seen have been many years in the making. Toiling away in obscurity until everything comes together.

And based on a limited sample, I believe this to be true of most industries because I have never seen a counter example.

 

[Nocturnal]

Anvil was a good hair-metal band. Lipps continues to play shows as he can.

The documentary is a bit sad, but it points out that in music, at least as important as being competent musicians is sustained hard work, some luck, and being in the right place at the right time. And once on the success pathway, the business decisions are at least as important as the musical decisions. Faltering on business is almost always lethal to the project. There are bands that were as good and never got the opportunity at stardom that Anvil got. Having read a number of music biographies, what strikes me is that it takes a lot of sacrifice, and hard work - ten years or more - to get a whiff of success. The vast majority of people can't conceive of working 7 days a week for little or no pay for 10+ years to have a chance of success.

I found the documentary a bit sad as well, but I was hoping for the best for them after the movies release. I then saw them on That Metal Show discussing the next album was going to be something like "Space Jazz" (something along that line) and I felt sorry for them. If they released a solid rock album after the movie they maybe could have built some traction. That wouldn't be the time to get experimental IMHO. I understand that taking a risk worked well for some bands over the years, but I don't think they were the band to test the waters.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Anvil was a good hair-metal band. Lipps continues to play shows as he can.

The documentary is a bit sad, but it points out that in music, at least as important as being competent musicians is sustained hard work, some luck, and being in the right place at the right time. And once on the success pathway, the business decisions are at least as important as the musical decisions. Faltering on business is almost always lethal to the project. There are bands that were as good and never got the opportunity at stardom that Anvil got. Having read a number of music biographies, what strikes me is that it takes a lot of sacrifice, and hard work - ten years or more - to get a whiff of success. The vast majority of people can't conceive of working 7 days a week for little or no pay for 10+ years to have a chance of success.

folks often underestimate the power of a good band name..

 

[PillO]

I found the documentary a bit sad as well, but I was hoping for the best for them after the movies release. I then saw them on That Metal Show discussing the next album was going to be something like "Space Jazz" (something along that line) and I felt sorry for them. If they released a solid rock album after the movie they maybe could have built some traction. That wouldn't be the time to get experimental IMHO. I understand that taking a risk worked well for some bands over the years, but I don't think they were the band to test the waters.

My take on it is that they were good enough, were in the right place at the right time, playing the right kind of music. And then the band management went wrong (place blame where you care to for that). And with the business failure, the band never took off as they could have. I don't know if they can ever make a comeback. But Lipps certainly believes that they can and if he doesn't keep trying, then they never will.

I feel sorry for Lipps in that he had everything ready and was on a trajectory to do very well and then it slipped through his fingers. It is perhaps worse to have had a taste of success and have it slip away than to have never had that experience.