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Thunderbird Club

#139,482
GonePlaid said:
Oh. My aviation oriented brain went a different direction.
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I (unsurprisingly) never got to see (the) one. I never even got to see the Flying Boxcar, which quit being born the year I was. Coincidence? Or conspiracy? Neither Fairchild nor my parents have ever commented.
 
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#139,484
PillO said:
Sources claim* that Epiphone will be showing prototypes at NAMM in a week or so. As the project is very secret, expect continuing denials of the existence of the prototypes. Retailers are being asked to sign non-disclosure agreements before being allowed to see the prototypes.



* Sources are the collective wishful thinking of this forum.
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Expect the prototypes to be disguised in any photos shown to the public, unless Edward Snowden gets snuck in. Then we may get to see what's really up!
 
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#139,487
dukeorock said:
I’m open to different necks to a point! I love the Fano I have, but a couple of earlier models I tried were super skinny at the nut, but really wide behind the first few positions. I’ve hit a point where I love Gibson T-Bird necks and most J necks, except I don’t love J pickups. A typical P neck feels a bit wide to me these days, unless I’m seated, then it doesn’t matter much. I dunno why I’ve gotten a little fussy in the last few years, but I have :/
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Interesting you being an upright player not preferring a wide P-bass width neck. Because my first real bass was my '63 then '64 T-bird, I didn't like or play any other neck types for many years. Anymore, I have basses with a number of different type necks and don't really have a favorite, other than the one that's on the bass I'm playing at the time.
 
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#139,492
StephnG said:
Shoot,
He was THE Cue!! LOL

I don't think there is a band who has influenced me more than "Rush" perhaps because of the timing. I had an older brother (God rest his Soul) who raised me with the essential fundamentals: Sabbath, Deep Purple, ELP, Grand Funk, Yes etc & as a kid I ALWAYS dreamt of being a Drummer. He also lead me to my first concerts, in the same month I saw Sabbath & The Stones, Think it was during the "Goats Head Soup Tour" with the stage being an unfolding star, don't know which Sabbath tour it was, just remember that "Slade" backed them up. By the time '74 hit I was starting High School, got my first guitar & saw my first concert solo which was Rush @ the Auditorium Theater in Chicago which I believe was the "2112" tour.

They had this unknown band called "Cheap Trick" backing them up, I was like "look it's Satch from Bowery Boys/Dead End Kids playing guitar lol" Those poor guys got BRUTALIZED, I never saw Soo much pyrotechnics on stage in the form of M80"s & other Debris hitting it, was was like a war zone. I don't think they lasted 15:minutes & had to make a hasty departure with "Satch" knocking over one his Sound City amps in a show of frustration/defiance like that would bother us or something lol but that's the way it was in the 70's there was NO ROOM for BS Bands/Music, our "internet" was word of mouth & sharing albums, a true "underground" we even rejected FM radio except for a few college stations because no one was broadcasting "our hero's" with Rush being at the top of the that list!!

It took at least 45 minutes to clean up that stage before they could start setting it up lol
If memory serves they started with "Anthem" & worked their way to 2112 which they played in it's entirety, it was "Pure Magic" I was hooked & under their spell, even though I was into guitar at the time, I spent at least 80% of that & following shows being mesmerized by this incredible brilliance AKA "Neil Peart"

From that show up to "Moving Pictures" I saw them at least 20 times, by far more than ANY other band, with most of those shows being at the infamous "Aragon Brawl Room" in Chicago!!
The most special was the 77/78 "A Farewell To Kings" tour in which they were supposed to play @ "The Chicago Amphitheatre" being they were pretty big by then BUT they decided to cancel that venue & appease "The Ghosts Of The Aragon" one more time & ended up playing 5 shows there (Monday Through Friday) to wheras yours truly did 4 out 5 glorious nights
(took a break on Wednesday lol)

After then they were on their way to selling out arenas & being THE most consistent/successful band in Rock history.
So instead of calling this a "sad day" I choose to celebrate the man's life and being so grateful that I was "raised" by the best!!
Rush taught me to always pursue what I believed In, follow my dreams and above all, NEVER comprise my art no matter what!!

The best example of this was/is "2112" since "Fly By Night" was dubbed the "Down The Tubes" tour, they were pressured by their Label to produce more "Radio Friendly" material at the risk of being dropped if they didn't comply, of course we know the rest!! going "against grain" & sticking to their beliefs proved to be the correct course of action!!

Over the years, people that I have talked to that were around "bask in the day" would always complain that "they didn't sound like they used to" & "too much production, synthesizer" etc & I was like, do think Neil would be in this band if they didn't progress?? Geddy IMHO is the best example of that, back in the day he was basically "the singer that played bass" kinda like "Phil Lynott" decent players & all but by no means the formidable entity that he progressed to!! By the Time "A Farewell To Kings" came out, he was a force to be reckoned with & had taken a Quantum Leap since the release of their debut, I believe this was all due to Neil's influence, he or Rush in general would have never hit those "Lofty Plateus" if it weren't for "The Professor"

Even though I am SHOCKED that he has succumbed to a most incideous illness , being most didn't even know he was sick, I wish to express gratitude instead of sadness and wish the "Universal Being" a fond " Bon Voyage"
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He put out 4+ decades of incredible drumming, poetry and prose!
 
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#139,493
dukeorock said:
I’m open to different necks to a point! I love the Fano I have, but a couple of earlier models I tried were super skinny at the nut, but really wide behind the first few positions. I’ve hit a point where I love Gibson T-Bird necks and most J necks, except I don’t love J pickups. A typical P neck feels a bit wide to me these days, unless I’m seated, then it doesn’t matter much. I dunno why I’ve gotten a little fussy in the last few years, but I have :/
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what is it you don’t like about J pups? look? how they feel when you use them as thumb rests? placement on the J body? I mean, other than form factor (obviously) there have been so many variations of that design since it’s inception...
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
what is it you don’t like about J pups? look? how they feel when you use them as thumb rests? placement on the J body? I mean, other than form factor (obviously) there have been so many variations of that design since it’s inception...
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For me, the tone-or lack thereof.
 
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#139,499
Chucky Stiletti said:
hmmm....JPJ, Marcus Miller, Bobby Vega, Jaco, Geddy Lee, Flea...hmmmm..
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IME with J pups, I can take them and leave them-off. Post playing EQing can help but-for what I do/wanna do-not what I wanna send to the amp. The J on my Squire VM Jaguar stays off. The P gives me a tone I can 'live with':meh:. I'll stick with my Humbuckers. YMMV, Tweetchie Zone.
 
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#139,500
GBassNorth said:
Nina may be the only performer to reinvent herself more than David Bowie...

Very interesting to see her progression through the years and the toll her vocal style has taken on her voice.
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Love the Nina - saw her in the late 80's and around 2001. Ranks top three with Chrissy Hyde and Kate Bush for me.
 
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