Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

Yep.

Which IMO is actually great!

 

[Engle]

Also, why are you standing on the wall when the stage is CLEARLY marked?

I’ve always been a rebel

 

[MCF]

I’ve always been a rebel

 

[PillO]

This is comfortable for me:
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That's about where mine is. Maybe a smidge* higher.

* 1 smidge = 0.5"

 

[PillO]

Dear sir,
Perhaps you should visit your eye doctor. You appear to have mistaken an end-of-gracious-thought period for a snarkificational comma.
Sincerely,
Grammarhead

Dear Grammarhead (ahem),

I can't find my eye doctor. I suspect he wants to retire and that is why he chose to put navy blue letters on a violet background. Or maybe he is just tired of doing isochromatic plate tests.

Sincerely,

Stupid Fingers.

 

[PillO]

I guess if looking like someone just stuck a gun in your back and snarled, "Reach for the sky, varmint!" looks cool, he does!

I think it is like the screaming beginner skier pose.

 

[Felix Lopez]

 

[MCF]

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The best of both worlds. I drool every time I see your red one.

 

[Felix Lopez]

The best of both worlds. I drool every time I see your red one.

Thank you MCF!

 

[dagrev]

I've been called a lot of things, but I have never been called "stupid fingers" before.

Well there you go. You can now add that to the possibly long list!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Dear Grammarhead (ahem),

I can't find my eye doctor. I suspect he wants to retire and that is why he chose to put navy blue letters on a violet background. Or maybe he is just tired of doing isochromatic plate tests.

Sincerely,

Stupid Fingers.

i KNEW there would be an ahem.

 

[dagrev]

This is comfortable for me:
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Come on man! If you're going to wear an Ampeg shirt, you just can't not play through one. That's just wrong. Possibly some environmental law has likely even been broken.

But I'm suspect the MarkBass rig does sound good.

 

[PillO]

The best of both worlds. I drool every time I see your red one.

Ahem.

 

[Glenn Johnson]

That is not sure-fire. Being an ex-cop is not a sure fire way to get dismissed, either.

I can only go by my experience in NY and the fact that my dad was a cop. Lawyers don't want you because they feel you are biased. YMMV.

 

[Glenn Johnson]

Maybe if your dad were a corrupt cop?

My dad WAS a cop and was not corrupt. Lawyers in NY dont like jurors closely associated with police because they are concerned with potential bias.

 

[PillO]

Come on man! If you're going to wear an Ampeg shirt, you just can't not play through one. That's just wrong. Possibly some environmental law has likely even been broken.

But I'm suspect the MarkBass rig does sound good.

I don't think Geddy ever used Mark Bass and yet...

 

[dagrev]

My dad WAS a cop and was not corrupt. Lawyers in NY dont like jurors closely associated with police because they are concerned with potential bias.

Thank God for the many like your Dad who risk their lives--for not nearly enough pay considering all the absolute stupidity they have to put up with. (My Dad was a "combat MP" in the Army during his free trip to Korea in the early 50s.)

 

[RedVee]

I'm able to nail that exact tone on my FrankenGoth - which probably isn't very helpful to you since it's so heavily modded (Bart classic Humbuckers and an Aguilar OBP-2 preamp with coil splitting). But the important part that I think makes the difference is the FrankenGoth has La Bella Black Tapewound strings. I suspect you could get exactly to where you want to be by installing Tapewounds, heavily favoring the neck pup and playing up near the neck with a soft pic.

For reference, FrankenGoth settings - neck pup on 50% and bridge pup on 30%, Coil split in full Humbucker mode, bass knob set flat and treb knob set to about 50% cut. Played at the fretboard with a leather pic.

I’ve never considered switching up on picks.

I have purple tortoise for bass. Leather for Uke & a floppy little one for the borrowed guitar. interesting G.

 

[Glenn Johnson]

Thank God for the many like your Dad who risk their lives--for not nearly enough pay considering all the absolute stupidity they have to put up with. (My Dad was a "combat MP" in the Army during his free trip to Korea in the early 50s.)

Thanks man. I truly appreciate it. Growing up a policeman's son I get annoyed by the all too often anti-police bias in the MSM. I know there are corrupt police, but they are a small minority. The problem of anti-police bias is acute in NY, but I will refrain from my rant here. This forum is about deep fried butter and watermelons. . . I mean Thunderbirds.

EDIT: And thank you to your dad for his service!

 

[PillO]

I’ve never considered switching up on picks.

I have purple tortoise for bass. Leather for Uke & a floppy little one for the borrowed guitar. interesting G.

I have started experimenting with picks - if you want to play Ace of Spades, I think you have to...

I tried some nice stiff ones, but they don't work for me. I ended up getting some 0.5mm and 0.45mm. Very soft and floppy and they are just right.