Thunderbird Club

[PillO]

I think you need to learn to play left-handed.

Sounds like a good idea. But it is so hard to find a backward bass...

 

[BklynKen]

Sounds like a good idea. But it is so hard to find a backward bass...

Not as hard as you think. Come on, live the dream.

 

[D.M.N.]

Sitting at work answering phones, but I'd rather be blasting this with the volume at 11.

 

[Count Bassie]

"Bird & Board" could totally be a band name. Or a restaurant.

Combination brothel/bnb?

 

[StephnG]

Good news/bad news...

Good news
No problem with the weight of a Thunderbird on my shoulder.
Thunderbird still sounds awesome
I can now reach the 4th fret

Bad news
Can't lift a bass with my left hand - just too much weight
Can't get the strap over my head with my left hand (while the right supports the bass)
Insufficient external rotation to reach past the 4th fret
I can't lift my arm far and long enough to play for more than about 15 seconds

Prognosis
Better than it was a week ago, so it is all headed in the right direction!

 

[StephnG]

Take it easy!!
Slow progress better than a relapse..

 

[Gaolee]

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None so black.

 

[Gaolee]

Can’t wait for @Gaolee to get one. In that color.

 

[Instagator]

Combination brothel/bnb?

Better than the combination pool hall and Vietnamese noodle restaurant that I wanted to open called Pho-Cue.

 

[Instagator]

It was right next to the western steak house called "The horse you rode in on"...coulda had it all on one sign.

 

[Gaolee]

Ha, as someone who may be the recipient of said epithet (ie you're British) I didn't think you were trying to be offensive at all. I hardly ever even say 'Pom' (not offensive) ... I do use 'cockney' or 'soft southern shandy drinking ...' to describe anyone from south of Middlesbrough though.

Kat walks into a bar. Sailors walk out...

My wife is technically a Cockney. She doesn't look like what you would expect, although the occasional accent leaks out after all this time. I have never seen her drink a shandy. So, there's that.

 

[Gaolee]

It'll be a long long time before I trade in my heavy weight rigs for lighter items. Even my "small rig" is a JTM 45/100 into a 4x12. And if I went SS I'd go for Sunn Coliseums or Acoustic 360s. It's the benefit of being under 30, I can play heavy basses and blast heavy rigs. And I will take full advantage of that until I no longer can.

It will be at least 30 years. I'm officially 60 now, and I still play through a 360 when the venue makes it feasible. By that, I don't mean easy access. I mean that the back wall is far enough away.

 

[Gaolee]

Canadian breakfast sounds like a euphemism for something...

Probably involves maple syrup, a beer bottle, and back bacon.

I think it's doughnuts, yogurt, and beer. It's not a good idea to eat a Canadian breakfast and then go on a long, cross-country trip by Greyhound bus. I don't know from personal experience, but have been informed by a reliable source.

 

[TerribleTim68]

It will be at least 30 years. I'm officially 60 now, and I still play through a 360 when the venue makes it feasible. By that, I don't mean easy access. I mean that the back wall is far enough away.

when you say "far enough away" are you accounting for soundwave length to the crowd, or to you so that you can hear yourself onstage?

 

[Gaolee]

when you say "far enough away" are you accounting for soundwave length to the crowd, or to you so that you can hear yourself onstage?

Far enough away that it's not 100% overkill before it's even plugged in. There are places it's just too much even if it's turned down as far as it can go and still make sound. Plus, it doesn't sound like it should until it gets a bit of a head of steam going. Little venues that can be filled to the brim by the little Carvin rig don't get the 360 treatment.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Sitting at work answering phones, but I'd rather be blasting this with the volume at 11.

what kind of bass is that?..

 

[PillO]

Combination brothel/bnb?

Brothel and Opium den would be a more logical combination when you think about it.

 

[PillO]

None so black.

 

[gaffster]

Far enough away that it's not 100% overkill before it's even plugged in. There are places it's just too much even if it's turned down as far as it can go and still make sound. Plus, it doesn't sound like it should until it gets a bit of a head of steam going. Little venues that can be filled to the brim by the little Carvin rig don't get the 360 treatment.

How I used to love those rigs of doom. One time I hauled in a 2x15 to sit aside the 8x10 and ran the preamp out into the power amp in of the 2nd amp. I probably thought loudness made up for ability or something, LOL.

 

[JJR58]

It was right next to the western steak house called "The horse you rode in on"...coulda had it all on one sign.

its never too late.....