Thunderbird Club

[Count Bassie]

Thank you, I'm very lucky, my fiancé is kind of a shy guy, but he's sweetheart and I've never been happier, he's lived with me for the past two years, life is really good.

You say the nicest things

I had no idea you cared, Man Crush Friday However, I'm recently engaged as some here that share FB with me know - My days of being a single Queen are over.

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This is great news! I'm very happy for you, and very glad to be a part of this great, Thunderous host that gets to put our heart on our collective sleeve!
Awesome, congratulations.
Lucky dude.

 

[Count Bassie]

@Engle, several pages have gone by, so it's probably still timely to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAN!!

 

[dagrev]

That's a seriously strange song and even stranger video...

Categorically confirms acid and other such substances were influencing music prior to the late 60s.

 

[dagrev]

Here's a Gibson Custom Shop one.....The only one.
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Bound body and neck on my Jackson.....1 of 56.
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[JIO]

Here's a Gibson Custom Shop one.....The only one.
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That actually looks pretty cool.

 

[Mvf]

You say the nicest things

I had no idea you cared, Man Crush Friday However, I'm recently engaged as some here that share FB with me know - My days of being a single Queen are over.

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Congrats! Happy for you. Take good care of each other

 

[JIO]

Categorically confirms acid and other such substances were influencing music prior to the late 60s.

I think a lot of it grew from Vaudeville (and merged into early TV) where entertaining meant pulling out all the stops - everything at 11. Speaking of Spike Jones...

 

[RayWithFlats]

I think a lot of it grew from Vaudeville (and merged into early TV) where entertaining meant pulling out all the stops - everything at 11. Speaking of Spike Jones...

"I can't take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk"

 

[Mvf]

Gone a week and only 50 pages? We've been slacking then.

Actually it was only 49 pages... Must be the summer heat slowing slowing us...

 

[GBassNorth]

I just want to make one thing perfectly clear. That group was not from California.

...I'm not sure they're even from this planet!

 

[JIO]

"I can't take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk"

Again - that was the Vaudeville way - you did everything even if you weren't great at all of them; told jokes, sang, danced, juggled, played an instrument... the most modern version was Steve Martin.

 

[JIO]

I just want to make one thing perfectly clear. That group was not from California.

A surf rock band from... Minneapolis

 

[RayWithFlats]

Again - that was the Vaudeville way - you did everything even if you weren't great at all of them; told jokes, sang, danced, juggled, played an instrument... the most modern version was Steve Martin.

Yeah, I was just throwing in a Band lyric just because it mentioned Spike. But I totally get you, the best performers from that era were so good because of transferable skills, if you've got timing like the Marx Brothers then you can do wordplay, physical comedy, music...

Also, on the road, just because you were singing ballads last night doesn't mean you won't get asked to be in a sketch tonight. Just like the NFL, the more you can do the more reason to keep you on the payroll.

Love the Steve Martin reference by the way, that's a big part of why The Jerk is so funny, because he can do so much you've got literally no idea what's coming next!

 

[fleahead]

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And the Burst's look great.
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Ugh.... THOSE pics didn't help my BAS any, lol...you're right, the 'burst looks fab. Knowing the mgr. at the local GC (who got my white one for under 600), I may be going back....

 

[GonePlaid]

A surf rock band from... Minneapolis

 

[JIO]

Yeah, I was just throwing in a Band lyric just because it mentioned Spike. But I totally get you, the best performers from that era were so good because of transferable skills, if you've got timing like the Marx Brothers then you can do wordplay, physical comedy, music...

Also, on the road, just because you were singing ballads last night doesn't mean you won't get asked to be in a sketch tonight. Just like the NFL, the more you can do the more reason to keep you on the payroll.

Love the Steve Martin reference by the way, that's a big part of why The Jerk is so funny, because he can do so much you've got literally no idea what's coming next!

Yah, SM is a very talented guy. He first hit the performing scene in the '70s doing multi-entertainment (comedy, banjo) during The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's stage breaks. Although he wrote for the Smothers Brothers in the late '60s, SNL provided his springboard into a broader TV audience and the rest is history. It's cool that he's more known now as a consummate banjo player. (been playing since he was 17)

 

[Engle]

Well I don't know how they will sound in a live setting yet. They are somewhat visually confusing when I see them on the neck. I don't really care for how they feel. But...if they don't have that honk they did initially now that I've done some EQing and am using the Sonic Maximizer, they might sound pretty good. They will have to if they are to replace the Cobalt Flats from the top spot.

That was the deal I got. Paid $1k for strings, but got a Thunderbird with a Hipshot bridge and custom PG and TRC. Keep searching and you too can find a deal like that.

I find the DR coated strings a little too sticky for playing fast stuff.

 

[JIO]

...and he's still very funny!

 

[dagrev]

...I'm not sure they're even from this planet!

I can say with almost certainty that they are not from here.

 

[Engle]

OK. So, every so often my TBird club feed skips a page(or 2). That said, Happy Birthday @Engle.

Thanks man!