Thunderbird Club

[JIO]

If you’re punching in endlessly, you don’t know the material!
There is something to be said for getting it done in a continuous take, but I’d much rather track in my music room than my driveway

So true - we hit this song first run through. Did a second take for good measure but I knew the first was it as we played/recorded it. All the right notes in all the right places, but more importantly delivered with the right feel. Overdubbed the guitar doubling on the lead-section and vocals.

 

[JIO]

And so today, we come to the $ad end of the GHS Brite Flats(on the Epi EB-0)experiment. So as to not completely put them down, I will say that the Pelham blue silks were pretty. Didn't like the feel or the sound. First set I've ever tossed as soon as I removed them. Oh, well. LSTYD.
I had a set of D'Addario 1/2 rounds laying around that I took off my LPB2/5 , so I installed the E-A-D-G from those. Much better. Tone and feel.

D'Addario is my round-wound string of choice these days - LaBella for flats.

 

[JIO]

man, if I had to play one of these for a living I would have a very skinny family lol...to boot, they do away with pretty much the only similarity to the electric bass by tuning A D G C to keep the string tension tauter and hence up the acoustic volume which means you can’t look at what the guitarist is playing when you’re in the weeds...
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yikes! That's what's called 'playing it by ear'

 

[GonePlaid]

D'Addario is my round-wound string of choice these days - LaBella for flats.

I use flats on all 4 basses. EBCF's on the 67 Bird and the 95 LPB2/5, 1/2 rounds on the EB-0, and DTF's on the Ibby AGB 200. I don't like the feel of rounds.

 

[GonePlaid]

So true - we hit this song first run through. Did a second take for good measure but I knew the first was it as we played/recorded it. All the right notes in all the right places, but more importantly delivered with the right feel. Overdubbed the guitar doubling on the lead-section and vocals.

In light of his passing, will you be changing the band's name?

 

[RexxRokket]

Some Elton John for today's menu!

It was ''kind'' of uncomfortable being stomping that octave pedal haha.

 

[JIO]

I saw Sheryl Crow live with Robert Plant. She is an incredible talent.

I would make a comment about Lance Armstrong being a douche, but I don't have enough facts to correctly form that opinion.

He's a douche - as a cyclist who has followed his 'story' since when he first hit the scene in the mid '90s ... I know all the sorted details. He has his own cycling blog site (of course) and when the Tour de France coverage included him for a short spot two years ago - there was such blow-back from the cycling community they cut further spots for the rest of that Tour.

 

[JIO]

In light of his passing, will you be changing the band's name?

No way - in fact, we will honor the man by continuing to use his name for our band. Long live Sean Connery! As an aside - "conneries' in French translates to "foolery" ...

 

[GonePlaid]

No way - in fact, we will honor the man by continuing to use his name for our band. Long live Sean Connery! As an aside - "conneries' in French translates to "foolery" ...

 

[JIO]

$400 with basically miles on it

Epiphone Thunderbird IV 4 String RH Electric Bass Guitar | eBay

RH? Is that not a VP? Pretty cheap and $29 shipping from Arkansas is a steal.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

RH? Is that not a VP? Pretty cheap and $29 shipping from Arkansas is a steal.

Right Handed, I assumed. And its VPness was why I put quotes around it earlier.

 

[GonePlaid]

RH? Is that not a VP? Pretty cheap and $29 shipping from Arkansas is a steal.

I'd venture a guess they don't know WT7 it really is since it's not a FSO.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I'd venture a guess they don't know WT7 it really is since it's not a FSO.

Yeah, I’m thinking someone did a quick google search.

 

[GonePlaid]

Right Handed, I assumed. And its VPness was why I put quotes around it earlier.

Apparently built in Indonesia in January, 2020.

 

[JIO]

Check out this one if you haven’t already:

I love his breakdowns - guy knows his sht.

 

[GBassNorth]

RH? Is that not a VP? Pretty cheap and $29 shipping from Arkansas is a steal.

Yes, it's a VP. And yes, that's a darn good price.

 

[JIO]

I like the whole "what makes this song great" series.

+1 !

 

[JIO]

Yes, it's a VP. And yes, that's a darn good price.

Smokin' deal - just don't need another bird...

 

[KaraQ]

Smokin' deal - just don't need another bird...

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How is that possible?!

There's always a need for more!

Especially if you only have those three...

 

[bizzybass]

RH? Is that not a VP? Pretty cheap and $29 shipping from Arkansas is a steal.

They may mean right handed(RH). I'm not sure there. It's definitely a VP. Looks like a good deal to me. I'm kinda surprised nobody has grabbed it.