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Thunderbird Club

#16,905
Count Bassie said:
Mistakes, and how you deal with them, is what brings forward the best of your playing. On a good night, no one has any idea you made any at all.
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Exactly!

My playing is far from perfect when we perform live, despite my best efforts...

We usually have great rehearsals where we all perform faultlessly, but as soon as we start moving about on stage and energy builds up small mistakes happen - usually a couple of lost notes here and there which no one notice anyway. Fortunately it's been a while without bum notes, although they may happen on poorly lit stages...
 
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#16,907
TBird1958 said:
Hmm.... Yeah I had my wireless crap out on me mid song last night, I always keep a cord on stage but that was a little awkward! My ass is kicked today, got up early to ride the Bainbridge Island ferry back to Seattle, unloaded the Subie and crashed for two hours.......Ugh post show :sleep:
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The reason I always have spare instruments and a backup cord on stage...

I've had one guitar suddenly not working during sound check (bad soldering).

Another had a neck pickup fail during a sound check (small wood chip had gotten into the volume pot - worked perfectly after being sprayed with compressed air).

I've also had a transmitter wire fail mid-song live, and had to plug in the cord instead - Now I always carry two good quality transmitter cords to replace the old ones, which are being relegated as spares.

Thank God for redundancy... :)
 
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#16,910
DerekW said:
And they still end up playing Mustang Sally, lol
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Never played it, never will.

veebass said:
The singer wanted to do it at one point and we refused.
I seem to end up playing it at every open mike I go to- sounded good on a TBird actually.:)
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I've never even heard it requested, actually. Never heard it an open mic, either.

Last gig someone called out "freebird." We said we'd play it if they put $100 in the jar.
 
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#16,913
Count Bassie said:
Leon Wilkinson played a Thunderbird...
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Indeed he did - and in a very cool color as well:

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#16,916
Korladis said:
Never played it, never will.


I've never even heard it requested, actually. Never heard it an open mic, either.

Last gig someone called out "freebird." We said we'd play it if they put $100 in the jar.
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We write a set list and stick to it - plus we're really an '80s band. I'm in complete agreement with you on Mustang Sally, and feel the same about Freebird, we don't know it and never will.
Not to say I don't like L.S., I saw a local Tribute band recently and thought them quite good, the Bass Chair requires some chops.
 
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TBird1958 said:
We write a set list and stick to it - plus we're really an '80s band. I'm in complete agreement with you on Mustang Sally, and feel the same about Freebird, we don't know it and never will.
Not to say I don't like L.S., I saw a local Tribute band recently and thought them quite good, the Bass Chair requires some chops.
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Yeah, not saying they're bad. Just kinda hit or miss for me.

I have played Freebird. Not in a few years, though. My doom metal band was considering a cover all slowed down and so forth, just as basically a joke if people requested it. Not sure that'll go anywhere.

To be honest, I'd never heard of "Mustang Sally" until I came here. Wasn't very impressed when I listened to it.
 
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For whatever reason, young women respond to Mustang Sally. I don't know why, but it always fill dance floors. The girls who jump right up to dance were born something like 30 or 40 years after that song was first recorded. Same with some really awful old Beatles songs that we play. It's just horrible pop dross, but if it makes 'em dance and they have a good time, then who am I to complain?

Besides, I play 'em on a 'Bird and use those songs as an excuse to sneak stuff in around the edges that keep it all tolerable to me.
 
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Hi all! Been a while.

I know this question has been addressed, but I think I want to chrome out my 2012 Thunderbird; "vintage" it. What are the parts I need?
  • I was going to go with Thunderbuckers for the pick-ups.
  • Hipshot Supertone or a two piece for the bridge?
  • What are the 70's knobs? Those gold reflectors?
  • Is there a vintage tuning peg replacement that'll fit the holes? Or do I need to mod the headstock? Tuner suggestions?
Thanks all!
 
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#16,920
Korladis said:
Not much of a fan of theirs.
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I can dig it. But, they were a very talented bunch back before their plane crashed in the Everglades back in '76. "That Smell" has a brilliant 3-guitar jam. Leon was a fine player as well, dig his bass intro to "Gimme Back my Bullets"...
Don't care for them anymore myself, ended for me a long time ago. But again, great band back in the day.
 
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