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Thunderbird Club

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One more mention of the way we do things. The places we play, it is expected that we play for the crowd, not do a show. We keep butts in the seats, dancers on the floor, and money in the till. And once things calm down a bit more, we get/got return bookings.
The part that sucks is that our season just ended. Many of the places that use live music go on a reduced schedule from slightly after Easter to ~mid October as the snowbirds fly north. We have a few gigs on the books, but nothing's gonna replace the 65 already booked gigs we lost to the shutdown last year. At reduced occupancy, places couldn't make enuff $ to pay staff let alone musicians.
It's a new "normal".(sigh)
 
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JIO said:
And to celebrate Thunderbird Thursday - here's the bass I'll be playing on May 29th at Winters Beer Garden with TSC's -

...ok, so not strictly a T-bird, but it has an Epi Goth T-bird neck ok? And it 'cuts through the mix', 'plays like butter', 'kills' ... yah, it rocks.
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2 songs from our set-list played/recorded on the Teiscobird -


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Congrats on the gig. Nothing like playing out someplace. People that I've never done it obviously don't get it but nothing quite replicate it.

Really liked the bass tone on Insane Asylum. What were you playing and with what strings and through what? Sounded really great.
 
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dagrev said:
Congrats on the gig. Nothing like playing out someplace. People that I've never done it obviously don't get it but nothing quite replicate it.

Really liked the bass tone on Insane Asylum. What were you playing and with what strings and through what? Sounded really great.
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:) Thanks! I'm playing the Teiscobird I posted the pic of d.i.'d through an 18" Carvin cab and a Mesa M2000 head. D'Addario nickel EXLBT's and the pu is a Guild RI Darkstar/Bi-Sonic. The body is a mid '60s mahogany Teisco Del Rey short scale that I redefined for 34" scale, and it has 500k pots and a Black Beauty .047 uf cap. The neck is from a Epi Goth T-bird of undetermined year. I also use a pick (Dunlop 1.14 Sure Grip) and incorporate palm-muting. On the recording of Insane Asylum I played finger-style to get more of a fat tone to fill out the sparse sections.

I've posted this before - but this is also the Teiscobird played with a pick.
 
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GonePlaid said:
One more mention of the way we do things. The places we play, it is expected that we play for the crowd, not do a show. We keep butts in the seats, dancers on the floor, and money in the till. And once things calm down a bit more, we get/got return bookings.
The part that sucks is that our season just ended. Many of the places that use live music go on a reduced schedule from slightly after Easter to ~mid October as the snowbirds fly north. We have a few gigs on the books, but nothing's gonna replace the 65 already booked gigs we lost to the shutdown last year. At reduced occupancy, places couldn't make enuff $ to pay staff let alone musicians.
It's a new "normal".(sigh)
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a couple of bar owners I was talking to were saying they have to pay their live music licenses (I believe they include some sort of royalties) and they can’t amortize the expenditure unless they fill their bars....because that wasn’t happening they sh1tcanned live music all together till this whole thing goes away....kinda sucks...the state of CA making it harder for live music...
 
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JIO said:
4pm - fingers are crossed that it will be a 'nice' day on the weekend launching summer. ("summer" in Pacifica is generally foggy~) 3pm band (Surf Monster) is good also - instrumental left-handed guitarist surf/rockabilly trio.
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awesome, we’ll see you there! looking forward to it.....we’re doing 5 to 9 on the Sunday (30th) at Henflings if you’re not doing anything....
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Chucky Stiletti said:
awesome, we’ll see you there! looking forward to it.....we’re doing 5 to 9 on the Sunday (30th) at Henflings if you’re not doing anything....
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Super Duper - see you there! I'll be on a flight to the mid-west Sunday morning - next time. :bassist:
 
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rumblesaust said:
Sorry, i was half asleep when i replied.
It is a VP.
I removed one p/up, moved jack, added a bridge cover.
Mint pickguard and self fabricated finger rest.
Close as i could get to a 64 TB II on my budget .
Reverse wind resolites
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Sorry if you have posted this before. Did you fill the remaining hole? The picture looks like it's been filled and repainted. Is that the case?
 
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BklynKen said:
Hah! Lazy print designers?
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If my shirt does in fact come in with the Epi 'bird on it, I will be looking into the why of it since there is a distinct difference in what is a Gibson and an Epiphone Thunderbird logo.

I'd assume that whomever is in charge of this retail end of the business might not now what we know.
 
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