Thunderbird Club

[Engle]

That sounds like fun! Love me some Motown.

There are a lot of cool Motown/R&B/(old school)Funk songs. And many great bass lines!
We are thinking being in that lane will differentiate us from other cover bands.
There’s also some cool newer stuff. I think maybe the bass player in the video is somebody’s son standing in for the real player?

 

[JJR58]

Clearly they didn't get the memo.

Thunderbird and cowbell. The sound of angels wings!

And an Acoustic 360

 

[JIO]

Yes as no matter what kind of bass they played they usually had it up to neck level like Pete Quaife. This thing is much easier to play high, I love the bass so far.

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[WillyW]

I need to wear mine higher so I can be like the cool kids.....

 

[JIO]

Have we seen this one? Michael Steele playing a NR.

Interesting - must be a late '60s T-bird. Good on her for rockin' a cool vintage T-bird when not a lot of players male or female were then.

 

[Gaolee]

Cool Thunderbird and all. But I couldn’t help but only pay attention to Susanna.

Yeah, that's kind of a problem.

 

[MCF]

Interesting!

I always thought a San Diego weather report would go something like...
Today, sunny and 75. Tuesday sunny and 74. Wed Sunny and 74 with a 10% chance of a cloud. Thursday the cloud will move out and be Sunny and 75. Friday a cold front hammers the area with highs falling below 70. A blistering heat wave moves in Saturday with highs over 79...... I also wondered how you make what to someone back east would basically be the same weather every day seem like news.

Yep. Pretty much. When we moved up to the Central Coast from San Diego when I was about ten, we didn’t have any cold weather clothes. And it can get cold for a few months on the coast. Much colder than the average San Diego day.

 

[MCF]

I need to wear mine higher so I can be like the cool kids.....

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I’m still not convinced you and @PillO aren’t the same person.

 

[WillyW]

have you ever seen both of us in the same place at the same time?

 

[tomZbass]

back stateside!…
thinking this lineup for tonite…..
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what's that double horn?

 

[GonePlaid]

Cool Thunderbird and all. But I couldn’t help but only pay attention to Susanna.

I'll second that emotion.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

what's that double horn?

modified 1979 Gretsch Committee…

 

[bobyoung53]

I need to wear mine higher so I can be like the cool kids.....

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That's about how high I have mine and it's very comfortable like that, maybe we'll start a new fad?

 

[Gaolee]

That's about how high I have mine and it's very comfortable like that, maybe we'll start a new fad?

I'm thoroughly uncool. I play it like an ape. Thunderbirds need long, long straps extended to their near longest adjustment. At least for me. Funny thing is that other BGs should have much shorter straps. Guitars, especially guitars with big, hollow acoustic bodies are on quite short straps. I think it has to do with both shape and right hand technique.

 

[JIO]

I’m still not convinced you and @PillO aren’t the same person.

I thought that as well...

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Homer needs a TBird..

 

[PillO]

I need to wear mine higher so I can be like the cool kids.....

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Thunderbirds have a built in wireless system I see.

 

[PillO]

Yeah, that's kind of a problem.

Ummmm. Not a problem...

 

[PillO]

I’m still not convinced you and @PillO aren’t the same person.

Many of my alter egos are melons.

 

[WillyW]

Thunderbirds have a built in wireless system I see.