Thunderbird Club

[TBird1958]

It's a '64 Love Affair.

 

[Gaolee]

I like flannel because I can roll it to taste and it's soft. I slip it in and out in one second. Foam to me always mutes too much, a lot of times I just like to take the shimmer off the round wounds and maybe cut a little sustain. I do like the neck pickup alone, I don't find a lot of interaction between the two. I like the Rotos because they have a great midrange when muted besides the fact they feel best to my fingers. I like flats too but miss the RW shimmer when I want it.

When I play with a pick, I palm mute. A Babicz bridge is perfect for that. Not windmilling so much.

 

[Gaolee]

I'm with you Marshal. I try not to bash artists or music I don't particularly listen to. In the case of the few I could, I just; 1) don't listen to them/their music, and 2) enjoy the artists/music I listen to, including Neil Young.

Kenny G is fair game though...

Kenny G is from Seattle. My shiny polyester shirt is from Leroy's Fine Menswear, where Kenny G shopped when he was in high school. Leroy himself told me so. But I still can't stand his caterwauling on soprano sax.

 

[Gaolee]

It's a '64 Love Affair.

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You need a matching 'burst dress. Get shoppjng!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

It's great - every band member gets screen time in front of the camera... every member BUT the bass player! It was a thing for most bands (other than the Beatles or bands with bass-player lead singers)

Yep. Almost commented on that, too.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I don't want to get too involved in a political topic here as I have very strong feelings related and I don't want to jeopardize this thread. We have our own thread where things like this are always freely talked about/discussed. So I'll only say there has been some very important music made that was 100% about/addressing what was happening at the time. (socio-political) It might have turned-off some people, but it activated more to attempt to work for change. Not so much today sadly. Music can a powerful voice for change - not just for entertainment.

Steppenwolf, Jefferson Airplane, CSN&Y spring immediately to mind, but there are plenty more.

 

[RedVee]

Kenny G is from Seattle. My shiny polyester shirt is from Leroy's Fine Menswear, where Kenny G shopped when he was in high school. Leroy himself told me so. But I still can't stand his caterwauling on soprano sax.

Caterwauling?
That’s a word you just don’t see enough these days!

 

[JIO]

Glad you didn't mention Bread!

Hah! Soft rock! Can't speak for music now, but there was a boat-load of overplayed "top-40" schlock that worked its way into your ears and drove you crazy growing up.

 

[JIO]

Steppenwolf, Jefferson Airplane, CSN&Y spring immediately to mind, but there are plenty more.

And those are only a sampling of rock bands/groups -

 

[JIO]

When I play with a pick, I palm mute. A Babicz bridge is perfect for that. Not windmilling so much.

Me too - it gives you much more freedom to mute, partial mute and/or not mute during the same song. It's part of my criteria for considering the sonic worth of any bass I play - it's got to sound good using a pick & palm-muting. And yes, the bridge will either have a friendly interface with your right hand... or not. I can deal with both, but I definitely prefer a smooth surface compared to a scratchy one. (saddle adjustment set-screws)

 

[PhR75]

Me too - it gives you much more freedom to mute, partial mute and/or not mute during the same song. It's part of my criteria for considering the sonic worth of any bass I play - it's got to sound good using a pick & palm-muting. And yes, the bridge will either have a friendly interface with your right hand... or not. I can deal with both, but I definitely prefer a smooth surface compared to a scratchy one. (saddle adjustment set-screws)

Agreed. And for some reason I have been able to use the technique with my '91 4003 too. I didn't think about it until I started to read comments that it's impossible to do that with the stock bridge. Mine is stock. It has the tail lift but...I said it was stock!

 

[bobyoung53]

When I play with a pick, I palm mute. A Babicz bridge is perfect for that. Not windmilling so much.

I sometimes do the same, sometimes both at the same time and I can slip those things in and out. I started doing that playing guitar when I was a kid learning Venture tunes.

 

[JJR58]

Most excellent - it's unimaginable that either of my parents would have known who Archie Shepp was and and even more unimaginable that once hearing, they would appreciate his music! No wonder you like Zappa.

Ha!!! So true!
For the short time he was in NYC.
She actually hung out with him.
As I got older. My brother and I got introduced to some that crowd.
Great people.

 

[MCF]

This one’s for my buddy @PillO. Exciting news! The Red Menace dropped this single yesterday!

 

[GonePlaid]

Hah! Soft rock! Can't speak for music now, but there was a boat-load of overplayed "top-40" schlock that worked its way into your ears and drove you crazy growing up.

"If" was extremely popular for 'first dance' wedding songs.

 

[GonePlaid]

Steppenwolf, Jefferson Airplane, CSN&Y spring immediately to mind, but there are plenty more.

If the music is good, I can semi-ignore the lyrics, but when they step to the mic to pontificate, I'm done.

 

[PillO]

That’s jumper weather!

I didn't know that kangaroos like sunshine.

 

[GonePlaid]

Yep. Almost commented on that, too.

I think he figgered out that by standing where he did, he'd be in the background of shots of Ann.[what a voice!]

 

[MCF]

Hah! Soft rock! Can't speak for music now, but there was a boat-load of overplayed "top-40" schlock that worked its way into your ears and drove you crazy growing up.

For me, this is the one that drove me to drink. The girls are cute though.

 

[bobyoung53]

"If" was extremely popular for 'first dance' wedding songs.

I always liked Bread, David Gates wrote a lot of great tunes, Larry Knechtel the great session player was the bassist. He played bass on half the songs on the first Doors album and his first instrument was keyboards.

There's a thread his son started in "Bassists"

Larry Knechtel, Bassist