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Gibson Basses / Re: Mod collection restock update
« on: March 07, 2024, 11:32:15 AM »Hipshot bridges look clumsy (imho)
You're far too kind, it's damn ugly.
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You're far too kind, it's damn ugly.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Mod collection restock update
« on: March 06, 2024, 02:48:27 PM »I don't mind the bass, I'm not a good enough person to buy it tho!
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: March 04, 2024, 03:37:50 PM »
Now that‘s a catchy tune! Remixed by Dweezil Zappa from the original masters with some details you haven‘t heard before …
And that, my dear brethren, is how a Ric is meant to sound.
Uwe listening to Deep Purple......... Yes. the world does continue to turn
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: This is disconcerting.
« on: March 04, 2024, 09:19:04 AM »I recently read that the Hellcat was a conservative design produced to perfection and the Corsair a cutting edge one sloppily executed. Quality issues abounded while the Hellcat was extremely reliable and well-made plus easy to service and repair.
No doubt true, but Grumman had the Wildcat to draw upon and improve as practical knowledge, it was a good starting point, the recovery of a nearly intact Zero in the Aleutians gave the designers exactly what they needed to make a better aircraft. Chance Vought started somewhere else with the clean sheet of paper, the design was of course refined as time went on - like every successful fighter design in WWII. The Corsair lasted into Korea in a ground attack role and was highly regarded by it's pilots, the Hellcat finished WWII and was quickly replaced by the Bearcat, Tigercat and various jets.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: This is disconcerting.
« on: March 03, 2024, 10:50:55 AM »Why, because that Corsair was AI-manipulated so you innocently mistook it for a Hellcat?
Which was which?
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Gibson Basses / Re: Epiphone for 2024
« on: March 02, 2024, 07:46:57 PM »You have enough Thunderbirds, Mark.
Respectfully, no. There's at least one or two more that I really would like to have.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Epiphone for 2024
« on: March 02, 2024, 01:11:15 PM »Red one inbound.........
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Other Bass Brands / Re: NBD Greco TB900 Thunderbird
« on: February 29, 2024, 11:32:40 AM »I told ya!
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The Bass Zone / Re: Seattle Thunderbird Club GTG
« on: February 29, 2024, 08:48:09 AM »It started as a bit of a lark, there was a bit of casual discussion about getting together about two years ago, Frank and I decided it would be a fun kind of Banzai Road Trip and committed to going. One guy flew out from New York and few guys closer to the area made it as well, we all brought some basses and there were several rigs to use, and had a lot fun with it. We all got to know each other a little too, the social aspect was great, real friendships were made. The second year was even better, we had the run of a music store in Santa Cruz for the whole day and a show at a local winery featuring one of our guys the next. The evening at the restaurant was just a perfect "California" experience with some very nice people.
So, this year it's in Seattle and you're welcome to attend, we'll have several days of fun stuff to do!
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Gibson Basses / Re: Epiphone for 2024
« on: February 28, 2024, 01:56:56 PM »Hey, it's a nice shade of red, I only have a Cherry Studio to keep it company - I need another Thunderbird!
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Gibson Basses / Re: Epiphone for 2024
« on: February 28, 2024, 12:33:07 PM »I collect for Fins, that damn red one is calling my name
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The Bass Zone / Seattle Thunderbird Club GTG
« on: February 28, 2024, 12:08:55 PM »For the past two years the Talkbass Thunderbird Group has had a fun informal GTG, they were both in Hollister, California with some activities in nearby Santa Cruz as well.
This year, the event travels north to Seattle and I'll be hosting it, dates will run between 7/25- 8/3. We plan to visit Seattle's better bass shops, including Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar, Emerald City Guitars and The Bass Shop. We'll also likely take a trip to Seattle's Museum of Flight for a tour through, it's a World Class place, even has a Hellcat and a Corsair on display. We'll have plenty of Thunderbirds (and a few other basses) to play at my home, most likely my bandmates will come over for an afternoon jam, so folks can play along with The Nasty Habits. There's lots of great food nearby so we'll eat and drink nicely. My home is just south of Seattle's SeaTac airport in lovely Des Moines, so it's pretty easy if you're flying in.
Want more details? Please don't hesitate to drop me a note
Some pics from previous events.......
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: So, what have you been listening to lately?
« on: February 26, 2024, 10:56:32 AM »This makes me (almost) want to cancel my subscription to 'Women's Underwear Monthly" Almost.
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Gibson Basses / Re: Music videos that feature Thunderbirds
« on: February 26, 2024, 09:17:56 AM »Alan, here you are:
The song is based on a true story about forgetting to pack a guitar , panicking on the plane half way to Memphis, and having the instrument shipped by train to Oriole Kentucky. On collection the instrument is badly damaged (electric junk). The shame presumably comes from being treated with indifference by the black shipping clerk, and possibly from being responsible for it ending up in that condition. The guitar belonged to Mick Ralphs although Ian Hunter sings the song in the first person. The incident is referenced in 'The Ballad of Mott the Hoople': "Buffin lost his childlike dreams, and Mick lost his guitar"
Ian Hunter is an old geezer, born pre-WW II, back then “spade” probably wasn’t the worst thing you could call a person of color in Ole Blighty. And certainly, the black GIs that began to populate the UK ahead of the Normandy invasion were surprised about the non-segregationist society they found. I’m sure he never meant it in a denigrating way, he loved what Black Americans brought to wartime England.
These days when he sings the song the “spade” is replaced with “dude”.
PS: I thought the same thing about Ace and Ariel. Being the Anglophiles they were, I’m sure Ace’s inspiration for his “stutter guitar playing” helped him win the audition with Paul and Gene. They had actually already settled for Bob Kulick when Ace stumbled in as the last guy they auditioned.
The cover you love to hate............But hey, at least they have a German on guitar!
I likes it!