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A man never truly covets a drill, what he really seeks is a hole.9 points
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Maybe rock has nothing more to say for Bobby Gillespie - as a jaded, millionaire rock 'star' whose band (who I have dearly loved) haven't produced anything interesting for quite a while. His statement might have more to do with his lack of relevance than the real state of music. I seem to remember hearing that someone from Decca Records told the Beatles that guitar music was 'on the way out' in the 1960's; that rock had become jaded just before Nirvana and grunge hit the airwaves; that guitar bands were passé, then along came The Arctic Monkeys et al. New types of music will come along, and this is a good thing, but that doesn't mean that styles of the past (jazz, rock, country, classical, disco etc...) die out - they continue to evolve. RAWK RULEZ!6 points
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In my day, we had to listen to good old acoustic hand drills, and it goes without saying that this ::waves finger about:: was all fields. 😛5 points
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I’m still holding out for two band names featuring new town graffiti from my home town. One was a car park sign with the word ‘slagbonce’ sprayed across hence... Slagbonce Car Park ...and the other just two words sprayed on the wall of an underpass... President Youslags ...one day I’ll be in one of those bands.4 points
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I have a Makita. Very good for metal. And wood and plastic4 points
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The Napalm Death collaborative album with George Michael had it's place in history but made for difficult listening especially as George did the music and the Napalm's provided the vocal harmonies4 points
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Sunbury’s not a million miles away from me... If you can make it to Surrey this eve (near Gatwick airport) you’re welcome to borrow my Ashdown ABM500 and/or Barefaced Super Compact4 points
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Reluctantly up for sale: JPBasses Lucii 6 String Chambered Fretless This is an original JPBasses 6 String that was made by Jean-Philippe Ferreira and his colleague from Paris, France in the early 2000s. JP and his friend built unique high end custom basses and his designs influenced many other young builders. Pete Skjold obtained the rights to his designs and still occasionally builds them under the name “Denoncourt Series” today. JP Ferreira has since moved on to design wooden houses, bikes etc. These basses have become very rare and are hard to find, especially in this condition. Some Specs: - JPBasses Lucii 6 String Fretless - Chambered White Limba Body with figured Koa top and back - 34 inch scale Wenge Neck with double action truss rod - Stabilized Black Palm Fingerboard covering more than two octaves (side dots) - Hipshot Ultralight Hardware in chrome and 19mm spacing - Kent Armstrong custom JP Pick Ups - Graphtec Piezos - John East 9V Pre Amp (Vol-Magnetic, Balance, Vol-Piezos, Lows, Highs, Active/Passive, Bright-mode Switch) - wooden (Koa) knobs and backplate cover Some Info: https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2011/09/10/skjold-design-to-revive-jp-basses-this-fall/ http://www.jpferreira.fr/pics/JPBasses Museum/ The bass in very good condition and sounds amazing. Asking Price is 2100 Euros. Unfortunately I just dont play enough 6 string fretless and I feel someone who does will be able to treasure this bass accordingly. Its one of the most beautiful pieces of wood and instrument craftsmanship I have seen (of course this is subjective) built by a passionate luthier. The Bass is located in Germany but can be shipped throughout Europe in a sturdy hardcase. If you have any questions, please pm me thanks.3 points -
This bass has been a fantastic companion over the years. Mike Tobias has rightfully built up a huge reputation and this bass is testament to it, however it's not getting used as much these days and I'd like to fund some other things (both bass and life stuff need cash and bass direct have pretty much the exact bass I'm looking for on order). I bought it brand new from the Grooveshoppe in 2009, made to order (the build diary will be around here somewhere!), and have been the only owner. This is a wonderfully constructed bass, and plays brilliantly. This wood combinations can generate a fabulous growl, but I think this bass really shines in a lower gain setting - the brightness of the wood combo and rich mids really glow when playing with others. It is a great "all round" bass and can do a great job in pretty much all situations. It hasn't seen too many gigs in all honesty - I was always worried about taking it out of the house - and has been carefully owned and kept in the official leather hard case. It is in as new conditions and I can't find any dings on it. Specs: 2009 build (USA) 35" scale 19mm spacing Ash body Burled walnut top Ash neck Birdseye maple fingerboard (21 fret) Buzz Feiten tuning system with zero fret Bartolini PUs Bartolini preamp Hipshot hardware Matching truss rod cover and pug head Original paperwork etc included. Would be happy to supply any more photos as requested. As I said, this is an amazing bass and I'm not in a huge rush to part ways with it - I'm happy to wait for the right offer, though all will be considered. In terms of trades I'm looking to fund a 6 string Dingwall so any trades for these/6 strings in general will be considered. Also looking for an Origin Effects Cali76 (original large one) and an Axe Fx II (XL/XL+) so would consider a trade + cash for them. Happy to answer any questions as best as I can, would much prefer to do a meet rather than trusting this to a courier though can arrange that if desired. Cheers! Ash3 points -
I was just reading (on Facebook) the cheery story of one of our bass playing brothers, John VanZanten of Seattle, who about 14 years ago had his dream bass built by Mike Lull Guitar Works. Two weeks ago the bass was stolen, then the thief contacted Lulls in an attempt to sell it to them; Paul Schuster at Lull got photos, verification of the serial numbers etc and convinced the person who had it to bring it in as they had an interest in buying guitars for cash. The guy took it in and Mike Lull seized the instrument advising the thief that the bass was stolen and the guy fled empty handed. Bass has been reunited with the original owner. Brilliant, eh? I doubt you're going to get that sort or after service from Fender.3 points
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Bang on. That's perfect - slightly out of the ordinary and a nice local reference. There's a group of us on Facebook called the Bow Belles, as we all live in a street with 'Bow' in the name, we're all women and we're all musicians. Even though we're in four different bands.3 points
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In Apocalypse Now doesn't that Army bloke say he loves the smell of Napalm Death in the morning?3 points
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I have read this thread from start to present end, and have no idea who this Gillespie character is. I thought at first it referred to dizzy of that ilk, but obviously not. Rock ain't dead, it's just no longer at the cutting edge of fashion, an industry which by its very nature needs to aways be finding something 'new'.3 points
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That's three terrible calls. That person from Decca Records is clearly an idiot!3 points
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No love for Dewalt? Or is that not fashionable anymore? I'm getting too old 😩3 points
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I have to disagree. Ten years ago I might have reluctantly grumbled and conceded he might have a point, but there's some really good young rock bands coming through at the moment. Grime and drill may be more en vogue at the moment, but the spirit of rock lives on and is constantly being revived by new generations.3 points
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I'd be more inclined to give this statement some credence had it not come from a bloke out of Primal Scream. Hardly an authority on music really.3 points
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Not literally picked up, presumably 🤣3 points
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Just picked up a Trace Elliot GP11 V5 4x10 combo for £130 🙂3 points
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Sadowsky MV5 Built in 2008 swamp ash body 34 scale 19mm string spacing at bridge active eq with VTC 9lb 6oz/4.3kg Sadowsky softcase perfect condition, no marks, as new lovely bass, I’m only selling as wanting a Ken Smith with 18mm spacing Sale preferred Wellcome to come and try out Reading2 points -
Ooft. Worcester sauce and mature cheddar on your Cobalts. That’ll get your tone nice and funky.2 points
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Nah! Don't forget to put cheese and a bit of Worcester sauce on!! (On toast not strings 😂) just about to watch The final episode of Gotham!!2 points
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Lol!! I'm enjoying a bottle of Pino Grigio and eating pizza!! Perfect night 😂2 points
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11:30 on a Friday night and we’re all online talking about strings. Awesome 🤘☺️2 points
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I only use Cobalts on my P; my other basses have Elixirs of the same gauge (though I think the E string is 0.100). I can record something if you like, but think nice warm nickel rounds with a great ‘zing’ and top end. A set lasts me over a year.2 points
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Here are my natural beauties2 points
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That's exactly what I do with the cobalts!! Easier to dull down bright strings than try a bring a bit of life to really dull strings! I have the same philosophy with my DR high beam rounds! 😁2 points
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I've a few of these in stock2 points
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We’ve just called ourselves The 602. our rehearsal name is next to the m602 in Salford. Always referred to as the 602... https://www.facebook.com/The602band/2 points
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Let's see... there are plenty of soul / funk / jazz bands out there, so maybe a name that's a little closer to home would work? You could go for something that describes your local area, or references one of your main influences, perhaps? If I knew roughly where you are, I might come up with something witty (or dumb - hard to tell 'em apart sometimes, knowing me). It would be easy to come up with something silly like 'Funk U' but that's a tad cheesy and unoriginal. Why not tell us your main influences and your approximate area? That might give something more to go on. It might help with a logo too, if you're anywhere near a recognisable landmark. FWIW, we're having a similar problem. Our singist fancies D.A.R.E. (for Danceable Alternative Rock in Edinburgh) but I'm inclining towards this:2 points
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Now you've mentioned Spotify, according to the Every Noise at Once website (which is an algorithmically-generated, readability-adjusted scatter-plot of the musical genre-space, based on data tracked and analyzed for 3,068 ((!!!)) genres by Spotify), "Rock" is the 5th most popular, with various subtypes appearing further on down in the list. Given this list is generated by data from 100 Million Spotify users (so a pretty large sample size of music listeners), I reckon it gives a more accurate representation of Rocks popularity. As an aside, Grime comes in 203rd place with Drill in a 412th. Stick that in your pipe Bobby 😛 http://everynoise.com/everynoise1d.cgi?scope=all2 points
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Having grown up listening to alternative and hard rock music through the 90s and early 00s I thought I was going to be a rock fan for life. However since becoming a bass player I've really fallen out of love with the genre as I struggle to get excited about Rock baselines (Geddy excluded) Now I'd now much rather listen to funk, soul or blues - rock has most definitely died for me.2 points
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@Al Krow looks incredible, but with my lumbago I'd never get my leg up high enough to operate those pedals.2 points
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Things come and go, it's cyclical IMHO. Is R'n'R in a good place? Maybe not.....but there's no doubt in my mind that it will return in some form or another. It was only around 2001 that NME were championing the 'new rock revolution'....The Strokes, White Stripes, etc. I bought a fantastic compilation at the time, 'The Sympathetic Sounds Of Detroit' - one of fave compilations ever. I'd never have seen that coming a few years before. So anything is possible....just when it's down and out, doesn't mean it's dead for good. Bobby G, to me, has always been a man of style of any real substance. How he's kept his act alive for so long is beyond me! Maybe his hanging out on yachts with Kate Moss has finally done him in.....or just a good way of promoting your latest record.....? From Wikipedia - "Gillespie was involved in a campaign to prevent a local pub gaining extended hours saying, "I found the repetitiveness [of the noise] disturbing and I was unable to sleep because of it."[9] No wonder rock is dying! 🙈2 points
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pretty cosy in the studio2 points
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Bloody typical! After all that b*****ks the intonation was fine anyway. The up side was that the method I devised worked really well. It meant that I was able to check it properly this time and if I ever actually have to do it I'll know how. It might come in handy for some of you other smoothies out there, so this is what I did. It's very simple, but it works well. Cut a narrow strip (about 2 mm) of tape and place it as squarely as poss across the neck on the octave as a reference. Instead of holding the string down with your finger, use something narrow and rigid, so that there's far less margin for error. Anything will do, but the Allen key for the truss rod was handy and I used that. Job done. Looks like I answered my own question in the end, but thanks again everyone for your input.2 points
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Nah! If Fodera made drills, they'd have 47,000 settings - none of them useful for anything practical; would be made from rare materials that are not resistant to dust & have 'fanned' directional drilling!2 points
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Well, I’ve got the custom shop makita impact driver 😉. Bass equivalent- fodera 😀2 points
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Go on then - I'm sure your definition is going to be as good as anyone's!2 points
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No, bigthumb, the problem there is that Dewalt were great when they first came to prominence. Big, powerful and made other duos like Black and Decker look a bit out of date. But then they got lazy and started churning out the same old stuff just to honour their contract. Now there's new kids on the block like Milwaukee and they make Dewalt look like stuff your Grandad used to enjoy. Power tools, rock music, it's all the same.... 🙄2 points
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Do you mean 'good, but awkward'? "What you want there, mate ( ) ya gots ta get yerself a Makita - the propa working man's drill" (bass equivalent = Yamaha.) *Your mileage may vary; the author has no affiliation with brand/s mentioned; your home is at risk if you start drilling stuff willy-nilly)2 points
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Before this moves along too far, I'd just like to say that my electric drill is an AEG, which I consider to be the Warwick / Hofner / Rickenbacker of power tool brands. Thank you.2 points
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Yeah, Madonna wasn't great on Eurovision, was she?2 points
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I’ve got a good makita drill , but I wouldn’t say I listen to it much 😀2 points
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SOLD CHEERS....2 points -
And the back and sides set has arrived from Germany. Black Limba - beautifully presented and reasonable delivery by Schroter Edelholz. Not expensive either The outside faces are good enough to use directly, so just a case of bringing the thickness down from the supplied 3.5mm to the finish thickness which can all be done from the back faces (out of sight! ) Should be able to start that this weekend2 points
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The thief was... lulled into a false sense of security. I’m so sorry.2 points
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+1 on this. Have seen a few of these threads posted recently and was thinking that a forum sub-section where BC'ers can post and promote their Online Content would be useful to help keep the General Discussion chann clear.2 points
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I'd agree that the very worst communications I've had are from the lowest value items, the absolute nadir being when I offered two pretty good sofas for free, the only condition being they were picked up. The number of 'Will you deliver?' messages was in equal parts annoying and depressing. Other than one protracted conversation, the gist of which went: "I'll have those two sofas" "Fine, when do you want to pick them up?" "I haven't got any transport, you'll have to deliver them" "I'm sorry, they're pickup only. Like it says in the ad." "But I haven't got any transport" "Sorry" "But I really want them, i just haven't got any transport." "Well, you haven't got two free sofas then, either." That one was alllll annoying...2 points
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