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When did you join Yes?

Is 'Dunno' Grumbleweeds Graham?

Chris Rea, 'Shamrock Diaries'

Better late than never... Good recommendations so far... I'd add 'Going for the One' too for some awesome bass goodness. And 'Close to the Edge' is sublime. Mr Squire's solo album 'Fish Out of Water' is also excellent with some great support from Bill Bruford and Patrick Moraz.

Right come on guys... We get it... I'm playing a 10" bass! and the open 'B' sounds great! But the notes from the 13th fret are unusable flubbers right? No consistency with the other strings in higher positions?

So we're ~60 years into the electric bass as a four-string and as of the '80s we acquired five and six strings. Subsequently we got sevens and further extended range basses. Do we have a commensurate jump in musical quality or bass playing as a result? I'm struggling to manifest many examples: Anthony Jackson and John Patitucci spring to mind. Gary Willis and Hadrien Feraud rock a five but their output is hardly mainstream. My prog' heroes are four-stringers by and large with Squire dipping into fives and sixes for his less inspirational 90s and 00s output. Just sayin'. Views and counter-examples welcome but I'm calling it: more strings does not make better music! (Sorry if I'm late to this party.)

Whaaaa! UK and Red - Hello! Anyway back to the OP: Mr Squire of the stripey suite and triple-neck: Yessongs/Yesshows

Wow! The Jazz quotient is up to 15% this year.

Probably worth adding to the main thread on this very topic...

So I believe... Lee Pomeroy is super-enthusiastic about it being a return to form.

Take Chris Squire out of the band - what do you get? I think the actual answer is ABWH but moving on this didn't do it for me... karaoke sounds, aimless bass noodling and then some grand-standing with your mates. RW's quality control meter's been broken for years...

So where did we land on this? Happy if we postpone until next year but I don't remember seeing any official confirmation of this... or my £20 ticket!?

Well not if it's manifested in the video... They do look handy...

I can heartly recommend John for repairs and not just for his own builds. He regulary services my GB as Bernie is 350+miles from me in Brighton. He's got mine set-up as per John Entwistle's strings under the frets...

Erm coming from a Squire/Geddy heritage, I have to say I liked his tone. Always a challenge to balance the clank of the note with the whump of the bass but I'm in. Well done Steve H and everyone involved...