alyctes

Clean. And not fake.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1439669613' post='2844906'] Best thing is to break the line down to one section/bar/riff/part-riff at a time. Even if it's just a couple of beats/half a bar at a time, get that bit right, then move onto the next bit, etc. [/quote] I agree, but don't move on to the next bit. Move on to the [i]previous[/i] bit. That is, learn it from the end; start with the [i]last[/i] section. That way, you are always going onward to a bit that you already know. So you avoid the trap of being able to play the first bit really well (because you play it all the time) but stalling on the second.

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1438981760' post='2839247'] Amazingly erm... something. [/quote] There's never a "Like" button when you want one...

Welcome aboard! Lots to see

Still got heaps, but reducing ever so gently

Bangers, one way or the other

I have no idea if this is legit or if it's a reasonable price. It's way outside my budget (currently less than zero). It is fairly close to me. [url="http://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/1962-fender-jaguar-vintage-original-/1128852056"]http://www.gumtree.c...nal-/1128852056[/url]

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1439317902' post='2841898'] Yep, ... but that is why you never let a gtr player pick a band [/quote] Or finger one. Ermm...

[quote name='Old Man Riva' timestamp='1439151911' post='2840453'] Never would have thought of Magazine as a prog band (not sure I do now!), what makes you think of them as prog? I've seen early Simple Minds included in prog rock conversations but never Magazine. Edited to say, I've just revisited The Light Pours Out Of Me and I'm shifting my stance! [/quote] I'd go with early Simple Minds, and some Magazine. And Japan.

[quote name='Mark Dyer' timestamp='1439322569' post='2841959'] I always remember a review of the album at the time in the NME (I think) it went thus: [b]Tales From Topographic Oceans - Yes[/b] [b]No.[/b] Still makes me laugh. [/quote] I think that was Charles Shaar Murray?

Looks like solid wood to me. Possibly between the ears of the seller?

Apologies for the resurrection

Pretty sure that one's up on eBay as well. Not sure about the price, given the state of the electrics.

Relicing. Seems like cheating to me. Pointy 80s-metal headstocks. Yamaha RBX200F is as far as I can go down that route, and I wouldn't have bought that if it had frets. Acoustics. I can't play them, the body's too thick. Anything with a skull painted on it; anything pretending to be a weapon.

Funky Scratchplate and the Middle Lane Hoggers

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1411774619' post='2562815'] I've played one of these, briefly. Well made, played well, sounded good to me, mint. I was put off by the fact that the seller had advertised it as something else and wanted £300 for it, and that I couldn't find any details whatever on them when I searched online. I still think it was overpriced, but I would happily have paid £200 for it if I'd trusted the seller. This one has more scars, but if I was new to fives it should be a decent starter (assuming it's the same as the one I tried). [/quote] This might be the one I played... http://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/enigma-5-string-bass-guitar/1119433834

Not self-taught. But I'm so bad a student, I've forgotten it all. Apart from how to tune it.

Sweet Thanks for posting!

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1439069217' post='2839813'] No-one mentioned any Van Der Graff Generator yet? Pawn Hearts then [/quote] Panamonte did, and so did I