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I googled "multi instrumental musicians" to see who else played many instruments. I found: Prince Prince Rogers Nelson was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. The recipient of numerous awards and nominations, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of his generation. Wikipedia Prince, in particular, was rumoured to have been proficient in 27 different instruments! Instruments are one way that we can speak the language of music. https://commontime.online › blog › the-8-pros-of-being-a-mu... "Prince. Stevie Wonder is an extremely close second, but despite the fact that he stuck with the guitar for most of his career, no one can touch him." - Quora https://www.quora.com/Who-is-the-greatest-multi-instrumentalist-in-popular-music https://www.thecavanproject.com/17-great-multi-instrumentalists/ Seems that many people agree with Andrew.

Interesting thread. I imagine that all of us could put forward tracks and artists which "merit a listen". I look forward to hearing people's contributions.

Andrew's ( @bubinga5) personal assertion is that Prince was the "most accomplished musician of our time" and I agree. I think implied in that is the Rock/ Western Music industry, however I'd be prepared to discuss nominations in any musical field. Even if you believe somebody like David Bowie or Jimi Hendrix, for instance, were more popular artists, neither were as accomplished or proficient musicians as Prince. Nobody is claiming he was "the best", I think we all accept how futile this claim is, however if you, or any other contributor to this discussion, believe there is a more accomplished musician, in diversity, in range of instruments played or ability, then I'm open to listening to your nomination. This thread isn't about "he's better than...", it's about acknowledging the genius that was Prince.

Understandable...however he did write what is probably her best known hit.

Dance little sister - Terence Trent D'arby

I've got some good funky CDs in the car with classic tracks like Superstition, Brickhouse, Papa was a rolling stone on. I'll dig out the packaging and post

https://youtu.be/fbdNQ_pkIzw

I think it's a fair statement, amazingly prolific, he played numerous (20+?) instruments to an incredibly high standard - who hasn't seen the video of him playing bass? - wrote hundreds of brilliant tracks, created his own genre of music, his studio churned out hit after hit, launched and relaunched the careers of many artists. It is arguable that the recently departed Ms O'Connor's best track was one of Prince's. If Prince wasn't the most accomplished musician of our generation, who would you propose was?

No matter how highly regarded Prince is, he's still under-rated. I remember looking at musicians wanted ads - nearly every one cited Prince as influences. Brilliant musician, brilliant producer, brilliant showman.

My Spector 6er has two 9v. I think the only other bass I can recall having two was my Overwater

Crying in the Chapel - Elvis

I want your sexudation - My cousin George

Ticket to ride - some band nobody would have heard of.

I wouldn't like to think that you would use this as an opportunity to blatantly advertise your wares free of charge however I would be interested to know the cost of said items and whether you have a website where these could be viewed. 😉😉

I think that this belongs to one of our own - no not Harry Kane - I believe its@Gareth Hughes. IIRC photos appear in Jack's Obscure Musical Backwaters thread. Oops, I may be wrong (happened once before) - I confused this with Roger2611's SB801.

I think you're going to fit right in here. There are a whole bunch of basses which fit your wish list, deciding which one(s) you want is part of the fun. Personally I'd be looking at the G&L Tribute range - affordable quality.

I normally struggle to side with some of his public comments but on this occasion I must show my admiration for Morrisey for his condemnation of the Music bosses and their whimsical choices in who they are backing this week. Not only are they "makers and breakers" of artists but also of people. Shocking that normally talentless individuals wield such power over the future of the creative.

I sent the author a message asking him to get in touch. I commented on the diversity of his inspiration and to clarify what type of music he was aiming for. I'm not clear how old he is or if he has just listed some of his favourite bands. I'll keep you posted.

toPick up the pieces - AWB

Found an add on Gumtree for a "talented and versatile bass player". Author of the ad states: "I am currently living in London, with a set of new songs and I am looking up to setting something fresh and unique here. Influences of the material range from Velvet underground, The Jam, The Smiths, Talking Heads, Jazz/Latin, Nick Cave, Ian Dury, soul, electronic, punk, tropical, Dylan, Lou reed, and Orbison, some of the music also taps into social commentary." I like the sound of some of this but less so some of the other. Feels far too diverse and unfocussed. Comments?

The white one is a classic thing of beauty. I wouldn't normally like a pink bass but the one on the right is so shockingly bright that I quite like it.

No doubting the quality of their work. I'm sure the 6 month turnaround time would be off-putting for some though.

I received a quote. A bit more than I was expecting TBH. "..300€ for a 4-string and 350€ for a 5-string ETS Headless system in gold. Spacing doesn’t matter." That's £256 for the 4 string and £299 for the 5er.

Meisner died of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease/background-information/complications/ Sad loss to the Music Industry, friends and family. RIP

The first cut is the deepest - Rod - but EBTG do a better version.