Dad3353

Stuff played on these..?

But they leave the best tips pips.

Yeah, but you're old, man, innit... ...

Back 'then', I played with several bands of buddies, almost all of whom wrote their own material; most of what they wrote and played would have deserved just as much exposure as many 'name' bands (many of which had very good songs, too...). No, for a heck of a lot of musicians, it comes very easily to 'em to turn out a 'hit' song, or even an album, but just didn't get the breaks that others did. The Thomson Twins (Graeme and Chris...), Porpoise, Ford (a giant of a bloke with afro hair, drove a Heinkel bubble car with his head out of the sunroof, so tall was he...), The Alligators (not the current band; another earlier one in the Ashford, Middlx area...), Alan Stirling, based at Crystal Palace for a while (I'd really like to know what happened to him and his cohort...)... There were others, and I still have tapes from many of our rehearsals, and a few concerts, plus fond, happy memories of those Good Times. Oasis..? Good luck to 'em; I don't know them, nor their whole repertoire, but I do know that they are no more (nor, maybe, less...) worthy than so many other formations, past, present and, probably, future. I'd pay Good Money to see a reformed Thomson Twins gig, with one of my younger brothers on guitar. It's doubtful it'll ever happen, though.

Two have voted; four votes have been cast. Two each, or three and one ? Are the other tracks not so good, then? I know it's not mandatory to vote for three, though, so no criticism implied; just curious.

Does this explain 'K-Pop'..? I've always wondered.

There are about half a dozen that fit the bill currently on the first page of the BC Marketplace, 'Basses For Sale' ... If none there appeal, there's an MTD Kingston Artist 4-string on the Bass Direct site worth a glance. You're spoiled for choice, really; Good Hunting.

There are people..? ...

There are views..?

You might get lucky; no-one has yet voted, it depends if Lurks can get a signal of more than one bar in the outlying sticks.

... All Good Stuff, but play the notes, and name them, out loud, each time. Do this slowly, it's the fastest way to learn stuff like this.

Play the notes, and name them, out loud, each time. Do this slowly, it's the fastest way to learn stuff like this.

I'm of the opinion that appearances are of little or no importance, it's what's inside that counts. 'Judging a book by its cover' and all that shallowness baffles me somewhat. To each his/her own, naturally, but I find it all rather sad.

To be fair, this is probably true of most basses, too.

That was the central seat..! I have a string of anecdotes relating to these Thames 15cwt vans, a few of which may have already been posted here in years (Decades..? How time flies..! Where does it go, eh..?) past. Happy daze..!

Tell me about it. Wipers..? Luxury..! Now when I was a boy...

That could have been my 15cwt Thames van there, but it's too shiny..!

A rough estimate gives me 20 bass cases per cubic metre, so we're talking about 50 cubic metres (allowing for a walkway between the stacks..?). That's with the cases stacked flat, 20 high, in a room 5m x 5m. A tight squeeze; some basses need bigger cases than the 'average joe' I counted on. A bit tough if the one you want to play is at the back, at the bottom.

Is 15m long enough..? You asked for 20m.

What, precisely, is the problem you're wanting to solve..?