Roland Rock

Pucco & the Latin Soul Brothers covering Gladys Knight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYMTA8vuEuo

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1343201669' post='1746791'] saw one the other day that was listed as "4 string guitar"... [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Epiphone-SG-4-String-Guitar-Black-/170880903333?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item27c94ba8a5#ht_508wt_1215"]http://www.ebay.co.u...5#ht_508wt_1215[/url] [/quote] So they know it has a 'slim taper D profile neck' yet can't spell 'bass'

Exciting stuff Sean. I'm really looking forward to seeing this one come together.

Aw, when I read the thread title, I thought someone had been trying to play without strings.

Hi This thread might help, unless there is some difference between the basses I'm not aware of: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/182538-ft-warwick-streamer/ Alas, it seems that Warwick suffer from dreadful depreciation, so you could be looking around 50% of the new price.

Nice to see Alice Russell love, what a lovely voice. Can we keep Dirty Loops out of the thread too please? :-) I love a good Beatles cover. Two of my favourites are Stevie Wonder's 'We can work it out' and Earth Wind and Fire's 'Got to get you into my life' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB24z00ajU4 Another rockier favourite is Monster Magnet's version of Howlin Wolf's 'Evil' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN4llU46Xok

Great stuff, good luck with the gig

A lovely intimate gig, and great to see her on top form

A reminder about our gig next Thursday. The Golden Fleece, Nottingham

It needs to be pretty thin to really get into the grain, and ime you'll even need to thin down a grain filler a bit. Water-based wood fillers tend to shrink back when they dry out, so you'll need to overdo it to allow for this, then sand back the excess. In short, you could use certain types of wood filler, but a grain filler is easier as it's purpose made.

It took me four relationships to realise that Nick Lowe was talking bollocks when he said you need to be Cruel to be Kind. Air is [b]not[/b] solid. Try breathing wood. War is definitely not Civil

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1342955351' post='1743057'] The Aguilar SL cabs look the part. Other silver cloth fronted cabs include barefaced ( as mentioned ) and EBS. The Purple Chilli are pretty retro looking too, but not sure about their hifi qualities [/quote]

The Aguilar SL cabs look the part. Other silver cloth fronted cabs include barefaced and EBS. The Purple Chilli are pretty retro looking too, but not sure about their hifi qualities

Great video Clarky. The song has a lovely dreamlike quality and lovely dynamics going into the chorus. Nice western shirt, too Edit - what's the plural of chorus? Chori?

Exile on Main Street

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1342822852' post='1741693'] Cheeky bastard [/quote] I'd be more concerned that he thinks you sell penis enlarger plans on Ebay

It's a really tricky design to get right. - ACG (especially the [url="http://www.acguitars.co.uk/Gallery/265/"]Finn SC[/url]) and Ritter ([url="http://www.ritter-instruments.com/R8-singlecut.php"]R8[/url]) have a great eye for design, and do the SC well. -[url="http://www.fodera.com/main/BassModels.aspx?SeriesID=9"] Fodera's Anthony Jackson[/url] and Warwick's [url="http://www.warwick.de/modules/produkte/produkt.php?katID=24286&cl=EN"]Thumb SC[/url] are some of the ugliest basses out there IMO

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1342786688' post='1740910'] temptation to treat oneself can be overwhelming, but it doesn't last, and nor does the pleasure of acquisition. [/quote] Very true, and very well put

The Yoda weighs next to nothing.

Rosanna, by Toto Bossa Nova (the entire genre, not the Pixies album)

Danelectro DE Dano Pro bass in Aqua, now where's my strap?

I believe that the Jazz bridge pickup has some variation, Google "70s pickup spacing" or something for details. I'd imagine that the one closer to the bridge is better suited to having a cover. I love the look, and gig my chromed-up P with no issues at all

The OP did ask for opinions, but I feel that the negative reply, no matter how valid, was poor etiquette. If a friend had rocked up in a new car that they were obviously chuffed with and said "what do you think?", it would be poor form to say "the welding on these is sub par and the brake pipes are prone to corrosion". They have already bought it and love it, so all that does is piss on their bonfire. It would be a different story of someone was considering buying one and inviting opinions, then constructive criticism is welcome and truly helpful. All IMO of course.

As far as covers are concerned, I Loved playing 'Boys keep Swinging' with my old Bowie band - driving root notes in the verses, nice bit of BVs in the chorus and an outro with total freedom to improvise and make it sound as crazy as possible.