Bilbo

I was referrihg to the fact that my little head increasingly struggles to figure out these complicated devices and that I am beginning to realise why my 100 year old Nan, despite being able to make awedding dress with a roll of fabric and a needle, couldn't work an electric can opener!

I like fountain pens....

So write your own piece....

A miming vs backing tapes debate is not about right or wrong but about degrees of offence. Bit like commercial v. domestic burglaries. Those who commit commercial burglaries will always say 'at least I don't do houses'.

I can! 'But the audience loved it' 'He was bringing people to live music who may go on to see other live bands' 'The venue wasn't big enough for a guitarist/singer who actually played guitar and sang' ..... shall I continue?

Or John Patitucci's 'Long Story' of his Mistura Fina cd.

Wow! Got the whole story, end to end, in one sitting. One thing my 22 years of working with offenders has told me is that most of them are entirely predictable. If it is stolen today, it will be at Cash Convertors tomorrow along with a video of the offender selling it to them. Glad to see the bass found its way back to you. Anyone in Bristol seen my GK MB150S and SWR Baby Blue cab? (Stolen in 1994)

Those two are the ones everybody does so I woudl discount them completely (but that's just me). Try one of these Prelude to Bach's Second Cello Suite (in D minor) Level Pegging by Dave Pegg Dave Holland's arrangement of 'Mr. PC' or 'Goodbye Pork Pie Hat' Jonas Hellborg's arrangement of 'Blue In Green' Jaco's arrangement of 'Naima' Jeff Berlin's arrangments of 'Dixie', 'Tears In Heaven' or 'Imagine' That's about 15 years work. Good luck

It's all soooooo rock and roll....

I've said it before here but I think that one credible professional instrument is enough for me. I think a lot of the benefits of this bass over that one are illusory and entirely circumstantial. I have had pretty much one electric bass for 26 years and one combo for 12 and have never felt the need to look elsewhere. For me, it has long been about the music and not about the bass guitar. I think I would probably be perfectly happy with one fretless bass, whatever it was. My double bass is not a great instrument but it does the job and people have been kind about the sound so why worry? I figure that, if I want it to sound better, I should practice more.

More Jazz, that's for sure, as no Jazz gig ever has more than 200 in attendance unless it is a festival where all of the Jools Holland/Van Morrison fans are looking for something to do before the headliners start.

Right, where is the October photograph?

Let's mention Passport, Return To Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Bruford, Brand X, Soft Machine.... all had their strengths and weaknesses but also their highpoints.

I remember erading a thing a thousand years ago when Clarke discussed hus thenrig. He said he had this major rig with crossovers and all sorts of bells and whistles but that, one day, he realised that no-one had ever actually complimented him on his sound. SO he simplified it a lot (can'r actually remember what to, I am afraid). I play mine through my Eden Metro and have no feedback probs (includes a Fishman Plat Pro).

I took my bass to the luthiers today to have the action lowered as I was finding that I couldn't execute things I knew I should have been. He did a grea job and got the action that little bit lower so I can get to the things I am hearing. Then, "WHACK", my high C string broke. $55 for a new Evah Pirazzi C string! THAT hurt

How can someone you've never heard of be forgotten?

There are a few things happening simultaneously. A lot of people have seen pay freezes that mean their pay is not going up whilst things like fuel, utilities, even food, are going up quite significantly. In a nutshell, people's disposable incomes are going down as their outgoings go up. People are also losing money on houses instead of making money so, even if they can sell, they aren't getting those windfalls we had all got used to. I have less gigs as well so any 'top-up' money from gigging is much reduced. Things I used to be able to pay cash for quickly (new tyres, car repairs, materials for DIY jobs etc) now get stuck on credit cards and hang around for months. And we all have gear we can't sell. I would love to buy Beedster's AI gear but the cupboard is bare until some more work comes in. All very frustrating.

[quote name='Dr.Dave' timestamp='1348842360' post='1819022'] Something being crap doesn't make it wrong. [/quote] No, but it does make it crap. But why do people have a problem if I call it as I see it? Infinite tolerance of mediocrity and the uninspired is what makes 'live music' a dubious attraction for many.

Eggsactly. I guess it would be like turning up at the National Portrait Gallery and seeing a load of painting by numbers pictures. Just because someone else likes them doesn't help you if you expect something more. I'm going to start another thread

Yeah, that JP. I think of that as Jazz Rock so don't expect it to swing. It is what it is and I [i]think[/i] it was the first Jaco I ever heard.

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My name's BIlbo and I am a musiclal snob...(as if you didn't know )

But you usually get a mediocre singer doing the same old....... I mnea, when was the last tme you saw Ronnie James Dio doing a BT gig in Lanzarote?

Avoid the Melvin stuff and the Birelli Lagrene stuff. Nice tracks on Al Dimeola's Land of the Midnight Sun, Mike Stern's Upside Downside and one of Airto's cds.