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[quote name='daz' timestamp='1328463140' post='1527455'] PS: I hope you see some humour in this cynical outlook. I try not to be a [i]boring old fart [/i]as Johnny Rotten would have snered at me, but its like railing against the tide, as one grows older. [/quote] Haha, of course I do. It's hard enough for me to stop myself being cynical about school-agers and I'm only 7 years ahead of the game

[quote name='merello' timestamp='1328389101' post='1526416'] Great video in this vein: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFZQGycfQs8&feature=related[/media] [/quote] That video's ace. Looks like a CV's going to be the starting point for my Bitsa after seeing that.

[quote name='JimBobTTD' timestamp='1328427430' post='1526670'] As a teacher, I am witness to the lives of numerous youngsters. They seem to lack the rabid passion I had for music; the dedication to a specific genre which helped me to identify with myself is absent in them. They seem to like all kinds of music but don't really [i]listen[/i] to music; rather, they hear it in the background while they simultaneously watch tv, play computer games or flick through a magazine. [/quote] My band and I live and breath music. From age 12 to 16 I learned all I could possibly learn about late 60s-early 70s funk. I talked about all music, new and old, with my friends who had just as much to share. We are all musicians. I think what's being forgotten here is that not every youngster is a musician whereas every BCer is. Naturally, a musician's dedication to music will be stronger than the average person's, the collective memory of BC can't speak for everyone. For instance, my Dad is not musical at all - accordingly, he doesn't lament the loss of the record store because he was never interested enough to miss it in the first place. My generation will have the world's music at their fingertips throughout their lives. I can't understand how that's a bad thing.

[quote name='daz' timestamp='1328415803' post='1526655'] It was small and intimate, and no matter how well informed the tatooed lip studded youth working at HMV might be, in all forms of death metal and speed thrash, it does not feel the same. I'm sure that many 'youth' meet up at the local HyperGlobalMegaPop store, but do that know the staff by name, and more importantly, do the staff know them by name and what new stuff to recomend for them ? I very much doubt it. [/quote] I am currently of this 'youth' and I can say that yes, I know the staff at my local HMV by name, yes they know mine, yes they recommend things to me, no we do not all listen to metal. I use the internet to choose what I want in my music collection, which is physical and displayed very proudly in my room. For me the joy is [i]listening[/i] to the music, not the chase or the purchase. Maybe times have changed, but I don't feel like I enjoy music any less than the older generation nor do I feel like I'm less deserving or interested just because I use the internet rather than a record shop. Nostalgia's a powerful thing. No doubt in 20 year's time I'll be reminiscing about how I used to check out bands on Youtube or Spotify before receiving a physical CD through the mail and listening to the rest of the tracks, whilst my kids are sitting around getting music beamed directly into their minds with lasers

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1319636247' post='1416700'] I bought a jetglo as it was the one I thought best out of the common finishes. I ideally wanted a white one (well actually a Chris Squire sig model but my financial common sense wouldn't allow it ). Come to think of it is there a proper name for white in ricspeak? Love it if it was 'albinoglo'. [/quote] Mine's white (faded to cream, custardglo) but I still think black's where it's at.

[quote name='tommorichards' timestamp='1327798407' post='1517092'] i have a large favour to ask anyone with one of the amazing sabres in this awesome thread. Would you possible trace the body on some paper and send that piece of paper to me? Since i am currently too poor to buy a real one, i want to have a go at making my own. PM me if you can please..... [/quote] Ooh, there's an idea...

It's grape! That's awesome!

I think Bill Wyman used bass pedals on an organ for the bassline in Paint It Black.

That '63 is, officially, the nuts.

It's pretty sprawling, but I think I like that. Toxic's a great one to do.

Heh, when I read the thread title I was getting all ready to get you to check out YBB, especially Brooklyn. Now I've got nothing

http://youtu.be/LFb9tiK0hVo

Yeah, my two are brilliant. Plenty of dogs out there though.

Maybe worth a watch [media]http://youtu.be/JwY3IZLf0TI[/media]

My '77 came with SPB-2s fitted. I find they're pretty close to a 'stock' Fender tone, but they're hotter and have a fuller sound with more low end. Unfortunately I haven't got my bass to hand else I'd post a video of them. I'll just say that I love them - even planning to sling some into a bitsa P I've got planned.

This would normally be entirely not my sort of thing, but I really like the look of that.

I quite like the feel of a lacquered neck. I know alot of people don't, but to me it feels like glass. Smooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooth

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1327873511' post='1518159'] Paying people less, in a country where the cost of living is less, does not always have to mean they are being treated poorly. In terms of quality - one man with a CNC in the USA, one man with a CNC machine in China, if the wood is the same the only difference is location. [/quote] It doesn't always have to mean it but it more than often does. I'm in Vietnam at the moment and, having visited a few factories and craft centres, it's really a push to say Vietnamese (or Chinese, Thai etc etc) workers get the same treatment as workers in the West. Proportionately less pay, less days off, longer hours, (usually) worse working conditions, harsh terms. There's also more than enough evidence of poor treatment of Korean workers at Cort plants to be found on the web. Silddx is right here.

That is damn fine.

That's it, I'm making my own Precision.

Interesting. I was told when I bought it that my '77 P used to belong to John Glascock (Jethro Tull/Carmen). It was probably just sales patter but since they're one of my favourite bands I decided to believe it anyway. You've obviously got more to rely on. Still, given the rate JT have changed bassists chances are we've all got at least one Tull bass

I had the same experience as you with my dream 'Ray - black/maple/3eq. Just fell out of love with it and it sat gathering dust. Ended up selling and bought a new Precision (which I [i]do [/i]use) and a new rig. Was a hard decision though, if only because of sentimentality.