BassTractor

True in Caveatemptoria and in Vulturistan. In the normal world however, people have largely varying backgrounds and levels of resourcefulness and psychological health. Making every customer 100% responsible for experienced manipulation is at best a flawed stance.

Goes to show how different people react differently. Me, I was mainly impressed with her incredible musicality and precise timing. How she dealt with this was very good, and I am gonna ask her to marry me, but that timing...

Most probably, as at that time he'd owned his Dano for at least a few years. BTW, I think maybe the double barrel one that @Bolo posted may have been the one he built together with his father, and which included parts from another brand. An article in Dutch mag Music Maker at the time told the whole story.

Sfunny indeed, but I don't agree. Many posts enlightened me, and I'm grateful for this thread. The yes-no bit was only a part of it, and was much expanded on. IMVHO.

Yup. Not that I'm a pro anymore, but that was indeed what I did: quit my job and started studying music. BUT I had a little trick up my sleeve: Even before getting the decently paid job, I'd already taught music pupils with the sole purpose of finding out whether I could live as a music teacher. I needed that knowledge before starting at music college because I knew that sooo many music students start studying with the aspiration of becoming world famous musicians - only to wind up as local music teachers instead.

You, sir, are very wise. That of course was indeed the purpose of the whole thread: "Hon, I tried to sell it, honest! Noooobody wants to buy it!" I feel so manipulated right now. 😁

I think your own post was a lot better, and so was the one by @Bleat. We agree about the situation, but IMHO my own wording was out of order.

Personally I was very happy with this thread as many interesting insights and opinions were aired. More than in similar threads we were almost able to even discuss formal matters. Then alas something happened. Personally, each and every time I hear an SD song, it attracts me mucho initially, but then after some time - maybe a minute or two, I get this nausea that I've never been able to explain, and have wondered about for decades. Some of the posts above seem to close in on a possible explanation when the music nearly is described as elevator music on a very high level. I think maybe there is something there, in that, for a musically developed person, this may be music to relax with - not music to put your teeth in. In case this is true, it's Music For The Millions For The Few! I'll have to think more about this, and might change this new notion on a whim. Any contribution to support or tear down this notion is welcome, and I'd hope for a constructive discussion just as we started the thread with. BTW, in the mean time though: I think, in order to make Aja a much better album, what they should've done was: - Make the compositions a lot simpler, without the accomplished chord sequences - Arrange the songs more like 60s beat songs - Play a lot sloppier, on cheap instruments including a shrieky Farfisa - Record everything on a Portastudio 4-track without any studio equipment. No overdubs. Presto! Good Aja! 😉

Yes, you're right, and I shouldn't have written that harshly. Sorry. It was the "tough titty" bit that got me over the edge, and just so we know where we stand, you should have made a firm decision before listing it, and you should've stood by that choice. Just imagine the comments here on BC if a guitar player, a drummer or a keyboard player had acted similarly and you had been the buyer...

Never mind you're not a man but just a weasel... tough titty mate...

Hardly relevant, is it, Jack? Tommy Cooper recorded that sketch in 1994 - roughly ten years after his death, whereas Maggini built that violin in 1640 - roughly ten ye... ...oh, I get it now.

...but I will remind yous alls that the term "Rickenwaffen" has long been an established Innerwebz term, and surely @NikNik was simply using it as is. I may not like the term, but still...

Bent Sæther of Norwegian psychedelic, prog, rock, pop, etc. band Motorpsycho:

What several others have said. It's fighting against windmills. Just drop it and be wiser and now forewarned. After the already mentioned changes in policy, eBay is now my very last resort. Before, it was my second resort after the local shop.

Since we're doing pics and vids, here's Emerson Lake and Palmer's last bit of "Karn Evil 9", called "3rd Impression", live in 1974, with aforementioned Greg Lake on bass and throat. Me, I lurves it despite Emerson's eternal sloppy playing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz6Mj8cROJw

He was mentioned on page 1: Also: Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake & Palmer Too tired to remember more people There are many.

The Doors did use bass guitar players to some extend (not live AFAIK), but in this case it's Manzarek's left hand on the Fender Rhodes Piano Bass, and through some electronics. He might just be overdriving an input, Idunno. I've never seen him use organ pedals with his tiny combo organs, but that doesn't mean he never used them. I agree with EliasMooseblaster about the idea of a bass and an overdrive. The exact sound is hardly important for this song even though the overdrive part seems important to me. Me, I'd use a compressor as well so as to govern the decay as well as the oomph. Oh, and playing one octave closer to where the dust starts. 😃 BTW, for those few that might be interested, and I'm aware I'm being a foot fetish nazi here, there's no such thing as "foot pedals", much like there are no "hand pedals", "hand manuals" or "foot manuals". @Teebs, have you seen my nazi TLRT? Must've mislaid it.

At this point, I think it's best that I don't comment.

Hm. Why did you just ask him whether he was still available? Why not give him some info about what your band is about? The ad was still on, so the assumption is that he's available (yes, that assumption is often wrong, but still). He answered your question. When he asked the very reasonable question "What's it in regards to?", he most probably did NOT ask you what it was "in response" to. To my mind, he was obviously asking for more information regarding your project - info you could have given him right away. You seem to even recognise this very concept in your own example: "in regards to flashing in the park". Then, you still did not give him info about your band and project.... I'm sure he's on drumchat.co.uk right now, shaking his head in disbelief. Me, I'm on BC right now, shaking my head in disbelief. I think he may just have dodged a bullet here.

It may be a Dutch thing. I'll try and explain. Sorry for the wordiness. It's really too late for me to write posts. During Franco's reign, we were flooded with tales about Spain and its men in power - typically like: Some official person somewhere revels in interpreting everything as unlawful or subversive etc., and then with great rigidity - which is both a personality trait and an acquired taste - won't give in. In his mind it's a weakness to let people live their lives. Bullying them is good for the ego and good for the state. Something vaguely along those lines. At least where I lived, or in my circles, Spain was consistently used as the example of everything bad.

😱 Reminds me of Spain under Franco.

Search Spotify for "basstractor"...

I know I repeat myself when under stress, but... "Total Mass Retain" tells it all. Stunning! (for the uninitiated, that's the second movement of "Close to the Edge".)

Aye. Somebody (not me) counted that the band used 30 different instruments on stage. Ray also sang difficult parts in polyphonic and poly-rhythmic segments, IMS whilst playing bass. Mind-boggling. Monster musician, whilst not being Chris Squire. 🙂