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[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1463746995' post='3053791'] To be honest i was a bit late for prog and whilst I'm sure it's technically very accomplished it really does leave me cold [/quote] I think the core of prog lies in its breaking the musical expectations. I think most of it isn't accomplished at all, and very much of it relies on the composer not knowing how to continue and then simply deciding to change styles completely so as to cover his insecurity. I lurv it.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1463678133' post='3053338'] HENDRIX I'm saying the level appreciation would not be the same as fans born in 1953. It depends on how far after 1956 your talking about. There are 20 and 30 year olds that love and appreciate Hendrix,but certainly not at my level. Understand, that's merely my opinion. [/quote] IMHO there is indeed a good point hidden in there, and one I feel most people do accept, but that point is severely damaged by your generalisations and extrapolations. I think the main logical flaw in this is the near linear relationship you paint between age (as in having been there) and appreciation. In the real world however, we find Hendrix appreciation distribution curves, whereby for example [b]some[/b] 20 and 30 year olds can understand and appreciate on levels much beyond those of [b]some[/b] fans born in 1953. To paint another picture and build on Hiram's notion about Mozart, there's this classical organist and harpsichordist called Ton Koopman. You might wish to look him up. Virtually no-one on the planet knows more about J.S. Bach, Bach's music and Bach's time than he does. Koopman annoyingly singlemindedly lives and breathes Bach. Most probably, NOBODY during the Baroque age lived and breathed J.S. Bach like he does today. Are you telling Koopman that he can't understand and appreciate Bach like someone born in 1685 (of course given that that person is still alive, able and of sound mind) ?

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1463692674' post='3053483'] I raised that point yesterday at 4:40pm. [/quote] Aye, you did. But then I didn't state you hadn't done so. I just stated I hadn't seen it. Sorry for having overlooked it.

Warren bought my 2014 StingRay 4-H PDN Neptune Blue. I'm sorry to see it go, but am very happy it's Warren who bought it. He was more than a perfect gent from start to finish, and did everything he could to make this a problem free deal, and the great communications were only the beginning. Truth be told, I was flabbergasted. He's obviously a totally decent, reliable person. One can deal with Warren with confidence. Highest recommendations! Bert

The point that is being made by those who advise to double up with the same types of cab, though I haven't seen that point outspoken in this thread, is that the impedance is a nominal number and that the "real" impedance differs, a.o. with frequency, so the behaviour of the different drivers in combination can not easily be predicted. An impedance raise in one cab at the same frequency range as an impedance drop in the other cab might cause some of the drivers to travel too near their Max. Here's where you need to use your ears. Normally you should be reasonably in the clear as long as you don't press your drivers hard. Sound quality is another matter. Me, just to be sure to not blow my drivers, I use a 9610, and our drummer likes the notion of being able to pick his nose without anybody seeing it.

[quote name='el-gnomo' timestamp='1463676435' post='3053320'] Maybe not so much these days ! I'm pretty sure you should be allowed "Miles Davis band" on your CV though, although by that token I should have "Hot Chocolate" on mine ;-) [/quote] That's a great idea. Let's go for it! I agree as well, as I did play some stuff for the guy I was talking with. Who cares if he merely was their bass player? Not me! Maybe we could even swap CV entries. Full honesty required and no sneaky double entries right before a possible gig. When I have Hot Chocolate, you have Miles Davis, etc. We need an app!

Not sure if this counts because it wan't me, strictly speaking, but: Lots of famous musicians have met me without realising a the time. Seriously though, I've met dozens or more probably hundreds without realising - this is part of being a music student or musician with a lot of dep work. I'd be commanded out to a certain rehearsal or gig, and would not even or hardly know who I was rehearsing or playing with. I do remember being commanded to The Hague (North Sea Jazz Festival, I suspect) because Miles Davis' keys player hadn't arrived. In the rehearsal room, no-one had much contact with each other (I had contact with only one of them - have no idea who it was), and when Miles Davis finally arrived, he walked straight past me without even glancing at me. The keys player arrived immediately after, and I was thanked and sent off without rehearsing with them (which was just as well - I really had nothing to offer other than the chords and my keyboard equipment - - mostly the keyboard equipment). Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I'm one of Miles Davis' closest friends!

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1463325134' post='3050468'] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]A Flinstones themed [/size][/font][/color][s]AC~DC[/s][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3] Abba tribute called [/size][/font][/color][s]AC~BC[/s][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3] Abba-Daba-Doo![/size][/font][/color] [/quote] Bamm! I mean: Bamm-Bamm!

Probably the best thing to watch is the national finals, as it is there that the fun music normally is squeezed out. Here's a contagious little tidbit for my tastes, which got the bottom place in the second semi-final in '14: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9ixkdkbieU&index=4&list=LLLqv73ZIM4nvLJAFStggJsg

[quote name='tonyquipment' timestamp='1462729265' post='3045259'] Kaoss pad? [/quote] Nah. He wants a controller to control the Korg Kronos, not just to be able to make sound while moving about. (BTW, I assume you meant the Kaossilator loop synth, as the Kaoss Pad is an effects unit.)

Aye, Chris Squire was my bass hero, so I found out where he lived, and stalked him for years until finally, on a Thursday afternoon, just as he was about to... ...but then that nasty Kex really ruined everything with his thread title and subject, didn't he?

I liked that a lot! Sure, he's a youngster and sure it shows. But just keep in mind that highly talented people like him mature in different processes than other people. He's obviously not the person who'd churn out a suffering 12-bar blues at age 14, but he sure as Hull would have been a lot better at it than most of you negative guys, had he only put his mind to it and spent some time on developing his suffering 12-bar blues skills.

I pledge I will never sell my Rickenfaker... ...or rather: John H. pledged I never will.

This thread is useless without a link to their new hit single.

For once, Douglas is right, you know! Thanks so much for keeping us updated with the build! I loved every minute of it.

That's not a very good composition though, I'm sorry to say. I'm happy you found something you could use for this. I felt that was not a given at all, as you guys were granted terribly little time for the project. So you've handed them in, or was the final date in May?

Walking treble, walking mids AND walking bass. I'm impressed. Thanks for posting!

Kate Bush, Karen Carpenter, Julie Driscoll, Karin Krog, Joni Mitchell, Cassandra Wilson, Colin Blunstone, Duncan Browne, Peter Hammill, Richie Havens, Richard Sinclair, James Taylor, ...and dozens of others.

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1458473995' post='3007812'] ...until you work out just how hard it is to get a nice finish on such a big top area when the bridge is in the way! [/quote] Ah! Thanks for explaining! That sounds like making sense. I'm kinda in awe of a procedure whereby you remove hard stuff from a well-defined area with a Stanley knife blade. All the best with the rest of the project!

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1458436573' post='3007653'] [i]Tempus fugit[/i]. [/quote] You's one crafty little lad, dad. On a serious on-topic note, I'd never expected that one would use any egg or varnish or whatever on the spot where the bridge has to come. Until today, my knees (jerks that they are) would assume the pores in the wood have to be filled with the glue. I knew egg was strong, but was unaware it could be this strong and bond like this. I love your work, Andy. This thread started out great, and only became greater.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1458426284' post='3007604'] Tempora ... [/quote] Mmmmmm... I feel this is a good [i][b]time[/b][/i] for eating tempura!

Gavin Bryars: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet as sung by a homeless man, and looped and orchestrated by Gavin Bryars. Genius. Moving. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1lnSi7QWY8[/media]

Komeda: It's Alright, Baby (1998) I don't even know whether they had any or many hits, but the OP's kind rules are appreciated for this glorious indie pop track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI6GW4RSzrU

Aye. Nimrod does that to me too, and so do many other songs and pieces - literally hundreds or thousands of them. "Close to the Edge" (the song) by Yes does it, for example. One that has become a near national anthem in Norway after the 2011 murders by Anders B. Breivik is "Some Die Young" by Swedish singer Laleh. IMHO a great song, and it moved me to tears already before the attack, but these days I'm sobbing. Here in its 2012 memorial version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHX2J7MANHc ...and this seems to be the original version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFH5ZjMKN08

[quote name='BobVbass' timestamp='1458046362' post='3004152'] That song by Plastic Bertrand that I can't pronounce as I don't speak French [/quote] Just say: "A mower! A mower!" Oh, you meant "Sahr plahrn poore mwah" That reminds me: Telex: "Euro-vision", the famous send-up of the whole Eurovision concept, with [b]live[/b] unconnected Moog modular and suddenly fully polyphonic Multimoog. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMfw9k5O94w