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[quote name='Jonnyboy Rotten' timestamp='1449743383' post='2926372'] BAHAHAHHAHA [/quote] Sums it up perfectly. I think if we did buy it, it would be a shame to just burn it. We'd get way more mileage out if it if we were to send it around and post videos of our attempts to actually play the damn thing.

Welcome to Basschat Dave. I've never even heard of fingerbone. Is that a British builder?

Mark King? Wellllllll......

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1449658495' post='2925582'] Problem solved then. Isn't freedom of choice wonderful? [/quote] +1

Here's us all pondering/laughing/postulating about him, maybe he's on BC and we're all unwitting guinea-pigs in some behavioural studies experiment on crowd behaviour ;-)

I think it looks kinda cool. Playing-wise though, I'm not a big fan of those Hohners. I had a B2 and it always felt like the 12th fret was too far to the left for me.

Surely the closing crescendo on Sgt. Pepper's

The original Steely Dan perhaps?

[quote name='martin8708' timestamp='1449355169' post='2922945'] Best opening chord . B flat sus 2 - Prince - Purple Rain , great great intro . [/quote] +1 Also, admittedly the second track on the album, but [i]I'm Not In Love[/i] by 10cc.

Ooh can of worms there. I've done duo gigs in pubs that way. Guitarist singer and me (no drum-machine). If you're both reasonably tight timewise it can work fine. Why is sex without a condom like a drummer? It's nicer without but these days you have to really.

Yummedy-yum-yum

The idea does have appeal, I just resent giving the cheeky b#gger of a seller the dosh. He clearly doesn't care one way or the other as long as he get's the cash. Having said that, his varied responses to our diverse joke-offers, do seem to indicate a sense of humour there...

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1449062957' post='2920450'] I managed about 10 seconds... [/quote] I was seven notes in (I counted) before I managed to reach the [i]off[/i] button, so maybe 3.5 seconds. Can anyone top that?

Yep, very good call and congrats to the OP for having the scariest avatar on BC

As long as the action isn't so high that it effects intonation that's not really a problem. Those polyurethane strings are mega low tension.

Very nice indeed. New to me. Thanks for posting.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1449239500' post='2921874'] [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Music%20and%20Musicians/KissGoneWrong.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/Music%20and%20Musicians/KissGoneWrong.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/quote] In all fairness, if I were contractually obliged to go out on stage dressed like that, it would take substantially longer than 40 minutes to talk me into it every night.

My only buying experiences with Mark (an MM Stingray, a Genz Benz 112 and various cables) were excellent. As for his 'prejudices' regarding some equipment, frankly I'm glad of a salesperson who has opinions and doesn't just tell me that whatever it is I want (i.e. whatever it is he can sell me) is the business. I don't have to agree with him, but discussing it with someone else can help me check my own motivation and see if I'm not barking up a wrong tree. A GAS-filter if you will

Inspired by the "Netflix Documentaries" thread on here (but not wanting to hi-jack it), I'd like to recommend this low-budget documentary. Musically it mixes the blues with Tuvan throat-singing. It tells an amazing and moving story of how blind blues singer/guitarist Paul Pena ended up travelling across half the world to take part in a music festival in Tuva (on the northern border of Mongolia). This is proving very hard to describe... here's a youtube link to the film, anyway. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Lr_27MkzA"]https://www.youtube....h?v=s8Lr_27MkzA[/url] I hope you enjoy it. The music is so incredible, as is the two men's friendship.

Don't buy it. Move on with your life :-)

Is that decal legit? Just askin'...

I found, when struggling to get evenness between high/ low octave, that reducing the amount of plucking force on the lower octave helped. The lower octave is, by nature, louder and trying to match this with the higher octave lead to problems with timing and cramping in the plucking hand. The relative volume made a difference and reducing pressure low down proved easier than adding volume/pressure high up. Try it and see?

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1448534095' post='2916156'] apparently I'll be getting one of these [url="https://www.facebook.com/1054807434543469/photos/a.1067629169927962.1073741827.1054807434543469/1067629116594634/?type=3&theater"]http://www.facebook...?type=3[/url] [/quote] Ooh, I'm tempted to order one of them for myself. Problem is, then my cover's blown

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1448310025' post='2914399'] Funniest one I saw was at Shepherds Bush Tedeschi Trucks Band. We were outside having a last ciggie before curtain up when Derek Trucks himself strolls round the corner, collar up and hands in pockets. Up jumps the tout who offers two tickets "cheap at arf the price". Mr. Trucks looked him straight in the eye, burst out laughing and casually strode up the steps into the Empire. Oh, how we larfed. Tout then asked "Who the f**k does he think he is?" We didn't say a word. Says it all, really! [/quote] That's just put a great big grin all over my face. Thanks for that.

And? Young man, have you been naughty or nice?