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[quote name='Enzo' timestamp='1372008464' post='2120595'] Hmmm, tell this to Roger Sadowsky, who built about 6000 basses until now and he's chambering the bodies to make it resonate better. There might have been other factors that made your heavy bass sound good......still a subjective matter though, I agree. [/quote] If I understand correctly , it is the density and hardness of the wood that adds to the tone rather than the inherent weight those kind of woods tend to have , so if you hollow out a heavy piece of dense and hard wood you still get the positive tonal characteristics of heavier wood without the excessive weight . That's why Sadowsky basses still sound great despite being light . For what it's worth , my own opinion is that weight does affect the sound , but only in so much as very light basses ( say less than 8 pounds for a Fender - style 4 string ) can lack punch and definition , but anything over 8 pounds will usually sound fine . I think the benefits in sound of an of ash or alder bass weighing ten pounds or more over one weighing 8 or 9 pounds are at best very small at best , or , at worst , largely imaginary .

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1371997037' post='2120432'] Was that the 'Naughty Rhythms' Tour? The Kursaals were on a couple of them along with Dr Feelgood, Brinsley Schwartz, Kokomo, Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers etc [/quote] I don't know , to be honest . I don't think so , because throughout the film they are complaing that Dr Feelgood have played the same gigs before them and blown the roof off the place , leaving them with a tough act to follow . I saw the documentary about fifteen or twenty years ago and was struck by what an interesting picture of Britain in the mid -1970's it was . The fact that it was filmed in black and white ,except for the live music sequences that were in colour , added to that impression . I remember the scene where they are driving into Glasgow and marvelling at what a grim place it is , them talking to girls after college gigs , and discussing the merits of Peavey amps . I can't find it anywhere on the internet to watch again and refresh my memory . I am told on good authority that this film was actually a major influence for Spinal Tap and some of that films dialogue was directly inspired by the Kurzaal's film . Anyhow , I would love to see it again

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1371993569' post='2120399'] I remember that. Unfortunately my main memory is of how underwhelming I found the Kursaals musically. They were (amongst others) being touted as the exciting new face of British music. I was not impressed. Luckily it was nearly time for punk. [/quote] The music wasn't particulaly my cup of tea either , to be honest , but I thought the film was an interesting insight into that world at that time .

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1371979516' post='2120188'] I hadn't forgotten about them - I am still listening to them! Yes happy days. I went to a couple of great rock venues locally from about '72 onwards - Queens Hotel in Westcliff and the Kursaal in Southend. The latter in particular had some great bands - Humble Pie in the 'Rocking The Filmore' era was possibly one of the best, also Deep Purple on the 'Burn' tour. At the Queens' an early gig was UFO on their first tour with a young unknown blonde guitarist from Germany just before the album Phenomenon' was released. Mind you I saw some pretty awful bands - does anyone recall ever seeing a prog-ish type band called Frupp? Very ambitious guitarist on record, played very quickly. Live he didn't quite [/quote] Does anybody remember that documentary from about 1975 about the Kursaal Flyers on a college tour across the U.K ? It was absolutely fascinating , and would be a really intresting historical document nowadays . Maybe BBC 4 will show it at some point .

I know the Peavey Brian Broberg basses fron the early 90's are sought after nowadays by certain folks . These look to be an update on that design , and I expect they are comfortable and well- balanced .

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1371922491' post='2119686'] A euphemism, surely? [/quote]1 It could indeed be a short step from business card relief to executive relief . With some basses you deserve a "reward " for the amount of work it is to get them set up properly !

[quote name='TheMissWolfiee' timestamp='1371919039' post='2119616'] Sorry boys... but surely [i]this[/i] is the most recognized [size=1](dreaded!) [/size]drum intro of all time! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ P.S. Sorry again! [/quote] Does this mean I've just been Rick -rolled ?

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1371922105' post='2119678'] [media]http://youtu.be/BPylI9t1cMw[/media] [/quote] It's like YYZ ... but with bears !

...all of which confirms my long - held suspicion that when manufacturers say " about a business card's worth of relief " they are being extremely lazy and unhelpful .

[quote name='ShergoldSnickers' timestamp='1371921727' post='2119673'] Card 'thickness' is measured in grams per square metre. The higher the gsm value, usually the thicker the card. There is only a direct correlation when considering a particular sample of product though, such as Ivory board for example. Some card is textured, and will therefore be slightly thicker than a non-textured card of the same gsm value, providing the card used in each is of equivalent density prior to texturing. Then there is the way in which the card has been manufactured............. ever wish you hadn't bothered starting something? [/quote] I'll get some feeler gauges ...

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1371914442' post='2119553'] I think that the closest they get to each other is there were a lot of bands at each and both were called festivals. I reckon that's where it ends. Glastonbury is the height of luxury compared with the IOW festival. People slept where they lay and the lack of food was a major problem. My brother shard a sandwich (we always went well prepared) with a girl who was crying she was so hungry! There was little food at the site and local shops soon sold out of all food and their shelves were so bare. Not to mention the hours of queuing for the ferries after it ended. Kids today don't know how good they've got it. Oh, hold on a minute, that's another difference. There are a lot more older people at Glastonbury that there was at the IOW! [/quote] I take your point entirely , but only meant to say that it was the equivalent in terms of being a major event and therefore comparable in terms of ticket prices . The first festival I ever went to was the Monsters Of Rock at Donnington in 1980 and there were few toilets , one burger van and a few stalls selling t shirts and programmes . That was it . And the ticket cost about the same as a double album did at the time . Festivals are unrecognisable nowadays from what they were even when I was young . The simple fact is that rock music and the culture which surrounds it was never the same after Live Aid . That was the moment at which rock entered the mainstream and was no longer focus of anti - establishment sentiment and the vanguard of social revolution .

This one is a great intro all - round : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvkvjummb7g And if a triangle counts as drums : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nmOMo4OPi4

Surely this must be [i]the[/i] most recognisable drum intro : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtCBUp8aWI4

[quote name='dry_stone' timestamp='1371904269' post='2119362'] I paid £3 for the weekend ticket to the Isle of Wight festival in 1970. Ok back then it was half of my week's wages and you could get 8 pints of larger and lime in a pub for £1: but Hendrix, The Who, The Doors, Free, Taste, Chicago, Family, Joni Mitchell, the Groundhogs, ELP, Miles Davis, Ten Years After, Melanie, Sly and the Family Stone, Jethro Tull, The Moody Blues, Richie Havens, Joan Baez, Leonard Cohen and loads more for £3! One thing about being an old codger, you certainly got the opportunity to see some class acts when you were younger! Edited to do a sum: if the average uk price for a pint is now £3 and you could get 8 pints to the pound in 1970, that means a £3 weekend ticket in 1970 would cost you the equivalent of 24 pints x £3 today, which is £72. To put that in perspective, the ticket I bought to see The Who on Thursday, including booking fees cost £78. [/quote] By way of comparison , I just looked online and Glastonbury 2013 tickets are £216 , and that event is probably the closest equivalent to IOW 1970 .

Looks a little bit wrong to me to have a PJ configuration on a Jazz Body , just like it looks [i]very [/i] wrong to have two Jazz pickups on a Precision body . I'm sure most other folks won't be bothered by it , though .

I would have loved to go to that . I have Nile pencilled in to produce my imaginary solo album and he has agreed to do it providing he can fit it in his imaginary projects schedule . I hoping he will be able to get David Bowie to make a guest appearance doing some mime on on one particular track I am working on .

I wish I had been around in those days but I was just a toddler . I can just about remember clackers and the first record I loved was Blockbuster by Sweet . It was still cheap when I started going to concerts back in the late 70's / early '80's , and even the biggest bands were charging nowhere near the equivalent of the frankly ridiculous ticket prices the big bands are charging now . I think the major difference is that rock music really meant something to people in those days and was truly the voice of a generation , whereas nowadays it's just another branch of showbiz entertainment and consumerism .

[quote name='EMG456' timestamp='1371853065' post='2118953'] Remember there's the Antoria badged verson as well - identical guitar. And the even rarer White Eagle. Good luck finding one. Cheers Ed [/quote] I remember that Antoria version ! Maybe that's why you don't see them in the UK - because they were marketed here under the Antoria brand name , perhaps ?

Thanks fellas , that's all I need to know .

[quote name='zombiespacebat' timestamp='1371852298' post='2118938'] About the thickness of a birthday card I'd say. [/quote] The sooner we give you people Independance the better .

I'm trying to set up a bass this evening and the manufacturer's website says they usually allow "about a the depth of business card "of relief in the neck . I don't have any business cards on hand , and wondered if anybody knows how much that translates to in fractions of a millimeter , as I do have a precision ruler .

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1371767695' post='2118037'] Most of that is very funny, but Trent Reznor claiming that Marilyn Manson will 'cross any line of decency' must've forgotten that he was famous for the line 'I want to #### you like an animal'. [/quote] The crucial difference is that Marilyn Manson is evil . Well , actually he isn't , he's a pathetic joke who would have had the sh*t kicked out him so badly at my school that he would still be frightened to go out , but he aspires to be evil , at least . F***ing someone like an animal , on the other hand , is not neccesarilly evil . Between mutually - consenting adults ( or indeed between mutually consenting animals ) it i could in fact be quite theraputic . Besides which , if the animal he was referring to was a gerbil , guinea pig or similar , where is the harm in that ? You are making the erroneous assumption that f***ing like an animal is an agressive act when it may only appear that way . That said , he may indeed have been expressing his intent to lustfully pound some poor unsuspecting lady like a wilderbeast hyped up on Viagra and Red Bull , in which case at least he is being honest with her .

[quote name='thodrik' timestamp='1371823750' post='2118548'] Inlay of the new album has a picture of Geezer playing a Fender (or one of those Nash basses with a Fender decal). [/quote] I think he has got a selection of beautiful old Fenders he records with . I read somewhere in an interview with Geezer that when his sister in Birmingham moved house a few years ago she found an old Precision Bass he had left with her for safekeeping back in the early 1970's that he had no recollection of whatsoever , and he was knocked out with what a great bass it was . I think he probably favours the Laklands for his touring basses as they are more robust and reliable than his old Fenders whilst still keeping keeping that vintage Fender vibe .

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1371822946' post='2118542'] 'Kin hell! We need to get cracking on inventing that time machine! [/quote] Fashion is , by its' very nature , cyclical and at that time those basses were out of fashion at that time , but not old enough to be "vintage " . The resurgence of interest in BC Rich started around 1991 when Slash was seen playing a vintage Mockingbird guitar in the video for You Could Be Mine .

Just had a listen and the red '88 and the Classic sound best ( and remarkably similar ) to me . There could be all kinds of reasons for that - strings , E.Q , or me being deluded - but an interesting experiment nevertheless . We want more of this kind of thing !