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I think this is getting way off topic but I do wonder how much of an endorsement deal is just a business transaction and the endorsee just has to use a certain item a few times at high profile gigs to get the brand out there. But soon go back to their preferred items. The drummer concerned was a Vic Firth endorsee but the factory printed signature just seemed a tad crass. It matters not as I gave the sticks to our drummer and pocketed the wedge of cash I extracted from the other drummer. The printed signature of the chief cashier of The Bank of England on the was far more acceptable. 😁

Megablast - Bomb The Bass Ah ah ah ah yeeaah!

If we're going down that road I'll nominate 'Toots and the Maytals'.

That's the point though, they weren't that desirable. Maybe if they were hand signed rather than printed, but they where still just sticks that somebody famous had never used, so just sticks.

Yes, those three bands would be infinitely better than The Kings of Ezraphonics. 👍

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome on stage, The Kings of Ezraphonics.

Semi Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind

Totally, the drumsticks I got weren't from a concert but were given to me as a thank you by the drummer for a job. His signature was printed on them by Vic Firth and I suspect he doesn't even use them when gigging. I gave them to our drummer but he didn't like them.

Lily The Pink - The Scaffold

No plectrums, only drumsticks I'm afraid.

Don't Speak - No Doubt

When is a build not a build? If I were to build a house using concrete pumped in from a lorry for the footings, pre made blocks for the walls, windows, doors, roof trusses made in a factory, slates for the roof quarried and cut elsewhere, paint bought from a shop, etc, etc, would it be a self build or just an assembly of pre made parts? I'd say you've built your own house. The same is surely true of a bass. You can go into a shop a buy one off the wall (or other outlets), but if you sit down, create a plan, order all the individual parts to create a bass of you own spec and then put all those parts together, I'd say you've built yourself a bass. I had a project moved into the 'Build Diaries' section by a moderator as it was getting too in depth for the 'Bass Guitars' section. I'm only bringing an old bass back to life, and didn't consider it a build as such to start with. But as the thread got more in depth the 'Build Diaries' was the only suitable section for it, but apart from a few aspects I'm only really stripping and reassembling parts. Also people's different levels of ability will govern what would constitute a build to them. For someone who isn't a hands on type of person, buying a kit and building and finishing that kit so that they have a playable instrument is a huge undertaking, and to be applauded. To one of the scratch builders on here that same kit might seem like the most mundane of jobs. They are both building though.

Being Boiled - Human League

Intergalactic - Beastie Boys

Camouflage - Stan Ridgway

An epoxied fingerboard compared to bare wood definitely changes your sound as the string is physically vibrating against it, which is what creates the fretless 'mwah' sound. The harder the fingerboard surface, the more pronounced the effect. The 'tonewood' debate is a completely different thing as bodies and necks (not fingerboards) aren't in direct contact with the strings.

Any 'jazz' mags to browse through while you're having a snack?

I adore The Cure and can forgive them of most things but it wasn't great was it. A shame because I really enjoyed the Glastonbury set a couple of years ago. I almost bought tickets for this Hyde Park one and although I'd have enjoyed it I'm kind of glad I didn't.

That's because they had Liz Taylor depping and she's not quite up to speed yet. 😉

I saw COC support Megadeth on that tour and they blew megadeth away. Another one at that time was Downset supporting Pantera, Downset were brilliant. The only support I've actually gone to see specifically over the main act was Pride and Glory (Zakk Wylde's band) supporting Whitesnake. Only found out once there that P&G had pulled out. About fifteen minutes into Whitesnake's set they started the solo's. About a three minute guitar solo, then bass, by the middle of the drum solo we'd walked. The only concert I've ever left early.

Are you sharing that popcorn, or are you going to discriminate against everyone who isn't you? 😁

Yeah that would work perfectly 😄

That body looks lovely. I think walnut is possibly my favourite wood, not overly fancy, just a lovely colour and grain, kind of silky looking.

Happy - Neds Atomic Dustbin

It's got to be worth swapping them if you play them both just for your own entertainment. I'm always doing this in one of my bands to see how far off song I can go but it still work. My favourite is playing the lead synth riff of 'Push It' by Salt'n'Pepa in the chorus of 'Ever Fallen In Love' by The Buzzcocks, it actually fit really well and is fun when people noticed. Oh yeah it's on doublebass too. 😄