tegs07

I like it. Wouldn’t pay £250 for it but I still like it.

oceans and streams - black keys

They are just a bit of entertainment rather than being meaningful in any way. The best guitarist is highly subjective and also requires that they are well known so usually rock guitarists. Carlos Santana is a great (rock) guitarist but I wouldn’t put him on any list as I wish he wouldn’t endlessly widdle over every song. Others may disagree.

If we are going down that route I’ve sold a mini cooper, a vw camper van, golf gti (all for peanuts) and many others that would be worth way more than $80K now … Absolutely pointless to look back with what if’s …

its not so bad these days dog days are over - florence and the machine

Allegedly he was so prolific and slightly divorced from reality that he had hundreds of hours of work some full budget and ready for release down right through to very early home recordings. Strange fellow according to some:

Just sounds like a Beatles song to me. Could have slotted into a later album and no doubt been a slow burner. As others have said the technology is very interesting and it’s got sentimental/nostalgic charm. Now if someone could raid Prince’s vault with this technology there’s probably enough material for a decade of posthumous releases. Edit: Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing I don’t know. Hopefully done with love.

I would think it was gathering dust on a wall and generating little interest. There is no context to this story. Maybe it was 60 years ago in an agricultural one horse town where $70 was acceptable for an item nobody had much use for?

like swimming - morphine

easy ( like sunday morning) - faith no more (best version imo)

this (wagon) wheels on fire - siouxie and the banshees (version)

I find my playing limited by my ineptitude and lack of discipline!

Indeed. I didn’t get a penny and worked throughout but know colleagues and business owners that were kept afloat by it. Ask 10 different people about Covid and get 10 different responses. They locked down too late, they shouldn’t have locked down, they protected the elderly at the expense of the young. They killed the elderly by moving them from hospital wards to care homes. They provided vaccines for all, they forced vaccines on everyone for a fake pandemic etc Edit: One thing is for sure it cost a fortune, there were some massive c0ck ups and we will be paying for it for years.

Is it possible that the instruments that have survived 5 decades without being parted out, destroyed etc were the good ones? Fender churn out a massive number of instruments every year but there are not that many 50+ year old ones available.

The link goes into some detailed critiques and further reading for those that are interested. The breakdown I gave is just a soundbite from the BBC.

Don’t want to get political but £400 billion or around £6000 per head was spent by the government (including around £70 billion on furlough). There was colossal waste and mismanagement but to say that there was no help is a little misleading. Covid-19: How much has it cost? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-60924286

Lack of surplus income I would think. Borrowing is getting more expensive and harder to do and inflation is still not moving in the right direction. Political unrest is not helping matters.

another week another ridiculous prices thread. these things don’t happen in a vacuum.

“Get orrff my land” and take yer slapperty slap racket with you! 😉

It’s a Bitsa, Stingray neck, home finished body, G&L bridge. Photos taken a while back before it was properly set up and a few finishing touches to be completed. Edit: I can’t see many bridges being replaced on a genuine Stingray as: 1. They are decent bridges 2. They frequently have the serial number on them. 3. There would be some ugly holes to cover up. 4. If you changed your mind s after getting rid of the original bridge you would have a hell of a job getting a replacement.

teenage riot - sonic youth