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I never understood this debate. Tonewood is just a generic term for a wide range of woods used by Luthiers to make instruments. They are selected for a broad range of reasons from weight, strength, appearance and yes how they may sound (arguably much more important in the days before electricity). Its not a marketing concept. Swamp Ash is more expensive than Ash as it’s now a little harder to source. Scarcity and shipping costs will have more impact on the price than other factors. Boutique instruments cost more because they are not made in large quantities and have more labour involved in the build. This is more expensive than the materials. The rest of the debate is open to interpretation. I can hear a slight difference in sound when I swap between a maple and rosewood neck on the same bass when it’s unplugged. Plugged in not so much but then I don’t have a great ear for these nuances. I doubt many people listening do either (if it’s me playing they will most likely have left the room anyway).

Personally I always do the first coat with a 50/50 mix.

Sadowsky was commenting on the necks. Rosewood, Maple and Ebony I think. Hardly obscure specialty woods.

A luthier with an obsession with the materials he selects and a passion for minutiae is no bad thing. I would not want to buy an instrument from someone who could not care less. I think most players will be less interested in small differences, their audience even less so and their wives positively comatose.

When I think of iconic bass guitar’s I think P, Jazz, Stingray, Rickenbacker, Thunderbird. When I think short scale I think Mustang and EB1 and 3. Sure there are many others but these come to mind. When it comes to buying an iconic bass that you have heard played live or recorded and has a sound you love I would argue that Fender are not even particularly expensive in comparison with their closest competitors.

Well we have a depleted military, no money and no manufacturing base so it would be over pretty quickly.

It seems to me that the festival experience these days is far more joyous and celebratory than it ever was. The audience really get into the spirit and are much more respectful and supportive of each other. My teenage kids were really looked after by the crowd (Reading being an exception as there were just too many school leavers who couldn’t handle their booze). It’s true that festivals are far more commercialised than before and far more expensive but I think people genuinely have a liminal experience and there is a more joyful atmosphere than back in the day. Personally speaking the risk, the sexual harassment, the bullying can all stay back in the ‘70s.

On a slight derail - did anyone else think that the BBC iPlayer coverage was a bit shit?

It’s a built in feature and prompts people to select AI as an option when adding a description. My big concern with things like ChatGPT is that it scrapes the internet (vastly simplified i know) to create the text. What happens when the data it scrapes is all AI generated waffle? Are we going to be left with a population speaking AI. One huge pool of word soup that circles around a concept but never gets to the essence of anything. Entire populations speaking fluent marketing and politics. Man that is depressing.

Very nice. Now if only someone could play variations of this over every song from Metallica via Pink and Stormzy the world would be a better place.

But surely protracted boogie-woogie piano improves any song in any genre?

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There are already cases of this happening as well as voice overs artists getting turned down and AI being used instead. What we need is AI to do all the boring stuff like cleaning, ironing, putting the bins out so humans can have more time to do the creative stuff.

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I have a few nice basses and can confirm I am rubbish.

Spotify gets criticised frequently and there is some justification. However it is worth mentioning that before Spotify there was Napster and Pirate Bay who were killing musicians and record companies alike and providing a rubbish service as well. The Playlist is worth a watch. Its a fictional account of Spotify but contains a lot of fact. Ultimately the reason that musicians continue to get screwed over by streaming has a lot more to do with the record labels than the technology or companies providing the streaming service.

I stream everything these days. Like it or not analogue id dead, broadcast TV and radio are in the old folks home along with physical currency. Everyone is entitled to take a stand but it’s not going to make any difference and you are missing out on a whole lot of benefits. I try to compensate by getting to hear new artists before they get big and going to their gigs and buying their merchandise. I would never have heard of most of these guys otherwise.

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I would hope people still get the same sense of excitement about music that I did as a teenager. I learned about the Doors via Echo and the Bunnymen. From the Doors I listened to lots of 60s music leading to a love of the blues and country.

I guess it depends whether the lyrics are viewed as a condemnation or celebration. Brown Sugar and Strange Fruit both had a major impact on me and lead to more research and learning when I was a teenager.

I doubt that they were talking to fans of Jazz, Blues, Country, Classic Rock, Classical, Opera etc