tegs07

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.

v.jealous!

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

I guess this is the dilemma that we face. People on BC are very vocal about how wages should rise in the western economies. There are concerns that the west has a hollowed out manufacturing base. There are concerns about Russia and war. However nobody wants to pay extra for things made in the west. This makes for a very precarious work force and a potentially very vulnerable environment if war did kick off.

Or alternatively Pedro was a native of California being paid a Californian salary. The difference in price due to wages and infrastructure being the biggest difference between MIA and high end MIM Fenders IMO.

A single decent instrument for me. Buy it used and it will keep its re sale value. This is useful if you need to change basses for different projects etc. I don’t get the massive love for Harley Bentons. I totally agree that for their price point you can’t go wrong. I’ve tried a couple and was surprised and impressed, but not so much that the things that made them a budget instrument wouldn’t get on my nerves eventually.

Me too generally, but have to say for some styles of music eg Reggae and Ska I think a J can sound great..

Personally I would leave things as they are if you have both a P bass and a J bass.

If I understand correctly you have a P bass and a Jazz bass already? TBH that covers just about everything?

Doing this sort of thing on cheaper instruments to get some skills and learn some techniques (as well as a bit of a hobby) is fine. Personally I wouldn’t do it on a decent instrument. Just sell/trade it for a PJ. Or at least experiment for a while on some cheap wood then a £30 ebay purchase before doing it on your Schecter. In terms of resale. No I would not buy a bodge job, unless it was very cheap.

Who Never heard of them! 😉😀

strange to think some of us probably were at the same place, same time but had no idea …

Anything that you buy from a dealer be it a car, instrument, watch, antique clock is going to cost more than from a private sale. The reasons have already been listed. I don’t think musicians have any reason to grumble about prices of instruments. If you’re not looking at the vintage or premium end of the market then prices and quality are still fantastic compared to most other periods in history. G&L tribute series, Harley Benton etc etc are still stonking good value for money.

A couple that are broadly goth: Old New

Simon Gallup, Hooky, JJ Burnel, Jah Wobble and Aston Barrett have already been mentioned. This leaves me with this fine gentleman: Horace Panter

🔔🎬 I have nearly recovered from my decades old irrational loathing of this bloke and you post this 😀

The reality is that £1500 for a bass is not necessarily mad. £100 for a bass is and reflects a unique period in history when interest rates, inflation and economic co-operation were very favourable.

I would hazard a guess that the cost of living/standard of living is also going up in all of the countries you mentioned. The far east is no longer as cheap as it once was. If anything their GDP and wage growth is outpacing the west. The era of low interest rates and rock bottom prices is pretty much over.

Last year I was criticised on here for saying I always thought Eurovision was a bit of light entertainment. A big spectacle of camp theatrical nonsense. Allegedly this is British arrogance and Europe takes this seriously and enters their best songs and entertainment. So I watched a bit this year and can say I feel as the French or Italians might if this was an international food festival and a chance for the nations of Europe to showcase their finest local produce and everyone turned up with processed cheese and boil in the bag fish curry.

I enjoyed it. It’s a romanticised tale set in an era many of us grew up in. It’s neither gritty drama nor black comedy. A bit of a pastiche. Don’t expect too much and it’s entertaining nonsense.

how about that tone wood or tailor swift folks …. zzzzz

Yep they are clinging on to existence thanks to all that legacy software. I will leave it here as I am far from a Microsoft fanboy but just recognise that they are far more than the Windows operating system.