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His keyboard bass lines are incredible. Stevie's a bass player who did other stuff!

Fair enough, it was just me then. Maybe the amount of time the vinyl dinosaurs were given irked me. Digital is fab! And well said re the Kraftwerk doc - as influential as the Beatles, really!? Also I wouldn't trust Paul Morley as far as I could throw his ego.

Heh heh

Saw Ep.3 last night; was it me or did it run out of steam a bit?

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Anybody said America by Yes yet? Great range of ric sounds in that one.

Sex on Fire! We had a great system for this; the guitarist started, the drummer knew when to come in and I knew to come in after the hi-hat! I've seen bands cheat though - starting on the first beat with an acoustic intro.

I think if you've listened to Genesis for far too long or any prog you get used to tricky time signatures so it does seem easy. And yes, Sting's independent as you put it. Geddy Lee's another, and Mark King, and etc...

ps. Well done for the earlier mention for Sting. Watch the Police reunion dvd and try and work out how he sings in a completely different rhythm to the bass line he's playing. As hard as eating doughnuts without licking your lips!

As a massive Genesis fan I love this song and would love to play it live one day (the Minitaur is gonna get an outing)! And I reckon it's easy to play and should be a test to sort the musicians from the 4/4 morons.

Mark King's hair - what was he thinking?!

I bought my first Spector at the Bass Centre when it was in Wapping, that place was like Aladdin's Cave! But those days are long gone and you're dead right, outlets are playing safe cos they can't afford to do anything else.

A detuned D. Yummy!

Turning it around a bit, I've seen a few guys miss the root note cos they're 'doodling' up the neck, that really grips my sh*t!

I heard Stevie used flat keys cos they were easier for him to 'feel' on a keyboard.

There was also a guy who could name a classical piece by looking at the vinyl - he was amazing! And I'm sure it was Herbie in the bass challenge.

YEEEEES, I'M FREE!

Had to grin when I saw an Eb - Stevie loves them black notes!

It's the 1980's and it's some kind of challenge quiz show on ITV. There's a chap on it who states that whilst blindfolded he can tell one bass from another. Enter Herbie Flowers to an array of about a dozen basses. The challenge commences and Herbie promptly picks his first instrument and cracks on. Around 5 basses in the blindfolded guy has crashed and burned - hasn't given one correct answer and the challenge is abandoned amidst some embarrassment. Honest, I'm not bonkers, I didn't dream it, it really happened. My doc says if someone else can back this up they'll let me out.

I don't have a problem with you selling stuff, I have a problem with you insisting that they're god's gift to the Taurus sound. I'm aware that Lee owns a set; he uses them with It Bites. But check out the pic - PK-5 at his feet. I suspect (and I may be mistaken) that Steve Hackett's outboard gear, including his bass pedals (two sets - his sax player uses them too), come with the PA hire. Easy to use, reliable and oh yes, cheap!

Picking up on the previous comment re lots of the same bands clogging up all the festivals, I've noticed that a lot of the big bands are using festivals as a kind of tour these days. Subsequently they don't have to do proper tours, they can just hop around the festivals.

Seen Nick play bass in Steve Hackett's band last November and a couple of years before that - both times he used a PK-5. Lee Pomery also uses them when he plays for Steve. Get your facts straight buddy. If there's so much interest in your Taurus pedals why don't you just sell them?

As I've said previously I've loved this instrument since it's release - a fantastic one trick pony. But the mantra dictates that 'nothing sounds like the original Taurus'. The last two times I've seen Steve Hackett, with his own material and the Genesis tribute tour his guys have used a Roland PK-5 with a synth module. He didn't know which module when I emailed his website. He did say that they'd given up with their Taurus cos it quote 'fell to bits'. Whatever, I couldn't tell the difference; it was a thunderous, buzzy, throbbing sawtooth sound to me, just like the originals. I wouldn't personally pay that kind of cash just as I wouldn't pay daft money for a '75 Ford Cortina Mk.III.

Yes you're right, nothing sounds like the original Taurus. I see from your ad that the basschat community are banging your door down to buy them. Just keep telling everyone there's 'lot's of interest' to keep bumping it.