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Elbow; how anyone can't see through their calculated and manufactured output is beyond me.

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1431789979' post='2775048'] I find anything by Deep Purple extremely naff. Most of it sounds - to me anyway - like it was written by a school teacher for a 'with it' Yr6 school musical, or maybe by a leader at a council yoof club. [/quote]Bit harsh.

MB Big Bang. Item as described - mint! Delivered quickly and considerately.

[quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1431733574' post='2774561'] Poorest by far and sad to say was Paul Weller, really boring, terrible sound oh well.. [/quote]He's gone grown up with his hair though!

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1431713576' post='2774312'] [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1250048087/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d1_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=001PG7GR2CQ1Y07H6XWA&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455344027&pf_rd_i=468294"]Uncle Dennis has a book out soon.[/url] Very much looking forward to this. DD was one of my biggest formative influences & I still love his playing. The original Alice Cooper group was utterly unique. Jon. [/quote]That's the word - unique!

Look on the bright side, it's all pre-reliced.

[quote name='TPTroll' timestamp='1431681909' post='2773868'] From the pictures, I can only assume his belt buckle is a nail gun. [/quote]

Nice vid. Looks like another of rock's nice guys.

[attachment=192035:Denis Dunaway.jpeg] There I was whiling away my early teens with those rather well behaved glam rock types when School's Out disintegrated my radio! Then they were on TOTP and I thought THANK YOU AMERICA! Alice Cooper with that skinny guy who'd stuck shiny stuff all over his bass, in colour was the coolest thing a thirteen-year-old Brummie had ever seen. Birmingham was still in black and white in 1972.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1416998892' post='2615826'] Yesterday I ordered some control knobs from eBay, then realised I wouldn't need them - so cancelled the order. eBay seller was cool and refunded my payment to PayPal. But it's not available to me - PayPal have placed a 'temporary hold' on the refund and are 'reviewing the situation'. That is all the information available to me. It's not a great deal of money and isn't particularly inconvenient - but how many thousands of other buyers are experiencing the same thing and how much interest are PayPal making out of this blatant crap? A 'real' bank would never put a hold on cash paid into an account - it's always immediately available. What a load of rubbish! Seems like PayPal are total arses to everyone, buyers AND sellers! [/quote]I've just fallen foul of their refund scam - £380 on temporary hold. Irritating thing is I could have done it bank transfer to a perfectly trustworthy BCer, which will be my preferred method in future.

I went to a Q&A with Steve Hackett recently and I have to say it was great just to sit and listen to the guy so I get the intimate thing. Saw Frank at an It Bites convention in '89 (only one from the band who turned up). I think the band were starting to disintegrate and he wasn't his seemingly ebullient self.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1431595071' post='2772871'] Have I mentioned Gwen Stefani? She MUST be lashed!! [/quote]A Gwen lashing or a singer lashing?

Hi all, Anyone running a Minitaur or similar from a tablet? I currently use a laptop but its a bit bulky for gigging.

Bump - come on people, don't make me chuck this?

[quote name='CHW' timestamp='1431443829' post='2771433'] The singer relies (totally) on a tablet at gigs.. [/quote]Bloody technology!

...and another thing; who'd be the obvious candidate for buying and humping the PA? Never the singer apparently. (transport's usually optional too).

[attachment=191828:IMG_0840.JPG] Haven't used it for years but it powers up fine. No joy on eBay but seems a shame to just chuck it.

Audience + alcohol = 'Calling All The Heroes, Frank, do Calling All The Heroes!'

Maybe Geddy's has some coaching with his voice and maybe the re-phrasing is something to do with going easy on it. As someone said earlier though he's not really struggling with the high(ish) notes?

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1431331025' post='2769940'] Sure is - but 4080s have always felt a bit top-heavy for me. Stick the bass on the bottom like a Shergold or Mike Rutherford's customer Rickenbacker 360/12-4001 cut&shut model. (I'm sure Geddy will see the error of his ways on reading this and switch immediately) [/quote]

I've always found that crap singers get short shrift. I must say that Rush oughta play back some of their 2015 tour...

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1431265172' post='2769387'] The whole show has just popped up on YouTube, and - IMO - Geddy's voice renders it unlistenable. He just can't do it any more, which is a real shame. [/quote]I listened to some of it too - Geddy's defo got a bit of paulmccartneyitis.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1431256364' post='2769222'] Now this is interesting, if you're a spotter like me: It's one of 3 things - a Rickenbacker one-off, a Rickenbacker Geddy Lee Sig prototype, or (shock, horror!) a COPY!!! Proper Rick tailpiece (as never before seen on a bass played by Geddy), full-width inlays, wavy Grovers, gold scratchplates, looks like bolt-on or set necks - & I bet it's got checked binding. Proper early 70s tribute, that is. This, more than anything else, makes me a little sad they ain't coming over here. Jon. [/quote]That's really easy on the eye.

[quote name='blamelouis' timestamp='1431252174' post='2769141'] Ok guys never got into Rush but read Neal Pearts autobiographical "Ghostrider" and was blown away. Any recommendations for dipping ones toe into the Rush catalogue? [/quote]The live Exit, Stage Left is a good start for their seventies output.