Frank Blank
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Don’t flip out mate, I was genuinely bullied at school too for many reasons, some of which I escaped through a perverse sense of humour and some of which was no doubt caused by it. I was actually trying to lighten the entire topic, indeed the whole thread with a jest. I am genuinely sorry if I caused you any offence, that wasn’t my intention at all.
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What I need is four grand. Mind you I’d only have it on display while I played my short scale basses and that really would be a crime. I still may need the bassbulance. -
*faint*
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Then I admire you for that stubborn streak. I crumbled years ago under the weight of my experience, it crumpled me into the shape of a classic misanthrope.
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I had a similar experience at school, brings back painful memories. Bob Hitler.
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Incorrect apostrophe in ‘nazi’s’, there.
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In my experience very, very few people have any principles at all and the vast majority will abuse generosity without batting an eyelid.
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Exactly this, although over the years I have become of the 'glass half empty and the remaining liquid is poison' mentality.
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Friendships should be far more valuable than a pecuniary or material loss, essentially what I'm saying is that very few friendships are, most would not survive a disagreement over either because friendships are (at least in my experience), in reality, far less strong than people assume. I don't consider myself particularly materialistic, I am, however (I hope) reasonably principled. If I used someone else's rig I and I damaged it I would replace, repair or compensate without having to be asked after my profuse apology. I have not found others to be similarly inclined.
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I loaned my bass rig once, decades ago, and it got damaged. I considered the person I loaned it to a good friend until I realised he wasn’t remotely apologetic and wasn’t even considering repairing the damage. Our friendship was scuppered and my gear was damaged so I lost out in both departments. Just be aware of one thing, nothing determines how close friends, and family for that matter, are than money. I don’t lend anyone anything because you’ll soon find out that life-long trusted friends will turn ugly over a tenner. I’ve seen good friends fall out over less and families disintegrate over tiny disputed wills. If you don’t lend your gear you’ll soon see who your real mates are. </rant>
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Thank you, I love learning stuff.
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The ... is called an ellipsis and is very often misused, much like the word 'literally'. Here is the definition from the OED. Grammar. The omission of one or more words in a sentence, which would be needed to complete the grammatical construction or fully to express the sense; an instance of such omission. Formerly used as the name of the dash (—) employed in writing or printing to indicate the omission of letters in a word. It should only ever be three full stops long and always has a space after it.
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What are you listening to right now?
Frank Blank replied to Sarah5string's topic in General Discussion
David Byrne on Desert Island Discs... ...getting old is weird sometimes. -
I’m with you on that Brother. Amen.
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I agree but I think the one of the reasons that we are so susceptible to such marketing and branding is because it appeals to the spiritual gene so to speak.
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I wasn't doing the bass devotion down, I too prefer the supermarket to church. I agree wholly with your last statement. I have a very strong feeling I'm going to end up with a slightly modified Squier Jaguar as my main electric bass.
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I would say it was a pseudo-religious facet of Hyperconsumerism. In lives so devoid of meaning we apply almost spiritual value to manifestly temporal items. Mind you one could argue that the physical components that go to make up a musical instrument can, when played, move one (and an audience) into a spiritual dimension. Instruments are coarse temporal tools that can, through utilization, create high art, perhaps they deserve the almost fanatical devotion we give them? But if that were the case we'd be happy with an instrument that simply did that job yet we do seem overly concerned with very subtle nuances and variations in how they sound and look. Perhaps, again, this is a bast***isation of spiritual devotion, to believe these subtle nuances really can add up a higher musical (and therefore possibly spiritual) experience, otherwise we'd be happy with the first tuneable bass we could play. Just as an aside the iPod chose One Nation Under A Groove this morning so I stuck it on repeat for the drive to work. This might be why this rumination has such a holy slant..
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Quality icon MonkeyTrick.
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Hmmmm, I am looking to get a 12 string but worried this might be a bit big. I’ll ponder further. -
Is this still available?
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That’s a bit Hotel California!
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Any Bass Tutor Recommendations In Essex
Frank Blank replied to Frank Blank's topic in General Discussion
Sure thing. -
Any Bass Tutor Recommendations In Essex
Frank Blank replied to Frank Blank's topic in General Discussion
Cheers, I have had a look and left messages on relevant posts. -
Changing from long scale to short scale!
Frank Blank replied to kevvo66's topic in General Discussion
Likewise with Tina Weymouth, she's superb. I don't know what the thing is with big basses, I struggled for years and just thought it was my lot to struggle because I have small hands for any instrument let alone bass, what I really meant by my boys with big basses comments was that you need to try stuff out without the burden of thinking you need big (or small for that matter), try everything without preconceptions is what I mean. When I went into my local music shop the chap who usually serves me and knows my particular tastes in instruments just pointed at the Taylor and said Tried one of these? Be careful when you pick it up, it's as addictive as crack. I did pick it up and I only put it down twenty minutes later in order to pay for it. Try everything.
