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I remeber being hugely underwhelmed by Led Zeppelin Remasters back in the 90s, especially after all the hype tjere was at the time To be fair I was a poor student at the time and didn't have a high end hi fi system, but to me there was little difference between Remasters and the Led Zep albums I already had on cd, meaning I'd essentially bought a superfluous compilation album of stuff I already owned. I've been skeptical of remastered rereleases ever since.

I've got an Am pro ii strat which is lovely but I find myself playing the Mexican Baja tele more. My MiM Precision Deluxe Special is my main bass, at the time I bought it I could have got a US Standard Precision (or whatever the US model at the time was called) for a couple of hundred quid more, but preferred the Deluxe, very possibly because of the J neck as well as the active PJ thing. As for the custom shop stuff, the heavy focus on reliced finishes is a real turn off for me, regardless of how the instruments feel and sound so I'm very unlikely to ever want to pick one up

It's just the usual culture wars/outrage monetisation nonsense that's apparently replaced real news in the social media age.

Sections of the media have been trying get Glastonbury taken off the BBC for years. Events his year have given them a golden opportunity to demand the coverage is permanently cancelled.

They did a gig for Radio 1 a couple of months ago which I watched on iplayer. Top rate live band with some huge songs I'm a bit puzzled as why they're not much bigger.

Back when I used to go every year in the 90s it was mainly indie/alternative bands and some dance acts with a smattering of of world music and the odd curve ball like Johnny Cash. The music scene seemed a lot more tribal back then and generally peiple who were into one 'scene' wouldn't relly listen to orher genres, or admit to liking them anyway. The whole tribal snobbery thing was epitomised by the NME of the era which delighted in sneering at anything that wasn't obscure indie, including bands that started out like that but dared to become popular which is why they infamously gave the Stone Roses debut 4/10. I think attitudes are a lot healthier today with most people happy not to pigeon hole their musical tastes into one narrow genre and I think Glastonbury has become better for widening it's line up to pretty much a bit of everything, from tiny amateur bands right up to global superstars, across multiple genres If you're at Glastonbury and you can't find something you like, you probably haven't looked hard enough.

There's been a few threads from Basschatters who have taken a punt on this sort of thing from Chinese online marketplaces over the years. My impression is it's a bit of gamble, while some have been pretty pleased with what turned up, I think most of the instruments have required at least some additional work to get them up to standard. And , as pointed out above, if you're unhappy enough to want to send it back or nothing turns up at all then the usual consumer protections may well not apply with a Chinese based exporter

I am tempted, my musical tastes have gone in a very diferent direction over the years, but a lot of that line up is the soundtrack of my teenage years. Doubt I'll find the time to watch the whole thing in one sitting though so it would work better for me if they gave us at least a couple of weeks to work our way though it.

Just had a bit of a play on Fender Studio. Used my Katana Go as the interface with the phone, works pretty well but I'll probably try the focusrite as well when I've got the right cable, just to compare. The app itself is pretty intuitive to get started rough recording a few tracks, but I tnink I'm going to need to read the instructions/ watch some tutorials to start unlocking it's full potential. Pretty impressed so far tbough.

I guess with the Fazely stuff there's a chance that Bax's earlier financial problems might have disrupted the manufacturing process if they weren't able to pay the factory at any point.

Did he actually hear it? I was gobsmacked the first time I heard the double bass noises coming out of a tiny uke bass. Not sure what I thought I thought it was going to sound like, but certainly not that!

Why do they need 7 double bassists? "THE CALL is a durational performance exploring resilience, identity, and the politics of the body. The work poses the central question ‘Is the body an enabler or an entrapment?’ Rooted in ritual and endurance, Mahsa Salali stands motionless, bearing 20 kilograms of chain, connected to seven double bassists." Obvious really.

It should do. This should work for most focusrite style interfaces. Fender sell a much neater gizmo, specially designed for the job, which I suspect is where they hope to make money on the free app, at least until they start charging a subscription fee a few months down the line... https://uk.fender.com/products/fender-link-i-o

This one has caught my eye, seems iike a pretty simple plug in & record type set up, especially compared to some of the PC DAWs I've used with various degrees of success. I'm planning on giving it a proper test drive when I get back from holiday in a couple of weeks.

That was unexpectedly disturbing.