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The previous owner planted pyracantha across my back fence. It really is the most evil plant I've ever come across.Even 'thorn proof' gauntlets don't provide adequate protection when cutting it back as the thorns just go straight through at the joints. On the plus side I seriously doubt anyone is ever going to get over the back fence. Not without life threatening blood loss.

Probably not worth quitting the day job, but I imagine it could be quite a lucrative sideline, especially if you don't just limit your commissions to depictions of bassplayers. If you enjoy doing it, it sounds like a potential win/win in terms of getting paid for your hobby.

These days mostly mp3s on my phone through headphones while I'm out walking, all though I must confess I listen to a fair bit through my Kindle Fire speakers in the evening as well. There's quite a lot of excellent 'free' music available on Amazon Prime, the caveat being that you can only listen to it through certain Amazon connected devices so you can't just download the free stuff onto your mp3 player. There is an Amazon music app, but its not compatible with my phone, so rubbish Kindle speakers it is.

Awesome.

If anything the industry is slightly more honest about manufactured bands & writing pop music to formulas than it was back in the days of the Monkees. There has always been a huge market for that knd of stuff and probably always will be. As for dumbed down lyrics, at the risk of transatlantic ire 'Love me do' and 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' were not exactly Shakespeare.

I don't think the average shop does much more than tune them. The set up and intonation, or lack of,happens at the factory, so a mail order bass (barring any accidents in transit) will generally be in the same condition as the same model if you picked it up in a shop, although the mail order one generally won't be pre tuned.

Stadium Arcadium. Barely enough decent tracks to fill an EP. Edit. Really struggling to think of a double album that's solid gold all the way through, especially as the rules disqualify live albums.

It's quite common for rappers to reference each others work. Often in quite uncomplimentary terms.

For £500 a gig I'd quite happily join a Vengaboys tribute.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1456944789' post='2993902'] Not in this country it wouldn't. You might get a few barn dances but over here we have Celidh bands with callers. [/quote] I don't know, there have been a few country & western inspired hits in the UK charts in recent months, I'm starting to wonder if it may be the coming 'thing'.

I'd be tempted to join band 4 purely to find out what or who 'psycho-billy' is. I wonder if he's related to my mate Mad Bob.

I'm sure I heard a thrash cover of 'Shake & Vac' in the late 80s/early 90s. I thought it was by someone like Xentrix or maybe Lawn Mower Deth,though it could have been Nuclear Assault, but I did a quick google search and couldn't find anything.

My Zoom B1on has noticeable latency on some patches but not on others, some of the envelope filter patches are pretty much unusable for very fast stuff, whereas other, similar sounding filter patches are fine. Maybe its a it's more of a tracking issue?

I keep thinkng I should give fretless a proper go and these are pretty near the top of my list.

It's not exactly Rock n' Roll rebellion but it doesn't normally bother me. Hearing Eddie Grant's anti apartheid anthem 'Gimme hope Jo'anna' redone as 'Gimme Yop me Mamma' for a yoghurt drink commercial was a bit of a low point though. I'd guess that a lot of the original performers & writers don't have any control over how their music is used & some of them are probably grateful for the additional revenue.

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1456762219' post='2991974'] Anybody know why they stopped making the 60s P? I lusted after the sonic blue with tonerider tone control example mentioned above. [/quote] They've cut the whole CV bass range right back. Speculation is that they were eating into Mex Fender sales. Although it's also possible that they're just making way for other models.

I would guess it happened at the point (early 80s?) when the world realised that if you wanted a Jazz or Precision that was built to the same standard as a classic Fender then you were best off not getting a Fender. Of course Fender have had their act more or less together for a long time now but the damage was already done, people had realised that the original was not necessarily the best.

Really liking Nik West's album at the moment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XqIpzBhcxU , and of course Carole Kaye is one of the most influential bass players, male or female, that there ever will be.

I think she did well in keeping with her own style. It would have been truly horrendous if someone had come on & tried to do a Bowie impersonation.

A while ago I read about a guy who was blasting his intruments with sound and/or vibration to simulate decades of being played. ( cant 't remember where, it might even have been on here). Apparently it realigned the wood molecules to give the instrument that special vintage flavour or some such jiggery pokery. Snake oil anyone?

I didn't watch the Brits last night, but I've been hearing a lot of love for this tribute performance today, it seems to feature most of Bowie's touring band plus Lorde on vocals. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7l3y7LOzLc[/media] Music starts at about 1.09 Edit original video taken down by youtube due to 'copyright issues' music now starts at about 8.50

Despite what I grew up hearing about CBS Fenders the 70s was truly a glorious era for beautiful jazz basses. Lovely example you've got there.

Take him to a couple of big shops and see what he likes. The 'cooler' he thinks his new bass is the more he'll play it.

I once drank two pints ( and I'm not a particularly fast drinker) whilst listening to a band do their version of 'Red House' at a beer festival. That was pretty epic. (in the sense that it seemed to go on for a very long time rather than being notable for anything else).

Three votes is not enough. I could have flipped a coin for two of my choices and happily gone with completely different tracks. Impressive stuff right across the board.