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Just to be pedantic, technically the split precision pickup is a humbucker.

I'm 99% sure that Ritter offer a 10,000 year old mammoth ivory nut as an option.

That whole 'Survival of the Fittest' album is a bit of an unknown classic, I listen to it and wonder why it never makes the all time greats lists. I only discovered it a couple of years ago.

I always just assumed using roasted maple on necks was just an aesthetic thing. Mind you, I don't really believe in tonewoods, or at least I don't believe my hearing is sensitive enough to tell the difference between ,say, an ash or a maple body.

The Headhunters, sans Herbie Hancock.

There are videos on YouTube of people shooting at pretty much everything.

I think most of tend to play down our skills, especially to ourselves. Generally, whenever I start learning new stuff there are sections when I think to myself 'I'm not sure I can do that'. I'm always quite surprised at how quickly I actually manage to learn those bits. Of course, there's stuff I really can't do, but there's definitely less of it than there used to be, which i take as a sign of progress.

I think it's a similar idea to 'Keys cut while you wait'. It just lets people know that the service is available.

I'm not a generally a fan of people filming on their phones at gigs but I have a drummer friend who is five foot nothing. Most of the gigs we go to are standing only and holding her phone in the air and pointing it at the stage is sometimes the only way she can see anything. She also likes to film drum solos so she can watch them back later and pick up tips or so she tells me. Normally I go the gents at the first hint of a drum solo breaking out, so I'm not there to see her doing this.

It's a well known fact that viewing anything on a tiny screen makes it better.

Prepare yourself, as soon as I've looked up those words in a dictionary I'll deliver such a stinging riposte that you'll wish you'd never posted.

Not if you put the emphasis on 'your'. eg. I fart in YOUR general direction, other people may be affected by the fart, but that's just collateral damage. I'm farting at You. (This is just an example @Happy Jack, I'm not actually farting at you, we live over a hundred miles apart. I may occasionally fart in your general direction, but it's not personal).

I think the problem with 'snowflake' as a term of of abuse is just that it's just a generic catch all term for anyone who challenges your opinion. It lacks imagination and creativity. Proper verbal abuse should be carefully and personally tailored to every individual you wish to insult.

This'll be interesting, following on from the new fender range thread and how people don't really want new models. My guess will be that the uptake on the new 'improved' Stingray won't be that great. I reckon that most people who want a Stingray want the tried and tested classic. If it was just that the hardware had been made lighter, people would still complain that it's not a 'proper' Stingray, but changing the pickup and preamp will get people saying that this new model isn't a Stingray at all. I suspect the classic models will outsell the new by an order of magnitude.

They probably meant well.

It was only quite recently, on here, that I learnt Chas and Dave were top session guys who played on a whole host of surprising stuff in the 70s. The really weird thing that, because producer Dr Dre sampled 'I Got The...' they also play on Eminem's 'My Name Is'.

Chas 'n' Dave (featuring Labre Sifre)

This is quite funky Then Mark Ronson did this with it. Even funkier. (contains rap language).

I don't know what the finish would have been on a US Jazz of that era but a Squier VM 70s has a thick polyester finish on the body, a lot more glossy and less subtle than anything you'll find on modern US models.

The Fender isn't a million miles away from a Schecter Model T.

I remember the Squier HM range from the early 90s. I always thought that 'HM' stood for 'Heavy Metal', but according to this thread https://www.talkbass.com/threads/fender-hm-bass-anyone-anyone.669678/ that may not be the case. The Squier guitars were certainly aimed at young kids who wanted to play metal, all humbuckers, shiny finishes and pointy headstocks.

I'd feel faintly ridiculous if I had to sing it, but there's far more cringeworthy songs from from that era. Take Brown Sugar, an up beat song featuring a slaver having sex (I don't think it's either confirmed or even necessarily implied that the sex is consensual) with one of his slaves. And that's before you get to 'just like a young girl should' lyric. That definitely has the potential to upset. Mick Jagger might me able to get away with singing it, I doubt I could.

It depends what he wants to do. If he wants to do a lot soloing then the lighter the gauge the easier it is to bend the strings. The downside is, the lighter the string the easier it is accidently bend some or all of them out of tune when playing chords, especially certain barre chords. I also feel that the lighter string gauges lack a certain punch, although that might be in my head. All things considered I'd probably say 10s would probably have more advantages than negatives for someone just starting out.

I got some DR pure blues strings the other day. I got the 10 gauge which are very nice, but they also do a 09 gauge. https://www.amazon.co.uk/DR-Strings-Blues-Nickel-46/dp/B0009G00KA Price with postage is £7.44 By the way this is not the seller I bought my set from, mine were at least a tenner. These might well be perfectly legit, I've cheap DR strings off Amazon before that were completely legit, but I'm slightly nervous recommending suppliers I haven't personally tried.