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[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1413323060' post='2577246'] In the UK, in my experience, the hat or jar or bucket, if used at all, is either passed around or taken round. I've never seen it left at the side of stage. [/quote] For the obvious reason that we are - indeed - a nation of thieving bastards. Someone would hook a stationary jar in seconds and out the door faster than weasel sh*t. It's not all Mary Poppins over here, Blue.

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1413220655' post='2576008'] I didn't mind listening to ([i]Johnny B Goode[/i]), but the final straw of that song was a year & a bit ago, when I was trying to start up an Acid Jazz/ Funk/ Breakbeat band & the guitard insisted on playing this piffle at every meet up! [/quote] I'd recommend reviewing your audition policy. Ask them if they can play Johnny B Goode; if they launch into an accomplished, highly polished version of The Riff give them my contact details then ask them to leave. Once you meet someone who [i]doesn't[/i] know how to play it, hire them on the spot. That way, everything comes up roses.

If someone who [i]wasn't[/i] a stuck-up, talentless amateur possibly under the age of 20 with an annoying haircut and who obviously enjoyed watching the X-factor but who [i]had[/i] brought three spare basses of the highest boutique quality (all of which had mysteriously failed), voted for the same political party, had the same musical tastes to the extent of venerating Messrs Wooten, Pastorius and Manring and who - when soliciting the loan - crawled on their hands and knees in humble abasement before our generosity and world-class chops then I'm sure most of us would give the request due consideration before saying 'No - unless I can f**k your girlfriend, hur hur hur.' [color=#ffffff].[/color]

Owen bought a Telecaster guitar neck from me. Nice man, great comms, speedy payment and the smoothest of deals.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1413050136' post='2574550'] "Interests: Frills, gussets, elastic" Too late, [b]Squire[/b], you've been 'shopped'. [/quote] FFS, will people never learn that it's spelt [i]Squier[/i]. As for the frills, gussets and elastic, they are merely a small selection of the wide range of requisites available from my dear little haberdashery shop 'Monsieur's Boudoir' and are representative solely of my professional interests. As for what I get 'up to' in my spare time ... I shall draw a discreet veil over matters which are nobody's business but my own. [color=#ffffff].[/color]

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1413047478' post='2574522'] Now i'm intrigued why you were on a cycling forum. [/quote] In the search for views representative of the 'civilian' majority I typed '[i]BBC God Only Knows Sucks[/i]' into Google and alighted upon the first site which seemed to offer the likelihood of a balanced response. It could just as easily have been a hang-gliding forum or a community devoted to the care and feeding of terrapins. FWIW, neither of these subjects feature among my extra-curricular pursuits, the details of which I shall abstain from publishing, this being a family forum and whatnot.

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1413026238' post='2574252'] IMO Page 'stole' the whole of STH in the same way that Bob Marley stole the whole of Buffalo Soldier from the Banana Splits. i.e. he didn't. [/quote] Inspired by this observation I just tried the 'Banana Splits Song' progression / riff with a loose, loping Marley-esqu rhythm. Works [i]good[/i]. Put the words over the top and it drags the whole thing a bit calypso. Not so good.

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1412975803' post='2573892'] Who likes it more in the cycling world. The lycra clad ones or the fixie/Rapha wearing types? [/quote] Speaking as a non-cyclist this remains unclear to me. A distinction may emerge as events unfold. (...[i]totters off in mild bewilderment to google fixie/Rapha, gets muddled, has a nap[/i])

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1412959301' post='2573702'] ... if that's a £3k bass then I am a piece of cheese. [/quote] Red Leicester? Tilsit? Caerphilly? Bel Paese? Red Windsor? Stilton? Gruyere? Emmenthal? Norwegian Jarlsberg? Liptauer? Lancashire? White Stilton?

One of the many things I like about the Tribute scene is the punning. Oasish? Green Date? Fleetwood Bac? You've got to love it.

Lest we be accused of being 'stuck-up, out of touch musos', I present below some comments from [url="http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/god-only-knows.166703/"]CycleChat[/url] - "a fun and friendly online cycling community": [quote] ... what a b00dy awful version of a great song the BBC and so call 'stars' wasted their time on .... A result less than the sum of it's parts. Yes, the Beach Boys one was better. I think they should call themselves the Beech Boys because it's soooooo wooden. Holy Sheiyte.... that's really sheiyte...really.. For the Love of Music? For the Love of God more like.......... [/quote] To be fair, a [i]few[/i] CC-ers like it in a tepid sort of way. But it's nice to know we BassChatters are not simply being driven by our proximity to the issue.

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1412849887' post='2572609'] If it wasn't for the charity aspect, it'd have few if any redeeming features IMO. Right motive, wrong song choice. [/quote] Didn't know what all the fuss was about. Until I listened. I am not a prejudiced man and - though some may believe otherwise - it is a [i]very[/i] rare day when I find myself reduced to sheer, choking rage Let us set aside the ham-fisted arrangement, lumpy mix and turgid 'beat'. Let us quell the nausea we may have experienced upon viewing the soupy, simpering visuals which accompanied the 'music'. Let us ignore issues of provenance and draw a veil over questions of faithfulness to the original. The truth is that this performance of 'God Only Knows' is truly the most appalling piece of sh*t I've heard in a long life that includes enforced exposure to the [i]oeuvres[/i] of Paper Lace and Mr Russ Abbott. One may not even recline on the old chestnut of 'the valueless-ness of subjective opinion in musical criticism'. By every objective measure the song falls so low as to be skimming the bricks at the bottom of the sewer. The fact that it is intended to support a charitable effort in no way detracts from its unutterable loathsomeness. In fact it makes it worse; if this is the best the BBC can do in a noble cause, God help us all when they aren't much bothered. Stuff for charity doesn't [i]have[/i] to be half-arsed, y'know; the authenticity of the charitable transaction is not [i]undermined[/i] by professionalism, taste and talent. In any event, it is immaterial whether a musical performance is intended to relieve - say - the suffering of the Thomson's gazelle or merely to line the pockets of its composer. A song's ulterior purpose is irrelevant to its inherency. This being the case I shall now proceed to youtube, there to seek out 'The Horst Wessel Lied'. It may have been the Nazis' marching song but it's musically superior to this bloated, formulaic, self-regarding train-wreck. It will also make my ears vomit, the better to resume normal listening. [color=#ffffff].[/color]

Martin bought a book from me. Smooth transaction, clear comms and a very nice man.

[quote name='andybass87' timestamp='1412857803' post='2572707'] I kind of tire of playing 12 bar blues after a while [/quote] Quite so. The old 1,4,1,5,4,1,5 can grate after a while, as can the mandatory use of the classic turnaround. Hence the attraction of 8- and 16-bars, 12 bars with chord substitutions and the ever-popular John Lee Hooker 10 and a half bar blues. Also wigging the f**k out on one chord.

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Who to check out? Here's the collected wisdom of BC over the years. The following threads cover Blues songs and artists:[/font][/color] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/47821-blues-playlist-for-beginners/"]Blues playlist for beginners[/url] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/142487-which-blues-songs/"]Which Blues Songs?[/url][/font][/color] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/122227-good-blues-songs/"]Good Blues Songs[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/87900-blues-band-standards/"]Blues band standards[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/244092-blues-jam-standards/"]Blues jam standards[/url] As ChrisB points out, Chuck comes from the R&B end of blues though he was viewed by many at the time as a rock'n'roller. Hence you may wish to slip some early Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Big Joe Turner and Fats Domino onto your playlist alongside the first three Stones albums which are mostly comprised of R&B covers. Either way, you'll discover there are at least 99 different flavours of blues ranging from almost unlistenable 1920's rarities to the contemporary gloss of Mr John Mayer. It's an almost limitless treasure trove; if you like what you hear you'll be finding good stuff for the rest of your life.

Thinking about cars and aircraft of a certain period, the primary sources of names were (i) edged weapons (ii) dangerous animals (iii) inclement, windy weather and (iv) place names including but not limited to British cities and Italian holiday resorts. In this spirit I would offer: * The MJW Halberdier * The MJW Cougarino * The MJW Rashabar (The '[i]Black Wind' of Iraq[/i]) * The MJW Norwich Mk1 Tourer * The MJW Ancona Gran Veloce

[quote name='jonsmith' timestamp='1412605607' post='2570290'] less prattling, mainly from non-entities with little of consequence to say [...] Good idea, dreadfully executed. [/quote] Quite so. These sundry 'personalities' frequently give the impression that they are parroting a memorised script written by someone else. I fully expected to see a slightly bewildered Mary Berry expiating about the Mellotron. The space occupied by these drones might comfortably have encompassed detailed digressions upon Mr Hackett's career, Mr Collins' sterling work with Brand X and the precise variety of lemon upon which Mr Banks is accustomed to suck.

Chap! Nice to see you back. Per your enquiries: I'm sorry, I haven't a clue. Doubtless someone will be along.

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1411934595' post='2564124'] Years back I was playing an exclusive gig in a house in Pollock Park Glasgow. This knob head was heckling all the way through so I unstrapped my Fender and walloped him with it.. and they threw [u]US[/u] out! Unbelievable! [/quote] I know. Similar thing happened to me on a club date when I was much younger. Guy grabs a chair and sticks it on the dance floor in front of the stage, sits down on it and spends the first twenty minutes of our set screaming horrible abuse at the lady singer. Eventually the drummer said 'Shall I twat him?' and I said 'No, I'll do it while you do a solo.' I was playing guitar in those days so it was no problem to hop off and do the Betty Boo. If I'd been playing bass the bottom would have dropped out of the song and I'd have been rightly f**ked. Thankfully it was only a 300 capacity gig so there was no blowback. [color=#ffffff].[/color]

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1411924435' post='2563955'] As they gig for a living, perhaps he thought that having an outburst and packing up early without finishing the song could result in lost bookings if word had spread about it. [/quote] Well, the OP's withdrawal from the stage can't have been [i]too[/i] poorly received given that the promoter / landlord offered the band another booking. There are many ways to deal with a heckler; one method is to play through the heckling - which may not always be possible. In the circumstances as described one might stop the song, deal with the miscreant, start from the top then say goodnight; which would seem a little odd. Then there is the Townsend-Burnel approach: one stops the song, invites the heckler up then - as they are clambering over the lip of the stage - one stands on their fingers or applies one's boot to their dental apparatus with elemental force. While entirely satisfying this somewhat 'physical' method carries the risk of unintended consequences including but not limited to: subsequent prohibition from the venue; legal action; widespread rioting. By eschewing bodily violence the OP may enjoy the approbation of right-thinking people everywhere. On balance, I think he got it more or less right.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1411905476' post='2563699'] I seem to remember it was Moon and Entwistle who came up with the name 'Led Zeppelin' as well, but I may have dreamt it... [/quote] You did not dream it. Though precise details remain unclear, it came to pass that around 1966-67 Messrs Entwistle and Moon were experiencing a dissatisfaction with Mr Townsend's somewhat proprietorial attitude towards The Who. At the same time Mr Jimmy Page was contemplating forming a band. The parties having identified a potential mutuality of opportunity a meeting was convened In discussion with Mr Page the prospects of a supergroup were estimated thusly by Mr Moon: [indent=1]'It would go down like a lead balloon,' observed the frantic sticksman.[/indent] [indent=1]'More like a lead zeppelin*,' rejoindered the laconic Mr Entwistle.[/indent] Undeterred, Mr Page identified Mr Steve Marriott as his choice of lead singer. Mr Marriot was - as they say - 'up for it' but his manager Mr Don Arden (the self-styled 'Al Capone of Rock') issued a firm [i]'nolle prosequi'[/i] in the form of a private note addressed to Mr Page, the gist of which was the invitation: 'How would you like to play guitar with broken fingers?' Confronted by Arden's intransigence and the contingent prospect of negligible financial returns the project ran aground and the hopeful participants scattered. Perhaps this is just as well: each of the instrumentalists enjoyed a reputation for looseness and the project might well have been an unlistenable trainwreck. Perhaps it was this thought that prompted Mr Moon and The Ox to deprecate the combo's remunerative viability. As for finding a 'Steve Marriott', Mr Page eventually alighted upon Mr Plant who - by coinkydink - was a huge Marriot fan even to the extent of following the Small Faces on their British tours and running little errands for the band. It is alleged that it was Mr Marriott who first applied the [i]soubriquet[/i] 'Percy' to young Mr Plant, thus bringing the whole story full circle. * [size=3]Subsequently amended to 'Led Zeppelin' by Mr Peter Grant to avoid the possibility that 'stupid yanks' might pronounce 'lead' as '[i]leed[/i]'[/size]