SpondonBassed

Right. So guitar grooming is a useful skill to add to the repertoire...? Anyone got a bug rake? This needs a new topic from the OP to tell the story. I mean, there has to be one, right?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1475076951' post='3142870'] SkankDelver I'm catching a lot of heat here. It's just my opinion. Where am I going wrong? Are folks taking me to seriously? Blue [/quote] I was thinking the same myself.

Welcome Nathan. That's just what this forum's good at. Enjoy.

... and how???

Seriously? Fur?!? Are you having me over? Why?

Welcome Domenico.

I just looked that up. You might have warned me! I'm far too innocent for the imagery that is now in my head.

Well done! Sounds like a good start. Has your band got any clips to download yet?

Welcome Bassforradio. Which Steiny have you got?

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1474667019' post='3139817'] You're excused [/quote] Thanks. It was getting tiresome. From your tone it looks like I have upset you so don't worry, I wont bothering you again. The Beatles were a "great little band". For most people, whether at the time or in later years, they brought cheer. I'm glad I'm in that majority. There are enough things in life to cause unhappiness. Adding entertainers and the folk that like them to the list seems a bit unnecessary but of course, that is just my opinion.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1474572792' post='3138967'] This doesn't surprise me - based entirely on this....... Hey Blue!! The "Dr" is chasing after your Sweeping Flashing BS Over-statement Of The Year crown. [/quote] Pardon me for saying but I think you've just collected that one yourself. Why are fellow members being targetted? Is this not an adult discussion?

Thanks Bluejay. See you there with my sweaty paper tenner. Next year the plastic bank notes should be slightly more hygienic.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1474621824' post='3139248'] I've created a summary document along the lines of the ones we use for the other bashes. Downloadable and shareable here: [url="https://goo.gl/ECCGWj"]https://goo.gl/ECCGWj[/url] Let me know if it doesn't work. (Roger has been able to open and download it without problems, but your devices may vary...) See you all there! [/quote] Too many snags. Is it an important document? If not I'll pass and just turn up.

[quote name='uk_lefty' timestamp='1474471805' post='3138265'] A wah pedal or "bass drum" type effect for an acoustic soloist that produces the electricity to power itself. A bit of a re hash of the dynamo powered bicycle light? [/quote] You've put me in mind of that silly bicycle that Mark Ronson rode around in a music video a couple of years ago. For an HNC project though, I'd say it's got legs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVELTxKRoHA

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1474488085' post='3138405'] And I believe Beatlemania hit us Yanks differently than you guys. Because of size we had more TV, radio, magazines and concert venues as well. To me they were bigger than life. Blue [/quote] That there is a difference in perception between both sides of the Atlantic is as understandable as there being a difference of perception with the benefit of hindsight as Skankdelvar pointed out very well. Me? I love almost everything I've heard by the Beatles and the four excellent solo artists that survived. I gave them a score of four out of four for that. I'll have the new release on Blu Ray thanks. Have it unwrapped and sent to my room.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1474400558' post='3137773'] Indeed so. It would be entirely feasible for the American government to designate an area of Arizona desert as a British Celebrity 'Boneyard' rather like the Davis-Monthan Air Foce Base, resting place for several thousand obsolete aircraft. [/quote] I suppose then we'd have to keep Madge?

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1474320094' post='3137179'] It's strange how the American people knocked back comedy giants like Morecambe and Wise yet have taken appalling, malodorous sub-humans like Ricky Gervais, Russell Brand and James Corden unto their collective bosom there to be rewarded with largesse and adulation. [/quote] Please don't forget old ginger nuts herself, Anne Robinson. That the Americans lurve (sic) these "celebrities" is fine, the problem is when they eventually send them back to us. We really ought to have a no returns policy for this sort of thing.

[quote name='TorVic' timestamp='1474053157' post='3135359'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N48GT2qUNwA[/media] [/quote] Thanks. A refreshing clip. I keep forgetting there's a piccolo bass. It's just the same as the four lower pitched strings on a guitar innit?

Welcome Distillerdude.

Welcome James.

Welcome SpcMnk. Nice of you to join in.

Welcome (back) Rob.

Methinks the old saying "Never mind the quality, feel the width" can be applied outside of the rag trade too. Jaco was supposed to have been able to hear a tonal difference in strings that were of different colours. Who am I to argue?

This thread got me thinking and I realized that it is 29 years [i]since[/i] I played to an audience, rigged a PA or anything other than self gratification at home. I have time to have a proper go these days but getting a jam isn't easy let alone being part of a band. I was sorely disappointed earlier this year by a band who led me up the garden path, so to speak. Never mind eh? I'm still up for it. As my eyesight gets worse my ear gets better so barring arthritic or mental problems I intend to play (even if it is only to our cat) for many years to come.

[quote name='paul h' timestamp='1473759531' post='3132776'] It is with great regret and sorrow that I inform you that I will be experiencing yet another birthday right soon. <snip> And it all started 29 years ago. [/quote] Cheers! Here's to the next 29!