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Cymbals? Dont get me started. An endless search for the perfect "Tish" sound. And a very expensive search.

The banjo, no contest.

I am a drummer who plays bass. I came to bass after 30 years of drumming. It has made me a much better drummer as I now realise I was not leaving enough space for the bass. The mechanics of a good rhythm section are much more obvious to me now I do both. And I appreciate how difficult the bass is. Guitar and vocals??? Ha, easy peasy, they are the icing on the musical cake.

First ever gig with our band of mates, given a 15 minute half time slot supporting a well known local jazz funk band. In the days before affordable tuners, we spent ages getting the guitars and bass in tune before the headliners first set. Stood all the guitars up against the bass drum to keep them out of the way. Called up for our debut, drummer sits down first, whacks the BD, as you do, all the guitars crash to the floor bringing his ride cymbal with them. Audience go silent, we go white as we were nervous anyway. All guitars way out of tune, no time to re tune so our debut out of the window. Doh.

No it doesn't. All of the Focus back catalogue is in Dutch, and its great. 😀

Are they not hollow body instruments? That would effect the tone.

Agreed. And If you consider she wrote Wuthering Heights and a few others off the first album when she was 17. A prodigy would be my take on Kate.

For me Oasis define "Bland".

Quite, and If anything it was Dire Straits who got people playing guitars again. Like them or not.

Funny how peoples perspectives differ. Mark Radcliff interviewed her when she had been off the radar for ages. Its in his book Thank you for the Days. He said he was surprised at how ordinary she was, no airs and graces and even cooked him lunch. There was no "Get your people to arrange things with my people" type of thing. He spoke with her on the phone and arranged to meet at her house. Rang on the bell and she let him in, then apologised for only having a quiche from the freezer. Nothing was off the agenda and no publicist or management present.

Glen Cornick's solo in Bouree, by Jethro Tull. The bass in the rest of the song is not too shabby either.

When is good good enough? When you enjoy what you play and it fits the music.

Loved BC, and the Skids. Some great songwriting and inventive musicianship. For me they were the epitome of what a band should be.

Chris, by a mile. Why? Note choice, note placement, musicality, and making the bass the standout instrument in a ludicrously talented band.

Massively underated band. Became famous after they broke up really. Saw them in South Shields about 15 years ago and they were superb. As long as that voice and those keyboards are original all is well.

Played in both, and nothing beats the rush of an audience getting off on music you and your mates have written, rehearsed and arranged. Its special.

Errr no it wouldn't, quite the opposite. Judging from the posts so far most people have no time for short scale so the market place would be freed up of those adds.

No, it means people getting hot under the collar about something trivial that will have no adverse impact on them anyway.

I think its a great idea. Trying to find info or sales concerning short scale is a chore. If I want info on short scale I have to use the dedicated site but obviously that is only one source. I only play short scale so obviously I am biased. Seems like a lot of frothing about this topic, surely if you aren't interested in short scale it wont impact you one bit.

You shoot your dog????? Then heartlessly sweep the bits up? I am contacting the RSPCA and the Police.

Always done it. Close to the Edge, by Yes, is probably my all time favourite album. I can mentally isolate every instrument, and vocal, on the album. I can chose to listen to the sound as a whole, or an individual instrument. I love it. I also play drums in an originals band. I find that knowing the lyrics by heart, and the chord sequences, enhances my enjoyment of playing and also means I always know exactly where I am in the song.

Its one of the most rewarding things I have ever done. You dont have to be a musical genius, but playing music with other musicians, in a band, and making it work on stage, feeling the band lock into a groove. Its mesmerising, like magic.

Its got 4 strings and its lower in pitch than the other stringed instruments.

Its simple really, and no need to go in circles. Do you like the music the band plays, and, do you get on with the other members? If the answer to one of those is no, then leave. Life is too short.

If you were not available for said gigs its hardly their fault. Acoustic bands seem to get away with almost anyone missing, except vocals. If you enjoy the music then stay, if you don't enjoy the music, leave. It's all about the music for me, as long as the other band mates are not complete idiots.