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Well, here's Trevor with a pick and some famous mates discussing whether Mark O'Toole ever actually played the line as it was finally arranged on the record. And then he plays it.

It's Reddit, mate. Click on the picture. You have to wait a moment or two so clip can download before it will play, then click on the picture again. Should play, but be warned, the volume is a bit loud. The playing's 'spectacular', so worth it !

There's just so much to listen to now - new bands, old bands you overlooked, bands revisited after many years, musical styles and cultures you didn't even know existed........ I could find something worth listening to 24 hours a day. So much music, so little time 😲 This morning it's been music by Caroline Shaw (composer) followed by some old Toots and the Maytals !

I see the article is dated 8th September, but it would appear to have been written pre Covid. It's full of so many presumptions about 'office space', 'shopping centres' and similar, but haven't events overtaken these ideas for quite a while now ? I should think that being a landlord with a commercial property portfolio in central London must be about the worst possible investment to be stuck with right now. Both my son and daughter work for separate large organisations in Central London (500+ staff each) and both organisations are now planning to quit Central London altogether in the long term. Obviously not a scientific survey, but maybe you get the idea....

And of course, this: Stop sniggering at the back.

It's not April 1st, honest. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54041568

That is absolutely brilliant on so many levels - a masterpiece - hope it gets you somewhere

Please note - only available in E !

Congratulations ! Please accept this small gift for your grandson... 💗

I put some EB cobalt flats on my P for the first time a few weeks ago. Overall, well pleased with them - I agree with what everyone's written about them here regarding tone and feel. They are not a loud string, but this isn't a big deal really. And also remember they are just as useless for slap as any other flatwound.

Yes, the....errrrrr...the .twirly, spanky one.... *gulp* 😲 I could never concentrate on the content of the thread with that image floating around at the side. Maybe that's why he ditched it.

Ah, that's easy Mike, it's the sound of the very structures of musical cohesion being torn apart , limb by limb. Possibly by an alien being from another dimension. (I have absolutely no idea what's going on, only Tim knows, and he might explain this to his followers in the afterlife)

I'm a big fan of AAL but I couldn't imagine where a bass could possibly fit into their sound - Javier Reyes has it all sewn up. He's covering both guitar and bass and is just as much a monster player as Tosin Abasi. I personally have no desire to play that sort of music, but I find it fascinating and a bit mind boggling to listen to. Djent is the 21st century version of prog rock. - Can you imagine going back in time and playing some AAL material to a prog rock band in the 70's ? - they'd think they were listening to rock music from another planet. 😲

David Bowie !

Jeez, I've used all of those at some point in my lengthy playing career! Welcome to the forum, where you'll meet some of the most polite and friendly people that ever were. Don't begin to imagine that you'll end up with less gear after being on this forum, it just won't happen By the way, whereabouts are you based?

Deliciously bonkers, and mad skills ! 😉

Dear BC'ers, I've been offered an afternoon dep gig (outdoors) on 19th Sept which I can't do. Don't get overexcited, it's for charity (ie no fee) and is at a retirement village in Aldershot. Music is 40's/50's. The 40's stuff is mostly standards with walking bass lines, 50's is mostly period RnR. PM me if you're interested, I've told the BL I would try and find someone to cover this. Please only PM if you're sure you can confidently play this sort of thing straight off - there won't be any rehearsals ! You will certainly get the set list with keys well beforehand though. Ta, stay safe.

In 1981 I picked up a gig with a top drawer functions trio, doing West End hotels and the like. It was very good money for the time, I was earning £80 - £100 a gig. Mind you, it could be very long hours, we often had to be set up by 6 or 7pm and didn't start playing until 11, and I would eventually get to bed around 3 or 4am, - and I was living in Central London! Using Nail Soup's Bank of England calculator, that gig money would be equivalent to around £350 per person now. But I bet that these gigs are still only worth £80 - £100 now, 40 years later.... 😯

I witnessed this QC problem for myself in 1977. I was playing in the resident band at Harlow Mecca ( yes, this was just before 'resident bands' were consigned to the history books for Mecca venues) The guitarist, who certainly had more money than sense, rather fancied playing a Telecaster. So, instead of buying something sensible, he appeared at the next gig waving a BRAND NEW Tele he'd picked up (or, rather, he'd been sold) from a music shop in Ilford. Enthused by the substantial discount off the list price he'd been given he didn't seem to have considered what it played like, or even how well it had been banged together. It really was shameful - the neck was appallingly misaligned and was twisted also, and it had massive feedback problems for some reason right from the start. He tried to return it, but the shop had clearly written 'Sold as Seen' on the invoice and apparently didn't want to know.....

Did a dep gig with a 40's/50's band at a retirement village in Surrey on Saturday afternoon. First gig since lockdown. It should have been a dead easy gig, but when i arrived I found out only the guitarist and sax player were from the band's regular line up and myself, the drummer and the girl singer were all deps! Still, it all went OK and the elderly punters loved it. 😊 The girl singer took this pic.

Sunshine of Your Love - Cream 1968 - my first band. We "rehearsed" at the drummer's parents incredibly scruffy and smelly house in Paignton, Devon. All the curtains seemed to be permanently drawn so it was pretty dark, and it always smelt of wee. Amplifiers? - there was one, a Vox AC 30, which had been borrowed. It had six inputs, so there were two guitars, a bass and three mikes plugged in. Brilliant! The mike stands were broomsticks which were propped upright by bricks. Then the tape recorder style mikes were sellotaped onto the tops of these. Result! Actually the 'band' knew two numbers, the other one was 'Walking on Sunset' by John Mayall. One of the guitarists assured us that John Mayall was playing a "mouth organ" on this song, but he couldn't afford to buy one, let alone play it, so he used a kazoo instead.... Fantastic !

Thanks Dan, this is beyond appalling, what were they thinking? Shows girls can be as delusional about their talents as boys. 6.17 - it's just very unkind to encourage someone with special needs to think he's a singer - really, and I'm not being sarcastic. 7.49 - My lyric of the week - "I have big tits and I like politics" Oh please.... 😟

Wow - the Venom video is pure Spinal Tap And as for the Ancient video, every metal cliche is there, including the goat. Anyway, here's something fabulously groovy - it's the Beach Boys from 1963 Mike Love certainly has some unfortunate mannerisms (2nd from right) which make you wonder where his carers are. And their Mums come along for some groovy dancing at 1.40 ! Fab! You'll have to click on this as it can't be embedded. but it's worth it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s4slliAtQU