Stub Mandrel

It's curious how threads like this always end up as critique rather than discussion of the relative merits of what's been ranked. Ironic as the diversity of his output probably would generate far more room for such discussion than most. I find the comment about his songwriting a bit odd. He's always been thrown in a bag with Dylan, and it's indisputable that vast tranches of Dylan's songwriting has been covered by others sometimes producing versions better than the originals. On the other hand there's not much evidence of Young's oeuvre being eclipsed by cover versions. His success and recognition is virtually all built on his performances and recordings. I think what's being missed is that Young has always cultivated (and probably a bit arrogantly) a take what I give attitude. He uses an electric guitar primarily to access tones and noises far beyond the acoustic guitar, so he isn't interested in finesse, he's after emotion. I would argue his playing is the exact antithesis of 'widdlywank'. He's one of those guitarists you can recognise within a bar or two and that alone is a marker of something special.

I read a quote from Darryl Jones this morning. He said something along the lines of "I play what I think fits because I hope they want me for being me, but for some songs you have to play the original".

Ok, I'm 6' 2", but notwithstanding that if I balance a p_bass on my right thigh I could easily reach all the tuners on an 8 or even 9-in-line headstock. Standing up with a strap, I could easily reach a 7-in-line bass. Even youngsters can reach all the pegs on a 4-a-side headstock. How? Just angle the neck upwards slightly.

Although I like it, personally I think a Steinberger type bridge so a longer scale length and less crowded fretboard in the same 'envelope' would be good.

I'll just leave this here:

Don't do anything rash...

I think I would pick them off within 24 hours...

Good bands but "Classic Rock"? I think I've heard nearly all those on Planet Rock, at least six of them are regulars. They usually allow one or two curve balls in a Rock Block, I suspect you are most likely to be chosen if the list is about 50% Planet Rock typical stuff, 30% obscure by artists that will be recognised and 20% 'rockier' music by unexpected artists. Don't forget they ask for more songs than an hour's worth, so they can drop a few.

Well rock and roll originated as a euphemism for sex, so the answer should be self evident...

Those four silly dots.

Joan Baez - at least when she's overdoing that blooming tremelo.

I love his response to criticisms of Trans - paraphrasing: "I wrote this album for my son and I don't give a shirt what anyone thinks of it". How do you rank albums by someone whose repeated reaction to critical acclaim is to switch genres... I haven't read the article although I saw it (Listicles are the lowest form of journalism - I wrote one once and it made me feel dirty 🙂 ). I did buy a magazine a couple of years ago that contained contemporary reviews and modern takes on all his albums up to that point. My view is he's someone who always put the emotional power and connection of his music above anything else. And when he's cooking with Crazy Horse, it's unstoppable.

It's definitely a Cheeseberger.

My daughter went through a Kerrang phase in the early 2010s. Most of it was pre-teenage gushing over the likes of Ollie Sykes (Bring me the Horizon) and Andy Biersack (Black Veil Brides) and bands aimed at an Emo audience - utterly unlike that of the 1980s.

If you read a lot of album entries on Wikipedia, most of them have a 'critical reception' section and many of these will include a sentence added by a Christgau acolyte giving his opinion. Now by definition an opinion can't be wrong, but let's say he doesn't swim with the tide...

LOl balancing one on its headstock 🙂

As 50mm plains straps go, they are slightly more padded and slightly less grippy compared to nylon-only ones (e.g. Fender), not too slippy. Personally I'm happy with 50mm straps of any strip (or paisley) so i'm happy...

These are gorgeous.

Well, if you want to build a solid-coloured bass they are a good deal.

He'll probably rebel against his parents and become an accountant.

Curiously, £7 ones from China come disturbingly close: Genuine: Fake (in real life it's darker and scarily close to the above):

Barn Doors, you can't do anything without barn doors...

No, just spring metal contacts that the battery contacts press against. One spring is narrower and shrouded so only the smaller contact can press against it. Here's a simple one, but you can get drop in drawer versions as well.