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Stray sunbeam creeping across my living room at the end of the day

My CD of The Who Live At The Isle Of Wight tells me that when a guitarist shifts gear from good rhythm playing to second rate soloing, not even John Entwhistle and Keith Moon can fill every inch of the gap created.

Quantz wrote approx. 250 flute sonatas and 300 flute concertos whilst employed by Prussia's King Frederick II. Guess which instrument the king played 😁

White pearloid pg on a white bass with a dark fretboard looks tastier than it sounds:

This is 100% me imagining it written down and 0% actual experience: if, say, the harmony is moving once every four beats, how would sound shifting up to territory around an octave higher for the middle two beats of each bar? That would have the actual bassline moving on the strong beat of the bar, and would also be creating an third voice in the middle of the texture. But maybe I'm just describing piano music, something that for guitar+bass would sound horribly fussy? If so, I would be glad to be told 😁

Bass Direct: they received my order on Thursday, I received the strings on Saturday. Retail price for these strings is typically £33. Their price was £22, plus £2 shipping for the 2 sets of strings. Good price, good service and a bit of nicewarmfeeling for having shopped with a dedicated bass retailer.

I had only just arrived here when the lockdown started, so I've seen nothing but two guys singing with acoustic guitars at the open mic at the Golden Ball! But I'll look out for the Blueflies, that sounds good.

I ran out today I feel so mean not being able to hand out the little 💙s that seem deserved.

The question wasn't asking for a pragmatic answer, it was asking, in a generalised way, what kind of music would be coming from the guitarist when you picture your ideal three piece, using the different styles of guitar as the frame of reference. Theres a degree of stereotyping, but then plenty of the bassists posting on BC use similar stereotypes as a shorthand for their self identity, cf the I've Never Had a P-bass thread.

You weren't tempted by Utter Cult?

The forum software has this is say, when I attempt to express my gratitude efficiently

I remember Noel Gallagher's unconvincing attempt to roll back his estimation of them as "bedwetters"

Same basic question: ignore statistical reality, what's he playing when you picture things at their best?

...but when you picture it, which one has he in his hands?

Pure Hemsworth

Much appreciated, thank you

I've spent decades thinking they were from Hull. Absolutely gutted 😢

I've always wondered, when Paul Heaton called The Housemartins the Fourth Best Band In Hull, was he including Black Lace in the trio above himself?

That's good to hear.

What proportion of them leave more holes in the texture than they realise? And is it nice having the task of filling them in?