Beedster

Hey Tom, generally sticking a Status neck on an MM is a game changer in terms of balance string to string, clarity, sustain and in some cases tonal quality. Whether you like those changes over the characteristics of a wooden neck is another question entirely! It's a more expensive version of replacing a BBOT bridge with a Badass, some basses sound different (not always better), some much the same. The graphite necks themselves can also be marmite, I love both Status and modulus necks, but to my mind you simply cannot beat a lovely played-in bit of maple One way in which they are undoubtedly superior to wooden necks is that they are stable in terms of temperature and humidity; if you play a low action and move from place to place a lot, that makes a very big difference. This comes at the cost however of their being more challenging to install; personally I'd always get it done by a professional. Adjustable truss rod, I think yes. Board, much like a good piece of ebony to play. Headstock, graphite. If you're looking at that Black 'Ray. Yes, go for it

Amazon are stupidly fast

Oh man, this is going to be a good thread I have an old tube hifi amp that makes the kind of music I like sound like it's being played in the room (I've always believed that music recorded through tubes sounds best played through tubes, Nina Simone, Mile Davis and Motown all sound amazing, Chilis and Mumfords not so much). I'm a massive nerd, I love music for the production values as much as for the tunes and performances, so will happily listen to music on the hifi that I'd never listen to in the car, for example Dark Side of the Moon. My kids are now old enough to not put their fingers through cones so might even dig out my old floor standers to replace the bookshelves currently in use. That'll please Mrs Beedster no end

Folk revival anyone

Let's be objective about this stuff, at least the original performances - those that the audience experienced - were live, and most of the post-hoc overdubs were authentic. Hard to know what you're hearing live these days, even at gigs/festivals, but certainly on TV. I watched a TV talent show with my kids last night, those contestants that weren't miming completely (given away by poor lip sync and in one case it appeared the wrong words) were pitch corrected to the point of the Cher Effect

Ha ha, indeed, can't think why Robbie Robertson on The Last Waltz anyone? OK, it was first and foremost a Scorsese movie, so perhaps some artistic license is forgivable, but I remember hearing a guitarist saying that you can tell he's not playing the solo simply by watching his fingers, which perhaps isn't

Ha, sounds a lot like me

I was thinking this one by Jean Luc Goddard https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063665/ I haven't seen it for a while, but IIRC there's a studio scene in which Keef takes centre stage on bass while Wyman is stuck in the corner on bongos, kinda sad in a way, but really made me appreciate just what a musician Richards was and is.

Judging by the number of copies on eBay these days, I'm guess JH has lost that battle, or given up. I love the mods guys did to basses in the 70's, look forward to seeing this thread develop

Lovely, ordered, thanks Michael. Introduced myself to Poor Poor Pitiful Me today (on headphones). What a great live band sound.

So a while back someone posted that the Warren Zevon's biography is about a good a rock and roll read as anything out there. Anyone recommend which biog is best, there seem to be quite a few now?

Sounds pretty crude (and out of tune on the B), but try playing it with that feel

It, and the film it's taken from, say everything about music as I understand music. I think that photo alone explains my deep heartfelt engagement with 60's Precisions

Sympathy for the Devil

Yep, usually a few on eBay also