Beedster

The ******** in Canterbury certainly has a smell, my amp picked it up last time we played there, could smell the pub for about a week afterwards

Yes, but the level of scrutiny of Down in the Tube Station simply wasn't there then mate. This thread is in a different league, and will likely lead to revised thinking as to the (supposed) authenticity of Weller's lyrics; the in-depth scrutiny of inconsistencies between his lyrics and the realities of the London Underground at the time of writing presented here suggests the possibility that, at the very same time he was adopting a 'man of the people' stance in his lyrics, he might well have been luxuriating in chauffeur driven limos between Boney-M gigs at Hammersmith Palais and Weller Towers?

Clearly not

Best thread ever

Your drummist must love you Steve

Yep

Ouch

Ha ha, which is why I changed it

Anatomists have to date failed to find tear ducts in a guitar

Gravity makes the world go around, not fat bottomed girls

Most medical experts would agree that you are not as serious as cancer when you suggest that rhythm is a dancer

I'm not sure I agree with the idea that 15's are unfashionable per se. OK, 15s are seen less often on stages and are easy to buy cheap etc, but that's true of all big cabs these days, 4x10/6x10/8x10 all fall into 'unfashionable', but this is a cabinet size thing, not a sound thing, we're simply all getting used to smaller boxes, so it's big cabs, not 15s per se, that are unfashionable. Certainly, that modern 10s and 12s are far better able to deal with the sonic territory that used to be the sole reserve of 15s is reasonable grounds for saying that bassists don't need 15s in the way they perhaps used to, but not necessarily for saying that there's something wrong with 15s per se as is suggested in one post above (there are good 15s and less good 15s of course). They still very much have their place if you have the space and like the sound. And the Compact is a very good example - I was tempted by the one above as I fancied a 2xCompact rig but that's more a want thing than a need thing, no-one needs a 2xCompact rig unless they're playing stadiums!

Agreed, possibly the only person in history who has pulled that off

Drummers are of course easily baffled, especially by Rics it would seem (the singer in the band I mentioned above was also the drummer). That story has left a great image though, thanks for that Painy

Sorry, is this a ‘61 Jazz advertised as all original and imported at great expense and unseen from LA, or a recent Mex that was inspected and bought in person? Are we not getting a little carried away here

Psychoacoustics research suggest that's true of most humans, so it's not surprising

Having reflected, here's some 80's I would gladly play..... The Church: The Unguarded moment Magazine: Song From Under the Floorboards The Cult: She Sells Sanctuary Rush: Spirit of Radio Faith No More: Epic

Could someone who is competent with Photoshop and is also furloughed produce some images of, for example Flea with a Rickenbacker, Mark King with a......... Rickenbacker, in fact pretty much any bass player other than Macca, Lenny, Lee, Squire or Rick James with a Rickenbacker Or Lemmy with a Status?

Modulus are barely making basses any more, let alone necks

There can be no better argument for it

That’s the truth if it! Perhaps slightly more help, I’ve had some basses on which it appeared to make a difference, and some in which it didn’t. Only one way to find out..............

That is not only true but astounding, not sure I want to use mine any more!

I was referring to me, so yes

A singer I worked with certainly thought so, and pretty much tried to ban me from playing my Ric 4003 in a 3-piece indie/post-punk outfit in which both myself and the guitarist agreed the Ric worked way better than my Precision which the singer favoured. Playing Graceland tracks on a Fretless Ric feels wrong, playing on a Fretless Precision or Jazz feels right. Playing RHCP tracks on a Precision feels wrong, playing them on a Jazz, Ray or Modulus feels right. Playing Motown on a Modulus feels wrong, playing it on a Precision feels right. But in each case it has nothing at all to do with the sound the bass is making, because to the punters, and most of the musicians, the differences are insignificant. But wow the differences are important to the bassist