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Why buy a red bass? Or a black one for that matter?

I find relics a bit boring. But then again I also find Sunburst a bit boring too. It's just another finish option, if you don't like it don't buy one. Not quite why people get quite so upset about it.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1487021053' post='3236353'] Neotech Mega Bass Strap. I've had all the back saving straps, the Neotech is the best. I have 4 of them now! [/quote] This. Won't use anything else now.

At the risk of offending, I'm not sure that the demise of the pub band (as I see them, anyway) is necessarily a bad thing. Most of the "pub covers" bands that I see are, frankly, pretty dreadful. Too loud, no sense of dynamics, singing songs that are inappropriate for the singer's range, lurching from one style to another as little more than karaoke with instruments. Yes there are exceptions but I'm not sure there are enough exceptions to sustain it. All of the best cover bands that I've seen in recent years are those that put their own identity into the music - a duo of acoustic guitar and singer with cajon that had the dance floor at a mate's wedding filled all night playing everything from Abba to Bruno Mars to The Clash and another covers bands doing all the usual stuff but using their own arrangements in a soul style. So yeah, rock karaoke might be dying but great live music is still out there, you just need to try a little harder to find it. For those of us who have never been into "mainstream" music (try finding a band down the dog and duck who'll play Sonic Youth or Sun Ra) this is nothing new. You just have to look harder to find your fix. :-)

Looks cool. What's missing from the collection then?

You'd be better doing fifteen minutes every day rather than 4 hours once a week. Humans don't learn like that.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1485432735' post='3223908'] I got THE email with the picture!!! 9 weeks and a half even with NAMM in the middle... not bad! Here's the new Jake: [/quote] Bloody hell Jose. That's a cracker. Good work!

Might just be that you need to practice more. However, sore hands can also be caused by poor technique. I used to very really bad left hand pain but a teacher sorted it out inside of about 15 minutes.

There are literally thousands of jazz basses that are very decent instruments at that kind of budget (£400 ish). Just go and play a lot

[quote name='Left Foot' timestamp='1485487790' post='3224349'] There's no way brexit has had any effect yet, that's lazy conjecture. [/quote] Well that's just not true. Speaking in purely factual terms and leaving out my opinion on the whole thing the Pound has lost significant value which has had an immediate effect on the cost of anything imported.

[quote name='Japhet' timestamp='1484837713' post='3218950'] Probably why they (Pink Floyd) have done so badly over the years. [/quote] Good to see Pink Floyd fans are just as humourless as the band themselves

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1484733542' post='3217822'] all Pink Floyd ever. [/quote] This. They're dreadful.

I just had exactly the same issue. No problems elsewhere. Chrome Version 55.0.2883.87 m (64-bit) on Windows 10.

I can't stand Jamie Cullum but that was actually quite good. Nice find.

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1473006733' post='3125982'] I think you're missing one of the saddest points made by your own observations... The 'next generation' will be more interested in music like electronic music or acoustic material and probably less interested in 'bands'/traditional musicianship. Covers bands 20 years from now will either be a guy with a laptop and a launchpad blasting out classic dub tracks or a guy with an acoustic and a looper covering Ed Sheeran. [/quote] Music is music. The idea that electronic music or acoustic music is "sad" because it isn't four blokes with electric guitars is laughable. Times change. Music evolves. Art evolves. There will always be music, it just might not be the same as it was when you were a teenager. Happened to the be-bop fans, happened to the swing fans, happened to the New Romantics, happened to the NeoClassicists, happened to the Surrealists, happened to the Beatles. You can still get all that stuff, its just not mainstream anymore. Big deal.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1473113948' post='3127146'] But you're not, without an explicit agreement you cannot be held responsible in this situation. I'm sure it's 100% the owner's responsibility to ensure the security of their property, not their paying customers (correct me if I'm wrong legal folks)? [/quote] All fine, except if one day something goes missing and the court of public opinion finds you guilty. I can already see the Facebook posts asking the owner to "name and shame" the band who were the last ones in when the '59 Les Paul disappeared. Even if he doesn't name you publicly you can bet it'll happen privately.

Flute is my first instrument and Hubert Laws was always one of my heroes. This is probably my favourite track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQTrGkA5FXA Nice workout for the rhythm section, Moment's Notice is an absolutely killer chord sequence.

Thats great. Top work!

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1466409650' post='3075521'] I got the album on Friday and waited until Saturday night to listen to it with my gf, by request. Upon first listening I was a bit disappointed... [/quote] I saw them last week and was completely disappointed. They looked and sounded like a band going through the motions.

£70???? Bargain.

[quote name='Kex' timestamp='1464105187' post='3056592'] As i keep saying, I knew how much the VAT was and i knew how much the import duty was, my surprise was that the PO charged almost three times that to collect it. [/quote] As posted elsewhere by Mr Fretmeister: [I]Think about what they do for that £8 They have plenty of paper work to do - they complete the VAT return to the HMRC on your behalf. They are able to do this electronically and the HMRC are content to allow them to release the item to you when they've done that paper work. On small items they even pay the Vat for you to speed up the process. If they didn't do it, then when it arrived you would get a letter advising of the item arriving. Then you would have to complete the Vat returns to the HMRC and post them off. Then the HMRC would (in about 6 weeks) write to you to inform you of the monies owed. Then you would make payment. Then another 6 weeks later you would get permission to have the item and you could collect it. It might be annoying, but that £8 saved you more than a month of sodding about with the HMRC yourself before the item was officially allowed into the UK.[/I]

You can do the same thing with a bit of washing up sponge or similar. Lots of photos here: https://www.talkbass.com/threads/carol-kayes-method-of-muting-open-strings-with-felt.701308/

[quote name='uk_lefty' timestamp='1461752063' post='3037286'] My point was I could buy, for arguments sake, this year's limited run fender or Gibson or other whatever that may be, solely for the purpose of investment and not to consider playing it, just leave it in the case. Agreed a reissue won't have the value of the original, but what of a 2016 original limited run instrument? What would that be worth in mint condition in 20yrs time? It's a gamble but probably better than +1% year on year [/quote] I really doubt it, to be honest. To make money, instruments have to be desirable as well as rare. There's nothing particularly or unusually desirable about a modern Fender or Gibson. Remember you lose at least 20% of the value in VAT the second you leave the shop. You need a lot of appreciation just to overcome that.

If all you're interested in is a fantastic instrument, playing/sound wise, then buy a modern instrument. They tend to be cheaper and there's more choice. If you want to own a piece of history, then vintage basses are just inherently cool. Some of them have the added benefit of also being fantastic instruments.