EssentialTension

Strings used to come in individual packets all in a box.

As soon as the audience will turn up and the gaffer is happy then it's not too soon. There's been a long tradition of bands playing weekly residencies or even playing every night - e.g. The Beatles at the KaiserKellar. Check out all these residencies at The Marquee - [url="http://www.themarqueeclub.net/timeline"]http://www.themarqueeclub.net/timeline[/url] Between Feb 1961 and Aug 1963 The Beatles played The Cavern over 250 times.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1440772063' post='2853746'] I think that at some time it will be repeated, but perhaps not with music. Or not with music as we know it. [/quote] In the Goodall film he suggests previous examples of 'changing everything', for example Wagner.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1440771527' post='2853738'] ... If nor, why not? ... [/quote] If not, why neither?

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1440770790' post='2853724'] Jinxies! [/quote] Call me a southerner, but I don't know what that means. EDIT: Oh hang on, does it mean we said same thing at same time?

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1440763814' post='2853626'] ... I don't think anyone is actually saying that The Beatles were singlehandedly responsible for the 60s, but they were the biggest influencing factor on popular music in that time. I've read that people used to wait around until The Beatles released their next album, so that they knew where the bar for popular music would be for the next six months. [/quote] Of course, I expect even some younger people (fewer years than 59) know that it was not single-handed, nonetheless The Beatles were the centre of a 'perfect storm' (as someone called it earlier - Water of Tyne, I think). Others were near the centre, e.g. possibly Dylan, while others were not really near the centre at all, e.g. possibly Dave Clark Five.

I had a fretless Ripper about 30 years ago and mine was definitely a defret.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1440688962' post='2853011'] ... Didn't Bob Dylan say that the chords that the Beatles used were outrageous ... [/quote] I wouldn't be surprised at that but also I read somewhere that Roger McGuinn, pre-Byrds, was working for one of the songwriting companies in the Brill Building. His job was listen to hit songs on the radio, analyse them and so write another hit. Upon hearing The Beatles he was struck by their use of chords and chord progressions that were uncommon to most pop songs of the time. Story also has it that George Martin warned against certain chords and cadences - e.g. ending on a 6 chord - because they were so old-fashioned but the band just responded 'we think it sounds great'.

Howard Goodall (born 1958 so maybe slightly young to be allowed an opinion but anyway ...) [media]http://youtu.be/ZQS91wVdvYc[/media]

[quote name='bottomfeed' timestamp='1440593649' post='2852220'] Another bit of old skool Epi porn..... Newport? With the bat wing headstock [/quote] Spot the headstock ...

[quote name='joshua.harris1234' timestamp='1440414667' post='2850392'] Hey, I was just wondering whether it is possible to fit soap bar pickups on a jazz bass instead of the standard single coil layout? Thanks, Josh [/quote] Soapbars are commonly single coils but it sounds as though you mean humbuckers of some kind. Can you clarify?

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[quote name='vmaxblues' timestamp='1439991145' post='2847313'] ... the guitarist for some reason didn't want to trouble the singer (his best mate) with shelling out for the PA ... [/quote] ... and that's why I'm out. Well ... would be out if it was my band.

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'Solid' is definitely a compliment as in So Solid Crew as opposed to Slightly Average Crew ... [url="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=solid"]http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=solid[/url]

[quote name='DaytonaRik' timestamp='1439890704' post='2846444'] A clean Limelight - where does that put me? [/quote] That will depend upon whether you believe there is a distinction between mojo and relic. Maybe a relic may get mojo if you wait long enough.

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1439896080' post='2846510'] Let me know the next time you're gigging the B10, always loved the look of them, would love to hear one in action. (Sorry for brief thread hijack Pinball)! [/quote] We are slightly dead in the water at present but we hope to catch a breeze soon. I'll let you know.

I play in a group with two electro-acoustic guitars, electric piano, and small drum kit. I vary between upright, fretless Takamine B10, Precision with flats and used to have fretless Precision. They all worked fine.