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[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1439557166' post='2843877'] I went off the Doors when I found out they didn't use a bass player [/quote] They used lots a bass players ... e.g. Harvey Brooks, Ray Neapolitan, Jerry Scheff, Doug Lubahn etc.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1439503755' post='2843495'] This what I always tell young people when they give a negative opinion on The Beatles; [i]" You weren't there, so you don't have a valid or credible foundation for your opinion, saying you don't like them means nothing"[/i] Blue [/quote] Then it's no surprise that young people don't like you ... and they are probably put off taking any interest in The Beatles for the rest of their lives ... what a shame.

This is what used to be known as a 13 amp fuse ...

[quote name='Dan Dare' timestamp='1439543415' post='2843668'] ... Try leading a rhythm with your "wrong" hand. It's tricky. [/quote] Ringo did it.

The natural mahogany two pickup Starfire is now on Thomann website at €1299 (c£930) but not yet available. That's more expensive than I had imagined.

My son has an Epiphone Casino which has been his main gigging guitar for about ten years. It has seen some wild gigs and much spillage of K cider and, in a related incident, a broken and repaired headstock. Son was staying with us for a few days before going off to play at Boomtown so, noticing the bedraggled state of the Casino, I offered to clean it and set it up. There was some resistance to this offer due to a fear of a loss of mojo. Anyway, a couple of hours later, some cleaning and polishing fluids and some lemon oil, several cloths, some graphite bridge saddles, re-attached pickguard, fixed straplocks, a new set of strings, and set the intonation ... and it seems that under the dirt was where we found the real mojo which could now show through in all its clean glory. Do you like dirty mojo or clean mojo?

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1439486827' post='2843335'] ... In fact Hendrix could play right handed but not as well. [/quote] Story has it that he could also play with strings 'upside down' so to speak.

[media]http://youtu.be/UE6llY20Vpk[/media]

It's all a bit vague, but the last time I played with a Les Paul wielding guitarist was 1978. Gold top with humbuckers through a WEM 100watt PA Amp plus Sound City 4x12 if I recall correctly - with no pedals. I think I was using a sunburst Precision through Hiwatt 200 and 2x15. Drummer had a white 26" Rogers kit. It all sounded very good.

[quote name='darren' timestamp='1439319718' post='2841920'] As opposed to snot as it left the factory [/quote] Ha ha!

Loads of links here ... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/175039-anyone-like-a-bit-of-flamenco"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/175039-anyone-like-a-bit-of-flamenco[/url]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1439199435' post='2840656'] I now have 27 more recordings I need to listen to . [/quote] That happens to me in the [i]God, I love Jazz[/i] thread.

Gentle Giant being funky, from the album [i]Octopus[/i] ... [media]http://youtu.be/oK4cuXJa7QE[/media]

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1439146729' post='2840408'] One of the reasons Genesis appeal to me more than (for example) Yes, are the soul influences brought to the mix by Gabriel and Collins (and occasionally Banks)... [/quote] I'd agree with that and add another example of Gentle Giant who had roots as an R&B/soul band.

Very nice.

Also, I very much like the Italian born Gino D'Auri.

Camarón de la Isla sang often with guitarist Paco de Lucia. They also worked with a guitarist known as Tomatito. Also worth checking, in my view, is Enrique Morente. I'll think of a few more in a minute.

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1439111633' post='2839982'] MacWifey and I go the the flamenco festival each year at Saddlers Wells [size=4] [/size] [/quote] Yes, very good, been to that a couple of times.

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1439105053' post='2839922'] I say - ding dong! [/quote] Well, hellooooooooo ....

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1439070543' post='2839821'] Along with "dad dancing", of course... [/quote] My son said I danced like a drunken robot. Given that my dance influences are Ray Charles and Leslie Phillips, I took it as a compliment.

Saw another fantastic show in Sevilla last night.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1439060115' post='2839740'] Wonderful. I flirted with flamenco dancing some years ago. Lovely stuff. Not easy, but sometimes I wish I'd persevered with it. Especially as it is a form of dance that you can do at any age. [/quote] It is never too late to start. Mrs ET has always danced one way or another but flamenco for about 10 years now.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1439061516' post='2839752'] Best tambourine song ever. Worst tambourine playing ever. How ironic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5Vz-z4PEkk [/quote] They should have got Jack Ashford.