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[quote name='Heathy' timestamp='1455524506' post='2979712'] Actually, I think the words were 'she loves you, yeh, yeh, yeh' [/quote] ... yeah, yeah, yeah

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1455495062' post='2979659'] All my troubles seemed so far away. [/quote] Now it looks as though they're here to stay.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1455504431' post='2979674'] In his day, Paganini revolutionised the solo violin. Although his international career was short (a mere 6 years...), in that time he alone set the benchmark which is still in place today. It's difficult for youngsters to fully appreciate the true impact of his ground-breaking work and immense popularity; I suppose one had to be there to 'get it'. There are many scholars, musicians and historians that would maintain that the greatest of them all, in so many respects, was J. S. Bach. It's difficult to fathom from this far off in time the depth of his influence and creativity, bringing, to cite just a few examples, the solo instrument to the fore as it had never been hitherto envisaged, in composing multi-part harmony of such beauty, depth and intelligence that they are studied still, and have yet to reveal all of their subtleties. We owe him counterpoint (yes, it was unthought of before his extensive use of this art...); even such apparently evident techniques such as changing keys was new and bold. Truly, on the shoulders of giants are the humble songsters of modern times, often lauded for their innovation and impact. We'll see how, 4 centuries later, they are to be judged. I doubt there'll be many standing half as tall still as him. No, I know it's not relevant today; that it's not 'rock', and therefore 'doesn't count', but if we're to talk of [i]real [/i]game-changers, I reckon there's a lot to be considered in being humble as to what 'greatness' really means. Just sayin'. [/quote] [url="http://www.paganini.com/nicolo/nicindex.htm"]Paganini[/url], I wasn't there but I get it ... and I have been to Genoa.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1455488927' post='2979616'] Responsible for 1 in every 100 jobs in Liverpool? I'm amazed at this statement - there are people with jobs in Liverpool? [/quote] Ho Ho Ho ... now, when did I last hear that one? ... I think it was yesterday.

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1455385054' post='2978699'] No such thing! [/quote] Correct.

I know some of you don't like the Beatles but regarding this article whether you like them or not is irrelevant ... still ... feel free if you must. [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35541130"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35541130[/url] I'll be popping up to the 'pool myself on Wednesday but I won't be doing anything Beatles related.

[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1455362696' post='2978387'] Anyone got a whammy bar that fits the Fender trem unit? The Squier one is s gnat's whisker too small! G. [/quote] I am not at home so can't check but isn't the Squier a push fit but the Fender is screw fit?

http://youtu.be/hBGeQ0zSifc

1/10 by knowledge - 'Judas Priest' comes from a Dylan song. 3/10 by guessing although I may have vaguely known that Gillan was once in Black Sabbath. I have absolutely no interest in or knowledge of metal, as far as I am aware.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1454953206' post='2974569'] God yes, it was. I was in my mid-30s at the time and getting on a bit for a hipster even then. [/quote] I am sure we were both hipsters before our time - or I would have been if I could have grown a beard.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1454952785' post='2974566'] I was a regular at the Blue Note Club in Hoxton... I think that was a while back, though... [/quote] How long ago it seems to be depends on how old you were then and how old you are now. Time is relative - Einstein said that. The Blue Note was mid-90s onwards wasn't it? - I said that.

[quote name='Prosebass' timestamp='1454928747' post='2974178'] When it comes to U2, Mr Clayton is not the problem. [/quote] Yes, I don't really like U2 but Clayton is not the reason.

[quote name='project_c' timestamp='1454801882' post='2973194'] No, that's possibly before my time, what were they like? (I was living in Brighton in the 90s, way before i picked up the bass). I kind of mean the East London 'scene' that has been evolving in that area for the past 10 or 15 years. Jazz funk was considered deeply uncool amongst the shoreditch lot as far as i knew. [/quote] I lived in Stepney and then Mile End from 1989 to 2001. [i]Bass Clef[/i] and [i]Treble Clef[/i] ran from mid-eighties, I think, until closing about 1994. There was another club, in Bow I think, that played a lot of so-called acid-jazz. It may have been called [i]Echoes[/i]. I was in my late thirties but the place was full of twenties and older too. I moved to Brighton in 2001 so I can't comment on the period since then. [quote name='project_c' timestamp='1454852918' post='2973523'] Looks great! But the 80's was ages ago, everything has changed an awful lot since then, especially in that area. Are you not surprised to see this genre becoming popular with 20 somethings again? I definitely am. Maybe it's not such a big deal, I don't know. [/quote] No, I'm not surprised at all. I work with 17-18 year olds and in my experience they are into a wide variety of music including funk/jazz. I also have a 22 year old son who's a musician and he (and many of his mates) would think liking stuff (or not) by genre was deeply uncool but anyway would, in practice, like jazz/funk. Anyway, all genres come back, in maybe slightly variant forms, in the end. If one genre is thought deeply uncool by one generation then there's a very good chance the next generation will like it a lot.

[quote name='project_c' timestamp='1454801882' post='2973194'] No, that's possibly before my time, what were they like? (I was living in Brighton in the 90s, way before i picked up the bass). I kind of mean the East London 'scene' that has been evolving in that area for the past 10 or 15 years. Jazz funk was considered deeply uncool amongst the shoreditch lot as far as i knew. [/quote] [url="http://www.london-rip.com/places/the-bass-clef"]http://www.london-rip.com/places/the-bass-clef[/url] [url="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/dying-note-of-a-10-year-jam-session-hoxton-became-a-mecca-for-jazz-fans-when-peter-ind-opened-the-1435496.html"]http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/dying-note-of-a-10-year-jam-session-hoxton-became-a-mecca-for-jazz-fans-when-peter-ind-opened-the-1435496.html[/url] [url="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/nov/01/acid-jazz-25"]http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/nov/01/acid-jazz-25[/url]

[quote name='project_c' timestamp='1454800781' post='2973187'] I know, but jazz-funk? That's been a dirty word amongst youth in East London for decades. Just quite surprised to see people in their 20s getting down to it. [/quote] You never went to the Treble Clef or the Bass Clef?

[url="http://troybar.co.uk/"]http://troybar.co.uk/[/url] [url="http://troybar.co.uk/whats-on-2/"]http://troybar.co.uk/whats-on-2/[/url] I used to live almost in Shoreditch but that was two and more decades ago and I was young ... well, younger. As I recall, the hot clubs then were the [i]Treble Clef[/i] and the [i]Bass Clef[/i]. Plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose.

[quote name='taunton-hobbit' timestamp='1454773746' post='2972883'] I took a professional test after a car smash - the audiologist reckoned the on-line stuff was not to be trusted..... [/quote] Of course it can't be trusted. It even says it can't be trusted. And of course a professional audiologist says it's not to be trusted. Otherwise he or she would be out of a job.

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1454770540' post='2972822'] The test, I suppose is pretty meaningless if you are using listening equipment that isn't calibrated. Laptop speakers, ear buds and even some professional 'cans' do not accurately reproduce sound as it is at source and thus could have the effect of boosting or cutting those high frequencies - in fact any across the range. [/quote] It does say: 'Please note, due to the large number of uncontrollable variables involved here, this is not a scientifically rigorous test, but a rough indicator.'

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1454770937' post='2972833'] Success has many fathers ... [/quote] Did Clarky say that?

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1454769614' post='2972814'] ... Well, for the most part, great as he was, Entwistle soloed through the Who's canon, being pretty much the lead player in the band, while Townshend held down the rhythm (probably the reason most folks don't like Pino with the Who, he's playing rhythm too). ... [/quote] Isn't Palladino largely playing the same lines as Entwistle but with a less harsh distorted and trebly tone?

12,000 and a bit ... at age 64 and after a lifetime of loud music and loud workplace.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1454758999' post='2972663'] Thanks Dave. Following the same advice that I gather Clarky gave you, I've now ordered a cello gigbag for it. [/quote] If memory serves, which it may not, I was first with a cello bag and Clarky followed after I established it worked. Or possible I have early onset like my mother.

Looking good Jack. Makes me want to have my lined fingerboard replaced and side dots re-done.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1453856462' post='2963594'] ... Rock & Roll ,playing bass and gigging is it for me.I have zero interest in anything else. I've always been this way. Blue [/quote] Rudyard Kipling said: 'What do they know of England who only England know?' C.L.R. James said: 'What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?' I say: 'What do they know of rock 'n' roll who only rock 'n' roll know?'