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Gospel is a thread that runs though so much music. I'm not keen on the shiny over-produced stuff - I like it with a bit of grit. Try the Staples Singers and Mavis Staples. Mavis' Hope at the Hideout live CD is fantastic. Aretha's gospel stuff is incredible. Listen to that live recording of The Old Landmark. I disagree about gospel without religion being gospel-lite. They're just songs about love, life and death, like most others.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1377111280' post='2183555'] A lot of this is nostalgia guys, coupled with your change in musical tastes and abilities. [/quote] No it isn't.

Another part of the reason I can't get on with CA is the concept. Steampunk? C'mon... It's so cheesy a 12-year-old Dr. Who fan would struggle to could dig it. Bear in mind I'm someone who has adored the band for most of my life, and I still do. They just frustrate me at the minute.

Yeah - there's some good tunes on it, but (IMO) it's not the return to form it's made out to be. Maybe part of the problem is that albums are too long these days. There's bound to be some filler. And some of the interludes are straight off a 90s Marillion album. At least Geddy's playing bass properly again :-)

I think I used 'IMO' a couple of times earlier in the thread.

I don't mind prog or poppy, as long as the tunes are good. But they ain't.

The lyrics are still very 'Neil'. It's the music that's suffered.

[quote name='iceonaboy' timestamp='1377074330' post='2182865'] Well I even like Caress of Steel, so that shows how much a fan I am , Its all down to taste and some like them, some don't, but no one can deny that their popularity has grown and grown over they years. Ok, the 80's keyboard phase was not to everyones taste, but that was the style of the music at that time. They were experimenting with different styles. How boring would it be if a band came out with the same album year after year? Bands have to evolve, especially when their career has spanned 4 decades [/quote] IMO that's the whole problem - they've stopped evolving. VT, S&A, CA... It's all getting a bit Samey... riffs stitched together. Consider the 3-album jump from Permanent Waves to Signals. Or Grace Under Pressure to Hold Your Fire. Massive leaps with great songs at the core.

This thread is now stuck in a loop. A tedious one, at that. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hZrXdJ-ibo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hZrXdJ-ibo[/url]

That's Kev. Well-loved laddie from this neck of the woods, and as from this Wednesday, owner of my 1971 Jazz. Here he is in action with his other turn... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2hSpIBpG4w"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2hSpIBpG4w[/url]

[quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1376938456' post='2181259'] I agree. I've been to Morzine and back for a wedding and this is still blocking the inter-waves? [/quote] Right on! The best way to let this thread die is by bumping it to complain that it's rumbling on forever.

[quote name='Francis Pettifer' timestamp='1376933970' post='2181168'] I am only too happy to answer ANY questions that you may have concerning my past 16 or so years, indeed, any other topics may also be considered. [/quote] Oh... Me first! Conservatories are too hot in summer and too cold in winter: Is this myth or fact?

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1376916936' post='2180764'] I feel the same about my Compact. And the Vintage was even more of the same! [/quote] It was your Vintage that made me realise what I was missing... :-)

FWIW, since getting the TKS 112s, I've been enjoying mids like never before. I just don't feel I have to be as loud. The cabs don't have massively low extension or sizzly highs - they just 'speak' in a way that suits my style - like that fat tone on classic 70s recordings. At larger gigs, running the two of them gives me all the authority I need.

It's worth reminding everyone that if Jimmy hadn't have come under pressure from 'the mob' on TB, the OP would have been left with a $5000 bass not worthy of the AC name*. It didn't have to end up in the public domain. JC could have quite easily have avoided that. [size=2]*allegedly, based on information available [/size]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1376900135' post='2180384'] Either Molan should say the buyer messed with it himself or should refrain from posting more fuel IMO. Your not helping your mate out at all with these cryptic posts [/quote] With apologies to Barrie, I have to agree. The OP gave his side of the story in a reasoned manner, with a lot of supporting info. Some people put a lot of faith in that, drew conclusions, and have been chided for it. Following a sarcastic, over-defensive rant from the other party, it's now being suggested via someone else that the OP tinkered with the bass somehow. The people who got chided for the former are hardly going to buy into the latter, are they? it's worse than ever.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1376898385' post='2180366'] All I, and others are saying is that there are often two sides to every story. [/quote] Absolutely. There are [i]always[/i] two sides to every story. Since this whole tale kicked off, I've been trying to refrain from making any judgement in my own mind until I heard JC's POV. All I've got to go on so far is an overly-defensive and sarcastic response from him, which doesn't help.

[quote name='Francis Pettifer' timestamp='1376873188' post='2180298'] Ah, yes, I see..hmph. I am graciously honoured, and somewhat bemused at the comments that you have all made. Yes, indeed, it's no longer a mystery, I admit it, its me.. I was hard up at the time, and was desperate for a new set of strings which bassist magazine gave as a reward for writing in. Id boiled my old Elites in water and vinagar and they were sh..ed. They did cock up the article and forgot to include my name, but after a couple of faxes they got it right, and I was duly rewarded with a couple of sets (5 string) of Rotosound strings. Trace Elliot loved the article and gave me some goodies including a T shirt and a guitar strap that I still use. The bass was indeed a Bass Collection SB315, and I had replaced the pickups with the famous BassLines actiives...They sounded FAT. I still use the 1x18 bottom cab (it was custom made for me by Trace, and has been 100% reliable. (I have literally used it for hundreds of gigs). I still use the 4x5 bright box, but have replaced the 2x10 with a Trace 4x10. I still gig regularly in and around the Coventry/Midlands areas, and yes, I am, [b]Fran Pettifer[/b].....(the waistcoat, sadly, was stolen at a gig), I've sold the Bass Collection, and now use a Yamaha TRB5p. [/quote] You, sir, are a bloody legend. *doffs cap* Why on earth didn't you get a namecheck in the article?

I think I've owned a couple of rare'uns: 1983 Fender Walnut Elite II - I bought it in Santa Monica. It now resides in Texas: 1981 Fender Walnut Precision Special - first version: Absolute tone monster. Bought in Germany, now with a BC'er: Roscoe Beck IV in sunburst and Maple - I'm not aware of another this colour in the UK. Currently resides with me :-) :

I've had great service from both Bass Direct and Bass Gear.

More constructive: have a word with The Bass Doc to see if he has something more 'correct' in stock.

This isn't particularly constructive, but I think the Mighty Mite necks have the plastic truss cover at the neck. That looks so wrong to me... Sorry :-(

I'm a fan across all ears - Fly By Night, Signals, whatever - but the one thing all the albums had in common up to HYF was... good songs. Then the rot set in, and the death of the vocal melody. Don't get me wrong, I'll buy the DVD. But I'd love to see a DVD of them tearing it up without all the distractions. It's getting silly. And expensive, ticket-wise.

The strings were there for the whole tour. That's a LOT of cheese.

Yes. I think you should!