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[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1375867527' post='2166573'] Never been much of a fan of Burning Rope to be honest. A bit clunky lyrically, and the solo doesn't grab me I'm afraid. Much prefer The Lady Lies from that album. Another bit of surprising bass-playing from latter Genesis is the instrumental at the end of Living Forever on We Can't Dance. A minute or two's brief excitement in another otherwise endless landscape of mediocrity on that album. [/quote] Ah, I've always loved Burning Rope. Once I clicked that it was probably about established bands in the era of punk, they lyrics made perfect sense. On the subject of WCD, 'Driving the Last Spike' is a song that is good but should have been great. When that guitar-y instrumental kicks in, the song should have gone somewhere. But just as it gets exciting, it drops out again. So frustrating. [quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1375867800' post='2166584'] Phil Collins is just my favourite drummer of all time! He really made the kit sing [/quote] Absolutely. He's brilliant.

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1375861792' post='2166481'] Mike was a fantastic rhythm and acoustic/12-string guitarist on Genesis material up to Steve Hackett's departure - then taking on lead guitar duties as well pushed everything else on to the back burner. Shame. [/quote] It's strange, 'cos he's responsible for some great guitar moments.. the solo on 'Burning Rope', for example. Lovely. But some of his stuff sounds awkward. Then again, we're talking about the bloke that came up with the bass part for 'No Reply At All'... and then a few years later stopped bothering creating parts with any redeeming features. Just because, here's my one of my favourite Genesis track that some of you might not have heard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o02v0hkq3IA

Keep turning the cab 90 degrees onto each of it's sides. If it goes away, it's a cable lying on the speaker chassis or something like that.

[quote name='Seaweed' timestamp='1375743041' post='2165188'] Great cabs. I have a 212 and a 215, the later one with a tweeter. I think my 215 weighs about 23 kg, they are however going out of production as far as I know. I used to test some prototypes for Tommy since we're based in the same area of Sweden, he's just the best guy ever [/quote] Yeah - I think he's replacing the 2x15 with 1x15s. I'd love to hear those...

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1375807139' post='2165977'] Love the band. Not a bad note throughout their career. [/quote] Pfff.... I'm a fanboi, but I think this is stretching it. Half of 'We Can't Dance' is execrable, and the other half isn't as good as it could be. And Rutherford phoned the bass parts in on the last two albums.

By the way, my old Seconds Out had a hilarious typo in the lyric booklet. '...and the lava's the lover who licks your boobs away...' Way-hey-hey!

Seconds Out is a great primer. I recently got the remastered sets - the remixes are revelatory. They have dynamics! The 1970-75 stuff is fantastic, and the Live Box is amazing. On Seconds Out there's a whole new percussion track on Cinema Show which is totally buried on previous mixes...

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]'...when one [i]doesn't[/i] use the word "blues" when trying to get gigs, regardless of whether one also uses the word "rock", venues tend to say "no ta, we only want blues bands round this way".'[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Fixed to reflect the situation at many venues in my neck of the woods. :-)[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Thankfully, I like the blues. As long as it's not played by cack-handed shed builders.[/font][/color]

[quote name='BB2000' timestamp='1375650549' post='2163959'] I see from the website that these 112's are specified to weight 10kg - does that sound about right? [/quote] Hard to believe, but it's true. They're not even Neo. Solid as a rock, too. They don't feel remotely flimsy.

We've had a thread on this recently. The generic festival bass tone: Gut-rearranging, yet inaudible.

It's like an alternative reality Crack Converters where people ON crack go into the shop, hand over all the money they own, and leave with some junk that looks like it was nicked from a charity shop.

I agree with you about the decline in songwriting, but IMO the downward turn happened after Hold Your Fire... there's probably one or two decent songs on each album after that. CA is still pretty 'meh' though, I reckon.

GUP is a great record. The balance of bass, guitar and keys is spot-on. It also captures the vibe of the era perfectly.

The OP jut asked about someone's tone - on a bass forum, of all places - and he's accused of having a lack of musical understanding? Get a grip.

[quote name='thebassman' timestamp='1375548872' post='2162828'] £300 shipped price each, that's amazing. Very tempting, I might have to check them out. Cheers Thebassman [/quote] Yep - incredible, really. His neo cabs are a bit pricier, but still very reasonable. Mind you, his ceramic cabs are 10kg, so the Neos must float.

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1375556689' post='2162916'] Agreed...time for something new imo. [/quote] The Jazz is fine. An amp, a 15" cab and a nice mic is all that's missing.

I got to play with Mark Knopfler, and didn't blow it. I'm not sure how I can top that, TBH. Here's a clip: [url="http://youtu.be/j1Ys3SBl17g?t=4m15s"]http://youtu.be/j1Ys3SBl17g?t=4m15s[/url]

[quote name='thebassman' timestamp='1375548026' post='2162805'] Thy setup looks pretty tasty, is it 2 x 1x12's or 2 x 2x12's? What was the cost? Cheers Thebassman [/quote] 1x12s...They sound tasty, too. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/212014-tks-engineering-112-cabs-new-to-the-uk-review/page__view__findpost__p__2152083"]Price info at this post[/url].

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1375514340' post='2162366'] Ah. It wasn't a thread... it was just me responding to your last inquiry! http://basschat.co.uk/topic/109898-who-remembers-sai-of-standish-coppull/page__p__1017003#entry1017003 [/quote] Ha ha... My poor, addled memory. :-)

My dad has a heap of old heads gathering dust in the loft, including a couple of Sound Cities. I must pull them out and have a look. He also has a cute little thing called a Nolan. Anyone familiar with them? Looks 70s.

Hi Tom I'm sure you're a great bloke, but you might want to tweak your approach for the UK market...

It's just a bit of gentle fun, and the OP knows it: [quote name='Gweb' timestamp='1373479191' post='2138146'] Thank you all for your replies. I have had some enquiries and there's a couple of people who look to fit the bill, all being well! Thanks again for the replies and humour [/quote]

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1375467366' post='2161943'] I like the original so wont buy it. [/quote] OK.