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Why not? Gives you a bit of credibility before you've played a note.

If it makes you feel any better I completely agreed with you...

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1490966285' post='3269465'] [/quote] Yes, I suppose crack is always an option.

I love 20/20 Sound but I feel it's let down by the vocals, which are pretty weak in my opinion.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1490964219' post='3269435'] I felt the same when I lived in Wales... [/quote] By that I meant that I don't feel that there's anything I want or need to do in the time I've got left. If I died tomorrow my last thoughts wouldn't be of all the things I'll never be able to do. There's nothing I want to do, I'm happy sitting on my arse doing nothing. I do agree with you though, Wales is pretty sh*t.

[quote name='thepurpleblob' timestamp='1490949089' post='3269246'] The last thing I want to do is veg in front of the TV. [/quote] A few years ago I would have said the same thing. These days, however, I'm happy to veg in front of the TV to the exclusion of pretty much everything else. I feel a lot better in myself too since I stopped forcing myself to do stuff just for the sake of doing something.

[quote name='radiophonic' timestamp='1490957039' post='3269362'] I have a similar problem with Levitation, despite loving both Bickers and Bic's guitar work. There's just too much of it all at once. [/quote] Really? There's only so much Living Colour I can take, but I love Levitation. "Need For Not" is one of my favourite albums ever.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1490943467' post='3269161'] No Rhys, not true - I hope that one day, when I am as old as you, I can also find the energy to spread my negativity far and wide! It can't be easy Disclaimer. That was no more serious that the quoted remark. I think I am a bit older. [/quote] I'm glad somebody appreciates just how much time & energy goes into being a miserable old bastard, it's exhausting...

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1490916586' post='3269112'] Thats what my wife said. [/quote] I wasn't trying to be flippant, sorry if it came across that way. I guess what I was trying to say is don't worry, if you need to sell it sell it, you'll own basses again further down the line. I've never had much money, so getting attached to something I own is a luxury I've never been able to have. Stuff gets sold as & when needs demand. The bottom line is that as much as we enjoy playing there are more important things in life that sometimes need to come first.

Yes, I let my only bass go, and my only amp. Then I bought another bass. Then I sold that. At the end of the day it's just a bit of wood.

The thing I find amazing is that people still want to keep doing loads of stuff when they get old. I couldn't wait to get old so I'd have an excuse to stop doing stuff.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1490865498' post='3268570'] After playing it acoustically for a couple of days, I plugged it in. Dead as a dodo. Changed battery. Nothing. Different leads and Amps. Nothing. XLR connection. Nothing. It appears that my electro acoustic guitar is entirely acoustic :-D Buggery bollocks. It's now got to go back to Germany for a holiday. [/quote] What a pain in the arse.

I'm 52 & pretty much ready for death. All the fun stuff is behind me.

[quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1490858410' post='3268485'] I agree that it is a lot but it is in the range of some other well known American manufacturers [/quote] I think they (as in Fender & Musicman) are overpriced for what you get too.

£1500!!! No thanks, I'll wait for the Tribute model.

That's my kind of bass. Really like the blue/maple neck one on the wall behind him.

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1490744216' post='3267676'] Yes, the album certainly hasn't aged well... he said being charitable... in the extreme... it hadn't aged well by about 1989! [/quote] It had aged badly by the time I got it home from the shop.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1490800822' post='3268167'] My favourite is the Cielo De Terra book. I can only play one track all of the way through (Enigma of Desire) but the bits I can execute are getting longer and smoother. I guess it is about realising that you don't have to be able to do the whole thing for it to be a valuable learning experience. I also have some of my own transcriptions of his stuff that I revisit occasionally. [/quote] Have you got the Al Dimeola guide to chords, scales & arpeggios book?

I don't think the description "Turd on a stick" has every been more appropriate.

[quote name='jacko' timestamp='1490795993' post='3268099'] Would that have been around 1996? I saw him at a clinic at the Bass Centre in Birmingham around then and came away a bit disappointed. He spent most of the time playing with loops and noodling - nothing like his Living Colour playing (which was why I went). [/quote] Probably earlier than that, around 1990-91.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1490789982' post='3267978'] I already have several [/quote] Hope you've had better luck with them than I have.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1490733610' post='3267570'] Custom Legend. It's chuffing lush.... [/quote] Very nice indeed. Would you like to borrow my Al Dimeola guitar tuition book?

Always preferred Muzz Skillings, lost interest in Living Colour after he left. I only really liked the first two albums anyway. I had an "interesting" encounter with Doug at a clinic he was doing many years ago which left me in no doubt that the guy was a total dick.

Never had a tutor, nobody did when I started playing in the late 70s unless you were learning classical guitar, violin or piano. I wouldn't have been able to afford lessons even if the option had been available to me. I did what everybody else I knew did, learnt by playing along to records. It hasn't stopped me doing anything I've wanted to do musically & I don't feel I've missed out by not having lessons. (Didn't vote in the poll as there isn't an option that fits how I feel about it. A "No, but I can see why it would be useful for other people" type option would have been good).

I've used & can recommend nickel roundwounds by LaBella, GHS & Newtone over the years.