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[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1452847315' post='2953960'] Ok. I've put a bit more thought into this. Maybe our biggest musicial influences happen between the ages of 11 and 25. [/quote] I'd agree with this, certainly from my own experience. Even when I discover something new that I like these days it never has the impact on me that music had between the ages you mention. Those were the ages when music really was the most important & exciting thing in my life, the closest I ever got to a religion I suppose.

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1452799962' post='2953668'] And just wait til you end up in the middle of a horn/sax section chatting about transposing from "normal" keys so they can work out a part... [/quote] Luckily for me I hate the sound of horn sections with a passion (and saxophones in particular) so it's not a problem I ever came across.

Looks like a Duke to me, with modified pickups/circuitry.

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1452778534' post='2953382'] I think it's crazy that people have not listened to Iannis Xenakis, or Krzysztof Penderecki it baffles me. I can forgive people who maybe arent into Tristan Murail as much as they're into Pierre Boulez but you need to see the importance of both composers. I just love it all. f***ing 24 notes man. [/quote] I preferred their earlier stuff; you know, before you liked them.

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1452779028' post='2953395'] I didn't realise how much snobbery there is among bass players! [/quote] There is snobbery everywhere, why should bass players be any different?

[quote name='ballstomonty' timestamp='1452777716' post='2953365'] Whoops! Sorry about that... Fancy a cutlery based jam session to make amends [/quote] Sounds good, I'm having a party tomorrow if you want to come.....

That was me. Thanks for stealing my f***ing booze.

[quote name='dand666' timestamp='1452776331' post='2953334'] I think it's crazy that people have not listened to Floyd, or The Doors it baffles me. I can forgive people who maybe arent into Converge as much as they're into CCR but you need to see the importance of both bands. I just love it all. f***ing 12 notes man. [/quote] Why is it crazy? Maybe they just don't like those bands. I've not heard much Doors stuff but I've heard enough to know there's no point in me ploughing through everything they've ever done on the off-chance I might find one song I like.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1452771958' post='2953256'] Lucky bastard! I'd give anything for that musical blind spot [/quote] That's exactly what I was going to say!

[quote name='Kirky' timestamp='1452723625' post='2952967'] Led Zeppelin - listened. Hated them. Television - Loved them. [/quote] Good man.

Modulus = Alphonso Johnson for me.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1452713590' post='2952839'] Thought so. I asked them to put a bass together for me a little while back and they told me to do one. It wasn't anything they couldn't have coped with: white, maple board, gold fittings, SLO neck, matching headstock. The reply was "We don't make custom instruments". Fair enough, but it's just one more variation of the 100's of different specs they already do. [/quote] I looked into getting a Musicman Luke guitar with a maple fingerboard instead of the usual rosewood - they just would not do it for me, despite the fact they make loads of guitars with maple fingerboards.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1452713038' post='2952828'] And music not only being made around the world RIGHT NOW but there is 70-odd years worth of world recordings readily available over the internet. Most of it is music that most people have not heard. [/quote] And ALL of it was influenced by The Beatles......

[quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1452684252' post='2952308'] Playing bass is like sex within marriage. It gets harder to maintain enthusiasm as the years pass and other pressures fill your horizons. To flog a dead simile further: 1- Get a band on the side that consists of inappropriately young people who could benefit from your wisdom. 2- Experiment with different genres 3- Experiment with different numbers of people. So try the big band thing, try the one man band thing. 4- [Insert other not very subtle euphemisms here] [/quote] And sometimes you just have to lock yourself in the bedroom and bash away on your own....

[quote name='acidbass' timestamp='1452704741' post='2952670'] I am 28 and have been listening avidly to the Beatles for years. [/quote] No you haven't. You're lying. You can't fool me.

[quote name='gafbass02' timestamp='1452696098' post='2952526'] Seven years ago I moved to a town where the music scene is disasterously cliquey to the point of total self defeat. Same people playing the same songs to the same people in the same pub, week in, week out, frequently badly too! So many local musos just seem to be jobless bums who think owning a guitar and smoking pot all day makes them a 'pro' instead of 'unemployed' and that the world owes them a living, there's virtually no cross population between venues or cliques and anyone new is treated with suspicion and disdain. [/quote] Sounds just like Cardiff.

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1452691284' post='2952447'] A recent discovery for me - Cheap Trick. I've always been aware of them but never knew their music - apart from a couple on various 'Rock' compilations. I now have an entire back catalogue to work through - so far it's been an utter joy. [/quote] One of my favourite bands, I've got pretty much everything they've done. Incredible live band. There is quite a bit of dross though IMO. Their cover of The Motors "Dancing the night away" is one of the worst things I've ever heard. If there's anything you want to hear & can't find let me know.

[quote name='interpol52' timestamp='1452688268' post='2952394'] Do we need to lock this thread? I didn't want to start another one of these half-brick lobbing matches. It was just a simple question I wanted to ask people. [/quote] No need to lock the thread, it's a good one - just remove one person from it. He seems to be allowed to insult people with impunity for some reason.

[quote name='Oopsdabassist' timestamp='1452670966' post='2952150'] Guys, I think Blue, being one of the few 'mericans on here, may not 'get' our way of thinking, [/quote] Not getting our way of thinking is fine, slagging people off & generally being a dick because people don't like the music he does isn't fine. IMO of course....

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1452652710' post='2952102'] Do you know why you can't stand it. And I mean intellectually. Not from a mere adolescent "I just don't like it" perspective. Blue [/quote] I know exactly why I don't like it. I don't like how it sounds. Is there any other reason not to like a certain type of music? And let's have less of the patronising crap.

[quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1452598997' post='2951420'] cheers guys! Researching into it a bit more, seems interesting! Any of you ever bought off craigslist? I've found some minimoogs and am a bit weary [/quote] In my experience 90% of stuff for sale on Craigslist is a scam, and the 10% of genuine stuff is being sold by crazy bastards you don't want to get involved with.

There are loads of genres of music I can't stand, I wouldn't call them Blindspots though. I just don't like it.

I refuse to use the 'M' word because it's a load of American bollocks, but I lost interest in playing years ago. I started playing other instruments which helped for a while but I can't even be bothered doing that now. I've spent thousands on guitar gear over the last two years trying to reignite the passion but nothing works. Even when I do pick up a guitar or bass I feel detached from the whole process - to use another American term I feel like I'm phoning it in. It's not just the playing either - I don't listen to much much music these days or even go to gigs, which is something I always loved doing. Maybe you just don't want to play anymore.