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[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1451938801' post='2944857'] I also asked him who inspired him. The answer was 'everyone I ever heard including the bad stuff'. [/quote] This is a very good point. I read an interview with Billy Sheehan years ago where he said something along the lines of "Inspiration doesn't just come from the things you love, it also comes from the things you reject".

That has to be a refinish.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1452003157' post='2945375'] Actually the thread title is 'Mold'. Isn't that a town in Wales?? [/quote] Yes it is. I was going to point it out but I'm not as pedantic as some people.......

HG Mould spray. Very good stuff.

I've always had the same problem - music theory, and reading music especially, is completely unlearnable for me. I've had lots of people say the same old stuff - you just need to find the right teacher blah blah blah. I've tried many many ways and many teachers but the outcome is always the same - total & complete inability to understand music (& maths, and languages for that matter). It turns out the reason I can't do any of this stuff is that I am autistic - After a lifetime of bewilderment at why I struggle with many things I was diagnosed as being on the Autistic spectrum two months ago. I'm 51 on Friday - that's a long time to go without knowing why your brain doesn't work like most other peoples do. Now, finding this out isn't going to help me any with music, but it has made me feel a lot better about why, despite having a pretty high IQ, I struggle with many things, music theory included. It's also finally explained why I've always found playing in bands & with other musicians incredibly stressful. I can finally stop beating myself up about that too. The diagnosis for me has been an incredibly positive thing. Having said all that not being able to understand music theory is not an automatic sign of autism; there are plenty of autistic musician out there who have no problem at all with musical theory, I'm just not one of them.

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1451980735' post='2945099'] There's a gap in the market! Who wants to start a band with me? We'll play Vera Lynn songs and dress up as air-raid wardens! [/quote] The band will have to be called "The Blackout".

[quote name='40hz' timestamp='1451933926' post='2944782'] I'm definitely of the opinion that the wood has little to do with it really. [/quote] This, especially in the case of a solidbody electric instrument. There's a lot of bollocks talked about 'tonewoods' - even acoustic guitar builders have proved you can build superb instruments out of any old wood. Check out the Fylde models made from old whisky barrels & the Taylors made from old pallets if you're in any doubt.

[quote name='fatback' timestamp='1451949742' post='2945015'] If you do it putting the music first, the audience will find you anyway. [/quote] I've always looked at it as "No matter how sh*t you are the law of averages dictates that someone somewhere will think you're the best thing they've ever heard". That was certainly the case with my old band.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1451914383' post='2944483'] Ok I will go for the focusrite Itrack studio pack as it seems like a good deal. A few questions. Is it possible to mic a cab ok with this? Would the mic in the pack be ok for bass if I want to mic a cab? Again doesn't have to be great just useable, If not I will buy another mic. What is the most simple recording software compatible with this? Thanks [/quote] You can use it with garageband on the iPad. The I think iTrack package comes with Cubase le recording software but I'm not sure.

I blame Jim Hall.

Unbelievably slow loading pages again tonight - anyone else having problems?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1451937801' post='2944841'] I love it when I see our 60 year olds smile when we start an old Peter Greene or Savoy Brown tune. They feel young again. Blue [/quote] Yeah, it's like when my grandmother was in a home & they'd all sing Vera Lynn songs & think they were about to be bombed by the Germans.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1451946330' post='2944983'] He was Spanish. [/quote] A band I was in briefly somehow ended up with a Spanish drummer - he was a f***ing nightmare. One of us would have to stand by him & physically shove him to get him to stop playing, once he got going that was it. His name was Juan - we used to call him Wham because of hard he used to hit his kit.

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1450778472' post='2935696'] Neck stability is certainly increased, though some would argue that Leo's lumps are stable enough as it is. Stability/Rigidity should influence tone but that is subjective and over-rated any way. Mine doesn't meet at the 12th fret (an extending arm helps with balance though) and I don't consider it ugly. [url="http://s54.photobucket.com/user/warwickhunt/media/100_2395_zps7083fa93.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] The Bolin is the only single cut bass that doesn't make me bring up a little bit of sick into my mouth when I see it.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1451941149' post='2944917'] What has age got to do with anything ? [/quote] Depending on the genre, quite a bit I'd say.

The flip side of this is that the drummer I played with for the longest was by far the worst.

[quote name='Wonky2' timestamp='1451940193' post='2944892'] Once had a guitarist turn up for an audition, it was at the time of grunge bands...... In he came, jumper 3 sizes too big, holes in his jeans, looked like he hadn't slept....ever...... All was going well with Kevin until Half way into first number. without any warning, he suddenly explodes from his staring at the floor staggering round like a drunk approach and he launches his strat across the room ! A good 6 feet into the air ! we all watched in slow motion horror as it crashed down onto the hard vynal tiled floor of the local community centre, the head stock snapping clean off !!! A mangled mess off strings and splinters ! Kevin didn't have another guitar and chose to mope off out the door into the night..... Never to be seen again [/quote] This reminds of a bunch of losers that used to have a band in Cardiff. They thought they were a whole lot better than they were. I just happened to be in a bar they were playing at one night. End of song, big crescendo, drum kit demolished, guitars thrown, amps pushed over, a really impressive finale - except that the bloody idiots did it at the end of their first song. The small audience they had drifted away as they self consciously started picking their gear off the floor & setting up again.

Yes, I found him many years ago. The shame is, apart from three or four rehearsals with a band that fell apart very quickly, I've never played with him.

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1451939551' post='2944872'] I'm too old to know who the young turks are there days [/quote] I'm too old to care. It's very liberating.

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1451939265' post='2944866'] I agree that kids are less interested in bands these days, but in my opinion it's because it seems to more about solo singer songwriters like Ed Sheerhan, Frank Turner and newer names like James Bay. Go to any open mic night... [/quote] I'd disagree with this, you only have to see the number of kids putting bands together on any musicians wanted website to see that plenty of them are interested in playing in bands. The really good thing with the old singer/songwriter thing being popular again at the moment is that kids realise that you don't have to be in a band to make music.

Don't actually own any of these basses anymore but they're a bit more interesting than the headstock on my Precision.... [URL=http://s86.photobucket.com/user/RhysP/media/Headstocks_zpsbt0l8axy.jpg.html][IMG]http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k120/RhysP/Headstocks_zpsbt0l8axy.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Very nice.

No, never done this.

If you speak to young players I'm sure there are lots of bassists in new bands influencing them just as people my age were influenced in the 70s & 80s. As somebody who is just a few days short of his 51st birthday I can honestly say I couldn't care less about up & coming bass players, I'll leave that to the young people who, hopefully, are as passionate about music as I was when I was in my teens & twenties.

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