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[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1434887615' post='2803566'] ....I can see people getting bored with it after the first 4 or 5 minutes. [/quote] That long?

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1434882657' post='2803512'] Me neither... I can't hold a pick properly, it keeps slipping round my hand and I end up with the pointy bit facing away from the strings. Also, after this weeks first rehearsal on guitar it turns out I have a lot to learn about controlling feedback. [/quote] Pat Metheny has always played with the pointy bit facing away from the strings, and I don't think he's ever been accused of not holding a plectrum properly. I play with them that way too, I personally find the pointy end makes the sound too toppy.

If she can't put any more effort into her heckling than "get on with it" I'd just ignore her.

[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1434748768' post='2802594'] I'd say don't use slides too much. [/quote] This.

All basses sound the f***ing same to me to be honest.....

It's somewhere in-between "Burp" and "Grunt".

I go for weeks at a time without listening to music. I tend to enjoy silence (or as close as I can get to it) more than anything else these days.

I once received a bass through the post that was protected only by some jiffy bags sellotaped to it. No case, no extra padding, nothing. The bass, amazingly, was fine.

I'm currently involved in fundraising for Grassroots in Cardiff - this is a place that has been vital to the start of lots of young peoples musical journeys since the mid 1970s. Pretty much everybody I know of my age did their first gigs here, and I recorded there with my old band in the late 80s. It has been an invaluable community resource for decades but now, like so many other places, it's funding has been withdrawn & there are lots of gigs & other fundraising activities taking place at the moment to try to ensure that its facilities remain available to todays young, often disadvantaged musicians. If you get no other offers to rehouse this bass then I would like to ask you to consider donating it to Grassroots, either as an instrument that they can use in their studio or as something that can be auctioned off to raise much needed funds. Thanks.

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1434131696' post='2797067'] How did a posh kid from Cambridge come up with those? [/quote] By having his father killed in the second World War?

Was the name "Pieceofshitoburst" already taken then?

It was a superb tour. My friend (and drummer in my old band) Simon was stage manager for the tour, so I was lucky enough to get to see some of it up close & for nothing.

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1433089306' post='2787722'] I think you will find it is a [color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]CASH, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]ZAIKS_CS, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]STIM CS, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]KODA_CS, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Warner Chappell, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]SUISA CS, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]TONO_CS, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]SACEM, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]TEOSTO_CS, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]PRS CS, [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]UMPI [/size][/font][/color][color=#333333][font=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Song![/size][/font][/color] [/quote] I'm not going to argue with that.

"Together in Electric Dreams" wasn't a Human League song, it was Phil Oakey & Georgio Moroder.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1433001615' post='2786968'] take another listen to some of Mick's work before you blaspheme anymore. [/quote] I've heard more than enough of his playing to last me several lifetimes, thanks all the same.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1432992292' post='2786866'] But the first few notes at the very beginning really do sound like some kind of ruminant clearing its throat. Moo! [/quote] It really does! That guys playing sounds exactly like Mick Karn to me, but I was never a fan....

Depends if the pickups themselves are passive or active.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1430584043' post='2762885'] Hi all, I've just been looking through the "Other Musical Items" section and it's awash with 6-string things with cheese-wire strings! How do others view this? [/quote] I'm fine with it. It's not mandatory to buy a guitar you know....

[quote name='DarkHeart' timestamp='1430492951' post='2762020'] Anyone toying with the idea of buying one of these harnesses i will save you the bother, dont theyre a waste of money. [/quote] Really? I've just installed one in a friends Fender Precision Lyte & both he & I are incredibly impressed with it, it's given the bass a whole new lease of life. Totally quiet, easy to install & really usable EQ in all settings. Really can't fault it on any level, especially given how cheap it was. I've installed active circuits costing over five times the price that I don't think were as good.

I just did other stuff I was interested in until I could play again.

I've got a MIJ 57RI in Fiesta Red. It's a fantastic bass. Japanese Fenders are by far the best & most consistently good Fenders I've played.

I once got a Hamer 12 string bass from the seller in the USA to my door in three days.

Novatone Switchboards - haven't seen those for years.