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[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1422926848' post='2678583'] I just found another chap on Soundcloud calling himself King Bollock! [/quote] You should hang out together.....

[quote name='paul h' timestamp='1422917825' post='2678485'] Is there a difference between parchment and cream? [/quote] You can't write on cream & you don't put parchment on strawberrys.

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1422890994' post='2677931'] Im thinking black would look better with a rosewood board rather than maple. Im off to have a look in the Ads to find this lake placid blue with tort guard See if it changes my mind [/quote] It's here if you've not found it yet: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/254519-fs-fender-japan-fsr-1962-precision-bass-reissue-old-lake-placid-blue/"]http://basschat.co.u...ke-placid-blue/[/url] I'm not usually a fan of rosewood fingerboards either but I just love the look of that bass. If I played more than a handful of days a year I'd have bought it.

Sounds like you made the right decision to me.

Black or an off white. I don't like tort guards either, but there is a Lake Placid Blue MIJ Precision for sale on here at the moment with a tort guard & I think it looks really nice.

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1422849453' post='2677530'] I have even given thought to recording an idea I have had and hoping that one day a related picture might pop up... [/quote] You're not allowed to do that though, it has to be a new piece of music. Ironically I have a song I wrote last year that works with this months picture....

I have to admit I've never understood the perennial appeal of "All Right Now", it's a bloody godawful dirge IMO. I hate the vast majority of the songs that seem to still be staples of the average covers band set. I stopped going to see pub bands in the 80s because I was so bloody fed up with hearing the same old stuff yet apparently it seems if I went to see a covers band in a pub tomorrow they'd most likely be playing the same songs.

I've had ebony, rosewood, maple & synthetic fingerboards over the years but I honestly can't say I've noticed much difference between any of them to be honest.

Pretty impressed with the singer!

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1422813014' post='2677063'] Yeah that was cringeworthy wasn't it. The best bit of the Kraftwerk doc was the Pocket Calculator footage, got a bith bored with it otherwise, although you could base a drinking game around how often Paul Morley says "distilallation" [/quote] Yeah, he did say it quite a bit, didn't he?

[quote name='Shylock' timestamp='1422737258' post='2676364'] Hmmm - Just worked out about £126 inc postage. Perhaps the cost will come down over time. [/quote] Did you include the extra 25% for VAT & import charges in that total?

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1422730858' post='2676257'] Fair enough, it was just me then. Maybe the amount of time the vinyl dinosaurs were given irked me. Digital is fab! And well said re the Kraftwerk doc - as influential as the Beatles, really!? Also I wouldn't trust Paul Morley as far as I could throw his ego. [/quote] I'd actually agree about the "as influential as the Beatles" bit. Kraftwerk's influence has been massive. They've probably influenced me more than the Beatles; I've got quite a few Kraftwerk albums but I don't own any Beatles stuff, though obviously the Beatles have influenced me indirectly as there are lots of artists I like who were themselves influenced by the Beatles. I thought what the some of the other people were saying was pretty good too, but Morley & that other bloke who looked like a cross between Al DiMeola & a 70s porn star were just so up themselves.

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1422725199' post='2676140'] Saw Ep.3 last night; was it me or did it run out of steam a bit? [/quote] I didn't think so, I enjoyed it as much as the other two. It was certainly more enjoyable than listening to all the pretentious bastards on the Kraftwerk documentary that was on after it. Loved the music, but boy were there some up-themselves people on there. Paul Morley is one of those people I could never grow tired of punching.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1422725595' post='2676149'] Oh please! Imaginary friends don't count! [/quote] Really? Oh bugger.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1422718514' post='2676008'] Any quest for new music by whatever means is positive, given that the average age of members on this forum represents people who, in other walks of life, probably haven't listened to anything new in thirty years. [/quote] I know loads of people of my age & older who are constantly listening to & searching out new music, and they're not "musicians" either. They are always recommending stuff to me that I'd otherwise never have heard of. I don't take any notice of them whatsoever mind......

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1422665095' post='2675532'] What would you think if it was on a photography forum and no-one was interested? [/quote] That would be odd, same as if this was a recording forum & nobody was interested in a recording competition. But it's not a recording forum & I guess that's why very few people are interested.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1422660600' post='2675484'] Yes! I suspected that generally most people aren't particularly interested, but I must admit to being a little surprised at the apparent irritation of some members about the whole thing - almost as if it's something that shouldn't be on the forum in the first place! Why? [/quote] Nobody is saying it shouldn't be on the forum, I've got no problem with it being on the forum, it just gets a bit tedious every month when the "Don't forget to vote" stuff starts when it should be very obvious by now that nobody apart from a small group of people give a sh*t about it. People can be as creative as they want, and can post as many bits of their music on the forum as they want - great if that's what they want to do, just don't keep having a go at the people who aren't interested in listening to it. I have no interest whatsoever in the monthly photography competition either, but the people involved in that seem to be quite happy to get on with it & not keep whinging about nobody looking at their pictures.

When it first started I used to listen to the entries & vote, but to be honest I just got bored listening to music that just didn't really do anything for me. I also got to the point where I thought there was no point as it's usually a one horse race, with the same person winning nearly every month, especially as his music connects with me the least out of all the entrants I've heard. Maybe one of the rules should have been the winner does not take part in the following months competition to give others a chance? I think that might have made it hold my attention for a while longer The monthly badgering of people to get more involved every month pisses me off too - it's a bass players forum, not a recording forum. Maybe I'm in the minority but I don't really have any interest in any of that stuff, certainly not to the point where I want to get involved in a competition.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1422630188' post='2674874'] HA!! So you admit it, you bloody Celt! Thhhhpp! Thhhhhhppp!! Thppppp!!!! [/quote] Don't make me play the race card you bloody bigot.....

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1422629856' post='2674862'] Ah, yes... but... er, ...OK you win, Welshy. Thhpp! [/quote] But I do agree that it is far from the norm.....

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1422627847' post='2674812'] I think hybrid electronic kits that look like 'real' drums is probably how it will go. Less convenient than a pure leccy kit, but looks the part... [url="http://www.e-prolive.com/"]http://www.e-prolive.com/[/url] [/quote] Alex Van Halen has been doing that since the early 80s.

[quote name='andy67' timestamp='1422621411' post='2674694'] How do you price your bass once you've decided to sell it? [/quote] Lots of variables - age, condition, make & model all make a big difference. The standard stuff like Fender & Musicman always seem to hold their prices better than other makes or the more esoteric, custom stuff, but even that is subject to the fickleness of what's "in" at the time.

[quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1422623332' post='2674725'] What I'm angling for now, is a hybrid kit, with basic kick snare rack floor, with a couple of mesh head pads, and a couple of triggers for the kick and snare. This would give you a full acoustic kit, with all the skin dynamics you get with that and enough pads and triggers for an electronic/urban kit. Bit more fiddly etc but it would only be used at weddings and parties where the cash and setup time was adequate. [/quote] Something like this? [URL=http://s86.photobucket.com/user/RhysP/media/danny-carey-set-up_zpsghp1v9cg.jpg.html][IMG]http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k120/RhysP/danny-carey-set-up_zpsghp1v9cg.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='John Schoen' timestamp='1422611174' post='2674525'] Ulas is new here. There is a group culture or herding instinct on Talkbass that we luckily don't have here. Please give him a break, he is just very enthusiastic about Maruszczyk basses. [/quote] This is the UK - we treat enthusiasm with suspicion.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1422611585' post='2674535'] I don't get the falling forward thing - doesn't one's forearm prevent that from happening while you're playing? [/quote] That's exactly what I was thinking, especially with a body that large. I've always liked the look of these, and have seen a few bands using them & they've always sounded great. I was looking at one in my local music shop yesterday. Bottom line is that I don't play the bass I've got now so buying another one would just be a waste of money, regardless of how pretty it is.