leftybassman392

Did you have all your cables carefully routed so you didn't keep tripping over them?

Not a present as such (for reasons that will become obvious), but I got a new nVidia graphics processor in attempt to fix a BSOD issue with my gaming computer. Turns out the old GPU wasn't at fault after all (no, honestly... ) and will be available at a thread near you in due course, so I guess that will have to go down as my 'Christmas' spend for this year... What's worse, the problem hasn't entirely gone away even now despite significant biting of bullets/going against better judgement/swallowing of pride/etc. and installing Win10 - not to mention extended (and ongoing) testing and troubleshooting the like of which I haven't done in years.

Had an SGR (200 IIRC) for many years as a working instrument. I wasn't playing much bass at the time but I don't recall having any issues with it at all. Did everything I needed it to do with no fuss. I think the point about perception as a beginner's make is well made though: I have an RG470L guitar that was a busy gigging instrument in a function band for a number of years: soundwise it wasn't what you'd call versatile but it was an extremely well made instrument with an excellent action. Cost me the thick end of £500 new, but when I put it up for sale a few years ago I had absolutely no responses on an asking price of £175 ono (I would have accepted £160).

Didn't there used to be a place along Percy Street?

As it turns out there's a Wikipedia article that seems to cover the topic pretty well: [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapping"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapping[/url] While I'm here, I thought I'd post up something by one of my favourite players: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK91tuIQTVE"][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK91tuIQTVE[/media][/url]

[quote name='Barking Spiders' timestamp='1481538250' post='3192967'] Certainly did know it wasn't EVH but I curse whoever did . Unfortunately tapping and [b]sweep picking[/b] have led to the rise of soul less, mechanical fretw***ers across the globe. [/quote] Ah yes. That would be this man then... [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7T9fuf1bLE"][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7T9fuf1bLE[/media][/url] If I'm honest I'm not really a Gambale fan myself (although I don't have an issue with sweeping as such). As always though, it's not the technique so much as the way it's used.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1481528689' post='3192863'] To be fair to EVH (who I actually believe is a compete cock), he has never actually claimed he invented the technique, only that he did things with it that hadn't been done before. Which is why the world of rock guitar's collective jaw dropped when 'Eruption' first got played. At risk of sounding like Blue, you perhaps had to have been there to understand the quantum leap in technique this represented. Hendrix redefined the way electric guitar was played, so did EVH. [/quote] It's a fair point (and I get the feeling that it's more a case of other people claiming it on his behalf). I was there myself and at the time I was certainly happy to give him credit for it (so to speak... ). I also remember Stanley Jordan, who was developing the technique in a different direction at about the same time but whom nobody seems to remember these days... [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3gHtPLXQOI"][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3gHtPLXQOI[/media][/url]

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1481488418' post='3192675'] There was a guy who worked for Gretsch called Jimmie Webster that published a book on his tapping technique (he called it his "Touch System) in 1952. [/quote] It'll be interesting to see how far back it goes.

Think again: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7M8L1rAUsI"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7M8L1rAUsI[/url]

Pantomime: [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantomime"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantomime[/url]

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1481100407' post='3189625'] Because, as equinox put it in their documentary, the electric guitar can move the spirit. Bass merely moves their bowels; which do you think the audience find preferable ? [/quote] I suspect the answer to that one could be age-dependent.

[quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1481182211' post='3190247'] I hope that its a sign that people are looking for a different listening experience and actually listening to whole albums rather than individual tracks [/quote] Not so sure about that; I listened to a discussion about it last night and apparently a lot of people are buying vinyl just so they can boast to their friends that they have it on vinyl: it seems that many of the people buying vinyl don't actually own a record deck... [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08509k3/newsnight-07122016"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08509k3/newsnight-07122016[/url] The item starts at 32:25.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1480786981' post='3187178'] One of the best things about those full range RCF tops is not having subs for the dancer's drink to be put on. (Before we get any smart arses, the RCF sub in the picture is the DJ's paired to the smaller non full range versions of our tops ) [/quote] The thought never entered my head!