Marvin

He does a good job of irritating people. I'm surprised he lasted past his first post on TB before being banned. I don't get the club thing on TB, is like frat houses?

The stuff in my sig plus a 35w practice amp, an electric guitar and 20w practice amp for that and a bag of bits and bobs all live in the dinning room. The dinning room is not very big btw

I have now

Can't change mine either

I'd put my £270 towards something else. Not with a barge pole comes to mind.

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1362765016' post='2004559'] This is exactly why I avoid buying Fenders nowadays. Why use a piece of Maple with an irregular grain pattern for a neck in the first place? Surely its asking for potential grief? Now; time to look out the suit of armour before the howling Fender mob descend upon me. [/quote] Would you classify a 1989 instrument in the 'nowadays' category?

It makes a big difference to my ears. Unlined just sounds clanky.

Cheers I went for the Switchblade in the end after working out what I really wanted to do. Only £35. Although I'm going to have to save up and get some decent cables

Bought Lee's Ampeg 410 from him. Seamless and great to meet Lee.

I'm toying with the idea of using two amps. I've saw this [url="http://www.ehx.com/products/switchblade-plus"]http://www.ehx.com/p...witchblade-plus[/url] I think it'll work, just wondering if there are any other inexpensive options. By inexpensive, that knocks out things like Sansamp thingys or Zoom wot nots. Cheers. EDIT: I'm useless with a soldering iron so making me own isn't an option...also, I'm too lazy.

Worked with a band last year where the singer and guitarist were an item. A right royal PITA. Their personal problems would spill into band politics, so if they'd had an argument during the day/week/month that would manifest itself in an argument in the band. AND, they'd both bitch about each other behind the other one's back.

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1360852222' post='1977392'] So there was electronic music before The Beatles. I'm shocked and not a little horrified. I'm sure i read somewhere that the Fab Four invented music. [/quote] You've quoted me, but you'll have to explain what your post means as it makes no sense to me.

[quote name='Fat Rich' timestamp='1360846778' post='1977272'] This'll annoy some of you! Some interesting analysis of their music though: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKK0bCSIR4E[/media] [/quote] Pah! What does Howard Goodall know? He's only studied music and got a CBE for services to music education. He's not qualified to comment on this subject.

I got it wrong. On your headstock be it

On your neck be it.

I've never been able to get into Level42, but King is a very talented musician, there is no doubt about that in my mind. I wish I could be influenced by him but I can't slap for toffee

Popular music is dead because music isn't popular. That's the great thing about satire, the grain of truth underpinning it.

[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1360694426' post='1974899'] ive never ever said anyone was the best, i dont see how you define a best, only what is best for you as a listener, watcher, admirer etc... [/quote] Sorry, I should have put this little fella in . Surely with nearly 800 posts you've heard of the silly King vs Flea 'discussions'? I wasn't being at all serious.

[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1360693916' post='1974879'] LOL. why oh why do people get opinionated against others ill never know. [/quote] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/199459-flea/page__pid__1974885#entry1974885"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/199459-flea/page__pid__1974885#entry1974885[/url] Post 8

He's not as good as Mark King.

He's not as good as Flea.

I'm older than the bass in question so it can't be vintage...I'M NOT VINTAGE!!!!

I sound the same which ever bass I'm playing so just play the one I fancy fiddly with at the time

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' timestamp='1360590953' post='1972839'] Doesn't work with Opera... [/quote] It's rare to find guitar riffs in Opera

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1360602600' post='1973158'] Absolutely. Let me at it. And if I'm allowed to re-use influences from my "back catalogue" It would be much more straight forward to do. The difference between what I've done so far and what The Beatles did, is that they had all day every day to work on the songs and recordings. Most of us here have had to juggle school/university/jobs with their musical activities. And then complicate that when all the members of your band have differing levels of availability at any one time, and the actual opportunities for you to come together and write, play and record rapidly diminish. Looking at The Beatles situation as a creative person the opportunities and later the freedom they had are the important things that go towards being able to produce a varied and serious body of work. I find it rather sad that there is a tendency for musicians here to throw themselves on their knees with a "we're not worthy!" attitude at the very mention of The Beatles, when instead you should be thinking "I could do that too". [/quote] Then do it. You've got no one to rely on you, partner, children. You could have chosen to do anything you want, like the members of the Beatles did. They were in their late teens when they went to Germany to cut their teeth, most of us could have taken similar choices at the same age. None of them had privileged backgrounds, they made a choice and worked to get where they did. If they had all day to write songs that's because they put in the ground work. Many other bands have had freedom and resources to do what they want after their initial success and haven't had the influence the Beatles did and others failed completely. Resources didn't make them what they became. The what might have beens, what could be, the what ifs are all irrelevant, their achievements are a matter of record. I'm not even a big Beatles fan but acknowledge the level of influence they had on music and other musicians. Could others have done it? No one has, despite their best efforts.