Rich

I never saw it the first time, so thanks for posting it pete. I'm amazed it's still on fleaBay, I'd have thought the Rickenpolizei would have had it canned by now.

Aha, I reckon you're thinking of progressive metal. There's plenty of modern progressive music/rock that doesn't veer into metal territory. Off the top of my head there's Arena, Frost*, Riverside, Threshold, Steven Wilson just for starters. Youtube can be a goldmine. (there's also loads of really good prog metal out there too, but it doesn't sound like that's your thing.) Naturally, 'good' is in the ear of the beholder and all this is just IMO etc, I'm sure there will be plenty of people who go "Riverside? bleucch!".

Fair enough. Music would be shtt if we all liked the same stuff.

This is far and away my favourite version of Teen Town.

On the contrary the more I look at the pics, the more I think I will stick with the chrome. Changing to black would be a change for the sake of it. Forget I said anything

Three. Main one is my trusty old Comfort Strapp, all joints reinforced with cable ties -- has my wireless transmitter semi-permanently fixed to it. Second is the very lovely Maruszczczczyk one that i won in the SW Bass Bash raffle -- that one comes out for rehearsals and smaller gigs. Third is the cheapass black nylon one that lives with my acoustic bass gtr.

Oh hell, this is dreadful & shocking news. I knew he was ill but I had no idea it was this serious. I only met Colin once, when he bought my fretless JD back in the late 18th century, but he was always a friendly presence here and on Facebook. The number of tributes to him on FB are a measure of the guy's popularity and the affection people had for him. I offer my sincere and heartfelt condolences to all who knew and loved him.

Ta Yes, the stock OLP neck was a real baseball bat. This JD fretless neck is a dream.

Been umming and ahhing about this, thought I'd canvass some opinion. Black hardware -- tuners, bridge, control plate, knobs. Yes or no?

This, absolutely.

^^ yup, that. I use the B string a hell of a lot. We have a big horn section, so the Eb gets a lot of action.

Ohhhhh a Performer. I have major longings for one of these.

I need to plan it around actually having some money

I adore this song. Such a beautifully sparse arrangement. I could quite happily listen to just Vinnie Colaiuta's drum part, it is sublime.

To my mind, the issues of who got offended over what and which bathroom they use are entirely irrelevant (and it's a bit sad that in the 21st century we, or some at least, still think someone's gender identity is fair game for ridicule). For me, the only issue here is the mind-boggling unprofessionalism of the engineer. Offended or not, upset or not, just not turning up without a word to anyone is inexcusable. If I did that at work, I'd be in a world of poo.

Another classic. Pneumatic Auto Retardation of Passenger Stock A plan to replace buffer stops at terminal railway stations with huge airbags, thus obviating the need for drivers to slow down at all on the station approach and so saving precious minutes off journey times. PARPS was abandoned when the office tea lady pointed out that the airbags would stop the trains but not the passengers.

A couple of reviews from BCers here. https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/258828-nbd-sire-marcus-miller-v7-alder-4-awh-audio/?tab=comments#comment-2732077 https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/335302-sire-marcus-miller-v7-5-string-alder-1st-gen/

I really wouldn't. Looking too closely at a Goggle Pish Bass could leave you psychologically scarred for life.

I've got an ash 5 string 1st gen, had it since 2015 and it's my go-to live bass at the moment. Yes it's a tad heavy, but replacing the tuners with Hipshot licenced ones saved half a pound in weight. It plays beautifully and sounds fabulous. What more needs to be said?

Zig? A Zig? Ah.

Yes. There was a time when Goggle wasn't seen anywhere without a Gaylord. I think it worked a lot better than his short lived Fender sig model. For some reason it never really caught on.

Someone will be along in a minute to tell us how much better the Shitenbacker Bananaboat Gaylord I was.

I had a Shitenbacker Bananaboat Gaylord IV at one time. You didn't miss much, to be honest.

A band I depped with had Gimme x 3 in their set. Lots of fun and a great opportunity for a cheese solo

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