Rich

Three!

Power Windows still is my favourite. Not a duff moment on it, and a bass tour-de-force.

Yes, it might be a JG serial, but non-original neck, non-original case, control knob missing? Yup, that's definitely worth £1500 over the odds. Cough. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264427326214?ul_noapp=true

I think the main points to take away from this article are: 1. The writer failed his CSE geography exam. 2. Liam Gallagher is stil an utter knob. 3. See 2.

That reminds me of a frightfully cruel** joke that did the rounds after Paula Yates' unfortunate death... When police searched Paula Yates' house, they found Amphetamine Sulphate and Angel Dust... but there was no sign of her other two children. ** or not, depending on your POV and SOH

Fixed.

Earplugs, Kittens, Cheesy Chips and Knacker-Vices. A description of this thread and a great title for that difficult 2nd album.

The one I heard was: Why do elephants paint their balls red? So they can hide in cherry trees. What's the loudest noise in the jungle? Giraffes eating cherries.

*silently hands Tim his coat* *points at door*

Lute music..? paging @Witters

In fairness to TB, that sort of thing's happened here too. Not our finest hour, for certain. But yes, certainly on youtube I've seen plenty of displays of breathtaking virtuosity written off as 'grooveless' or some other such Luddite nonsense.

I imagine it to be a bit like Farcebook, where ERBs are met with choruses of "just buy a piano"/"that's a harp"/"Jaco/Jamerson only needed 4"/"can you play {tired rock 'classic'} on it?", etc.

On the back of your recommendation, I applied to this scheme -- I'm not a pro musician by any stretch, but I thought "ah well, nothing ventured", attached links to yootoob vids and facebook pages etc of my various bands to the application, and they've accepted me. Just waiting for my appointment to be arranged. Thanks for the tip..!

I have no interest in doing anything via PM. You've done the public mudflinging, so you publicly back it up.

What strings should I give a go ? I would say Elixirs, but then again I'm biased the Warwick Blacks mentioned by FDC above would be well worth a go. It's got a bit of neck dive so reasonably priced lighter tuners may be a consideration, any suggestions ? Hipshots. I fitted a set to my Sire V7 fiver and it shaved half a pound off the weight. Is my singer right saying "that goes so low only trees can hear it ?" 🤣 No. He is a berk.

I went to a concert in Norwich Cathedral a few years back featuring the superb Norwich Baroque group. Their theorbo player is blind..!

Well? I'd still like to know where I've performed a similar act of kneejerk modding plus public bollocking. The 'do as I say not as I do' was an indirect quote-of-a-quote response to my original comment. You obviously have a beef with me, so let's hear it. Or is my culpability based on a "well I reckon you've probably done it, therefore you have" reasoning?

I don't. I'm always weird, not just sometimes.

Blimey. When did I pee on your fireworks, exactly?

The thing that annoyed me about it was that I hadn't even mentioned politics per se. All I said was something along the lines of "That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah" "I believe Tony Blair plays guitar", that was it. But apparently just mentioning the name was enough to get me told off like a naughty 6 year old. Ridiculous kneejerk reaction.

I got a thorough public bollocking on there once in a 'famous people who play musical instruments' thread for mentioning the words 'Tony Blair'. Was told in no uncertain terms that they have a no-politics rule and that I was never to do it ever again, 'do you understand?' I think I've been there maybe once or twice since. Oh brilliant. I must go there and post about my bitsa P bass, they'll love it. No-name body, Wilkinson pup, and a Squier Jazz neck with a Fender P decal. The only genuine Fender part is the neck plate. I'm gonna go troll me some yankees.

It seems to me that as a singing bassist, I'm fairly screwed. I get the impression that vented moulded plugs are pretty much the only way? Other than ear defenders which, errm, no. Up to now I've been reliant on, and happy with, my trusty old Etymotic ER20 plugs. They certainly do the trick attenuation-wise, but on the basis of what I've read above I'm thinking maybe they're not such a good idea for singing gigs..?