Rich

This is what I believe our American cousins call a "no-brainer". Ability and experience over looks , every time.

bluddy forriners, coming over hear, tranzlating are post's, takeing are string's, steeling are benef(cont'd p.94)

There are more pointers to it being legit than there are doubtful factors. I reckon it's real. YOU LUCKY GIT

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1441747373' post='2861528'] My G&L ASAT Blue Burst Bass. Blue [/quote] I'm normally a bit meh when it comes to blue bursts, but that is very attractive. I think it helps that there's what appears to be a nice bit of wood under it. I like the baccyburst on your Tbird too.

I've seen a lot of horn players using [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Clip-on-Light-Bright-Double-Flex-Reading-4-LED-Flexible-book-Lamp-AAA-Battery-/251955526587?hash=item3aa9b83bbb"]these[/url] (or something similar).

[quote name='The Admiral' timestamp='1441696144' post='2860864'] I genuinely hope this is for all the right reasons and not because their are financial implications making it necessary. [/quote] +about a million. Fingers crossed.

And this is where the dead end stops. I hope this piece of firefighting meets with your approval Skank.

+1 to the Sire V7, and anything with 'Yamaha' on the headstock.

Thanks chaps I think the burst on my Shuker is really quite subtle and I reckon the satin finish has a lot to do with this. Certainly when I put it next to my gtrist's burst Tele, mine is much more understated.

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1432057668' post='2777691'] What's not to like?! [/quote] I agree entirely [IMG]http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/j36.jpg[/IMG] [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1441567353' post='2859927'] Worse than a burst... a burst with a matching burst headstock... [/quote] Whoops

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1441493472' post='2859329'] I didn't see that anywhere. Not from me, not from anyone. Again, I haven't said that once. I'm not offended by it. Perhaps you should stop making stuff up now. [/quote] Nobody actually called you a 'Communist dictator' either.

Heartbreaking. RIP El Reco.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1441491399' post='2859302'] Apparently asking questions makes me some kind of communist dictator. [/quote] Says who? Apart from you, that is. Oh, and even the most brilliant of musicians can become better by practicing more, so you don't need to be quite so defensive. Nobody is calling anyone a poor musician, or even implying it.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1441490029' post='2859284'] Seems I have no problems, so that's all good then. [/quote] Yes, but it's [i]unjustifiable[/i] and you haven't justified it.

[quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1441291358' post='2857635'] The Wonder Stuff - Construction for the Modern Idiot [/quote] YES! Superb album.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1441317381' post='2857976'] So you mean it's all a conspiracy? BassChat is part of the new world order? Jet fuel can't melt steel beams? The government's testing speed-of-light drones for bombing completely undetected? The Chuckle Brothers are part of a secret government programme to teach kids how to communicate effectively when moving things? [/quote] You forgot chemtrails, crop circles and the Sasquatch. Apart from that, yes.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1441291151' post='2857633'] I think it's entirely unjustifiable today to spend £2,000 on an acoustic guitar. [/quote] Ah, the old 'unjustifiable expense' chestnut again. It was probably about time for another of these threads.

[quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1441219379' post='2857089'] Just watched this on youtube, take a break Lemmy. [media]http://youtu.be/cX7P6c0VwBQ[/media] [/quote] Oh good god. I can't watch that all the way through. What a sad, sad sight -- it's like watching a favourite uncle, who always used to lark about with you when you were a nipper, now struggling to get out of a chair. I wish him a speedy (pardon the unintentional pun) recovery.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1441240902' post='2857247'] I wouldn't trade or compare my Beatles experience for Madness, The Specials or The Selecter ( all great bands mind you) Blue [/quote] I'm not asking you to trade -- I wouldn't -- and I'm definitely not trying to compare. That.is.my.whole.point. It's not supposed to be a p*ssing contest to see who's got the biggest experience. I appear to be having trouble getting my point across.

Rocking till he drops is obviously what he'd love to do, but if he keeps having to walk off stage 15 minutes into gigs surely even he can appreciate that it's not worth it. All that's going to happen is that he'll p1ss off more and more fans and cost them money. Rock'n'roll cred is all very well, but not at the expense of the fans surely? And yes, FWIW I wish him all the best and hope he's soon on the mend. It's never nice to see a legend faltering.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1441187499' post='2856691'] I was referring more to his recent statement of taking over the world. [/quote] Yes, but when Kanye said he was going to take over the world, he was talking [i]literally[/i]. We all thought he meant through the medium of music, but he was referring to the huge army of indestructible killer robots hidden away in his top secret mountain headquarters, poised and waiting to enslave all who comply and unleash a hideous electric death on those who do not. Mwa-ha-ha-ha-haaaa, and so on.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1441176291' post='2856583'] And at some point Horace's influence go back to The Beatles. Protest, yeah The Beatles had a big foot print there too, especially John. Guys, were not talking about a record or a show. It was like a religion as I have said many times before, a way of life. Blue [/quote] Horace's influences lay in the Jamaican [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska"]ska[/url] artists such Prince Buster. I'm not sure where the Beatles fit in there. And to the best of my knowledge, John Lennon did not invent the protest song. Look, I know you're not talking about [u]a[/u] record or [u]a[/u] show. Neither am I. But can you [i]please[/i] understand that for many people, the introduction to a different way of life and opening of eyes and so on might, just [i]might[/i], have had nothing to do with the Beatles? And can you please accept that while our epiphanies may not have been as genuinely world-changing as yours, they are just as [u]personally[/u] valuable? I can well understand that the world really did actually change when four Scousers stepped off a plane in 1964 or whenever, but for me it happened on Top of the Pops one night in 1979 when Madness, The Specials and The Selecter introduced me to a new way of life.

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1441115405' post='2856132'] Dance the night away [/quote] I played this once, many many years ago on a dep gig. [i]Never[/i] again.

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1440976371' post='2855114'] No, you can't. But then I can't imagine your magic being at the same level as mine. Thats the way with magic, and experience, it is personal and non transferable. [/quote] + about a million. My musical epiphany was the 2-Tone/ska revival of the late70s/early 80s. Horace Panter made me want to play bass, Suggs made me want to be silly, Dave Wakeling made me want to protest about stuff, they all made me want to get up and dance. It grabbed me in a way I cannot possibly explain and changed music, changed life, for me forever. That was my magic. Didn't hear much Yellow Submarine influence in there either

All I really have GAS for is a YOB Jazz. In the absence of a lottery win, that won't be happening so realistically it's a Limelight or other similar facsimile.