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Grooverjr

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  1. Grooverjr
    Not good. Unless A is your close mate or you genuinely love being in the band and see it as having a real future (neither of which comes through in your post, but that's just my reading of it) then walk away, Renee. If A thinks B is ropey and vice versa then it is probably not just the skill level at play on any case.
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    To second Beedster's excellent points... As someone who has bought a neck without tuners (funnily enough exactly the same neck as you are selling - lovely neck if you like em chunky, ) I would not do it again as it is indeed a pain and quite an expense to get it sorted and even after measuring the holes I had to add some plumbers tape to get them to fit snugly. Even if you stick some bog standard ones on, it makes it something someone can use straight away and wait until they find better tuners if they want.
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    Not sure if Mysterious Traveller by Weather Report would count as Alphonso Johnson is well-acknowledged as a virtuouso and the album is hardly unknown. But in terms of counterpoint bass working in the spaces yet still driving the music, and the use of effects to get some killer tones, I think it's a visionary bass masterpiece from start to finish. And always worth reminding the world that Weather Report is Zawinul and Shorter plus a great rhythm section and not simply a vehicle for Jaco as it sometimes seems to be painted.
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    Or 'pro bass teacher has to learn 'the zip' in record time' complete with one of those YouTube thumbnails that guarantees I will never click on it no matter how interested I may be in the topic.
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    Agree, I loved Zia but most of them are Roly Wynne's parts adapted by Zia. I think Pungent Effulgent, Erpland and Strangeitude are all great bass albums. Roly Wynne is one of my absolute bass heroes.
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    This has made me genuinely feel empty inside. A real hero from my youth and a definite influence on me when I was around that age. The Roses purple patch produced what, to my taste, is some of the best and most evocative music and a lot of that was the bass riffs and how they worked in with Reni's drumming (this hi hats!) He even made Primal Scream sound decent for a while, which was no mean feat! I will be raising a glass tonight, and dusting off the old Roses songbook. RIP Mr Mountfield
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    Well I just used Google AI and it said the name was chosen "because it sounded exotic and luxurious". I suppose that type of colour scheme would have been luxurious in 60s USA. Still seems a misnomer to me. It would be interesting to show the finish to a random selection of people who don't know what it is and ask them what they would call it. I don't expect you would get Antigua or anything even vaguely similar.
  8. Grooverjr
    Doesn't say why it was named Antigua? I have never been, but I would expect it to be all bright tropical colours so not an obvious match.
  9. Grooverjr
    Sounds to me like a mate of yours having a laugh....
  10. Grooverjr
    I like the phrase "upgraded antiquity" to describe horrendous false ageing. Is that also part of the boilerplate AI?
  11. Grooverjr
    It looks like some kind of bad AI thing where someone put in a list of different 'classic' bits to mash together and then the AI got very confused by the word 'horn'
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    Surely there are few on here who needs convincing about ACGs but ..... I recently had almost all my basses in storage for about 3 months due to a big intercontinental move and when I got them back it was a joy to be reunited with them all but it was my ACG (not the shortie, that is still in the box until I get the hangers up - delayed gratiication 😁) that really blew me away with the playability and the feel through the instrument. You don't need all the active bells ansd whistles to have a marvellous instrument and the joy of the ACG is in the DNA, especially the neck shaping. Given how much other things that were mass produced but have a 'name' sell for, 900 quid is a steal.
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    Looks lovely. From that bottom picture, it appears to have the ghost of Kung Fu Panda within it as well. Maybe that's what gives it the oomph?
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    Meanwhile in Bolivia, tickets for Juanes (not really my cup of tea but a big name in Latin 'rock/pop' for the last 30 years or so) are about 60 quid for VIP and the cheap seats are just over a tenner. Venue holds around 6 thousand I would guess Now Bolivia is not a wealthy country so there is less purchasing power but there is the same level of touring overheads so if Juanes and all his crew are making money it suggest that somebody in all the examples you have given is making A LOT of money. I am sure they could still make money at half the prices they are charging bit greed is the creed....
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    Sorry, no. I have brought it with me to Bolivia. Forgot the ad was still up.
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