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The only problem with the mousemat solution is that it can't realistically be changed between songs Is there a cheaper version of some king of selectable damping ? (and not the palm of your hand )

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1333311384' post='1599968'] That's a Cathy Dennis classic, isn't it? Excellent, but I find it so catchy that my mind just rejects it altogether after having me hum it a couple of times - very musically 'cloying', so to speak. Edit; did you capitalise He - referring to Bono - on purpose? I know he's God to someone, but... [/quote] Ah, yet another Baldrick moment, now corrected. Thanks BJ

Bono apparently said this was one of the best pop songs he'd ever heard http://youtu.be/c18441Eh_WE Myself, I'm compiling a list

Thanks Clarky, what a great way to start Sunday, listening to BB

Start with nailing simple chords i.e. E, A, D, G, C in majors, then add the minors and the 7ths. Get friendly with barre chords. Then find songs that use those chords ie rhythm guitar stuff playing along to some Beatles songs / melodies to get you going. Simple ones are Norwegian Wood etc. By the time you're doing that you'll probably be doing Rebel Rebel, Smoke on the Water, (please don't do Sweet Child of Mine) Stariway to Heaven etc Wonder how long it will take before you're doing Country finger picking ?

The RW's have become my go - to basses, both jazz and precision. There was just a slight niggle at the beginning about the finish, with some ideas like 'I'll get it done when I have the cash'. Then it hit me. What I'd been after for years was a bass that played, sounded and felt great. I realised I now owned that bass, free and clear. Happy day

Largely agree with Bilbo and a few others here. Classical composers and conductors treat musical tempo is a flexible entity, as have some rock bands. For instance, 'WInd Cries Mary' by Hendrix occasionally stumbles along, but the whole band stumbles together, so the fluctuating tempo evolves into something many of call 'feeling the beat' or the song. Other songs almost make a feature of a granite solid tempo, such as Toto playing Rosanna. I've noticed the problems tend to emerge when members of the ensemble don't play together, be it one person or many. Then the topic of tempo tends to come to the fore. If I find myself in a situation of disorganised, unintentional, erratic, fluctuating tempo, I tend to set my tempo and stick to it unless there is a collective agreement to purposefully alter it. In these circumstances, the people with erratic tempo soon become quite conspicuous and often uncomfortable, which often prompts them to shape up.

Lovely bass that. A picture doesn't do justice to that instument at all, it's quite impressive up close. Glad it's gone to a good home Len

The old "It'll be great once the room fills up" scam. Does it equate to "It'll ride up with wear" in the rag trade ?

HI David, sitting here in Loughton !

A fender jazz fitted with an East preamp through an Eden WT550 and Berg AE212 was pretty memorable, both with and without the preamp. +1 re Ampegs and Fender valve amps with P basses

'All my Loving' tends to lend itself well to a duo arrangement, a bassline that moves along pretty well and plenty of room for some rhythmic guitar work too. Solo vocals first verse and duo the second. There are plenty of Beatles numbers that explore different aspects of a band, depends what you want on the night.

We were rehearsing 'Getting Better' by the Beatles this week. Lyrics; - "I used to be cruel to my woman I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved. Man I was mean but I'm changing my scene and I'm doing the best that I can" It was a different world then.