Cyrene

I have the Fiesta red one. Bought it end of last year and only got around to playing it in anger last night. The neck is fantastic. I do love the sunburst one mind.

[quote name='slobluesine' timestamp='1334700229' post='1620111'] that was just sh*te, tired old format, crap sound, average bands, just about as dull as it gets [/quote] pretty much sums it up.

Wow.

[quote name='Fredde' timestamp='1334570128' post='1617610'] Here's my American Vintage Reissue '57, Fullerton 1982, that I bought off here recently! [/quote]

joanna bolme.

Wow :-)

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1330652764' post='1561162'] congratulations, sounds like it went to exactly the right fella! [/quote] +1 Well done mate!

Soundslive are good like for things like this.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1329995108' post='1550912'] By strange coincidence, I found an envelope stuffed into my letterbox this morning. It contained a transcript of some off-mike dialogue during the most recent U2 recording session. [color=#ffffff].[/color] [/quote] i just laughd out loud in the library. Thank you.

[quote name='woodyratm' timestamp='1329928068' post='1549915'] Colin Greenwood is pretty ace. I rate him pretty highly. I just think he's outshined by his brother! [/quote] I like Alex James' lines. I think Colin (& Johnny) Greenwood are ace too. Joanna Bolme is fantastsic. I'm no old crusty and having been to a thousand jazz gigs where ultra competent players convey zero message I'm more than happy to listen to a good bassist that's works within the context their band are striving for. I don't see it as a generational thing or one of 'modernity'; some 70s bands exhibited similar characteristics to what folk are arguing about on here. Personally, I'm no Jaco fan; self indulgent w***.

[quote name='hairyhaw' timestamp='1329913397' post='1549511'] I'm happy for you too stick Osman et al in the bog-standard box but I disagree about James. The lines he wrote for “She’s so High”, “Bang”, plus the intro motif for “There’s No Other Way” and “Tracey Jacks”; these are all very well thought out lines. Not Clayton style root note run-of-the-mill at all. James was playing bass well before Blur too, so that drifted-into-it-by-accident notion is cobblers too. [/quote] thank you, my thoughts too...

I like Blur. Fair dos it wasn't the most polished of performances. What I'd really like to know tho is who here thinks Alex James is a good bass player? Obviously within the context of the whole indie/pop/rock genre, he must be considered somewhat better than his peers.