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[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1435657717' post='2810969'] One can only hope that, like the 80s gated reverbed snare, it lasts no more than a decade or two. [/quote] Holy crap, you listen to 80s hits today and it's just unbelievably annoying! As is the rest of the production. Strident, tiring, swamped in reverb... horrible! Something to do with the advent of digital audio, perhaps. Anyway, I digress...

[quote name='No lust in Jazz' timestamp='1435656754' post='2810958'] I'd much sooner see / hear someone having a go in delivering their 'Art' than playing it safe. [/quote] That IS more important than merely 'singing in tune'. If all the risk, danger and excitement is removed from a musical performance you are left with One Direction.

[quote name='dincz' timestamp='1435656260' post='2810946'] ...any criticism of a female vocalist is invalid if it comes from a man... [/quote] Women would certainly agree with that. I don't, however.

Nicely done. I yearn to be a V8 owner, but for the usual constraints.

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1435654471' post='2810924'] I'm a bit worried that we find it OK to criticize women more easily than men. [/quote] No misogyny from this Basschatter. I constantly criticise [i]everyone [/i]across a broad demographic, me. Kanye is no singer either, imho. [quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1435654471' post='2810924'] I'm a bit worried that we find it OK to [b]criticize[/b] women more easily than men. [/quote] Please join my campaign to ignore the US spellchecker we seem to have on this forum. How hard would it be to have a UK one fitted??

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1435483282' post='2809091'] ...it seems to me Florence can't sing. [/quote] That's it right there. Some people can sing off-key in a pleasing way; Florence is not one of them. In her defence (really, spellchecker? You want 'defense'? Oh, please!), a live performance should be just that, live. You have to [i]be[/i] there. Which is why TV coverage of Glasto misses the point spectacularly. And do we really need the BBC to show it simultaneously on THREE channels when I want to watch Family Guy and American Dad? I think not...

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1435601450' post='2810481'] Hang on, Kanye West, along with other hip-hop giants like Jay-Z, Snoop, Fiddy and Pitbull ARE this generations rock stars. [/quote] Depends on your definition of 'rock', really. To me a rock star is someone who performs rock music. Those you mention do not.

[quote name='Colonel36' timestamp='1435574452' post='2810074'] Paul McCartney. [/quote] He's [i]definitely [/i]over 50.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1435564568' post='2809945'] I had to Google that name! [/quote] Oh, come on! Everyone knows he is the son of botanist David Bellamy and founder of Bellamy's Restaurant in Mayfair.

[quote name='Tdw' timestamp='1435541020' post='2809893'] Maybe Jack White not sure if hes under 40 though [/quote] He's 39.

[quote name='urbanx' timestamp='1435533771' post='2809876'] The only thing we can all agree on is that Kanye is a prick. [/quote] Yes, we can agree on that all right. In any case what he does isn't 'rock' by any reasonable definition of the word.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1435534341' post='2809879'] I thought it was Dave Grohl. [/quote] He's 46.

Shocked and sad too. Another hero gone. Seminal, influential and totally unique.

[quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1435522389' post='2809694'] Had a dream I had a Limelight P in exactly the same finish and condition as discreet's reliced J of yore, tuned BEAD. [/quote] That's weird, I was thinking of an early-60s Limelight P in aged white with a Spitfire guard... Annoyingly, I also have GAS for a G&L Tribute M-2000 in white. Looks like a bargain to me and thus is more likely!

Fantastic! It looks in rather better condition than the seller was implying... should have snagged it when I could!! Interestingly, my nut is also over-filed, especially at the D string... I also imagined it had been strung BEAD. Wonder what that's all about? But as you say, the zero fret makes it work, I'm getting no rattling so will leave well alone. These basses are a total bargain. You'd never get workmanship like this new without spending a considerable wedge. They are serious players' basses and sound totally amazing. Nice one!

Very well done, Jack. I'm as envious as a very envious thing, despite the refin and despite the fact I already have a lovely Marathon in perfect original condition with 'The Peel'. I just like white basses, I don't know if I've ever told anyone that... good news on the weight too, about the same as mine. I'm pleased, as I don't think anyone believed me when I said mine was eight pounds! We'll need your views on how it plays, obviously... Marathon necks are amazing and one of the best things about them. The only downside really is that it seems you won't be moving this on anytime soon! But if you ever do, I publicly claim first dibs!! A good area for collecting, imho - affordable, hand-built vintage basses from the 70s and early 80s... where else can you get a decent, playable example for less than £400? Nowhere, that's where!

[quote name='Ancient Mariner' timestamp='1435310967' post='2807457'] Some cheap guitars can still be excellent players, and hopefully this one will be great for you - HNGD. [/quote] [quote name='roman_sub' timestamp='1435484843' post='2809123'] I don't meant to side-track the thread, HNGD! [/quote] [quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1435487220' post='2809169'] Me neither! And HNGD from me. [/quote] [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1435421412' post='2808653'] Happy NBD. It's good to see inexpensive instruments with maple fretboards. [/quote] Thanks folks... it's a good guitar. If I were going to be a guitarist in a band I think I'd want something better (probably just for snobby decal reasons), but at the moment my biggest problem is down to being very rusty on the old six-string, and I can't blame the guitar for that! I bought it purely for home use, recording, developing chordal ideas and songs and general noodling... for which it is perfect, so job done. Having said that I am quite surprised at just how good it is at the price point - it's possible to get the action very low indeed if that's your thing, and if you were a bit more serious about it than I am it would be a great platform for modding as the neck is straight, fast and smooth and plays very nicely. Mind you, if you were a bit more serious about it you'd probably buy a Fender anyway, so... In short, if you're on a budget and you want a guitar then don't be concerned about the low price of HB axes... they're good!

[quote name='roman_sub' timestamp='1435484843' post='2809123'] I don't meant to side-track the thread, HNGD! [/quote] Side-track away, I'm all for threads going off in weird directions. SPATULA!! There, I've said it.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1435455368' post='2808989'] ...one doesn't have to deafen everyone, the power is in the composition and arrangement already. [/quote] Yes, and in the sound. You don't have to be loud to be heavy.

I want a Glockenklang amp! But I don't [i]need [/i]one.

Oh, that's nasty.

Not bad, but... no Bob Babbit? No Joe Osborn?

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1435368325' post='2808235'] Please give us one of your superb reviews when you've had some time with it. You do a better job than a lot of pro music journos! (Actually!) [/quote] Er... well I don't know about that... but thanks, I will.