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Roger's just looking for publicity for his new album... And he's probably right that his rock music peaked in 1971. Just means he's stuck in his own past and hasn't noticed the world moving on.

Well I've certainly got hundreds of albums in my garage that were released by my band, unfortunately they all look and sound very similar ...

Cheeky interim purchase before my ACG arrives. Cheers Jonze! This is a 2006 CIJ Mustang, always fancied one, and the wife has a couple of bass gigs (she plays a Mustang guitar), so made sense! Liking the Fiesta Red more than I thought I would, but was the right price, so don’t care either way! Cleaned up the fingerboard (needed a little TLC), fitted some La Bella Mustang Flatwounds, overall a very cool bass Si

Christ you guys are going to struggle if we have an 'R&B' thread.

I've a list of 'members' that would, in my opinion, deserve the epithet.

Have you tried offering to help carry the stuff to the car, you know, don't leave it all for her to do? I mean, don't strain yourself, obviously ...

I admittedly haven't read the interview, but it sounds like another ageing proponent of rock music doing the genre no favours at all. Like some kind of ailing Egyptian king, wanting all of the riches to be buried along with him. If rock music really did peak in the 1970s then it truly deserves to die off. But I doubt any young bands starting out in the genre would give a flying **** about Daltry's opinion on the matter. In spite of his achievements, I personally have always thought him to be a monumental...

'I grew up in total ruins': Irmin Schmidt of Can on LSD, mourning and musical adventures Should be of interest to a few of you.

No wonder i've flipping seen them. It's my mates flipping band! He flipping engineers for us too at times! What a cupid stunt I am...

The Pink Torpedos Sure I Saw them In Preston ... bit long for a band name

YES!

and also ... All Gates Open: The Story of Can by Rob Young and Irmin Schmidt – review

A folding four-panel screen/room divider, cunningly papered over on one side with a full-sized photo of the hallway wall. Open it up around the junk PA stacked up there and it'll all 'disappear'; she'll be none the wiser. Either that or a Harry Potter cloak.

I would say that 1976 was one of the finest years for rock music... Black Sabbath: Technical Ecstasy Thin Lizzy: Jailbreak Thin Lizzy: Johnny the Fox Rainbow: Rising Rush: 2112 Rush: All the World's A Stage AC/DC: High Voltage AC/DC: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Motorhead: On Parole Peter Frampton: Frampton Comes Alive David Bowie: Station to Station Status Quo: Blue for You Led Zeppelin: Presence Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same Ramones: Ramones Jethro Tull: Too Old to Rock'n'Roll: Too Young to Die! Parliament: The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein Hawkwind: Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music Funkadelic: Hardcore Jollies ZZ Top: Tejas Blondie: Blondie Amongst all the others released that year.

***NOW SOLD**** For sale : £360 (special basschatter price) this fretless CHB-1 conversion. We converted a B-Stock CHB-1 that had faulty fretwork into this fretless beauty! Only one of it's kind. Fitted with GHS Precision strings.

John Paul Jones?

Those born in the 40’s - “The best music was in the 1950’s and 60’s” Those born in the 50’s - “The best music was in the 1960’s and 70’s” Those born in the 60’s - “The best music was in the 1970’s and 80’s” Those born in the 70’s - “The best music was in the 1980’s and 90’s” Those born in the 80’s - “The best music was in the 1990’s and 00’s” - Repeat ad lib till fade.................................

Since when would anyone on the internet look for context in a quote before mouthing off?

And, of course, there's absolutely nothing wrong with being "fine with a Squier". If I played instruments pitched at the level of my playing ability then I'd probably have an Encore and, for me, the Squier would be an aspirational instrument. There is no bassline that I have ever played that couldn't have been played on a £200 bass. The reason I play a Mike Lull T5 (current retail price c.£4500 though that is WAY more than I paid for mine) is simply because I like it, well, love it to bits would be more accurate, and I CAN. "I imagine the sock placement is partly to do with easy of sitting position." And how do you know where Anthony Jackson places his socks?

Group photo of my boards. I separated the Noble+Cali because sometimes that is all I need. Or will just choose between the two fun boards depending who I am playing with.

Because like all high end basses they are different instruments made for people who want something specific that only a Fodera can give them. If you want a Wal or a Ritter or an Alembic you buy one of those and not a Fodera. If you can't get that then you are obviously not the sort of person that these basses are aimed at. If all you want is something with strings capable of playing low notes you'll probably be fine with a Squier.

Most people will have their favourite era, usually according to what age they are. So no, I don't agree with Roger Daltry.

I have kinda shared this in another post but I thought I'd share it here and go into a bit more detail: So this is my pedal board/Rig in a box, the general idea behind it is I play solo, electronic drums off backing tracks, so to gig I take this box and my bass, that's it. The bass signal is split in two, a dry chain and a wet chain: Dry chain; Boss TU -> AROMA ABL-5 Mini Bass Limiter -> Behringer Xenyx Mixer Wet Chain; Boss TU-> Digitech Bass Whammy -> Morley Bass Wah -> Palmer Depressor (Hidden under the shelf) -> Big Muff Pi Nano -> TC Ditto (this changes in and out, just here for fun/practice at the mo, I'm going to have a nice envelope filter here at some point) -> NUX Time Core -> ISP Decimator (again under the shelf) -> Donner Volume Pedal -> DHA-VT1 Bass Driver D.I. -> Behringer Xenyx Mixer Then there's my TC Helicon Create XT for my vocal processing and my lenovo tab 7 that's running my backing/click tracks. I have live mix-downs of my tracks where the drums are panned hard left and the click hard right, so I send the left out to the mixer and the click to my in-ear monitor amp (the little black box behind the mixer). I send a mono full mix to the front of house that they treat like they're playing a CD through the PA (I send it at mic level -20 dB peak so I can run through a D.I., the stage box or whatever they're working with without clipping anything). My in-ears are hard wired and I get a full mix plus click, no amp, no fuss, set up in 1 min flat. I'm very happy with/proud of it.

That's nice.

I’m still waiting for someone to actually adopt ‘Pink Torpedo’ as a username...

Whatever the hiding place was you got the PA out of, just put your missus back in it. Job done!

Inflatable PA speakers?

Good film that Hiram.

I'm disappointed you didn't link the ten hour version of that Nyan cat song Loving your lyrics so far Akio. I'm glad the image had proved inspirational! It was taken in one of the old World War 2 shelter tunnels in Cardiff Castle.

I personally think that the filter is vaguely amusing and encourages inventiveness

John Francis Anthony Pastorius?

Keyboard Chat , where you could post examples of bass players giving keyboard players space , maybe . Maybe not .

What format? How much you after including postage? Be good to have a quick listen to a couple of tracks before committing, if that's possible, but I'm always impressed by any of us that have released an album, even it is just one. Right up near the top of my bucket list of things I'd like to do before that bucket gets kicked or at least arthritic!

Overlooking 1971, some people have claimed February 3, 1959 as the turning point.

Very nice!

Well the Ramones didn’t form until ‘74 so...

Being a Signature model, it's made the way the player intended it, so you have to accept it, just like for each and every Signature model. Real Signature models are supposed to have been thought down to every single detail. If you play sitted, the side jack mounted is a pity, so a front mounting one makes big sense. I had an exact clone of #9 AJ6 made by Polish luthier Langowski and it was a killer bass, can't imagine the sound of the original... Or yes, I can by simply listening to Anthony Jackson (try anything with Hiromi and you'll understand what mastering an instrument and music means). My recently ordered Leduc U-Basse 6 strings fretless will be passive with only a balance for the original Q-Tuner first version pickups and nothing else. It will have the Leduc rear mounted output jack, which is the best place to put it, playing sitted or jumping everywhere. And Hugues is a great seller too !

Great cab, other than the attenuator control knob falling off during a gig (readily available/replaceable part) it serves me well through numerous gig and rehearsal situations. It can handle volume, holding its own within a 4 piece and was the only cab I had that really brought out the best in a (personally disappointing) Mesa D800 I had. The physical size and handle placement are impressively thought out, awkward spaces and stairwells are a breeze. I’m selling it - which is no slight on the unit in any way, - as I purchased 2 new Mark Bass 112 Ninjas dirt cheap and use these as my ‘rough and tumble’ regular rig. I’ve recently vowed not to keep masses of gear I’m not using, so it’s for sale...(or px for anything of interest). That said, I still use the cab regularly, it’s 1st call in rehearsal situation and I’m in no real rush to sell.

I'm the seller of the AJ6... If you want to try it... it's possible in the North of France... It's an expensive bass but it's a exceptional bass.... Trade with a bass + cash is possible... And I'm a very good seller...

Arthritis has many forms, each has its own particular joints it affects, it’s often in no way related to the persons usage of those joints. It is one of the way Rheumatologists determine which exact form you have. My form attacks almost all joints but particularly the second joints of the fingers and toes and the hips and shoulders. Others have similar seemingly unrelated groups of joints.

This is the one you need - I guess a used one could be called mid range price (£1000 ish) - they don't come up often - has markers on the top of the fretboard.

I only caught a couple of acts - Ed Sheehan I thought was excellent - the look of delight on the faces of the audience was quite infectious - to the extent I used a bit of I'm in Love with the Shape of You in a song at my gig later - so stuck in my head was the chord sequence - damn, how can he wrote such catchy songs!!! Saw Rita Ora and a bit of Taylor Swift - Rita Ora's outfit a bit puzzling but that's probably my age. Music ok though. And then Liam Gallagher - what more can you say - vocals a bit off key at times but there you go - typical post 1996 Oasis-like stuff. BBC to be commended imho for such a feast of live music even if some were using quite a lot of backing tracks.

Negativity on a gig night. beaching about various gripes with the band is fine, do it at rehearsal or a meeting, don't do it while I'm out trying to have a good time and DEFINITELY not while we're on stage you massive grumpy "£$£&%^*%&^

Yes - I would also happily take the dust for a bit of that space I would like to take a photo of mine, but I can't move away far enough from the walls to focus the camera Looking forward to seeing the builds progress

I had a beautiful Wilkes 'Stingray' in the '80s and it was an exceptional bass.