hiram.k.hackenbacker

"Concord's deal does not cover contributions from Gabriel and another former member, Steve Hackett, but includes top 10 hits like Invisible Touch, Mama, That's All and Abacab." No harm done then 😎

That’d be cool - and worth it for Alanis Morissette 😎

YYZ was a bit wobbly in places 🤔.

Any of you interwebz guru's know if the USA tribute is online anywhere? I looked at the web site mentioned above and couldn't find it. I don't even know if it was streamed, or if it was, whether it was viewable in the UK.

I bought this used Ken Smith under a year ago, but have only recently started playing it exclusively. The more I play it, the more it wins me over. It's just an extremely well put together instrument. I find some pre-amps can be a little overbearing sometimes, but this one is just perfect. Granted I wouldn't want to use it with the bass boost on max for any length of time as I don't think I'd have any speakers left, but it has a great sound through my gig rig. I generally prefer jazz width necks, but this one isn't far off it and isn't too deep either. The action is also stupidly low, which I like, and it even at that height, it doesn't buzz. I'm well aware that I'm a fussy b***ard at the best of times, but I really can't think of anything negative to say about this bass. I just thought I would ask if anyone here has owned it and wondered what happened to it. It's a 2015 White Tiger. If it's you and you sold it for whatever reason, know that it's in good hands and it's being appreciated.

If it bothers you either get a razor blade and slice them off or extend the strings away from the bridge plate so the silks don't go over the saddle.

I quite enjoy looking at set structures and content for bands that I see and even ones that I don't. I'm a regular visitor to setlist.fm. This has never really occurred to me before today, but I saw a set today from a band I really like that are touring at the moment and they had a brand new song as the first tune in their three song encore. It's been released about a month as a single and only a couple of days as a song on their most recent album. In fairness I think they have been playing it for a bit longer than either, but is it a bit arrogant to put such new material in an encore? I can't actually decide myself. I guess for the people that that are at the gig that don't know their material that well, it doesn't matter and for those that do, they'll be familiar anyway. I guess I tend to think of encore material as a couple of absolute bangers that are known to the majority. Perhaps I'm in the minority? (Yes, I know the arguments around the daftness of encores - I am sympathetic to that view also)

I did not know that. I very rarely go on TB to be fair, but that seems ridiculous.

It sounds a pretty hideous ordeal to go through, but understand it's a necessary evil. I wish you good luck.

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Well yeah, that too obvs 😂

Quickest way to depreciate a Rickenbacker 😎

Exactly. Given that football is quite an emotive area, I never thought it made a great selling point having the Hammers logo on it, but if it wasn’t there, it wouldn’t be the same as Steve Harris’ bass.

That's weird that some fingers get it and some don't. I can't imagine what it must be like having it in your thumbs. I'd be dropping things all over the place. Have you experienced any of the so called 'banjo-ing' on the effect tendon across the A1 joint from your surgeries? That was a worry for me if I was heading down that path. Interesting about the Nordic thing. I know my Mum went back quite a way on her side of the family and didn't mention anything Nordic.

Completely respect what you’ve been through Paul, but it doesn’t really explain how I’ve managed to go from fully locked to condition more or less abated for the last couple of years. I’m not for one minute suggesting it’s gone, because I know it hasn’t, but I’ve gone from not working/not being able to hold anything in my left hand/certainly not being able to play a bass to where I am now with the treatment I described. I guess all I’m saying is some people are faced with surgery with no other options and others somehow manage. One of the things that puzzles me is why I only get it in my ring fingers. Not that I’m feeling left out you understand 😂.

I have this in my left ring finger. I've had it for years and at one point it was fully locked towards my palm. I'll respectfully disagree with @NancyJohnson slightly regarding steroids being nonsense. I've had steroid injections twice, once when it was fully locked and another lot mid-physio. The injection hurt like a bar steward. No numbing, just a big a$$ needle straight into the A1 area with lots of poking about to go with it. As uncomfortable as it was, it unlocked it quickly and put me back to about 80% within days. I followed that up with physio (radio therapy) and another round of steroid injections. The problem with the jabs is, which is where @NancyJohnson is kind of right, is that you can't keep having them or you'll end up with a whole load of different issues to bother you. That said, the jabs + physio have kept it at bay. No lock-ups since. The finger is still very stiff in the morning, but it loosens up very quickly. I'm not getting it in the ring finger of my right hand, but so far no worse than the left is at the moment. I fully accept that this is just my experience and everyone is different, so it may not be the same for you. One thing you might want to try is getting a splint for your finger so it's kept straight at night. My physio made me one and it's great.

No, not hideous given the prices of basses these days.

That was quick - an almost instant reply.... "I think the price point will be slightly higher than the NG-2 basically, but I will let you know once I have a solid answer." I think they probably mean the NG-3 rather than the NG-2, so we're looking about £2k I would think.

I've e-mailed a UK dealer.

For festival gigs we crow bar as much in as we can. The penultimate song is usually the one that gets earmarked for the chop should there be any timing disasters. That way we can end with the song we want to end on.

I like that a lot. Wonder what the price pint will be? Fancied having a Dingwall again for some time.