hiram.k.hackenbacker

Sharing set lists electronically has been a thing for a while. Save the trees (except when building me a new bass of course 🤣).

OnSong does everything I need it to, even in the free version.

Someone has kindly Dropboxed me 'Strange Cousins', so just 'Corner Hotel' to go if anyone has it?

Fixed 😂

Most of it has now been amended. More likely not reading back before posting.

Oh FFS. Have you spent any time in the shop with the likely author?

I think you’ve taken my comment out of context to the post I was replying to.

Now I'm confused. You suggested I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a USA and a Skyline and now your acknowledging there is a difference.

Does anyone have original copies of either of the below albums? 'Strange Cousins at The Prince' 'Live at The Corner Hotel' They seem to be like rocking horse poo. 'Strange Cousins' is available on discogs, but it's over £100 and he won't ship to the UK anyway. I did see 'Corner Hotel' on eBay a few years back, but even then it was £70/80 I believe. No trace of either now. I managed to get 'Live in Flint, Michigan' and 'Heard It All Before - Live at the Hi-Fi Bar', so if you have what I'm looking for and not those two, maybe we could come to an arrangement? Thanks for reading.

In the case of Fodera....rent, marketing, electricity, web design/promotion, plus they actually look after their employees.

I don’t own any Skylines.

I’ll e-mail Lakland immediately and tell them they should outsource their neck building 👍

Exactly. I’m sure there are a few people that would still limit themselves to a HB P bass even if they won the lottery. If I had enough disposable income I’d order a few custom Fodera’s.

Nice sentiment, but I’d like to play the bass you think has as good a neck as the Lull’s or Lakland’s I currently have. Particularly the Lakland P’s.

I could pick a handful. Narrowing it down to one - impossible.

Yep. I bought them after you suggested them in one of the other headphone threads. They have been absolutely excellent 🖖.

He's still alive then! Our trumpet player used to dep with Bad Manners. He had a few tales to recount I can tell you 🤣

Bet those Alembic’s go for a lot more than the estimates.

Yes, I know exactly as it’s a number I’ve vowed not to exceed and I’m maxed out at the moment. If I want to buy another one, I’ll have to sell first.

How did you manage that then?

Hardly a red herring. If the width of the neck is too wide anyway for you personally at the nut, it doesn't matter what the string spacing is. The widest 4 string at the nut I've owned was 45.4mm. Due to issues with my fretting hand, it became less and less viable to play, so had to go.

Really pleased to hear that Tom is on the up. Sounds like he’s really been through it and I wish him all the very best for the future.

Great post Gary and I agree with 99.9% of the points you raised, apart from the inclusion of Bowie in the quote above. Being a die hard Bowie fan for what seems like forever, I’ve never understood the fixation with (choose your era really, but it’s usually….) the Ziggy phase. In reality (see what I did there?), it was a very short period in the man’s career and as good as it was, I don’t believe it to be defining. There was so much brilliant stuff that came after - and before for that matter. The difference for me, in the context you’ve given, is that The Stones, The Beatles, Queen and Kiss come with a certain expectation of what you’re going to get. I don’t believe that to be the case with Bowie. After he was done with Ziggy, his look was very different. I think he came out wearing pegs and jelly sandals to an audience that were still mainly wearing make-up and capes and he laughed at them. They didn’t know what to make of the change then and that was a theme that continued. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love all phases of Bowie including the Ziggy period. Much like Zappa, he had a phenomenal who’s who of players who were at the top of their game performing for him. The more he did and the more he had to choose from in his repertoire, the better the shows. Rockpalast ‘96 - a phenomenal performance, even taking into account his drum’n’bass phase at the time - the version of Andy Warhol is just genius. Glastonbury 2000 - suffered from illness, crippling nerves and not being on tour - some of it wasn’t great, but I watch it over and over. The BBC gig from 2 days later - awesome, probably one of my favourite sets he ever did. The Reality Tour - what a way to go out! I know it’s a bit self centered as it’s what we used to do, but if you’re going to do Bowie, do what he would have done at the end. Perform the songs to highest standard with the best people you can get and in the way he would have done it then. The songs themselves are the legacy, not the make-up and capes.

Easy one to answer for me….Gene Simmons. I heard the bass intro to this song and that was sound I wanted.

I finally got round to watching the series which I quite enjoyed, although, like most TV series, it paints a slightly different picture than reality. I thought the Lydon/Rotten character was well done. Big boots to fill and he came across as almost likeable, a term I’ve never strayed towards with the real person. They tried the same thing with the Ritchie/Vicious character, but it didn’t work for me. I’ve always thought he was an a*se and the series did nothing to improve my opinion. Vicious always was a complete waste of space. Utterly useless in the role he was given.