Dad3353

Oooh, the sound of my old age!!! Oh, joists..! I thought it was joints. You really must speak up, my girl... ...

So..! A Cynic, eh..?

Ahem...

Peace and harmony for everyone on the planet. Peace of mind; I've not been too much of a burden to the planet. Piece of Christmas pudding this year with the family, lit up by blue brandy flames. Piece of my birthday cake when I reach 100 (coming up faster than one thinks as a teenager...). Piss as I did when I was a teenager.

I've tried it out, but it rings no bells here, sorry.

There's a very good reason for that; it's because most of the ... Ooo look..! A bee..!

Looks good, but requires the latest version of Kontakt, at 99€ for update. I'll wait until after Christmas before being able to try out Glade. Patience, then.

But it makes perfect sense, once unpacked. 'Crabcore'..? That's pretty obvious, from the contortions of some guitar players, crouching, limbs akimbo, playing their intense solo. OK, so some of these 'artists' are just showing some degree of Irony, so 'Ironic Crabcore' follows, logically. Imagine, though, if you can, some few players actually do play in this contorted fashion, with no sense of Irony whatsoever. It has to be called something; what better than 'UnIronic Crabcore'..? I don't see the problem. If 'Free Jazz' has any meaning, so, by the same token, has 'UnIronic Crabcore'.

I've 'Reported' your post for you; no need to thank me.

A sound suggestion, so I've sent off a 'Report', hoping to get an 'official' reply to the idea. Now, we wait...

I have an HB50, an Epiphone Casady and a vintage Hofner Verithin to cover my 'f-hole' bass needs. I'd like a Chowny one day, and a Ricky 4005, if I came into riches. Of the three I have, they cover different 'bases'. For those troubled by weight, the (vintage...) Verithin cannot be beaten (although the violin basses and the Hofner Club are light, too...). For variety of useful sounds, and for recording, the Casady is tops, and for general-purpose basic bass-playing the Harley Benton does a fine job. Be aware that it can be an issue, finding a suitable hard case (or even a decent gig-bag...) for some of these basses, due to their bulk. (I'll spare you the list of my other Hofner f-hole basses, not considered 'modern' enough these days, but excellent instrument ...)

It's not really necessary to 'close' a post; it may well serve someone in the future with a similar issue. You could Edit the first post, and put the mention 'Resolved' in the title..? The title can only be edited from the very first post, but that option is open to you. The topic itself will remain open, but those that have contributed will be able to see that a solution was found. Does this help..?

You mean to say that you lived a life that was ... [Shock..! Horror..! Gasp..!] ... normal..? ...

It is what it is. After the Winter, Spring comes. Whatever the 'disaster' looming, stuff will happen, folk will pick up the pieces, Life will go on. There's a high probability that the same mistakes will happen again, and that, in a couple of generations, things turn bad again, but Doom and Gloom only lasts until the next Renewal. Mankind may, eventually, shake off this cycle, but whoever fears a crash is simply out of sync, s'all. That's Life, though.

Now there, I would beg to disagree. There are those (not many, but some...) who have a very different notion of 'winners' and 'losers', and would consider themselves already 'winners', having stepped off the carousel decades ago. Complaisance..? Maybe. Smug..? Not really, as it's still a darned shame seeing the whole shebang going to pot and causing such misery. Never in Human History has there been such potential for Universal Well-being, and such refusal to bring it about. Ship of fools indeed.

Mmm... Tea...

Indeed, but some seem to post simply for the sake of getting a 'click bait' response. It's a compulsion, a sort of illness, really. My usual response to the usual suspects is to let the dogs bark; the caravan will pass, whatever.

Needed..? Certainly not, but quite useful, in an oblique way. It gives some insight into the mindset of the poster; this may serve as a 'filter' of sorts when appreciating other posts from the same source. It's an indication of 'banter', a bit like the building site 'wolf whistle' that could be heard in days of yore. Some continue these 'traditions'; these posts are remnants of those times gone by.

1 - Elvis, no doubt at all. 7 - Rolling Stones (Gretsch bass drum, so...) 8 - The late Toby Keith 9 - I'd plump for Earl King ??? (pretty certain it's not BB King; he never played Strats...)

Please allow me to add that, from my own experience, this fellow ^^ is a Good Egg. That is all; carry on, folk.

A thousand results from a LeBonCoin search (100km radius from here, in France...). More than half are not basses (either amps, guitars, hard cases, ceramic vases and more...). Of the several hundred left, most are 'beginner' or 'budget' basses; there are few that would attract attention, still less warrant going to see. The one or two that might (I say 'might'; depends on one's taste..?) interest some here, the prices seem to be... err... 'optimistic'..? A 19c Jaquet contre-bass at 15000€..? S'gonna be hard to shift, I'd have thought. Fender Telecaster bass, 1968..? 5600€. '71 Ricki 4001, at 4000€ and a '67 Guild Starfire XII, with original US case, for 2750€ seem almost reasonable nestled amongst the dozens of accordions offered for several thousand euros each. If it's squeeze-boxes you're after, here's the place.

But do they count as an 'organisation' at all..?

I doubt that there's much, if any, difference for FOH over a couple (or even just one...) overhead. Still, what do I know..?