Bilbo

Apology accepted 100%.We are cool and absolutely no hard feelings here either.

This is a semantic argument now.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1360664564' post='1974082'] Says the man who went to the trouble of writing a whole book about one of his musical heroes [/quote] Awful to admit it, FF, but PC is not one of my heroes. I chose him because it would have a market! Oh, the shame of it!

I don't think I have ever gone on a pilgrimage to see anything, I have only seen stuff by being there anyway. Kind of 'oooh look! York Minster Cathedral' when I was in York for a conference. Would I travel anywhere to see something like Paul Chambers' bass? Well, I haven't to date so I guess not. Cult of Personality stuff has always made me uncomfortable ( I know why. I was at a gig when I was 17ish and saw people getting autographs off the guitar player. I got one and immediately felt like a dick so never did it again. I have never even sought to speak to an artist since) PS I went to a wedding in Abbey Road about 4 years ago with 2 of my 3 brothers. We didn't even register the zebra crossing let alone seek out the studio

Slow progress this month. Not sure I am going to get there

Say hi to Osian for me....

Yes. The brackets are so you don't sharpen an existing sharp (sometimes called a double sharp e.g. F## = G).

Sorry, mate, but I would have been at the luthier's by now.

Have stopped reading the thread but the coachloads visiting Paul's house evidences the fact that they are overrated. No-one is worthy of that nonsense.

Monster, Andy. Great definition in your sound and some interesting production ideas.

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1360454708' post='1970851'] If you only ever listened to 10% of their stuff how can you know if they're overrated or not? [/quote] For that reason. It s perfectly possible to 'know' about The Fab Four and their ubiquitousness without knowing every tune. I know about Dickens and Shakespeare but have only read 2 works by each of them. There is an argument that ALL superstars are overrated.

I choose to use the term overrated simply because, great as they were, they weren't the b all and end all of everything which is sometimes the way they are portrayed. I don't disagree for a second with any points raised about their influence. What I may say, if pushed, is that The Beatles weren't as influential as the [i]success[/i] of the Beatles was x

Beatles tunes and jazz musicians have resulted in some shockingly bad jazz A lot of Beatles tunes on jazz albums are commercial decisions made by misguided producers. I don't want to generalise but (will) most examples of jazz plus Beatles tunes are less than the sum of their parts.

I don't dispute their influence, just think that it is not as 'essential' as is argued. That is the only thing I mean by overrated. They are unquestionabiy the most influential band in Rock and Pop.

I really appreciate what you are doing, SB. Always interesting and provocative.

The most over-rated band in history Very influential etc but I have never actually listened to 90% of their stuff. Not hostile, just never went there.

For me, it has always been about harmony and modulation. I remember as a young child at church always liking the hymns with movement in them. Now it's Falling Grace but the 'special' ingrediant is still the harmony.

[quote name='kedo' timestamp='1360264458' post='1967813'] I'm hearing great things about the [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Gallien Krueger MB150E / MB150S for DB. Can't see to [/font][/color][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][color=#282828]for out the difference between the'E' and 'S' suffix.[/color][/font] [/quote] The E has on-board effects.

I hate that Trout thing. It irritates me.

I went for Evah Pirazzis precisely because they are good for both arco and pizz.

I am a Jazz musician. I have no place in this thread

Joe Lovano - Landmarks. One of my top ten

I gig both through an AI Clarus. Probably not loud enough for rock gigs but it works for me.

I'd say A minor but its all over the place tuning wise so that won't help.