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Another great lesson. Thanks Scott - much appreciated.

My experience of chromes is that they become a bit more pliant as the break in - stick with them!

I think something just died inside me. God knows it was pointless enough before it got to the "solo" (those inverted commas really aren't heavy enough). Why didn't the punters just rush the stage and KILL THEM ALL????!!!!

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1352632842' post='1865290'] Modestly, Squire says that John Entwistle would have won it had he still been alive! [/quote] He should have added that The Ox would then have shagged it, chopped it up and snorted it Anyway, well done Chris!

1. 1979 - Smashing Pumpkins 2. Ventilator Blues - Rolling Stones 3. Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell 4. You've Got it Bad Girl - Stevie Wonder 5. Know One Blues - Jack Bruce 6. From Hide And Seek To Heartache - Field Music 7. Young And Innocent Days - The Kinks 8. What's Happening Brother - Marvin Gaye 9. Violin - Kate Bush 10. I Can't Help Myself - Four Tops Should be enough to clear any pub I would have thought.

[quote name='Higgie' timestamp='1350743674' post='1842953'] I will never EVER tire, of listening to any of their songs. Every album to me is a work of art. [/quote] Pretty much sums up how I feel too.

I'd start by pointing out to your guitarists that the master volume knob can also be turned in an anti-clockwise direction

FWIW the nut width and profile of the neck on the Squier CV Jazz make it fantastically slinky. Very good basses for the money, in fact very good basses full stop. But obviously if it's a P you want then a P with a J neck would be the way to go so the Mexican P Deluxe might be worth trying, but bear in mind that it's active without an active/passive switch which may or may not be what you're after. No harm in trying one though :-)

Very glad to hear it. I went to the premiere of the DVD release at the Empire Leicester Square in 2003 and JPJ, Page and Plant were in touching distance when they delivered their introduction. I brought my mate who'd got me into Zeppelin in the first place along with me and he was suitably thrilled.

I got into them in 1975 when Physical Graffiti came out and then sought out the previous albums and became a huge fan. By the the time I saw them at Knebworth in 1979 I was pretty much over all that (oh, fickle teenager) and dug Todd Rundgren's set a lot more than Zep's. These days, I think that all the albums through to Physical Graffiti (with the possible exclusion of Houses of the Holy) stand up very well and the 2003 DVD release made amends for the shortcomings of The Song Remains The Same. Funnily enough my wife was selected in the lottery for tickets for the 2007 O2 concert but when she realised that it would cost £250 for the two of us to go (which we could have afforded) decided that it wasn't worth it so put them back in the lottery for some other lucky punters to get. I happened to interview Nile Rodgers the day after she made this decisions and he was i) very amused that she thought that £125 a pop was too steep and ii) very impressed that she didn't think of sticking them on Ebay. Pretty much how I felt too (Claaaang. Can't find a suitable emoticon for shameless name dropping)

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1350071571' post='1834370'] I used to help look after some pigs owned by Robert Plant when I was a kid. Not sure how that's relevant, but heh. [/quote] Percy's swineherd? Works for me.

[quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1350044663' post='1833922'] no Bonzo-no Zeppelin[/quote] Exactly.

[quote name='fumps' timestamp='1348760138' post='1817847'] I'm energetic on stage, I sign along [/quote] Always good to provide a service for the hard of hearing in the audience

Thanks Ed for that fantastically informative post - brilliant!

[quote name='pietruszka' timestamp='1348046253' post='1808401'] Hahaha! Here all week? [/quote] My agent informs me that - for some unaccountable reason - the management are seeking to curtail my engagement. And there's a bloke standing in the wings with a long hooked pole... I'll be back for the summer season next year.

[quote name='pietruszka' timestamp='1347989287' post='1807800'] I'm sitting with a cuppa, you will be scored out of 10, so make it good. Dan [/quote] Ohhhhh-kaaaaaaay. Ahem. Like any thread about pickup pole pieces this one has its pluses and minuses. *cough* (where's that goddamn tumbleweed emoticon?)

[quote name='pietruszka' timestamp='1347974213' post='1807431'] Jesus christ. Thats on the same level as 'Dad jokes'.[/quote] You think THAT'S bad? You ain't seen nothing yet...

[quote name='pietruszka' timestamp='1347971771' post='1807354'] Are you suggesting there is some form of magnet apartheid?! Dan [/quote] Unfortunately they'll never be united - they're poles apart

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1347799686' post='1805081'] Anyone know what 'Nard used? [/quote] I remember reading somewhere that when an interviewer asked him what strings he used, Bernard said something along the lines of 'Whatever strings Music Man put on their basses' - the implication being that he'd never changed them. I assumed this meant that he used very dead rounds. The story may of course be apocryphal.

Sounds fantastic Mike - good for you for taking the plunge.

Autumn's coming so I've ordered a Fodera - I think it'll suit me better than a Tribly or a Stotsen.

As you can see from this longer excerpt from the RS interview the BBC held back from quoting him in full - good to see that he's not mellowing in his 8th decade! [url="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-dylan-strikes-back-at-critics-20120912?utm_source=dailynewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter"]http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-dylan-strikes-back-at-critics-20120912?utm_source=dailynewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter[/url] And yes, the new album is better than I expected - certainly better than his last one.

[quote name='cloudburst' timestamp='1347382025' post='1800041'] Precision my a*se. My intonation was (still) all over the place. [/quote]