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About 17 years ago I bought a Cort C5 as my first 5 string.

The Cort had very tight string spacing, as though they had tried to fit all 5 strings on a 4 string neck.   My then 4 string I had played for years was a Squier JV Jazz 

I thought that would help me but my fat fingers kept tripping up going between the strings.   It wasn't till I got a Squier with cricket bat sized neck but similar 19mm spacing to my Jazz that I felt my 5 string playing took off.

I'm not saying it would be the same for you so if I was to give any advice I would say to try and find something with similar spacing to what you are used to and a width of neck you think you will be comfortable with. 

I just want to add that the Cort was a lovely guitar - it just didn't work out for me.

13 minutes ago, uk_lefty said:

I love how it's the hippy George who says "who's going to cough up for that?"

It was when the guy looked straight back at him and went "you" and laughed that it really hit home for me.

I'm in the "bring it all on" camp - I'd happily watch all 600 hours if I could - it is just such a historical timepiece.

3 minutes ago, Jason Karloff said:

That guy in the studio. Dennis somebody. The one always saying let's all go and do this in an empty amphitheater in Syria.

I'm up to about halfway into episode 2 and I have really noticed the Apple effect - lots of "creative types" hanging on and trying to constantly suggest more lavish ways to spend the Beatles money.  

Of course the stories about Magic Alex are well known, but as you say - watching various people constantly pestering and pushing for north Africa for a live show is a bit much - especially as we all know how it ended with Apple losing loads of money.

Loving watching it though - especially hearing classic tracks still in development and working through lyrics.  Amazing bit of history.

I'm beginning to think that @Happy Jackspends a bit too much time trawling the internet.....

Loved it though!

1 hour ago, Doddy said:

Check out his pkaying on Mac Millers Tiny Desk Concert- everyone talks about Thundercats playing on 'Whats the Use', but Joe nails the rest of the set. 

I didn't list this one as I personally am not so keen on the music, but in interest of the thread:

Some nice jamming and bass solo here:

...and Ty Dolla $ign...my favourite on this is the last track "your Turn" around 10:30.

...amd backing BJ The Chicago Kid.  Love some of his fills on here....

I don't know if other have posted about this guy but I'm a big fan of the NPR Tiny Desk series and I keep seeing Joe Cleveland pop up backing quite a few artists.

I've really been getting into his playing, even if he does play it the wrong way round  

This is my appreciation thread for him anyway!

I found this clip of him doing a live gig - love the way he effortlessly moves from bass guitar to synth....

It tore away from where was attached to the bag near the headstock.  I got a replacement bag from the shop as it was less than a year old at the time but the new one didn't look any different or stronger.

A little tip from me - if it comes in the same design of soft case as my NXT-5 did, don't use the long strap as an over-the-shoulder thing to have it upright on your back.

I used to carry mine in and out of London on the train like that until the night the strap broke and it fell backwards and hit the edge of the pavement, chipping the headstock.   I was heartbroken.

I still love it with all its war wounds though!

I've got a 60's Premier jazz kit in a similar brushed blue finish although I think it is a bit darker than yours.  Has Super Zyns too!

I never get to play it any more unfortunately.

I think part of the problem for me was around the time Stuart Zender left, Jamiroquai seemed to head towards a more clinical, clean crisp dance/disco vibe.  Before that (and this is all IMHO) they had been a little bit rougher around the edges, a bit dirtier, a bit funkier.  

I don't know if that was due to the loss of Mr Zender's feel and tone, or a coincidence of the route they decided to take, but it is all too clean for me whenever I see footage of them playing now.

I loved Acid Jazz music at the time but always hated that over-produced, sterile pop sound they always seemed to get (i.e. Brand New Heavies, Young Disciples etc).  It is probably why I was such a Mother Earth fan...

I saw them in the Mayfair in Newcastle around 94 - just as the second album Space Cowboy had been released and Derrick had joined on drums.  The rest of the lineup looks the same.  I then saw them a year or so later at Newcastle arena after the Travelling Without Moving album was released.

The Mayfair gig was much more intimate and my preferred one.  I remember being lifted off my feet by the crowd when they played Kids.  I just loved Zender's playing.  Jamiroquai have had some amazing bass players since, but were never the same for me after he left.   I remember loving Deeper Underground which I understand was the last track he was recorded on (although they may have overdubbed him).  The accompanying album just wasn't the same IMHO, no disrespect intended to Nick Ffyfe.

32 minutes ago, Trueno said:

Just love the lugubrious chap who walks on and escorts her off the stage…

Looked really like Chris Addison from the Thick Of It!

If it helps, I have really early 210s (I think serial numbers 9 and 10?).  I bought them new around 2015.  I think these were Alex's first main foray into Tolex.

I had peeling issues.  I only live about half an hour away from Barefaced, so took them back and got a temp repair in 2016. - it didn't last.

I was quite poorly around 2017, but Alex kindly had another look once I was well enough to take them back around 2018.  He showed me some sort of hot glue rolling machine they had bought for Tolex (looked like an old washing mangle) and talked through some of the issues they'd had.

I left the cabs with him, so not sure how they repaired them, whether they glued the edges or pulled the Tolex fully off and replaced but I've had no issues since. 

6 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

Rutger Gunnarson of ABBA had input To it think 

If you read the website, he had input on the Super Swede.

The same page also tells you that they stopped producing guitars in Sweden in the 80s, so although based on their original Swedish designs, these probably aren't as Swedish as you might think....

10 hours ago, Raymondo said:

 

Yeah but that was only Mike Rutherford's opinion.

As someone who suffers from an "invisible"  ailment , I can assure you that "friends"  often have opinions on how one can handle ones illness!

I found it an uncomfortable watch.

It was like Phil had happily said "that's it" but Mike and Tony had been peer pressuring him into doing it.  Smacked of a bit of selfishness to me. 

Phil reminded me of the feeling when you suddenly realise your super strong dad you've looked up to all your life suddenly go from "a bit older" to "frail".  You don't love them any less or anything, but it is uncomfortable to see.

I thought his son seemed to be a good solid drummer, so good on him.  I just hope Phil can get through the tours.

I got to see it a couple of nights ago after Mrs HH used her Tesco clubcard vouchers to get Disney+ for a couple of months in an offer.

Loved the footage  - especially Stevie's bass player's Jazz bass.  Not sure if it was actually British Racing Green or an effect of the film, but it looked lovely! 

Was almost matched by Larry Graham's burgundy one with blocked neck.

Just my advice, I bought an Ashdown rig about 2004 with a 2x10 combo and a 1x15 cab.

I was never fully happy with the full rig.  I could never explain it but it always felt like there was a "hole" in my sound when stood in front of the stack, as though it was phase cancelling or something.

When I joined BC, there were some well respected experts on here advising against having cabs of different driver sizes due to comb filtering effects of the drivers.  I began to wonder if this was what I was experiencing.

I loved both cabs on their own.  I even sometimes ran the 1x15 with the 2x10 speakers disconnected in the combo.  This is  why I would have preferred to buy 2 cabs and a separate head as others have suggested on this thread.

I now have 2x identical cabs so I can use 1 or 2 depending on the gig and it is always a great result.  I'm not blaming Ashdown BTW - I had many happy gigs with the component parts of that stack before I sold it on.

This is all just IMHO of course.....

2 minutes ago, thodrik said:

Personally I hope Lars Ulrich gets the gig and brings his St Anger kit on tour. 

That's a whole other contentious thread right there....😄

I must admit, as a former drummer myself, I've never fully understood the Charlie Watts "mystique".

I have watched and read many music documentaries and biographies over the years where bands say Charlie was an option for them in the early days and they wished they'd had him as he was the best, putting him on a par with Ginger Baker and Mitch Mitchell.  I've also read Keith Richard's opinions on him and heard he (Charlie) started out playing jazz, so figured he must be good.

I'm not saying he's not, but whenever I've tried to play along to Stones stuff in the past (I wore out Hot Rocks when I was a kid) or watched clips of him, I didn't ever notice what everyone was talking about. I thought he was solid, (if a little stiff), but nothing special that no one else could do.

Whereas, Ringo on the other hand (another contentious one, I know) I've always stoutly defended as I felt he always had a good feel and have often thought there probably isn't much more or different that you would want the drummer to play on those tracks.   

What am I saying?  I don't agree with NP slagging Charlie off when he did, but I struggle to believe he would have not been able to suitably replicate what Charlie plays on Stones tracks.

However, I do agree with WoT that comparing NP in his prime playing big band to an 80 year old Charlie playing blues is not a fair comparison!

14 minutes ago, paul_5 said:

If it genuinely IS a sociological experiment, then can I opt out?

 

I think the fact that you've taken time to watch some of it and comment means your work is done in terms of the experiment.

Wait....me too! Groan......!

I grew up playing drums in a church and played there until I left home and went to university at 18.   I have since occasionally played bass in the odd church over the years.

I do not feel I am personally religious.  My mother was, which is why I started out at church. 

In my experience, there are some lovely people you will meet at church, and it is a great way to meet people and be part of your community.  Those people will be happy you chose to attend their church and will accept you at your own pace/level of commitment to God etc etc.

However, also in my experience, there will be a minority who take it all way too seriously and will push you to find out your own beliefs and try and convert you if they think you don't believe enough.  There will also those that act as though they are more holy than anyone else and will relish the opportunity to shun or guilt someone like you who is not as anointed as they are. 

If you can deal with those people, then you can still have a great time, respecting the beliefs of others and letting them respect your position.  I have struggled to deal with self-righteous a***holes over the years, which is why I don't tend to last too long in church settings.  As others have said, I think that what I do or don't believe is my own private matter and no one else's business unless I decide I wan't to talk about it.

(P.S. - I am speaking of my experience in mainly C of E (but have also been involved in Catholic, Methodist. Baptist and Evangelist churches).

P.P.S.  - Mods - if this is too religious, please feel free to delete....

Just to follow up @Steve Browning's point.

I work in the tech sector and many equipment manufacturers have crazy lead times at the moment.  I'm not sure if this is just Brexit and border changes, or raw materials sourcing issues too.

I also know that we as a company are struggling to deal with the wave of spending that is starting back up because we had to lay so many staff off during the covid period due to there being no work.  Customers who hibernated and weren't buying or paying during the pandemic are now expecting the same instant high level of service but we have hardly any backroom resources left to deal with quoting, purchasing, service, invoicing etc.

We are doing our best to rebuild, but I'm sure the powers way above my head are nervous to splurge on recruitment in case this is just another short spike of business.

All the time this is going on, those of us that are left are working flat out trying to save the face of the company but are undoubtedly letting customers down here and there.   

As I said, we are not the music shop industry, but thought it might be worth considering as reasons as to why they are so bad at the moment.