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light my fire - The Doors

Smokestack Lightnin’ - Howlin’ Wolf

I thought this thread would be about this:

Nah keep whining about Coldplay. It’s certainly more entertaining than any music they have released. Coldplay are the Korma of the Curry world. A curry for people who don’t really like curry.

bubble toes - jack johnson

Heaven knows im miserable now - The Smiths

Marian - Sisters of mercy

One Hundred Years - The Cure

blue lines - massive attack

Ain’t no love in the heart of the city - Bobby Blue Bland

insane in the brain - cypress hill

Before basschat I had never heard of the guy. Now I have and I have watched his channel and Youtube just keeps feeding me more. He has obviously found a winning formula. If he is making a living from it then good luck to him. Is the content any good? Personally this TikTok style, short clip, grab my attention and move quickly onto something new and shiny does my head in. It’s just so completely inane and ridiculous. I suspect my parents thought the same about whatever rubbish I was watching in the ‘80s.

FTFY As for drugs and creativity. Maybe very creative people are frequently struggling with various demons that drive their creativity and make them more susceptible to self medication? Being very organised with a good routine, fitness schedule, healthy lifestyle with a good diet and early nights I am sure helps with mental health and physical well being. It might not lead to a life filled with experiences and song writing opportunities.

Times have changed. In my experience kids work far harder at school and uni and take it all far more seriously than my generation ever did. With fees at over £9000 a year, rents at an all time high etc University is a £30000 plus commitment. For parents it’s tough and the pressure on students to succeed is immense.

I just adjusted the pole piece heights of the pickup and solved the issue on mine.

If every 15th person in China alone took up bass then 👍

Agreed. I think Simon Gallup has played pretty much every bass there is at various times, particularly live and he always just sounds like Simon Gallup.

I am not sure how much these comparisons really mean. There will be small differences but with the same pickups*, player, rig etc the basses will all be pretty much identical. What really matters is how comfortable the bass is to play, be that weight, shape, neck dimensions etc, then reliably - quality wiring and hardware may save some embarrassment, then aesthetics. An MDF table would serve the same function as a teak or oak one but might not look as nice or last as long. * Even this is relative and subjective. Most basses that are mass produced have fairly similar pickups eg I doubt if I could tell a Mex P from a US P or a Yamaha BB when played through the same rig. They would all sound like P basses.

There is another dimension to this in that some people might want to buy a US made bass like a G&L or say a Hofner bass because they live in the USA or Germany and want to support local producers. Perhaps if more people bought one bass from a company in their country rather than 3 from the far east these companies would not be facing bankruptcy and disappearing from the market.

True but if you want a new Rickenbacker or Musicman you are going to need a little more than 2K.

Indeed. Personally I would rather own one bass I love than 5 or 6 mediocre ones anyway. It does seem like one expensive bass attracts more ire than several mid priced ones..

Honestly. I think that they are more likely to take advantage of basses made in countries where wages and rents are cheaper so can make the same thing for less.

Wages, rents, wages, energy costs, wages, commodity costs, wages did I mention wages? Anyone seen the price of RAM these days? A small prediction that in the near term the price of base metals, precious metals and timber is going nowhere but up. Musicman prices I think just reflect a wider trend. Many Mexican made Fenders now break the £1200 barrier. I don’t think this is simply down to profiteering.

yep. they were great.