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Can't believe I'm actually going to say this but... Paul Carrack... twice. Now we're breeders the bulk of our live music consumption is at the family friendly end of the festival spectrum. The aforementioned chap headlined a night at two of those festivals this year. On both occasions he was bang on. Slick without being bland (despite the middle of the road material), polished and passionate. OK, I'm not old enough to buy any of his stuff for home consumption... yet, but as a live act he was much more engaging than I'd expected. A cracking band helped!

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1447762006' post='2910052'] Pedant alert; it's definitely a right-hand strung instrument...... [/quote] Bah... Foiled!

Outrageous that, in this day and age, the editor of a major publication thinks it's ok to run a picture of a musician toting a Steinberger... Bloody lefties!

I don't see anything that needs fighting here. It's nice to have options. I dig the 6 string out from time to time, and I've not turned into a slavering, volume obsessed freak yet. I find that, as a bass player (of sorts) I approach it quite unconventionally anyway, and because of the different limits of the instrument I often and up taking some cool ideas for bass out of any session. It's all music.

[quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1446828036' post='2902749'] If Mr Dunky had done the search himself, I would have never discovered this gem of a fact. [/quote] Me either. I like Pino even more now!

I don't get their popularity, but I reckon Grohl being a pretty cool bloke has something to with it. I can listen to any given Foos tune in isolation and enjoy it, but I'd be bored solid if I had to listen to a whole album. Some catchy stuff, but formulaic and samey to me.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1446231370' post='2898016'] Percy Jones, Jimmy Johnson and Bruford era Jeff Berlin. [/quote] Thanks. YouTube here I come!

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1446207578' post='2897700'] His 3 others were Sid Vicious, Guiggsy from Oasis and Peter Hook! [/quote] No Lemmy?

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1367417311' post='2065375'] ,Jaco played some great stuff and some dross. He played well on some crap tunes and poorly on some great tunes. For me, when he was hitting, he was hitting and his hit rate was the envy of a generation. He opened doors for me that I didn't even know were closed. What he does for anyone else is of no interest to me. He was 'my man', along with 3 others, and I sometimes still hear him today and go 'wow'. There aren't many that do that anymore. [/quote] I don't think I can add anything to this thread, partly because I know nowt, and partly because all the expected posts are already in. I'd really like to know who your '3 others' are though?

Just get a theramin... way more fun, and a bit more showy!

I'm pretty sure the most obvious visual difference is the headstock shape.

Caught him at Sonisphere in 2010, and Cropredy in 2013, and for my money he's still got it, if that's your thing. Really entertaining.

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1445872416' post='2894876'] Maggie May? [/quote] According to the lyrics, Maggie definitely will!

Diabeatles?