Happy Jack

In the late 70s I used to ride my bike (a BSA Bantam D14/4 since you ask) along the Cromwell Road at West Kensington. For about three months, there was a HUGE poster billboard by the lights at Warwick Road saying something like, "While you're waiting for [[i]something or other, can't remember what[/i]], here's a Wok in the Black Forest." The HUGE poster was of a wok dropped onto a gateau. I laughed every time I rode past it. Mind you, I was younger then of course.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1435321420' post='2807658'] 'New man', eh..? Sounds very 'Grandpa' to me..! [/quote] Are you suggesting that I am Clive Dunn?

I haven't heard that in years - excellent stuff!

http://youtu.be/zQQ5sEOhbjQ

http://youtu.be/66TLrby1R1g Worth playing if only for the accompanying video ...

[media]http://youtu.be/4Sdfwan5tMw[/media]

http://youtu.be/gS15ACUhTww

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1435263966' post='2807179'] ... the blend is flawed until you mod it ... [/quote] No matter how many times I read that, I have absolutely NO CLUE what it means!

How are you getting your fake guitar sound? Are you simply trying to make your bass sound like a guitar, or are you splitting off a signal an octave or two up for processing separately? I sometimes do the latter (using a Fishman Fission pedal) and I then feed the 'guitar' signal through a bog-standard Boss DS-1 and into either a guitar combo or direct to the PA. Works for me.

So ... the Zoot Iceni which someone thought was a Status was actually a Shuker? I know my Hofner looks like a Gibson, but actually it's a Fender.

Is your Rumble the kickback-style, so that you can angle it upwards? If so, then it's not going to be particularly stable balanced on top of that Thomann stand. Al least the angled stand makes it virtually impossible for it to fall (or vibrate) right off the stand and onto the floor. An angled stand will also be saleable to one your guitarist friends when you realise that putting a bass combo on a stand rarely improves the situation.

Is there a new Peppa Pig CD out then?

We have a [size=5][i][b]winner[/b][/i][/size]!!! Hoping to pick it up this afternoon, just awaiting confirmation. Watch this space ...

I wondered about that too.

Ah now, that would be an interesting choice to have to make ...

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1435235648' post='2806805'] Welsh Floyd, eh? Do you do Sheep? [/quote]

Do you get any rules to follow?

Not unhappy. Just easily offended.

Ticket Price = £37.50 Facility Fee = £1.00 Service Charge = £4.90 Actual Price = £43.40 (i.e. nearly 16% higher than advertised) ******************************************* So what do you get for your extra money? "The venue facility fee will allow us to continue to invest in enhancing the O2 campus, to ensure that they continue to consistently deliver the highest-quality experience for artists, promoters and fans." That's a relief, then. I thought they just put it in their own pockets. And the service charge? £4.90 for allowing me to interact with an automated electronic website involving no time or effort on the part of IndigO2? Strangely, that's not explained. At all. ******************************************* Now if they just said, the price of a ticket is (say) £42.50 then I wouldn't have a problem. It's the fundamental deceit plus the accompanying bullshit which mean that I won't now be buying those tickets.

So what was the 'p' symbol for?

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1435066631' post='2805058'] It's the rapier name I dont like [/quote] I'll bet you can play a mean version of [i]Brown Sugar[/i] on it ...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1970s-WILSON-WEM-Watkins-Rapier-Bass-Made-In-England-Hard-Case/291494775028?_trksid=p2060778.c100277.m3477&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140725134205%26meid%3D2dd630b6f235442ab1ffa67e80b83571%26pid%3D100277%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D111698416200

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1434974092' post='2804254'] Spotify pay me 0.0004p per play. They currently owe me 40p that I can't withdraw because the amount is below the minimum withdrawal limit. [/quote] [quote name='ambient' timestamp='1435052481' post='2804889'] 1000, that's since last year though. [/quote] [i][b]Exercise 1.[/b][/i] Q. Multiply 0.0004p by 1000. A. 0.4p [i][b]Exercise 2.[/b][/i] Q. Multiply £0.0004 by 1000. A. £0.4 which is also known as 40p. [i][b]Exercise 3.[/b][/i] Learn to distinguish between pounds and pennies, especially if you hope to earn a living from music.

[quote name='grenadilla' timestamp='1435004680' post='2804682'] Duane was called "Skydog" because he liked being high. "Skydog slaver" may be a callout to Duane because he was a slaving studio musician, paid very little. [/quote] Alternatively, maybe Mick was actually singing "scarred old slaver", which is what the lyric has been for over 40 years.