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Have you heard of the Thumpinator? Plenty of people on here with one. I tried Happy Jack's, it certainly worked and with no detectable loss of tone.

Have you looked at the Hipshot bridges, Fran? They are adjustable for string spacing.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1387202350' post='2309249'] Well yes, anyone who can play the guitar well can probably learn to play the organ too ... given time, of course. [/quote]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1387201205' post='2309223'] Green Onions? With no organ? [/quote] A decent guitarist can sort that little issue surely!

You have two choices in my book. Green Onions, or Dick Dale's version of Misirlou.

Just sold a Jaguar neck to Iain. Great comms, totally straightforward and fast exchange of goods and money, and a very nice fellow to deal with. Really appreciate it Iain, thanks mate!

Thanks chaps Nx

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1387195490' post='2309144'] Slightly off topic, but did anyone else notice that there was a floor mounted autocue with the lyrics during Elton and Gary's duet ? Partner didn't believe me until I paused the tv [/quote] You can see Rush using them too if you look at vids on YT.

If unknown music was interesting there would be more of us Basschat members checking out our fellows in the [b]Share Your Music[/b] thread in the Recording section, or listening and voting in the monthly [b]Basschat Composition Competitiion[/b]. As it is, hardly anyone does. So all this slagging of X-Factor just looks like ignorant hypocrisy to me.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1387188494' post='2309037'] if they did there would only be [url="http://newsthump.com/2011/12/12/simon-cowell-wins-x-factor-for-record-8th-time/"]one winner [/url] [color=#808080][b]Simon Cowell shocked morons everywhere last night by dramatically securing his tenth successive victory in ITV’s X Factor.[/b][/color] [color=#808080]The victory has come as a shock to millions of people who appear to have no idea what they are watching, and who for some unfathomable reason seemed to think victory belonged to a female singer called ‘Sam Bailey’.[/color] [color=#808080]Cowell told reporters after the win, “This is just like winning the lottery. Again. For the tenth year running.”[/color] [color=#808080]“People said it was impossible to win it all over again, but then I pointed them to a format that I completely own, and my record company that now owns all of the acts on the show, and then they have to admit it looks a lot like ‘winning’.”[/color] [color=#808080]“I’m simply overjoyed, and I can’t thank the fans enough for believing in this money making charade disguised as a talent show. Without them I would be significantly poorer.”[/color] [color=#808080]“Sam is quite pleased as well, and will be until she realises how little she actually stands to make from all this.”[/color] [b] [color=#808080]Cowell wins X Factor[/color][/b] [color=#808080]Experts have said that this latest victory yet again illustrates Cowell’s incredible natural gift for extracting money from simpletons.[/color] [color=#808080]Music industry analyst Simon Williams told us, “He’s like a force of nature, and fully deserves this tenth successive win.”[/color] [color=#808080]“Never before have we seen anyone so incredibly talented when it comes to turning the feeble-minded majority into cold hard cash.”[/color] [color=#808080]“To be honest, I don’t see how anyone will ever beat him.”[/color] [/quote] Huge arrogance really, isn't it. Not from Cowell, from this piece. People are morons because they watch X-Factor? People are morons because they enjoy some music and competition but can't expand their reactions to music into educated critique and analysis? They should STOP watching it because it makes Syco money from exploiting morons? Sheer arrogance and misunderstanding.

[quote name='Telebass' timestamp='1387186776' post='2309013'] Musician + X-Factor = contradiction in terms. [/quote] They have some very good musicians on the show. And some of the contestants are very good.

X-Factor for musicians ?! Why not extend that to X-Factor for watchmakers, X-Factor for kitchen fitters, X-Factor for rock climbers ? Because no-one would watch it. Despite us musicians thinking we are very, very important, and overlooked and undervalued, it's the singer in popular music that the audience identifies with. The audience knows what makes them feel good, they can identify with the singer. They understand words and the voice expressing them. They connect with the look and movements and facial expressions of the singer. Instrumental music confuses the average listener, they don't understand what makes a good drummer, a good guitarist, a good keyboard player, a good bassist. It's backing for the singer and if it sounds good and it makes the singer sound good, that's the extent of their interest. You may think that's unfair, but that's the way it is. That is why Edward Van Halen hardly got recognised in the street, and why David Lee Roth could silence any restaurant when he walked in. I've said it before but so many posts on here about X-Factor indicate the poster has no idea what the programme is. They think it is about music. It isn't, music is simply a conduit for the competition and the associated entertainment. Singers generate reaction and opinion even if those reactions and opinions are from the clueless, they generate in the audience a passionate sense of good and bad, right and wrong, justice and injustice. So they watch and vote and help create the hysteria. Show me an instrumentalist who can generate that kind of reaction.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1387066322' post='2307987'] I'd just like to say I've never knowingly heard anything by him before and that cover was truly f*cking aweful. (keep yourself alive). It was like a small kid showing off his tricks. The lack of humility or feel for the original material for an apparent musician is extraordinary. [/quote] I'm afraid I can only agree, for me that was a horrible listen, a travesty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15eu7ar5EKM

[quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1386928413' post='2306437'] My opinion is just exactly that, shrouded in subjectivity . Of course all that matters is that I am always right [/quote]

[quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1386927605' post='2306423'] Oh yes (said in the Churchill bulldog advert voice) [/quote] How did I forget Scorpions! Lovedrive is a splendid album. Blizzard of Oz is another.

[quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1386927480' post='2306419'] The curse of subjectivity. Why can't we just all agree?. Opinions opinions. [/quote] Well there we are then. It's just that the way you expressed YOUR opinion seemed to be pitched more as fact.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1386927096' post='2306415'] I don't think people are getting this at all. You can't have 86 greatest heavy rock albums each. You can only have one. My thread, my rules Sort yourselves out now! [/quote] In that case Van Halen I

[quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1386893048' post='2306256'] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]+1 This is it, only I would go as far as saying its Bolloc[/size][/font][/color][/quote] What if I tell you that for me it's NOT Bolloc?

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1386891871' post='2306242'] It's personal and probably not entirely tangible and not something everyone will agree on. I can put on Hendrix's Little Wing and feel like the guy can really just sing through his guitar, or like his guitar is a natural extension of him. I can't buy into that with Yngwie because it always sounds like he's worked too hard at being the best without ever having paid attention to making or writing a good tune. To me he's made guitar no fun. [b]I'm totally speaking for myself here of course.[/b] [/quote] Wisdom.

[quote name='levelitup' timestamp='1386824640' post='2305012'] Patriotic meaning British! English,Irish,Scottish,welsh bands, I myself class lizzy and U2 as British but others may not. Pro meaning 2 rehearsals to nail 30 tracks then take it out. I want to gig as much as poss but won't promote it until I recrute guitarist. Will gig anywhere as long as the money is right, [/quote] Cover band then.

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1386891239' post='2306236'] Not speaking for the person quoted and don't know if I'd describe it as bollocks, there's bits of stuff I kind of like but players like him always seem to have learnt their theory to the Nth degree and then applied it so stagnantly and without musicality. It's almost like they've made music a depressing chore or a science. I can't enjoy music that sounds like it lacks soul and for me personally, it lacks soul. That's kind of the clincher for me. [/quote] What is SOUL in this context? And why do you believe it lacks it?

I'm a f***ing bellend. WHY did I not mention Van Halen I ??

[quote name='mr zed' timestamp='1386873199' post='2305825'] Strangers in the Night - UFO. Nuff said! [/quote] Yes!! Good call!

Live and Dangerous. Alive II. Priest in the East. Ace of Spades. I can't decide.