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I 'm enjoying it. I've seen the Foos a couple of time, this what you get.

Off topic. Currently watching Katy Perry. As I suspected the band, and especially the bass player are world class.

It's a cycical thing. We get the same sort of articles over here every few years. I remember journalists claiming guitar music was dying in the 90s just before the Britpop explosion of the 90s, and again shortly before Artic Monkeys inspired a whole load of new guitar bands.

I think this has been posted before, but anyhoo... http://youtu.be/UHS3ci9H_Uc

[quote name='Atomic dustbin' timestamp='1498224142' post='3323266'] Radiohead are the only support band I have seen that were better than the main act at Hull tower ballroom when Pablo Honey came out. I undertsood them then but since the Bends album I have found them impossible to listen to, let alone understand. Quite the opposite to you! [/quote] Radiohead peaked with 2nd album 'The Bends' for me as well, Okay Computer was pretty decent as well. As far as I'm concerned with Kid A they started veering off in a direction that really wasn't for me. Saw them live at V a few years ago though and I couldn't fault their live show.

[quote name='Muppet' timestamp='1498117003' post='3322559'] 90 minutes? Is that all you get? I love the Stone Roses but that's a bit of a feeble set.... [/quote] If they play both albums at a slightly more upbeat tempo plus the extended version of Fools Gold, there's probably not much more than 90 mins of original Stone Roses material.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1498060062' post='3322295'] ..and no disrespect to Andy and his work but so do I... I'm beginning to think I might need to worry about being hijacked on the road when I collect it.... If it happens there are currently 38,201 suspects.... [/quote] I imagine collection day will probably look something like this... http://youtu.be/2uV-0y-zNJk

[quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1497971183' post='3321721'] Yeah Birmingham gets missed out on a lot of these kind of gigs. Maybe promoters know how low turnout can be in the city and see it as a risk! [/quote] Miles Mosely, Thundercat and Kamasi Washington are all skipping Birmingham on their most recent UK visits. Those guys all know each other. Are we on some kind of blacklist? Still could be worse, I used to live in Devon.

[quote name='NoRhino' timestamp='1497955310' post='3321544'] London, Manchester, Bristol and Leeds is not a UK tour. It's some dates in England. [/quote] If he'd annouced one date in the midlands I'd have been there.

I'm not sure it exists. I looked into blue tooth wireless about a year ago,in all the systems I found reviwed, all of them had too much latency for live practice or performance.

At that level you're not buying an instrument, your investing capital into an object you hope is going to significantly appreciate in value over the next few years or at the very worst it won't depreciate. People do the same with art and vintage Ferraris. Onve aquired it goes into storage never to be viewed again until the next sale.

Listened to the first song which I enjoyed ina sort of bewildered way. Will check the rest out later. Worth watching just to see the world's smallest pair of maracas.

[quote name='super al' timestamp='1497481051' post='3318637'] Ah, the Phoenix Festival, such happy memories (I think!) [/quote] The one year I went, I saw Alanis Morissette turn out an awful set (she kept playing terrible harmonica solos at every opportunity, she literally played the same three notes on every song, in a slightly different order). But I did see the Manics turn out a pristine set, then, after Alanis I was just in time to see the Prodigy in their full glory in the big tent.

I used to live near Stratford upon Avon, about 5 miles away from the old Phoenix festival at Long Martston. All you could ever hear of the festival was Boom Boom Boom to various rhythms. When the wind was blowing in the right direction you might hear the occasional crowd roar. Bass frequencies travel.

Mate of mine at school had the 4 string version. Lovely basses, ridiculously light, I've owned heavier skinny stringers.

According to this it's going to be a 'mini set' from the original band. http://www.barclaycardarena.co.uk/whats-on/alice-cooper On the plus side The Mission are supporting.

I'm almost tempted to break my 'no arenas' gig rule for this. I saw Alice live 4 or 5 times in my youth, but I think the original line up split about a year after I was born. It would be great to see them live.

You don't want flats for funk, unless you've got James Jamerson skills. Steel roundwounds are the way to go.

Like every member of Mac who played in the 'Rumours' line up and susbsequent tour, she's pretty lucky to still be alive.

The whole Dookie album by Green Day is a masterclass in modern (ish) pop punk playing. Arguably it was the album that launched a thousand other bands, all trying to get 'that' sound.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1497305058' post='3317239'] Yup, I'm with grandad. I'm not saying Thundercat isn't talented ,and I do believe he is more aligned with the new direction of bass. I'm saying , I don't get it, I don't even get what the appeal is. This guy in the clip below is more what I understand. It's old school and I hope it's not dead yet; http://youtu.be/KSgw2-Ei3e4 Blue [/quote] Superb player, terrible tutorial.

I'm really starting to thing that next years purchase might be a natural maple fingerboard v7 fretless. My only reservation is the busy control lay out.

I love Hi Beams but in January I purchased a bass that came with Fender Nickle rounds fitted as stock. I've actually been very impressed with them, very bright and zingy and they're still going strong after 6 months, which considering I've been working on my slap technique for most of that time is pretty good going. I will want to put Hi Beams on the bass at some point, if only to see how they sound with that bass, but the Fender Nickles have impressed me. They're also a fair bit cheaper than the DRs.

Just downloaded the album, thanks for sharing.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1496827972' post='3314068'] So you watched Gallagher 'singing' too, then, eh..? [/quote] I saw Oasis twice in the early 90s, both times at Glastonbury. The first time they hadn't really broken through and were playing early afternoon on the NME stage. The next time they were headlining the Pyramid. Both performances were pretty much exactly like what Liam did at Manchester, standing stock still, hands behind back, sneering into the microphone, and to be fair he's made quite the career out of it.