Cato

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1485548637' post='3224926'] How you finding your new toy Cato. You've had it over week now. ? Dave [/quote] I just keep finding more things I like about it. Unfortunately I trapped one of my plucking fingers in a folding table at work the other day so I can barely play at the moment, at least not without knocking the scab on my fingertip off, which to be fair I've done at least once a night since the injury, as I can't resist picking the bass up and playing it.

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1485522777' post='3224599'] That looks rather lovely Nothing to fear with Mexican instruments and some of them are exceptionally good. I've been working on a Mexican Strat this week and might even ask the chap if he would consider selling it to me. Hope the gig goes well. [/quote] I've got a Mex thinline Tele which I bought c2000. To this day it remains pretty much my favourite skinny stringer I've ever played. My ex's dad had a fairly impressive collection of top end Gibsons and Fenders which we used to jam on from time to time. I wouldn't swap my mex Tele for any of them. That experience has given me complete confidence in Mexican Fender instruments, only reinforced by the mex deluxe precision special that arrived to live with me recently.

Even if he goes through with it (which I doubt because he promised that Mexico would pay for his wall , not US citizens) it shouldn't affect prices outside the US.

Honourable mention for Yolanda Charles http://youtu.be/pTvMoA1GyV4

[quote name='StephenYork' timestamp='1485532748' post='3224728'] The title track has dropped on YouTube http://youtu.be/rmlmOk4ubcU [/quote] The best thing about that is the hat. Maybe it's a grower, but the krautrock influence is killing the funk for me.

Anyone mentioned Larry Graham yet? http://youtu.be/Z1IuD6F3R5I

Excellent taste sir. I'm particularly loving the neck on mine, it's one of the most comfortable I've ever played. Good luck with the gig, let us know how you get on.

Like it or loathe it a lot of players do slap, and not all basses are well suited to it, so if a manufacturer wants to appeal to the widest potential market it's worth them demonstrating how the technique sounds on their product.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1485388335' post='3223696'] I think they supported AC/DC. [/quote] I think you may well be right, possibly on the Razor's Edge tour?

This an awesome song. http://youtu.be/J2SYPzKzD94

I saw Kings X supporting someone else (I can't remember who but Megadeth, AC/DC or Alice Cooper would be the prime candidates) at the NEC in Birmingham back in the early 90s. They were superb, although they suffered from the usual low turnout for support acts at arena gigs.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1485217636' post='3222297'] I could take you to parts of Millwaukee that is still pretty much like Happy Days. Blue [/quote]

Blue, you've once again shattered my illusions. I've always thought that the music scene in Milwaukee was something like this http://youtu.be/CpQhtsa0JrI Or maybe a bit like this http://youtu.be/kUNtgbEGQgw And if all else fails.. http://youtu.be/drOeLwEZeM4

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1485118616' post='3221343'] but where did he come from and where did he go? [/quote]

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1485118345' post='3221336'] Oh no, it's obviously too late for you, were you married a long time ago by any chance? [/quote] Would have been, if it wasn't for that bastard...

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1485118206' post='3221329'] I feel really bad now, if my post made you search through all the different versions then I am partly to blame for your suffering, no apology could suffice. I hope no long term damage has occurred. If you start twitching and lifting your leg randomly whilst holding your belt loops you will know it's got to you. [/quote] Yeeha!

This has to be a contender. Rod Stewart fans look away now... http://youtu.be/Z6aVZDzeHnw

I came very close to getting the 4 string version when I was looking for a PJ at the start of the year, before I decided to go for the Fender Deluxe P instead. It's a very nice bass indeed.

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1485116667' post='3221298'] It is even worse, it seems to be relying on the crowd looking at the girls and ignoring the utter pap being played. Very sad. [/quote] Fair enough. It was the best traditional version of the song I could find on YouTube. The others all seem to be instrumentals or dodgy recordings of scratchy old vinyl.

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1485115027' post='3221271'] Cotton eye joe would take some bearing. Again it's a novelty record and I defended star trekkin earlier but there is no justification for cotton eye joe. [/quote] Which version? While I agree that this one is pretty awful http://youtu.be/VcDy8HEg1QY There's a certain energy about this version. http://youtu.be/IZvpHwoQfqk

http://youtu.be/h37KQu64RY4 (Drops mic)

Tricky one there's just so much irritating stuff out there. However I'd like to offer two up for consideration: http://youtu.be/YiunXTVBOe0 And http://youtu.be/MWKchS0GAyo Interestingly both artists are X Factor successes, both songs went to number 1 in the UK charts, before both songs effectively signaled the end of the commercial success of the artists involved. My theory? Marketing and PR will get you only so far before the public realises that your product is sh*te.

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1484966562' post='3220110'] Queen - A Day at the Races - first stage of their descent into dreadful crappery Queen - News of the World - see above Queen - Jazz - see above Queen - The Game - see above A trend may be emerging here. [/quote] They did rebound though albeit relatively briefly. Queen - Flash -One of the best soundtracks ever. Queen - The Works Queen - A Kind of Magic

[quote name='waldemar' timestamp='1484960207' post='3220097'] >I think I remember the Bass Place , just up the road from Musical Exchanges, maybe in the railway arches? Nah, it was in a different part of town - here's a [url="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/10+Suffolk+Street+Queensway,+Birmingham+B1+1LT/@52.4759031,-1.9012388,3a,66.8y,62.45h,97.03t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s4l6Ttim5rdwaclwP1N04_Q!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x4870bc8a48ca03bf:0x795201437574cc95"]streetview[/url] (the 'Fair Well' shop IIRC) Heh, far enough away from Snow Hill station to rag having to carry my new Aria Pro SLB2A along with a little 30W Laney a mate helped me with... [/quote] Fair enough my memory must be playing tricks on me. I was sure there was a specialist bass shop less than 5 minutes walk from Musical Exchanges in the early 90s.

I think I remember the Bass Place , just up the road from Musical Exchanges, maybe in the railway arches? I tried out a split headstock Kramer there once, through a Trace Elliot rig (sign of the times). Great as the the shop was they just couldn't compete with the Aladdin's Cave that was Musical Exchanges. The Bass Centre would have been a brilliant shop if it hadn't had to compete with Musical Exchanges, which at that time used to advertise itself as the biggest guitar shop in Europe and stocked just about everything. Once you factor in the enormous selection of second hand stuff, then they actually had everything a spotty teenager ever read about in guitar mags.