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[quote name='Wylie' timestamp='1481845830' post='3195739'] My question is, Does a speaker need to be exercised, used, played, in order to retain its elasticity? [/quote] Possibly. Or possibly not. That's [i]science[/i] and somebody much smarter than me will doubtless be along presently. [quote name='Wylie' timestamp='1481845830' post='3195739']Will it deteriorate if not used?[/quote] If left long enough - in the order of years or possibly decades - I suppose the rubber bits will eventually stiffen up. That said, I had a 2x12 cab for thirty-six years, didn't use it for the last ten. Fired it up before I advertised it for sale and it sounded fine. Awesome, in fact. I doubt that leaving your Schroder for 6 months - year will cause problems in the medium term but if you're worried, it's no biggie to switch it on every three months or so and have a noodle for half an hour. Enjoy

[quote name='Skybone' timestamp='1481722500' post='3194537'] Didn't Dee Snider sue Trump about him using "We're Not Gonna Take It"? [/quote] I think Mr Snider [url="http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/twisted-sisters-dee-snider-why-i-asked-donald-trump-to-stop-using-were-not-gonna-take-it/"]asked Trump to cease using the song[/url] at rallies and Trump complied. That said, Mr Snider 'performed' the song on stage at an Eric Trump charity gig in 2015 backed by the massed ranks of the Trump clan - including the man himself. [media]http://youtu.be/lznqdiYRsss[/media]

Well it won't be Kanye West, Beyoncé, Pharrell Williams, Katie Perry, Christina Aguilera, Burt Bacharach, Tony Bennett, Jon Bon Jovi, Mariah Carey, Cher, Kelly Clarkson, Ellie Goulding, Ice-T, Ja Rule, Elton John, Quincy Jones, Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Janelle Monae, Morrissey, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Sting, Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, Usher, will.i.am and Stevie Wonder because they all endorsed Hillary, much good it did her in the end. Given that The Donald's taste in music tends towards classic rock perhaps Mr Dee Snider (Trump's good friend from The Apprentice) might be persuaded against his better judgement to volunteer the services of Twisted F*cking Sister. [color=#ffffe0].[/color]

Randy Rhodes with Ozzy. Steve Ferrone with Tom Petty & Heartbreakers Brix Smith with The Fall Linda McCartney with Wings

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1481545800' post='3193081'] Wasn't a British bloke a member of Blondie at one point? [/quote] Nigel Harrison

I don't really know because I only got here in 2008 but here's a bit of narrative from an old thread in 2007 when BC kicked off. Seems it all started with something called BassWorld (in 2002?): [quote][size=4][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]"BW was generally considered to be rubbish, so the mods moved in mysterious ways to establish a new, working one, BT. Shortly after announcing its existence, BW died, so we all hopped on the BT ark and lived happily ever after. Or so we thought.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]"Part of the problem at BW had been the prolonged absence of its supposed overlord and owner. However, upon seeing BT flourishing said person saw that it was good, but/so threatened to take it away from us with some semi-legal proceedings or some such. This was related to ideas of original database ownership, though he was on questionable moral ground due to his total lack of input for some time.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]"In the face of potential destruction, the Mods again moved in mysterious ways their forums to maintain, and announced the creation of BC, also pointing out that BT would wind down to official dismantling on the 28th. The Great People of the forum rejoiced, and promptly moved here".[/font][/color][/size][/quote] I expect someone will be along who knows the whole story.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1481221105' post='3190764'] Please don't do that skank. If you took a gentleman's walk into the woods with your Webley, I don't [i]*snif* [/i]think I could carry on... [i]*sob* [/i] [/quote] Stow your womanish bletherings, my old comrade. Any deployment of that august firearm would be conducted along the lines articulated by [i]Reichsmarschall[/i] Goering when confronted by the word 'Culture'. That is to say, I might take a stroll in the woods but someone would be walking in front of me.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1481214027' post='3190651'] yep, I feel next to nothing when someone I don't know dies [/quote] I feel next to nothing when someone dies and I don't know about it. As for RIP threads here on BC they are - as Pete puts it so eloquently - a doff of the cap. The day we start having bouts of weepiness is the day I reach for my revolver.

Robbie Williams an icon? Don't make me laugh. Just because he's sold 19m albums in the UK and another 57m worldwide and had 7 UK #1 singles and 31 UK top ten singles and 12 UK #1 albums and 17 Brit awards doesn't make him an [i]icon[/i]. Just the most chart-topping British solo artist ever which is completely meaningless out of context. Performer? Not even on the same planet as Richard Jobson out of The Skids which was the first band I saw back in 1978. And he doesn't even write his own songs unlike Elton John and - er - Bernie Taupin. If Robbie Williams got up and sang at one of my band's monthly gigs at the Frog and F*ckwit I bet no one would even notice. What a loser. [color=#ffffe0].[/color]

i) Frankly, it is difficult to draw any specific conclusion. On the one hand there is that hint of the hard word 'Let's leave it ... keep you posted ...' ii) On the other there is the suggestively encouraging: 'Need to have a pre-show chat ... soppy ones for valentines'. iii) Frankly, I don't know what he means and I don't think he knows either. That's the trouble with comedy types. All arty-farty and swanning around. iv) Take charge. Perhaps a clear and firm communication along the lines of 'Are we playing the next show? Please confirm date and time.'

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1480619964' post='3185971'] I used to like pop music, but all of a sudden, I now like Country & Western Music. That was a Spur of the moment decision as well. [/quote] [i]Excellent [/i]choice, Sir. (Snaps napkin open, deposits on diner's lap) ... If I may recommend the Louvin Brothers as an accompaniment... [media]http://youtu.be/vTJ-rBjpE4o[/media]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1480612387' post='3185873'] British. American's clearly misunderstood the concept of pants when the Mayflower landed. [/quote] And 'vest'. When they say someone's wearing pants and a vest they mean someone in a three-piece suit who's taken his jacket off. Anyway, I've decided I now like modern pop music. Spur of the moment decision.

[quote name='Huge Hands' timestamp='1480594038' post='3185672'] The biggest one never mentioned is Ian Stewart, who was a founding member but not allowed to be "in the band" because he looked too old and out of place in the line up (according to their management). However, he was their on stage keyboardist and stage manager for years, and played keys on many of their recordings, if the bios are to be believed. [/quote] I saw Ian Stewart more than 30 years ago at the Dublin Castle in Camden leading a sort of rocking boogie-woogie band and probably not long before his untimely death. He was a brilliant pianist and it was a good night. Had Stewart lived he might well have been "rediscovered", packaged up and granted a little fame of his own.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1480537784' post='3185261'] It's an unfortunate thing when in writing a paragraph about the history of the Blues, the journalist namechecks "Howlin Woolf". Was he Virginia's brother? [/quote] Oh, [i]well[/i] spotted, Sir! Reminds me of the BBC DJ who introduced a song by that little old band from Texas 'Zed Zed Top'.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1480536331' post='3185244'] Are music videos still a thing? [/quote] In Felixstowe they speak of little else.

Do you mean pants in the British or in the American sense, pants meaning 'trousers' when articulated in a stateside stylee? Dancing while wearing trousers seems to me to be an inexceptional modus operandi. In any event, you don't need pants. 'Modern' music videos may be eschewed simply because modern music is universally awful thus rendering the pants discriminator redundant except if used as a handy visual indicator of the production date of said video, retro or period settings notwithstanding.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1480530177' post='3185166'] Absolutely. Mind, I can't help thinking Mr. Jones possibly said more than he should... I bet he wishes he'd kept [i]schtum[/i]. [/quote] I expect he said lots of things that might have offset the insinuations of racism. Hack journalism is as much about what one leaves out as what one publishes.

Classic BBC News stirring and frankly unhelpful to put poor Mr Jones in the middle of it. But it is a [i]bit[/i] worrying. Because if you're white you're twice as likely to rise through the ranks at the nation's favourite newscaster than if you're black. While the Beeb is 'inclusively' on the national average at about 13% BAME out of all its staff, it transpires that 73 out of 76 BBC news managers are white - that's a whopping 96%. Furthermore: despite a much publicised drive for diversity led by the DG himself the number of BAME's leaving the BBC nearly tripled in the last year from 173 to 379 out of a total of 2,405. The net YOY increase from 2014 was a mere 42 jobs. Allowing for a shifting number of additional sidemen and backing singers one suspects the Stones are considerably 'blacker' employers than the pallid, simpering Lord Tony Hall at the BBC. [color=#faebd7].[/color]

Scrutinise everything, trust no one. Be friendly, be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.

I never took a second bass to a gig until the night I opened the case to discover the nut had mysteriously sheared off to the left of the E string. I fabricated a repair using electrical tape to keep the string on but it was less than ideal. Thereafter I carried a s/h £50 spare bass to stash behind the amp in case of problems. I neither considered myself a professional nor a spendthrift for so doing, merely prudent. As for wireless, it's damn useful when playing venues (or even rehearsal rooms) with shonky wiring. Avoids those nasty shocks which can be at least uncomfortable and possibly fatal. Add in the other benefits and a wireless pack is a no-brainer.

On a sort of spectrum from simple to busy you'd get: * Billy Blough (George Thorogood and The Destroyers) pounding away on roots and cliche scale climbs / descents * Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughan) grooving in the pocket with a mixture of thump and tasty patterns * Sparko (early Dr Feelgood) riffing hard and filling in the gaps * Richard Cousins (Robert Cray) playing quite complex and interesting lines All of these guys play solely to serve the song and all are worth listening to. As with country music the aim is to provide support and propulsion without being noticed.

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1479770448' post='3179225'] WOT? You always look more than stellar! ...and I hate you intensely for that! [/quote] You think that's bad? My missus caught a glimpse of Blue's photo over my shoulder one day. 'Oh... Who's [i]he[/i]?' she asked. First and last time she's ever taken an interest in the forum

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1479747780' post='3178942'] That's a cheap knock off my mom bought for me. [/quote] Even so it looks good in combination with your smart vest and generally dandy-ish appearance. Apropos of nothing, I just recently found a box containing the component parts of my first electric guitar from 1976. Jedson (Teisco?) Telecaster knock off. Played it on my first (and last) school gig. Must have stripped it down about 35 years ago and forgotten I had it it. A project for the winter.

That is [i]very [/i]cool. And - surprise, surprise - you're rocking a Hofner.

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