Doctor J

21 hours ago, itu said:

Use a name tag Björn Svensson.

 

Tape the bass with a SAAB or Volvo or Bahco logo, and the amp with an SSAB. SSAB is a metal company, as far as I know. If I remember right the bass string core comes from Sandvik. 

Celebrate the best of Swedish:

SAABBA

Try listening 2 minutes 20 seconds into it, perhaps.

I heard they order a lot of pizza. Coincidence? 🤔

I used to love the clank when I had a 4003, it's definitely part of the sound for me, provided you're just getting clank and the strings aren't choking.

The song is called Hello, it's the first song on their second album, and briefly pulls a line from the Glitter song.

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23 hours ago, BlueMoon said:

Unfortunately it seems every time Fender dares to bring out a modern instrument it tends to bomb with the hard core P and J fans, and they pull it. The Dimension is a case in point. Not a bad bass, but it didn’t last long. Tweeking the existing high demand instruments and charging a huge premium for the name seems to be their philosophy.
 

I found the mid 90’s US output a notch up in terms of quality (coincides with John Suhr’s input, no doubt), as well as mid 2010’s. The Ultra is a step down from the Elite in my eyes. No longer a MM truss rod wheel adjuster and no string though body option. Onwards and upwards?

When was the last time Fender brought out something where there weren't established market leaders in place already? What useful innovations have they pushed since Mr Fender sold out in the 60's? The Dimension tried to enter a space created by Musicman and G&L 30-odd years previously. Who was that bass aimed at, who was the target market? It came across as a half-assed effort at entering the humbucker game, just flung out there in the hope that they could poach some stragglers from leading brands in that market. It seems like everything they "innovate" has already been done better elsewhere. How is it possible they don't lead the Jazz-on-steroids market? How have they never managed to develop (or even buy or licence) a class-leading pre-amp and mate it with their instruments?
 

Having that big F on the headstock is not enough to just plop something onto the market and not think strategically through design, production and marketing thoroughly before making the half-assed effort which has become their trademark, sadly. They got lazy on the legacy of that name. I'd be of the opinion that everything they offer is made better (and usually cheaper) by someone else. Then people say "Oh nobody wants Fender to do anything different" when it's more that everything different they do has already been done better elsewhere.

But folks love having that big F on the headstock all the same, no matter what. It's always gas seeing home assembled parts builds and custom relic jobs getting that brand-name stuck on them 😂

I wonder if "Drum Off" was supposed to be an instruction to FOH when Metallica start up?

Really? 😉

Can't wait to hear the Tool medley for their 20 minute set. It'll feature two songs, I hear 🤔

How many kids can afford those ticket prices? 
 

Unless they blew all their instrument savings on a ticket? 🤷🏻‍♂️

16 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

These only work with tuners that have screw-in bushings as opposed to push-in bushings don't they? I'd probably try one if I had a bass thay'd work with, but I believe the issue they fix can also be resolved by leaving the cut string long enough to ensure that the number of winds around the post is sufficient to push the last wind as close to the wood of the headstock as possible.

They make a greater break angle possible than extra wraps, consistent with the E, D and G strings if positioned correctly and, of course, the more wraps you have around the post the more opportunity you have for tuning instability.

OP, regardless of the bass you could just bite the bullet and get one of these. That Fender still persist with bad design for the sake of retro authenticity is one of life's great mysteries. Don't value aesthetics over functionality.

https://www.public-peace.de/hipshot-string-retainer-3-strings.html

54 minutes ago, BlueMoon said:

B C Rich?

I think you might be right. The Grover tuners and truss rod cover fit the bill. The R font is different to the usual R they use but not too far away from the R of the late80's logo. Never seen it used as just the letter R though and never seen that headstock on a BC Rich, but it looks like the Outlaw body shape to me.

Hard to know who the market is for it though. It's a fair whack more expensive than the import versions from his previous two endorsers and he's hardly a household name.

Indeed. It would be a shame to see such innovative and iconic instruments disappear like Vigier, Pedulla and others.

24 minutes ago, stingrayPete1977 said:

At some point the Jools Holland and Glastonbury threads will merge. 

 

How many years of complaining about the mix or the acts do people endure before they realise it's not compulsory or legally binding to watch either of them?

 To complete the set, just wait for Eurovision to come around again so people can tell you how many years it has been since they watched. It seems to be very important information for everybody to be aware of 😁

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One day I'd like to get as high as that action 😉

Interesting, it seems to be intonated for a lefty.

Turnstile are about as hardcore as jam spread on soft, white bread with the crust cut off.

They don't appear to have anyting to say, either, unlike the bands Leonard just listed. Lazy journalism mixed with a sad need for categorisation. 

Nice one, thanks.

The bit that tells me this kind of world has left me behind is encapsulated in this review of one of yesterday's headliners

[quote]...rise over the past year has been nothing short of phenomenal and, while fans await her debut album...[/quote]

Not enough material for an album yet but you're headlining a stage at this festival? Must be very good at dancing, I suppose.

There's a disappointing lack of costume chat here. Many reviews of the festival mention how many costume changes each artist does in their set. It's almost as if you snooty musos think such things don't matter.

Don't get me started on the absence of dance chat 

1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said:

Just while we're on the subject of Living Colour, are many/any of you aware about the version of Stain with the alternative guitar solos?

 

The original US CD (catalogue# EK52780) was issued in two versions, one of which was very limited and contained totally different guitar work on Ignorance Is Bliss, Leave It Alone and Bi.  There's no discernable visible difference in the CDs, just the content thereon.  You got lucky or you didn't.

 

I was a huge fan of Living Colour from the outset and bought a copy of Stain when I was in America; there was a bit of a WTAF? moment when realisation struck that the versions were different.

 

Interesting stuff.

Yeah, have been looking for one for years. I bought it on tape when it came out, which had TV News and a live version of Love Rears... on it. When I eventually bought the CD years later, it had neither and sounded incomplete, which is when I started looking at the versions and found out about the guitar solo version. I picked up a version with the tape tracklist but I'm still looking for the solos version 😂
 

On your earlier point, the switch to a darker sound was right up my street. I loved Vivid and Time's Up but Stain added some sonic weight to back up what they were saying socially and politically. It's still an all-time top-10er for me.

No, I think it's exaggeration, like, literally the worst thing in history ever.

Did Henry Juszkiewicz move to Peavey when he was ousted from Gibson? This reeks of a money losing exercise.