SpondonBassed

I'm glad I am not the only one to feel like that. Going around and around a genre that didn't even originate here is a bit stale in my humble-bumblings too. Trouble is... the 12BB is like the common denominator in the wide world of western styled music. It's obligatory to know it if you want a half-decent tool kit to bring to the jam. It's easy though, right? That has been said of so many seemingly simple things in life. More often than not, the simple things are harder to get away with with style and confidence whilst not making yourself look like a tourist.

Someone from the Secret Headstock Appreciation Team have sent one of the boys around with a mime of their latest design.

I have the 50th anniversary box set of Sgt Pepper and that opening on Strawberry Fields sounds wonderful on the 5.1 Blu-ray mix. The flute sounds coming from the Mellotron are used to great effect. As a child that one intro captivated me more than anything else that I could name. I suppose it's why we have sampling now.

I've got my fingers in my ears and inwardly I'm going NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA...

Welcome Alex. It's good when members unlurk. Open Mics and Jams are the way forward my friend. The bedroom is way too comfortable. It's usually agreed that it's best to get into a band situation as soon as you possibly can.

I love the legal term - 'totally knicked (sic)'. Much easier to say down the pub than publisher's copyright infringement. Heeheehee. Don't mind me taking the wee wee. I was once arrested for half-inching a metre rule. The judge let me off on a technicality because he couldn't decide which was worse... half-inching property or twelve and a half millimetering it.

That's an important point. Thanks for bringing it up. I assumed the publishers but I really don't know.

They are suing after they rejected LDR's offer of 40 percent of the proceeds. The back to back comparison on 6music this morning certainly demonstrated that the two songs sound like two parts of the same piece almost to the point of being the same. The whole vibe of Creep was there and when Creep was faded in, there was little doubt as to the similarities. I reckon someone's pulling a fast one. That or everyone around this artist lives in a Radiohead-free bubble. I don't think it is a deliberate rip-off but I don't think the offer of a 40 percent share of the LDR royalties is adequate either. If the offer is less than fifty percent towards Creep's publishers, it makes it look like she's taking the wee wee.

Like the TR808 cowbell. I hated that sound after Whitney Houston sat on the charts with I Wanna Dance with Somebody for an unacceptably long period of time in the eighties. Thankfully hipsters have not tried to replicate the sound of the eighties by putting that damned *DINK* noise in every rhythm track on the popular charts. It was flogged to death back then. Retro can go and get stuffed if they ever bring it back! It's definitely a sound sample for the techno age. I wouldn't miss it if I never heard it again.

Yes. Because outuendo is sure to ensue if we start on the double entendres and we don't have a mop and bucket big enough to contain it all.

Broken fingers? Cut teeth? Dear oh dear. Come in here where it's safe before you decapitate yourself in one of those nasty, snappy, pre-war hinged top school desks. Welcome Caretaker.

I refuse to follow that on the grounds of good taste... er...

What did you play? The Lion Sleeps Tonight? # Whim-away, a-whim-away...

@Dad3353, if I owned a whim I wouldn't have a clue which end I should blow through either. I am not at all surprised you exchanged it for the curly cornet.

It certainly isn't offensive on the eye either. The decision to balance out the cut above centreline was good.

Cool.

I wondered. Are you going to seal them in with something to prevent abrasion with the strings? It's no disappointment though. I'm interested to see how it works out.

You'd think it was easy to scale up the exact same pattern for any of the violin family until you look into the reality of it. It's astonishing how physics appears to behave differently with the larger changes in scale. I'm liking the build so far.

I'd tell you not to whittle and have a bit more self confidence if it wasn't at odds with what you are undertaking. Heeheehee. I can feel your anticipation. With your cautious approach you'll be fine.

Is that a mock-up photo? I'm impressed if you are going to tackle block inlays. That's got to be demanding on skills.

Welcome Produkt.

"I need to introduce a duck..." That's a quote to remember. That's also a very respectable looking instrument.

Welcome Timofnc3.

I love Uilleann pipes too. They have the good qualities of pipes without the drones so much. Moving Hearts turned me onto them big time. I realise that I have been mentioning more things that I like than that I dislike so far. I find the drones on bagpipes tiresome.

There's a whole lot of brass that gets overlooked. It's a shame. I love a sousaphone myself. Interestingly, there was something played on 6music a few weeks back that featured a bassoon solo. It blew me away but I neglected to note who it was. There is hope for contemporary music after all. I agree with a previous comment about synth brass not quite cutting it.