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Come on you lot. Andy's in 'nuff trouble at home because of all the swift droppings that Mrs AJR has to wipe up. Don't encourage him.
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[quote name='fleabag' timestamp='1509890120' post='3402330'] Nah, you're thinking of a drummer. You heard about the drummer who was suicidal about his bad timing ? Threw himself behind a train. Baddum tish ! [/quote] I'd have really gone for a punch-line of [i]Squish baddum[/i]! You can't have everything in this world. But seriously, I love drummers, I just couldn't eat a whole one.
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[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1509907885' post='3402535'] Mr Edwards in his full, Bass glory (I nearly forgot about this gem). [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqk-iTOBaEc[/media] [/quote] Someone explain what a "virus mix" is please? I am not a great fan of re-releases with new, up-to-the-minute, beats grafted on if that's what it is. For the moment I am playing the tune back in my head as remembered.
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[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1509786152' post='3401573'] That gave me some LOLs, ROFLs, and LMAOs [/quote] My laughter, on the other hand, is not abbreviated. It is full-on with [i]some[/i] of Dave's delivery.
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[quote name='blue' timestamp='1509897157' post='3402397'] I give myself kudos and credibility for all sorts of stuff all the time. I think I was 9 or 10 years old. I had their records and knew I wanted in on all if it. the beat, girls, the fashion, the attention, I wanted to be cool. They opened the door to all that for me. And if history serves right I wasn't alone. Blue [/quote] I credit you for embedding yourself in the colours of the US flag on your avatar. Subtle yet patriotic. Good one!
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[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1509910484' post='3402554'] ...traditional irish folk music... [/quote] Excellent point! People focus on the fabs being from Liverpool while forgetting that Liverpool is strongly influenced by Irish culture.
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[quote name='blue' timestamp='1509911660' post='3402572'] I would have to say I am more a huge fan of The Beatles but not necessarily their music. I can't think of four names that naturally roll off the tongue more than; John, Paul, George & Ringo. Blue [/quote] Careful now. That's close to admitting to being a groupie! Heeheehee
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[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1509904387' post='3402504'] It's the use of MOST influential that I object to. They were influenced by Dylan to write more interesting lyrics; Dylan was influenced by them (and many others!) to go electric. They would have been influenced by the psychedelia of the likes of the Electric Prunes to produce their later stuff (see the Nuggets and Pebbles albums series for examples). It's not like they invented rock'n'roll! Meanwhile you've got the whole of black music to ignore as the MOST influential on rock and pop; I spose Chuck Berry, Little Richard et al had no influence on anybody. Or for that matter, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, or Robert Johnson or a host of other blues men did nowt to change music. Or James Brown, Motown, Hendrix, George Clinton/Bootsy, Sly and the Family Stone, Africa Bambaata etc. It's ridiculous to say someone is the MOST influential; it's like saying Dali is the most influential artist, or Charles Dickens the most influential author; Everybody is influenced by all sorts of stuff, including the Beatles; nobody lives in a bubble, and most importantly, it's not a bleedin' competition! [/quote] Great post. You are the [i]most[/i] influential poster in this topic.
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[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1509823229' post='3401922'] I assume because I've looked at this Reverb listing, I'm now gettting Tony Levin's for sale ads popping up in my FB feed. Amongst them, I found this. One for blue I think.... [url="https://reverb.com/item/5902739-vox-george-harrison-sergeant-pepper-ul730-amplifier"]https://reverb.com/i...ul730-amplifier[/url] [/quote] Is there an advert with two funk fingers coming at yer?
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[quote name='Bridgehouse' timestamp='1509871838' post='3402151'] Not at the moment, but it would be an easy fix to do so. Once I've wielded it in anger a bit I will see how the hum situation is. Mind you, the Dimarzio DP 126 set has a rather handy split coil J pickup.. [/quote] How does a split coil J work then? I always thought they were single coil.
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Welcome Alvaro.
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If we're doing controversial dinner parties, I'd like to be a fly on the wall at a W.I. dinner to which Oliver Reed has been booked as the guest speaker.
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[quote name='blue' timestamp='1509823621' post='3401930'] And rightly so. Interesting, because I see more of the " I don't get what the big deal was' sentiment than your rightous and astute position. Agreed Blue [/quote] It's okay Blue. The silent majority just [i]knows[/i] what a big deal it was. Many world changing things happened as a result of the sixties though. Lots more things were happening in the world that drove the youth towards self-empowerment after years of post-war austerity. You have to remember that what passes for common knowledge these days is influenced heavily by social media. I mean EVERYONE knows who "came up with" the word [i]fake[/i] don't they? I feel so [i]phony[/i] right now. [url="http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/11/02/fake-news-collins-dictionarys-word-year-2017/"]http://www.breitbart...word-year-2017/[/url] (I would advise anyone following the link above to look up Breitbart News before, during and after you read the article.)
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A funny thing happened at rehearsal this morning...
SpondonBassed replied to fretmeister's topic in General Discussion
Just don't do a "jazz hands" opener and you might get away with it. On the other hand if you actually do want to embarrass your offspring... -
[quote name='Bridgehouse' timestamp='1509840529' post='3402076'] Bit more progress made. Totally changed my mind on the controls. Went stack knob after a lot of too'ing and fro'ing. Don't really know why either, other than I just think it will be the most adaptable setup for live work... [/quote] I've heard it said in this forum that stacked controls are more susceptible to hum than separate ones. I have no experience to confirm or deny this however. Is the cavity shielded?
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F****r AE Precision build - Final PICS added!
SpondonBassed replied to honza992's topic in Build Diaries
Good to see you back up on this project Honza. Have you tried wetting it? -
[quote name='SimonEdward' timestamp='1509789430' post='3401615'] From memory, this was the 3rd instrument I had as a kid ~ after a recorder and violin. I chose to do music GCSE as an option at school in the mid 1980's, and my parents got me this; A Yamaha Portasound PSS 270. FM synth with a fixed arpeggiator - "auto accompaniment" on the lower two octaves, and some use able patches (Bass, strings and brass). No midi. In the 90's, I traded it for a DX7 MK2 ~ frankly, the PSS 270 might actually have been better?! [/quote] I still have my Yamaha PSR21s. Two because Dad had one as well. Referencing the OP, there's nothing makeshift about them. Because they were released when MIDI was in the transition between advanced wizardry and industry standard, a lot of people by-passed them for fully digital keyboards with samplers and modules. The PSRs were very much a beginner's tool. I still jammed with mine on occasion. My other guilty pleasure is ownership of a Roland TR606. How I wish I'd sprung for the 808. Thanks for the memory jogger.
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Welcome Kriss [i]and[/i] Mrs Kriss.
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I was about to say I liked the Dave channel because it was funny then I looked up DaveTV. Mistake. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n5N32loMnY [size=2]Your Dave search results may vary.[/size]
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I heard yesterday on BBC 6music that the Beatles' Christmas messages to their fan club members is to be included in another package. I think there were six in total. The word "holiday" was used instead of Christmas on the recordings themselves. I think that shows how open-minded they or their marketing people were were for their time. I think the way they looked after their fans was good. Was that unique for the time? I mean, they used to post out flexi-discs. Were many bands doing that then?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI22vpZ5ztQ