Barking Spiders

It does at that. Had a look on the Kiesel FB and thought most of instruments had horrible finishes e.g. the natural wood look, the Buckeye Burl, the Leia and the DC127 in Hot Pink Crackle . The Buckeye Burl looks like it's been rescued from a garden bonfire. There's one guitar that looks like a crime scene from Dexter

Then it's just bedroom fretwinkery. If someone a wiz in their bedroom but can't lock in with a drummer for real then their skills are pretty pointless

Yep, totally agree. When I see that e.g. mahogany, ebony and rosewood have been used for making luxury products (including basses!) that's an immediate turn off.

From what I read and see on BC there are lots of BCers who are pros and /or have very nice top end basses like Foderas etc. Now, I've never made a living from playing bass though in my 20s and 30s used to quite a lot of dep work and and gigging in function bands to top up my salary while living in London. Since then I've been in 'hobby' bands and haven't really been able to justify to myself spending more than £500 on a new bass and having more than four. But these have always been fine for me. However, because I've not played any high price instruments I don't know how good they really are. These include a Sub Ray 4, Peavey Cirrus BXP 4, Aria Pro II Integra (my only bass in the 90s) and a Cort GB74. Just wondering if anyone else here has played these and what you think of them. Also what other sub £500 basses do you reckon are ridiculously low priced for their quality?

Yep, Charles Berthoud is frighteningly top of the class for a young fella. I find Davie 504's hamming up of the Italian stereotype humour gets wearing quite quickly although he's also a brilliant player. But, do these guys play in bands at all?

errm, not really. Didn't get any of that at all from the lyrics

I just had to Google this line and have a listen on YT. I gave up 40 seconds in but have read the masterful lyrics but I'm confused. I take it this this diver is having a night-time dip in the old briny. I'm a bit worried s/he's been down too long and so is at risk from the bends. But s/he must be ok as before you know it s/he's riding some tiger. If the tiger's also been for a paddle maybe that's why it's clean. Quite right, nobody in their right mind would choose to ride an unclean tiger. Not too sure I like this hiding in the sun bit, not unless s/he's covered in SF50. Sounds a tad risky to me. Anyway, back to this diver. S/he's now gone to a masquerade, probably getting there by clean tiger, which s/he then jumps on again probably to get away from the masquerade because s/he's not too comfortable being the star. Think that makes sense, kinda.

👍 to Dagan from PMT TV. Although it's clear he's mainly a guitarist he has a good presentational style and has put up some good 'shows' on great cheap/budget basses and guitars

A few years ago I lost interest in playing bass, guitar and the drums. This coincided my growing dislike of rock music and temporary loss of interest in funk. Instead I became far more interested in electronica. It was only listening to Squarepusher that reinvigorated my love of the bass. I generally still can't abide rock music but have discovered loads of other interesting electronica /dance where the bass is used such as Groove Armada.. So, maybe you also might have become bored with the music you're playing and listening to but just need to find something new to revive your interest in the bass . I'm with the others here saying buying a new bass isn't the answer.

Yup, that's it. I get quite a buzz out of researching and shortlisting stuff and often nowt comes of it but I've had the hit. Could be musical instruments, hols, cars, bikes, boots, drills. The processes are the same.

Had to cut and paste this load of old horlicks into Google to find out the guilty parties and again it's Black Sabbath, ay caramba😩

I'm a big fan of slap (in the right place.... i.e. funk and errm some 80s pop) but this is most definitely not the right place

I like the nifty way they rhyme 'Hersham boys' with 'cockney cowboys'. It's right up there with this little peach, 'Generals gathered in their masses, Just like witches at black masses'. 👌

Keeping my spirits up against the onslaught of moody/angsty female teens with this cracking live version of Burning Down The House. I've already played it 5 times today it's so uplifting!

OK, the bass should never be played in a bass duet anymore than there should be kazoo players trading licks. Sorry but I found the whole performance technically efficient but soulless and dare I say a bit robotic.

Right now it's Venq Tolep by Robag Whrume who makes electronica that would fit in with the Warp stable. So if you like stuff such as Plaid, Mouse on Mars etc this should fit the bill.

The thing for me is, the bass should never be played as a solo instrument anymore than the triangle or kazoo

Nope, I'm way off happy. I want a StingRay in natural ash but I cant justify shelling out £2k + to the mrs or meself TBH. I've only two basses at the mo' including a Sub Ray 4. I'm eyeing up a Ray34 though, which I guess I could happily settle for. Nowt else really appeals anywhere near as much .

Errrmmm...hmmmm...not sure what to say or think really. 'Bizarre' about sums it up for me

Seems David Byrne and friends have been there and were clearly disappointed with the lack of visitor attractions and cultural events in said Tyneside town, bemoaning this fact in their tune off Talking Heads' sophomore album Fear of Music, 'Hebburn'. 'Hebburn Hebburn is a place A place where nothing Nothing ever happens'

Larry Graham is one of my fave players evah and this here is one's he's associated with. There's a lot going for it but the white fingerboard!

This. GG have always been the only 'prog' band I like. Not for them tales of goblins and wizards, capes and all that bobbins. While a lot of prog to me sounds contrived, pompous and forced, GG had a natural, offhand, casual cool about their musicality and virtuosity and a sense of fun! Beats me how their lesser peers went on to hit the big time and they didn't.

Herewith is the ultra-sappy 'I've never been to me' First she starts off saying she's been to Georgia and California -not mentioning specifically which parts but that's by the by. I've been to Rhyl and Clacton but it's not worth putting in song. Then she says 'Oh, I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece'. This is where we know she's telling utter porkies about her travel adventures. If she'd really ever been to Greece she'd know that it's bordered to the north by Albania, Macedonia and Bulgaria and to the east by Turkey.

Billy Joel states in his defence that 'we didn't start the fire' when in fact two of his accomplices are doing stretches in San Quentin for arson

Sting may've been a teacher but clearly he never taught physics as he doesn't understand the impact of gravity and lack of said force on the human body or otherwise he'd know his legs would most certainly not break if he was to walk on the moon However, he was a seer of sorts when he advised his pupil to socially distance herself from him while in the classroom