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    Is it the end of the road for Icons?

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    5 hours ago, tegs07 said:

    They are all pop stars though, aside from the possible exception of Ed Sheerhan.
    I think the pop audience has different expectations and the artists have a shorter life span. Good looks, good session musicians, hired song writers, big shows etc 

    The audience tends to be younger and have come to hear their favourite songs reproduced live. 
    Edit: They also have the financial backing to get the PR and prime time shows and media exposure. Clothes designers, make up artists, life coaches etc they are selling a lifestyle not just music IMO

    If you need a stage full of semi naked dancers to sell tickets then good luck, but little to do with music.

    Your favourite drum breaks. . . .

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    19 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

    Not so much a break.

    There’s a section in Sultan’s of Swing and Knopfler says “and then the time bell rings” or something and the drummer taps out the “time bell” on the ride - really sweet.

    Its a syncopated fill with the bass drum. Pick called it his finest moment.

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    A call to ban the phrases….

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    On 14/06/2021 at 20:40, 40hz said:

    A phrase I still use. As I'd rather not have any time wasters. It informs people you won't be too tolerant of tyre kicking.

    Surely any half decent time waster would be attracted by that one. "Now here is a guy I can really irritate". Or is anyone who answers the add but finds the instrument not to their taste a time waster?

    Build Quality

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    19 hours ago, neepheid said:

    I'm finding this rather argumentative - who said there was anything wrong with it?  I do take issue with your added point to the post I initially replied to - "Pay a bit extra to buy from a shop and save the cost of a setup."  So seeing as you brought up how cost effective buying from a shop is, let's see how it tallies up.  Travelling down and back to Edinburgh or Glasgow from Aberdeen is at least £40 - be it a tank of fuel or public transport.  Never mind your proposed long weekend and the costs that would incur, let's do it in a day (let's face it, you can do the main stops worth visiting in Glasgow - Kenny's, Guitar Guitar and Merchant City - in a day easily).  That'll be the whole day - as I'll be spending a minimum of 5 hours travelling.

    It also depends what you're buying.  If I was going to buy a £1000+ bass then I might make the trip - make it a road trip for the ceremony of it more than anything else.  But for a £300 bass (which is what the bass I most recently bought cost)?  Forget it.

    Did I mention that I do my own setups?  They cost me nothing, save for 20-30 mins of spare time.

    It was a joke, did the tone of my post not suggest that? Who doesn't like sitting in a music shop all day given the choice of a good one? I was not arguing with you.

    Build Quality

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    On 17/06/2021 at 17:03, neepheid said:

    Fair enough - it's not for everyone!  I don't know where you live, but as I am up in Aberdeen the local choice is pretty thin.  Travelling to Glasgow or Edinburgh is no guarantee that I'll find what I'm looking for either.  I would rather order a bass online (for the best price I can find) and pay the postage to return it if I decide I don't like it, it's still cheaper than travelling to anywhere with a well stocked bass department.

    Also, a couple of years back I found what might have been one of the last Epiphone 20th Anniversary Jack Casady basses for sale new in the country - in a Yorkshire music shop.  I'm not traipsing all the way down there when I can get it couriered up to me for a fraction of that cost.

    And just what is wrong with a long weekend in Edinburgh or Glasgow trying out basses and talking rubbish in a variety of music shops?

    Build Quality

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    On 16/06/2021 at 09:20, neepheid said:

    Big box shifters won't do anything to an instrument before handing it off to you.  I would guess they don't have the time/staff to do it.  So you're relying upon whatever was done at the factory - however long ago and however different the environment was in that time zone.  That's why learning to do your own setups is an absolute must as far as I'm concerned.  It's the second thing I do after the initial look over for any fit/finish issues.  Then I play it.

    That's why I don't buy instruments on line. Pay a bit extra to buy from a shop and save the cost of a setup.

    Manson's in Exeter

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    3 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

    Note that not all of the right-on straps are vegan, they have a vegan range. I have a blue paisley one from them which is nice.

    Mansons have always been fairly helpful, although I am not sure I have ever bought from them, they are quite small.

    You people eat guitar straps?

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    Build Quality

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    Surely a new instrument should not even require a setup before it is is playable, unless  you have none standard requirements. As for major faults the shop should not be selling stuff unfit for purpose.

    Sky Arts and other music related programmes

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    2 hours ago, Mickeyboro said:

    Brian Jones founded the Stones! Respect... 

    I know, and I suspect almost everyone on here is aware of the fact. I was alluding to the venerable age, despite their drug, alcohol and other problems, of the four who have been the Stones seemingly forever. Never mind, I cant be bothered to explain.

    Why should every Bass Player worship Status Quo?

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    20 minutes ago, MacDaddy said:

    Therein lies the problem for cover bands that have that opinion, which is is why there are so many terrible cover band performances of Quo songs.

    There are often interesting things going on, which are missed, things like use of octaves, inversions, chordal voicings, etc. It's the same with other bands thought of as 'basic' like AC/DC.

    So called easy or primitive songs are often the most difficult to nail. The micro timing and push and pull between the instruments are often what gives a simple song its magic. Quo were noted for doing lots of live takes in the studio, and picking the one that sounded best regardless of errors. Its all about feel.

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    Why should every Bass Player worship Status Quo?

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    12 hours ago, TJ1 said:

    It is obviously highly opinionated question and I realize that not everyone has a shared interest for MOR rock.

    But seriously, I think it relates their overwhelming consistency, which any of us who either are, or are aspiring to be, bass anchors, should admire.

    Any confirmatory and/or contrary views may be appreciated, but be warned: I know I am right.

    For a start I would hardly class them, at least their first decade, as MOR rock.

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