Richard R

If they have then I didn't win 😪

Nobody expects the Death Metal Comparison. It's like the Spanish Inquisition.

Which to my ears sounds fabulous. In one of the videos on SBL he talks about the choice of bass. He really wanted to play fretless, but decided that would just be too much stress to get the intonation right as well as play the music and worry about everything else that had to happen in four days. And another fretted bass had a slightly better tone for what he wanted, but the F felt much better to play this material on. I am so glad I don't have such worries: I only have two basses, they are very different to each other and I can't play either.

Headless would be good, but not for what I think I want to do with this one. Maybe when I do a build from scratch. The tuners on there have massive backplates, but the smaller ones on my other basses don't, so I think there will be space and your idea would work well. 👍

Playing Brunhilda. Or more likely, The Nutcracker.

Decided it's good enough to purchase. This is sadly NOT because I "can identify the point at which Scott plays a flat four over a minor augmented 9 with sharp seventh", as @SteveXFR suggests. It is because I have an old car that can't play music from anything other than the radio and a CD player and so if I want to listen to it in the car then I'll have to buy the FLAC and burn it to CD. £7.99 for the album on BandCamp is cheaper than a new car. It was all composed in advance, and with comprehensive demos. However the band did change things in the recording where they thought there was a better feel or alternate way to play things. Simon King said on the video that he found that a bit difficult at first but when you hire players of that calibre then they are going to have good ideas and ultimately you want that input.

Welcome to the Introductions thread.

I'm prepared to bet Scott stumped up the capital outlay. Which definitely makes it his project, even if he and Simon King had the idea jointly and Simon wrote the music. Plus the name "The King Devine project" just doesn't quite flow as well. 😁

TSOP? Can't work that out. FMOB is definitely old!

Only in that I would be interested to hear what the people who did/didn't like Scottt's album thought of a very different recent release. No intent to derail this, hence the link to the other existing thread.

I would be interested to hear what people on this thread thinks of the Stones' new album "Hackney Diamonds". There's a separate discussion thread here, do have a listen to the album then hop over:

Side one is one of my all-time favourite pieces of music.

So the full album is out... And much to my surprise it's bloody good! Maybe not ground-breaking, but that's not the point. If this is a last hurrah then it's a great way to stick two fingers up to old age and just make a proper old-style Rolling Stones album with modern tech.

I shall nick that. 👍 On third listening I'm starting to "get" this album.

We play the next album LOUDER? 😁

It is, unashamedly, a fusion album. Through-composed, very challenging to play, challenging to listen to, and lacking in hummable tunes or much repetition of themes. Scott's making of documentary is clear on his references and influences- Tribal Tech and Weather Report get named, as do others I haven't heard of. https://youtu.be/xFhGLnvilEE I've listened through it twice now, while doing other things,and I am beginning to pick out what's going on and start to enjoy it. I don't quite get it, but then I still don't quite get B!tches Brew, Heavy Weather , or several other albums in the same genre. There's enough in all of them that I keep coming back though.

At least he won't get his nuts filed.

According to unreliable sources on another BC thread, @TheGreek got his name not by Mediterranean ancestry, but because he used to kill his Mafia enemies by smashing plates over their heads.

I have an SBL membership and I really ought to use it more and do what he says - it works. Like his simple advice for big jumps - look at the fret you intend to land on. Same as skiing - look where you're going because you'll go where you're looking 🙂

Sounds like an opportunity worth pursuing. If people ask to hear you again, you must have been doing something worthwhile.

He's more likely to adapt you. You'll get a new neck, replacement truss, and swifts tattooed by your g-string.

I shall await with interest. This is the unnecessary weight that needs reducing. Needs to be sympathetic though, as it's a chunky MM style body.

@Beedster - how did you get on? I have an HB 5 string that I want to make major changes to, including reshaping and reducing the massive headstock from 4+1 elephant ears to 3+2 Y. I'm keen to know which tools you chose and how it turned out. Also, what's the best way to plug the holes that will all be in the wrong places?

Welcome aboard!

I like the "busted burst" effect. It looks as if it's been used a lot over many years, but well looked after on the journey. Not artificially reliced, just well played.