Crusoe

The first bass I ever played was an Ibanez p-bass copy. I've no recollection of ever playing a Fender Precision, except maybe in a music shop and even then I'm not sure.

Try to convince the band to either go glam rock or else Slipknot style metal. That way you can wear makeup or a mask on stage. 😁

17 hours ago, 12stringbassist said:

All three of those can sing, but it's not exactly a pleasant listen...

Dylan has a grating tone, but some love it.
Rotten was perfect for what the Pistols did. Anyone else wouldn't have been half as good.
McGowan was also just right for The Pogues.
The guy I was talking about couldn't decide about sharp or flat on any given note.

 

That's exactly it. Those three, whilst not being good singers in the traditional sense all have/had character to their singing voices and stage presence. I've never been able to understand the liking for Neil Young though. I just don't think his voice has any character; it's just a nasal whine to me.

Bassists in the Netherlands are using this one simple trick to restore their pickup covers. 😄

Nice job.😃

I've no idea why Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV should have felt the need to change his name. (Frank Black, Pixies, for those who don't know)

It really is a bit of a grower.

6 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:

Where do we all stand on the brown M&Ms?

Is that a euphemism? 🤣

Has it been in a fire? The top of the headstock looks charred. 😄

How long do you think it will be before you see her auditioning on the X Factor or similar?

13 minutes ago, ezbass said:

It seems we might have a new Ped&Kiwi production in the offing - DustChat.

will the first thread be about tone dust?

1 hour ago, Leonard Smalls said:

Not too sure he doesn't believe his own hype...

Back in the late 90s I was working at BBC Elstree when Top Of The Pops was filmed there. One week Bon Jovi were due to appear; and it seems they insisted that they had exclusive access to both the canteen and bar over lunchtime. As a result, 500 or so staff had to traipse up to Borehamwood High Street to get any food.

This was the only time while I was there that anything like this happened. I remember once going for my lunch wearing my habitual bike leathers and Guzzi logo belt. A big American bloke came over and we started chatting about bikes - he was a Guzzi fan too. Turned out it was Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age... Can't imagine JBG doing that!

When they said they wanted their own canteen... Coronavirus: Jon Bon Jovi washes dishes at restaurant for the needy (planetradio.co.uk) 😁

I don't hate Genesis/Phil Collins the way I used to. I wouldn't say I'm a fan but I don't turn the radio off these days when I hear them.

Video Killed the Radio Star  by Buggles?

Like so many, possibly Motorhead at the Ulster Hall, although I saw Black Rebel Motorcycle Club in the Mandela Hall, Belfast and at the very end it was a wall of sound with smoke and strobes which overloaded the senses. Stiff Little Fingers can be loud too.

I've heard of them, but never heard them. He looks like he's going to give himself a hernia.

Great song and a fantastic advert too...

23 hours ago, kendall said:

Beat me to it.  A 7 year old me was gobsmacked by this tune.  Life changing moment.

I wonder how much Maiden made from that advert.

Sometimes alone, sometimes with my wife, sometimes with friends.

56 minutes ago, el borracho said:

Westone Rail

I wonder how this would go down in the tonewood thread... 🤣

I'm sure it would be a right bugger if a string snapped. It would take your head off. 😂

5 minutes ago, BoomTing said:

Am I allowed to say I really fancy a Rickenbacker

You are probably now legally obliged to buy one.

Venus in Furs by The Velvet underground and Nico for me on the Dunlop (?) tyre advert.

I bought the Stiltskin 12"single. Side A was the instrumental version, I think, with the vocal version on the B side. Let's just say, it didn't get played very often.

Welcome Stu

New Order rhyming too much with... too much on True Faith

11 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

Ant? Isn't that animal cruelty? Shame on you!

Ant's are incredibly strong for their size. Maybe he's going to use the ant as a roadie to carry the cab about. 😃