Pseudonym

I have been along this dark path on Basschat before. From five years ago:

On 02/10/2019 at 02:15, Pseudonym said:

Here's a glimpse into my little corner of this abyss:

 

"Joy to the World" (1970/71), by Three Dog Night. I managed to get through the first three decades of my life without hearing this song. I think of those as “the lucky years”.

 

"I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)" (1993), by Meat Loaf. I had a mate whose girlfriend loved this song. To indulge her, he’d turn up the car radio and she’d sing along. After two weeks with the song at number one in the charts, I hated the song. After three weeks, I hated the girlfriend. After four weeks, I hated the entire concept of human love. The fact that Mr. Blobby eventually downsized Mr. Loaf in the charts was a Pyrrhic victory, to say the least.

 

"Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)" (1992), by the Manic Street Preachers. I don’t care that it was for charity. I’m not feeling charitable. A Hi-NRG version of "Strange Fruit" would be less misjudged.

 

I need a drink.

At last. We now know what bass is good for metal.

8 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

What a genuinely bizarre diversion this discussion has taken.

I have a theory about it, but perhaps I'll stick to my intuitions.

5 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

But if you prefer your crotches and training wheels then suit yourself.

There's no need to be unkind to others merely because you are an intellectual powerhouse of immeasurable capability.

1 hour ago, Dan Dare said:

So has all the beating yourself up led to your prospering? All the "drive" in the world is no substitute for ability. If you are making basic errors at jam sessions, the answer is practice, practice and more practice, not giving yourself a hard time. In my experience, people who say "I'm hard on myself" often use it as justification to be unpleasant to others.

1 hour ago, Geek99 said:

Kids … house … job 

I think Dan's point is that how one feels about a situation is no substitute for what one actually does about a situation. Emotions can help or hinder actions, but they cannot make them happen as if by magic. This applies to most aspects of life, but certainly to situations where levels of performance feel like crucial assessments of your worth as a human being -- which, for the most part, they are not. In any case, good luck with any future jams, and try to remember that even Tom Verlaine could have an off night (I saw it and it was excruciating).

Perhaps a Warwick Gnome and whatever suitable cabinet size (or sizes) might work for your particular requirements? I like @itu's suggestions about cabs and speakers, and it is easy to take something like a Gnome or an Elf along for a jaunty musical number in Technicolor testing good candidates.

1 hour ago, asingardenof said:

AI creating videos for AI bots to comment on. I wonder how much of the world's resources is wasted on this sort of computer-generated and computer-consumed content.

We are very interested in your expert analysis, and would like you to join our group of insightful opinion-formers from the Cas Vegas area as we take AI to the next level.

1 hour ago, Bassfinger said:

And for extra authenticity they be built, strung back to front, stolen, hidden in a loft for 52 years, and then put on sale.

Yes, the Höfner Villain bass.

12 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

Not sure why that would matter. The Elgin Marbles certainly weren't, nor is half the stuff there. 

 

Anyway, when I make billions and open my museum none of you are invited.

You should open it to the public occasionally anyway, if only for the tax benefits. You won't get where you aren't today by leaving money on the table.

Alternatively, I think what you are describing might be satisfactorily accomplished if you simply open a guitar shop. From what I remember of such places when I was a teenager, they were basically exhibition spaces for appealing objects that I could not possibly afford.

27 minutes ago, Cato said:

Not sure many mùseums have 8 million quid.

 

A lot of the priceless stuff in art galleries and museums was acquired many years ago or has been gifted on permanent loan by the actual owners.

 

I doubt any of them cauld afford a single Van Gogh or Constable at todays prices.

There's a very small but pleasant notebook sketch by Constable for sale at the moment (ends tomorrow). Bidding is currently $5500, which won't even get you some new Les Pauls that Knofpler didn't own.

16 minutes ago, wateroftyne said:

Anyone care to do a back-of-a-fag packet calculation of how much the total was?

GBP 8.84 million.

2 minutes ago, steantval said:

Some serious money changing hands here, his four nominated charities will do well from 25% of the proceeds.

 

Christies have announced they will also donate £50k to each of the four charities.

That's good. They are doing rather well out of it, after all.

24 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

Frightening.

 

Obviously a monster player and a good egg, but my god, some people have some cash to spend. $65,000 for an 80s Les Paul? World's gone mad...

Oh, I don't know if the world is any madder for doing this kind of thing. Some people have more money than others. Some have more talent and renown than others. In this case, the latter is being rewarded by the former, and a couple of charities get a decent chunk of the proceeds. Is that really such a terrible redistribution of values?

14 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

They’ll get a few quid for him

I'd want to see the condition report first. If the neck has been repaired, that might diminish the value.

2 minutes ago, Cato said:

That auctioneer may be the most charismatic person I've even seen in my.

 

Essentially all she's doing is reciting numbers but I'm absolutely mesmerised.

A good auction is excellent entertainment. Going to an auction preview and then the auction itself is worth doing, and if you are not buying it is free. If you are buying, it is very much not free.

4 minutes ago, Daz39 said:

It doesn’t say, but I guess some

proceeds will go to good causes?

 

Crikey there’s some expensively purchased Tele’s!!

There's a statement in the sale room notice. Knopfler intends to donate at least 25% of the total hammer price received to the British Red Cross Society and the Tusk Trust.

I find all of this perplexing. As far as I can tell, it has never been so easy to buy well-built equipment for such a small outlay. Nor has it ever been so easy to assemble a high-quality gigging or recording setup for so little. There are obvious instances of drastic price increases, but generalising from those particulars distorts the picture beyond recognition. Even the prices of new, US-built Fender Strats are comparable with the deep discounts available in 1987, when sterling was more than 20% stronger against the dollar than it is today, and VAT was lower.

7 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

No distortion .................. sacrilege, absolute sacrilege. 

How is that even possible.

Dave

The Jesus and Mary Chain bought them all.

David Byrne, How Music Works.

On 19/11/2023 at 07:45, neepheid said:

It has many meanings.  Today I used it to mean mistake (as in "c0ck up") and I saw someone refer to a licensed establishment with the word "C0ck" in its name.  C0ck a gun.  Male chickens.  Just because it can mean penis or be used as an offensive term to question a person's sanity/competence, doesn't mean it always is and it kinda annoyed me today.

 

As you were...

I completely agree with this. I used it once within a reference to Londoners born within the sound of Bow Bells, and it was somehow replaced with an asinine, infantile euphemism that any schoolchild would associate with an actual penis. This did rather alter the intended meaning.

On 20/11/2023 at 13:44, tauzero said:

There's a lot of words which wouldn't fall foul of BBC watershed rules which get filtered. B1tch, ar$e/a$$, d1ck, but not prick or tit. Please just drop it down to the BBC watershed words - fvck, cvnt, shït, all of which any seven year old child will know anyway so the whole "think of the children" idea is ludicrous anyway.

That is a good standard to aim for.

I have a favour to ask of anyone who might have an Avid Eleven Rack. I used to own one but it died about four years ago. I now use Fractal units (Axe-FX III, FM3).

I need to try to replicate the "Secret Journeys" patch from the Eleven Rack, so I would be very grateful if anyone could tell me what the signal chain is, which effects are involved, and what the settings are on those effects. Many thanks in advance to anyone who can provide information.

4 hours ago, Supernaut said:

Do not question the master of the universe! 

Certainly not before she has had her breakfast.

3 hours ago, TimR said:

 

Seems there's a lot of people on this site who don't understand satire. 

 

Many of them take me at face value. Which is ironic really. It keeps me amused anyway. 

My dear Tim, it’s like rain on your wedding day. That said, I am saddened by the lack of statistical evidence for your allegation of widespread misapprehension. Also, I was hoping for a revival of WD-37, which supposedly increases heft and is positively superb for metal but is dangerously volatile when mixed with tung oil.

1 hour ago, TimR said:

 

You do know that NASA didn't spend any money developing the space pen?

You are a constant in an ever-changing world, Tim. Happy Christmas, old son.

2 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

 

Are we sure..? 

 

Incorrect use of the original WD-40, perhaps.