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    Eric Clapton’s music “mediocre”?

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    6 minutes ago, Grangur said:

    People are created out of the environment we live in. I don't know how old you are, but in the 50s and 60s I remember there were a few "casual slang" terms we used for referring to our dusky bretherin who were beginning to appear in the area. Many theories about their cleanliness and lifestyles were banded about.

    Move forward 50 and we all have been told the errors and we now know those names are wrong. Totally wrong, not even in jest are they excusable. Many of us who will have used the N word on occasions 50 years back are today's angry protestors on a BLM rally. 

    So, in conclusion, Sir: you are wrong. 50 years is a long time for our environement and view to have changed.

    So 50 years ago it was okay to dislike non white people? Regardless of whether you are 1 years old or 100 years old, it will always be wrong.

    You sound like someone who was caught out and then very quickly back peddled. 

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    Eric Clapton’s music “mediocre”?

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    11 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

    Whatever. I could point you to some of your own previous posts on this very Forum, for which warnings have been issued, yet you've been 'pardoned' enough to still be here. Maybe your own 'logic' should be applied and you not given any second chances..? ¬¬

    Wouldn't this have been better over a private message? Not very professional to do this on the open forum. Or do the mods like their constant power trip?

    Eric Clapton’s music “mediocre”?

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    Posted · Edited by ClassicVibes

    7 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

    If this is a sincere belief, I despair. 'Glass houses' and 'stones' come to mind, as do 'pots' and 'kettles'. Just for balance, I'd suggest 'pardon' and 'forgiveness' as elements of vocabulary.

    What he said is inexcusable. I will quote his remarks below but how can you forgive someone who comes out with disgusting remarks like these?

    Clapton told the crowd that England had "become overcrowded" and that they should vote for Powell to stop Britain from becoming "a black colony". He also told the audience that Britain should "get the foreigners out, get the wogs out, get the coons out", and then he repeatedly shouted the National Front slogan "Keep Britain White".

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    Where is best for strings these days?

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    13 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

     

    So arrived today, so they have taken that long to get here, 20 days. And you are right, no tax or anything and I had actually forgotten I ordered them, so as long as you are getting strings for some time next month they are a good option. So £30 all in, considerably less than the UK.

    Will still get my general strings from the smaller shops round here, you know, the helping small business thing, but its good for the expensive things.

    It's took longer than usual due to Covid. Normally it's 7-10 days.

    £30 for Black Beauties seems a lot. They're £24-25 right now?

    Eric Clapton’s music “mediocre”?

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    15 minutes ago, casapete said:

    Do you not think it would be ‘was a racist’? I also have no time for racist musicians, but the racist incident was over 40 years ago when EC was on a drug and booze fuelled downward spiral that nearly killed him. He has since spoken of how ashamed he is and apologised for his comments. This doesn’t condone his behaviour but does show how he realises how wrong it was. He speaks of this in the recent ‘Life in 12 Bars’ documentary.

    Once one, always one. 

    Sandberg appreciation society

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    On 08/08/2020 at 10:06, FinnDave said:

    Can anyone tell me what the standard strings are on a Sandberg Panther Special? They have a singing like quality to them, even acoustically, that I have never found in any other bass. I suspect it was this that tipped the balance between me trying it and putting it band and trying it and buying it!

    It's also the only bass I have played that I can get get through 2 1/2 hour plus gig without any cramp or pain in my left hand.

    Sandberg Steels/Smith Rock Brights/GHS Super Steels.

    40-100 gauge.

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    Pubs opening July 4th - Gigs?

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    58 minutes ago, la bam said:

    I said straight away that unfortunately football would drive the return to normality, rather than a more valid solution.

    Football went back earlier than everyone else who was non essential.

    Now, I saw that crowds would be allowed back to watch from Sep/Oct. Well, they're not gonna sit in silence, and you'll have thousands, if not tens of thousands shouting and swearing, so I'd imagine we'll be looking at the same time for returning to gigging.

    There you go!

    Vintage Fender Prices

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    2 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said:

    I honestly don't get this response.  I read your post and agree with everything you said, and @bassaussie just furthered your point.  You don't care for the history lesson or what?

     

    I don't need one. I have Wikipedia available for that. 

    Vintage Fender Prices

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    18 minutes ago, bassaussie said:

    I'm not going to agree or disagree with this, but if you look at where the collectable markets started with both Gibson and Fender, there's an argument that the original reason, which in both cases was a practical solution to a developing problem, no longer applies.

    With Fender, it was mentioned above that in the late 60s, players felt that the CBS instruments didn't match up to the instruments that had been produced while Leo Fender was still at the company, so some players started looking for older instruments. Ironically, the man we most associate with the Stratocaster, Jimi Hendrix, is mostly photographed using CBS era Fenders, so make of that what you will. Anyway, moving forward, the general opinion was that quality continued to drop during the 70s, so the earlier instruments became more and more desirable.

    With Gibson, it's similar, although not quite the same. Late 60s, various big name guitar players were attracted to the Les Pauls that had been discontinued in 1960, and especially so the sunburst models from 1958-1960. The guitars from that period had features such as the PAF pickups that became more and more desirable, and so a market arose from that. Moving into the 70s, it's a similar story to Fender, where the public felt that quality dropped, and players went after the earlier instruments.

    I do think that, these days, we're very fortunate in that it is possible to get very good instruments for very little money, which is why I don't think the original reason for the rise of a vintage market still applies. But the vintage market no longer represents a practical solution to a problem, as it did in the 60s and 70s. It's now become a collectable market, pure and simple, therefore things like playability are not a deciding factor on value.

    Great. I don't care. 

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    Vintage Fender Prices

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    Vintage Fenders are overpriced full stop.

    The only reason you buy one is to say you have a 'pre CBS' Fender. Wow... ladies dropping their knickers has we speak.

    They'll talk about the pickups being much more organic, the body wood being richer and denser, the neck being super playable... all stuff you can find on a modern P or J for under £2k, sometimes much less.

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