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    Companies That Do Things Right!

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    Stick Enterprises. Difficult w/ email, but when you call them they are great.

    Now, if you don't live in the US you might hafta call in the middle of the night, etc., but bizniz hrs., done, done, and done. Jeff answers the phone these days. It used to be Yuta Chapman or Grace Chapman (!) 

    Last time I ordered strings, the FIRST TIME since 1985 (!) there was a wrong string & Jeff promptly sent it on it's way. It was a custom gauge set, but the wrong string was not the "custom" part of the set. Also if some sort of hardware breaks (the belthook can break if put under duress) it's off in the mail NC.

    VERY small company. Emmett (now Grace) builds them in the garage in Laurel Canyon CA.

    Female Bass Players

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    Thank you for turning me on to Ozric Tentacles. 

    Cool Gong-ish band.

    As for female bass players, and being a bassist (yes, I play the Chapman Stick but think it like a bassist even while playing the thin strings), I find them just SEXY. And intimidating when they play whup-*ss shenanigans.

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    When should legends retire?

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    On 18/09/2022 at 07:06, Ed_S said:

     

     

    The new material question is one I've contemplated over a few pints and came to the conclusion that bands tour albums too soon after their release. People haven't had time to work that material into their listening and think of it as a favourite by the time they hear it live, so the crowd reaction is lukewarm compared to the older material and that reinforces the idea that crowds only want a greatest hits tour. In an ideal world, I think bands should only tour their first album when they've released their second, then continue out-of-step like that, so they're always playing material that more people have had some time to feel a connection with. As an added bonus, if there's an album at the end that never gets toured as a result, that's leaves a great opportunity for a tribute.

    I listen to bands/artists for totally different reasons than you do. Just as I'm into the band that I am playing/performing with at the moment, I'm into the newest music and the rawness (and mistakes that go along with it). That's what music is all about for me. I can listen to an album - finished product.

    I would have given a nut (well, maybe not) to have heard Pink Floyd touring Dark Side Of The Moon before they produced the album. While The Music was still being gestated. Then listen to "The Album".

    I saw Yes right after Tales From Topographic Oceans was released - before they started dropping whole sides of the album. It was still new and fresh. I don't think Rick Wakeman was ordering curry yet. They opened with the entire Close To The Edge album. What an Epic concert.

     

    I know this has gone WAY off the original topic but I just had to comment.

    And I'm not interested in seeing Yes these days.

    But I would, in a heartbeat, go see an old favorite absolutely KNOWING they were gonna play music I have never heard before.

    A True Legend would still be creating.

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