Count Bassy

Oooh Matron !!!!!!

To be fair to the cows: He was slapping. Enough to make anyone run away, surely?

No, but possibly the other way round!

Curse my clumsy fingers (or is it my brain?)

When I first started playing music (Melodeon) I bought a metronome(mechanical in those days) to practice keeping a steady time (playing for dancing so fairly important). To start with I was, in all seriousness, totally convinced that the metronome was slowing down. I'd stop mid tune to wind it up (I know that that doesn't actually affect the speed), and more than once considered taking tack to the shop for a refund.

To be fair one could argue that a "Through neck" is a subset of "Set neck".

Not sure if it is being misused here. To me at least custom means something that is done specifically for one item/application etc. Nothing in the word 'custom' infers anything about the quality. In this case however it does appear to have been butchered in the process of customising.

Obvious potential problem is that you loose the ability to play without speeding up.

Generally big price drops means that they're trying to cl;ear stock before launching a new product. (assuming that the company is not in trouble)

Signed. Had thriving pub here in Daventry wich had live trad Jazz once a month, and occassional Rock bands. Landlord doing a great job. Building owner hiked the rent, landlord said stuff it. Pub was derelict fro many years and now being converted to flats (which may be what the owner wanted all along).

"Into the Bright" - Roger Chapman

Sounds very uncomfortable. Do you have to have special shoes? ..... Oh I see

There's my new band name, right there.

Re my earlier line "I don't recall VM ever claiming it to be Jazz" - I stand corrected. Still not that bothered what it's called though 🙂. PS there are just too many different emojies these days.

It's a cover vesrion, so worthless according to some people here.😀

Seen on you tube Singer "Any requests?" Audience Member "Yes, can I have my money back?"

I can see nothing wrong with Moondance. Nice little tune, although I've never played it out anywhere. Whether it counts as Jazz or not? Who cares? I don't recall VM ever claiming it to be Jazz. Do people really hear a song and decide if they like it or not based on what genre they think it is. IMHO a good tune is a good tune wherever it comes from. As to people taking against it (particulary here it seems), it's a victim of it's own success and popularity, as per Mustang Sally, Johnny B Goode, etc etc.

I apart from saying "I wish they wouldn't' rather than "I can't stand" on point no 2 I actually agree on your two points, but I still love the music. Bix Beiderbecke Jelly Roll Morton etc. Good job we're n ot all the same. Vive la difference eh?

Old style jazz , Dixy Land Jazz etc YES. 'Modern Jazz' No.

Yes, earlier this week I was trying to enter a 'c' followed by a colon, as in a list, but it kept getting converted ie: A: B: 😄 😧 E:

Just clarify for me, which is the spoof ?

Fair point.

As a dignostic you could tempoaraily raise the action on that string and see if it goes away.

Thankfully you can still bu traditional Lead/Tin solder, and for occassional /manual/home soldering this is definitely the way to go - just don't eat it !! (and try to avoid breathing the fumes).

Re "only shipping when paid". Is it not a bit odd that we say we will only ship when paid to avoid scams/rip offs, yet we expect the buyer to part with his money with no guarantee that we will post him anything? Cash on collection is the only way o go with this, but of course you severely limit your market (unless you live in London or somewhere big).