Cliff Edge

Melody Maker ( I didn’t bother with the other comics) Radio Luxembourg and pirate radio. I would note the British pop stuff I liked, much of which was covers of US blues and early pop. Then I’d go down to South Harrow market where there was an excellent second hand record stall and buy the originals. I had a load of imported 45’s with big holes in the middle. 

On 01/04/2022 at 21:30, Paolo85 said:

Interesting note on the string, which I will have to change one day I guess! Does anyone know how reportedly low-tension roundwounds such as DR sunbeams or TI Jazz would fit on a SR-serie bass?

 

[Edit] I have just learnt that Ibanez actually makes strings:

https://www.thomann.de/gb/ibanez_iebs5c_e_bass_string_set_045.htm that might be what they put on the cheapest basses!

I’ve had TI Jazz Flats on my SR900. They played really nice, and I got the neck pretty much flat. But they didn’t sound as good as LaBella DTB flats which I’ve been using forever on other basses. YMMV of course. 

Powering pedals with battery power, you need one of these

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07PLKPTNC?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_T1_CK8NPQ3234609584KTSD

plus a power pack used to power up a phone. 
Gives you a pedal board with no trailing wires, and will easily power several pedals for more than your average gig. 
I’ve been using one for a couple of years, it’s brilliant. 
Oh and there is no hum or ground loop to worry about. 
 

8 minutes ago, lownote said:

I grew up in Horse Ham. Found it very difficult to escape but did in the end. 

I lived in the Fens for 20 odd years. Could not wait to get the hell back to civilisation.  🙂

8 hours ago, Nail Soup said:

Might even have been prog 😉

No. The Stranglers weren’t punk, they were a pop group. They just threatened to kill any promoter who didn’t pay up at the end of the gig. 

10 hours ago, ubit said:

I was just about to say, Prog Rock has developed quite a long way from the epic 70’s Hammond organ type offerings. Tool, Perfect circle and Porcupine tree showing that it can move with the times.  

Isn’t that like saying modern R&B isn’t really just pop music?

Seemingly a lot of us bass chatters in Sussex. It must be the sea air. Welcome aboard

Pardon?

By coincidence there is a thread about these on r/bass today. I’d never been aware of such a thing until now. 
I tend to play at the end of the fretboard and sometimes over the last few frets depending on the required tone. 
Something like this might be useful positioned at the end of the fretboard but most seem designed to fit between pickups so no use to me. 

Way back when I started gigging there were no tuners except pitch pipes or a tuning fork.

so one guitar was tuned and the others tuned up to that. In the absence of either device one guitar was tuned to itself using the 5th frets, and rest tuned to it. 
We were almost certainly always not at 440 but hey, we were all in tune. 

Saw Tommy Emmanuel on Saturday. Quite astonishing guitar playing and very entertaining. 
Coming up during the year Gretchen Peters, Marty Stewart, Joe Satriani, The Blues Band, Jules Holland, Sandi Toksvig. 
there will no doubt be others as the year goes on. 

I think anyone here is good enough. No matter who made it or how much it cost, it’s just a bass guitar. 

The main difference is the attack. But with a little bit of EQ fettling and picking over the end of the fretboard works for me. 

Rick Wakeman on Friday at the seaside. 

20 hours ago, Mykesbass said:

Nearside and offside - only got that concept a couple of years back and I'm 57!

Always annoys me when people talk about the fast lane and slow lane. They’re all the same, the outside lanes are the overtaking lanes. 
We drive on the left in this country and that’s where you should be unless overtaking. 

7 hours ago, Grahambythesea said:

Genuinely awful. Looks like a rummage in the parts bin. 

Most guitars have always been screwed together from parts pulled from bins. 
However all the parts were supposed to be on the same guitar. 

9 hours ago, Geek99 said:

but also a BBOT bridge might look a bit cheap on a super premium instrument? 

I was about to say similar. They have to justify the high price and bit of bent metal isn’t going to help the image. 

Not police, but I had a drummer who was in the regular army. 
Well I say regular, he was a drummer in the Life Guards band. 
Never missed any gigs, even on the queens birthday. 
He liked a drink too, but fortunately that never affected his playing. 

12 minutes ago, tegs07 said:

Would it look worse or be less value than this:

https://www.singulart.com/en/artworks/alain-cugnenc-sans-titre-1269889
 

Note chosen at random I know nothing of the artist nor do I have an opinion on the merit or value of their work.

I actually like that. Is it worth the asking price? Not to me, it would have to be substantially cheaper before I considered buying it.  The artist  has to earn a living by selling the product and is free to set the price. 

Why would you buy this? It’s not as if it’s going to be unique, there will be hundreds of them in kids bedrooms. 
Is any serious musician going to fetch up to a gig with one of these?

https://www.fender.com/en-GB/electric-guitars/stratocaster/30th-anniversary-screamadelica-stratocaster/0141063350.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20211109_ScreamadelicaUK&utm_term=fender&src=email45DT110921uk&smtrctid=728f11ab-2e47-44dc-b62a-d5a203dddfb0&c3ch=ecommemail&c3nid=20211109_ScreamadelicaUK

3 hours ago, bearhart74 said:

microsoft one note works great

That’s like saying a VW Beetle makes a good boat. It floats, but not for long. 

Most of them were unbelievably bad, but like all the other responses to the poll, that’s just a personal opinion. 

2 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

Hush, hush, or everybody will take my place when going to a concert ! 😇

🤭🤫

Last place you want to be at an indoor rock concert is in the front row. 
As long as the mixing desk is central in the venue as it should be, get yourself as close to it as possible. If they can hear everything ok, so will you. 

On 03/11/2021 at 13:26, Sparky Mark said:

I was at the front pretty much in line with Mark's two STD104HR cabs and whilst the bass was clear the vox and guitar were too quiet. Using IEM is great for the band but as we were between the PA at the front the mix wasn't as good as it could've been. Mark even said that his IEM meant he couldn't hear the audience.