Grassie

Shared. Hope you get your gear back. Bastards.

I think it was Mick Hucknall's later image as a "king birder" that did for his artistic integrity. A similar thing seemed to happen to Jay Kay - too many paparazzi pics of him in limos with the latest "leggy blonde" ((c) The Sun.) Shame really. "Stars" is their best.

Reading this thread got me thinking about my Aria acoustic. Got it last year for use in the jazz band I play in. I've had a set of Status Hotwire stainless flats lying around that I got for one of my electrics a couple of years ago, and as an experiment I've just put them on the Aria. What a difference! Obviously the sound is a little brighter compared to the old strings (they were, dear reader, quite sh@gged) but because the gauge is lighter (40-100) than the old bronze ones, the tension on the neck is less and that means a lower action. I don't know what gauge the old ones were but they were very heavy and quite rough on the fingers. So, flats on acoustic bass is a goer as far as I'm concerned.

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1487281323' post='3238685'] We generally find Foo Fighters go down pretty well and Incubus are of a similar vein, so I'm hopeful [/quote] Go for it. Great tune and if the punters don't get it, well, at least you'll have fun playing it.

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1487279638' post='3238668'] I'm dropping hints about adding Megalomaniac to our set-list at the moment [/quote] Was having a discussion on Facebook earlier with a guitarist friend, and we both agreed that despite our love of alternative rock, if we played anything like Incubus at our local pubs, we'd be roundly ignored.

Just been watching some Incubus on YouTube and thought to myself "love to play in that band..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SurkSpvcjM

Anyone seen them? Seems quite... er... interesting...? Located in Paphos, Cyprus.

All the best Jazzneck. 😊

Yes! Excited person here! I do like it when Jay Kay goes all bleepy and squelchy. Actually quite liked the last "back to basics" Jamiroquai album but was a little surprised to read that it only sold 300,000 copies. This might fair better. Still gonna be better than half the dross on the radio.

Used to own a Fender USA deluxe jazz V. 1996 50th anniversary model with the Suhr pickups, pau ferro board, crimson burst finish. Lovely bass that I've been thinking a lot about recently. Sold it about 9 or 10 years ago. Damn....

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1484224100' post='3213663'] An interesting read. Apologies if this has been posted before. [/quote] Link?

I love my gear but the XLR output on my Gallien Krueger MB210 is in the wrong way and is a pain in the arse to remove the lead after a gig.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1483697113' post='3209287'] Bring your own bass? [/quote] 😀😀😀

Gonna skip Hootenanny next time. Me and the missus have watched it every year for probably 8 or 10 years, but this last one was pòor. We'll be having a party with proper, danceable tunes and loads of alcohol. You're all invited. BYOB. 😊

I use a GK MB210 combo on top of a 2x10 extension cab. Punchy as a sack full of Klitchkos.

[quote name='Bassman Sam' timestamp='1483472210' post='3207469'] I thought Sir Mick Jagger's latest release was into a 29 year old ballet dancer. [/quote] Basschat quote of the year right there. You can all go home now. 😂😂😂

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1483470213' post='3207431'] I'm still facinated and interested in them after 50 years. Stopped being relevant and interesting to who, you? Blue [/quote] Yes. That's why I started the last sentence "For me..."

Dirty old men, the lot of em. Apart from Charlie, who is quality. For me, they stopped being interesting and relevant at the end of the 70's, much like AC/DC and Status Quo.

I thought Mark King was rubbish. 😉

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1483226695' post='3205589'] That's just to make sure that none of the participants snuff it before their turn. [/quote] 😂😂😂

Looked earlier to see what time it starts - 11:20 until 1:45am. Is that shorter than normal? I'm sure it usually starts around 10pm...

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1483067711' post='3204542'] Blue, you can be such an old fart sometimes. Justin beiber is not the Beatles. However that is not why you don't rate him. The reason you don't rate him is because you don't get him. He is very intelligent and talented and relevant to the youth of today. You had the Beatles (good for you) today's kids have Beiber. He is as awesome to them as the Beatles were to you. Now you can dismiss the above with all the "you had to be there's" your breath can muster but it doesn't matter anymore because theres a new kid in town and his name is beiber and you don't get him because your time has come and gone. Let it be my friend and don't be a hater. Let it Beiber. [/quote] Are you Justin Bieber's dad?

I'm going to check this out later, thanks for posting. 😊

Absolutely unimpressed by any of that. To be fair, it's not his fault that he's as popular as he is, it's the fault of the management that pedals this kind of mediocrity and passes it off as world class talent. There will always be a market for it as it's nothing more than product. I do my best to ignore this kind of crap but was intrigued that it had been posted on BC. As for him being a lefty playing a right handed kit, my son has been playing that way since he was six. 😊