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I see what you did there 😎😁

@xilddx @Tinman @Mrs Tinman @OutToPlayJazz @ShergoldSnickers @discreet @Zoe_BillySheehan @Josh @jakenewmanbass Of course there was @OldGit, who will always be missed. I seem to recall their being someone called The Butler who was in a band called Midas Fall, bought their first album which was very impressive. There was The Funk (?). @discreet is one of the funniest people I know. I don't think I've met anyone else who's got a euphemism for almost everything. I'm probably in a small minority of the people, who've been here long enough to remember Beefy, who found him to be a complete derrière.

I've had a look at that yesterday, lots there. I watched the one he did on barre chords, he goes into the mechanics of it all, very impressive. I can't play guitar and always gave up because I could never make a barre chord shape sound right...turns out I was doing it wrong. I'm going to give this one a real go, and suggest it to my son. Thank you

I know this has been asked many, many times but, can anyone recommend an online resource for guitar, similar to TalkingBass Online Bass Lessons on YouTube? Cheers

I made the mistake of watching some of the Coldplay documentary on Sky Arts a couple of weeks ago. They really encapsulate what is bad with current music...the sheer blandness of it. How much more magnolia music can they inflict on the public. It's all so safe, lacks creativity or risk. Apparently they've taken 20yrs to release 9 dull albums! In comparison, The Beatles recorded 13 albums in 8 years, many of which are still highly influential. Weren't they the ones who someone coined the term 'bedwetter core' to describe them.

IN: a packet of strings (that I'm yet to open). OUT: nothing

I've not read his biography, I did, however, watch the documentary about him shown on BBC4 (?) a while back. His birth mum seemed thoroughly unpleasant and his almost non-existent relationship with her seemed to account for some of his own unpleasantness. He even admitted to not being nice, but then used drug and alcohol abuse to hide behind. You'd hope that someone who knew they'd be an awful person would change their ways...in Clapton's case it seems not.

As Chris Witty said a few days ago, it's too early to say anything like that. Even if it may not be life threatening it can be life changing. My oldest friend has long covid, my work mate has long covid, a family friend in her mid 30s has post covid complications (she's struggling to walk now), friend a few doors down from me gets pain in his joints regularly, wife's work friend has serious post covid fatigue (someone who was very active and fit and ran marathons), and my wife has post covid arthritis. Our GP says it's either a post covid infection or covid has 'caused arthritis. I don't know or have a large group of friends but I seem to know an increasing number of people hit hard by this.

Get well soon, hope you have a speedy and full recovery.

I see Robert Cray has cut any ties or links with Clapton after Clapton likened lockdowns etc with slavery. For someone who made a fortune from ripping off black American music, Clapton has an unenviable propensity of looking like he's either thick, nasty, a racist or all 3.

https://guitar.com/news/music-news/woman-sued-by-eric-clapton-bootleg-cd-for-e9-95-on-ebay-pay-his-legal-fees/

Did you need to provide any proof of purchase?

I've watched all of it now, and followed it up by watching McCartney 321 (Rick Rubin interviews, sort of, McCartney). There should be a lot in Get Back that is very familiar to anyone who's been in any sort of band. But then you have to think about the work rate, and the success of that work rate the was The Beatles. Help, Rubber Soul and Revolver all recorded in approximately a year. 3 weeks after recording Let It Be they're back in the studio recording Abbey Road. It's really something. One of the most poignant parts is in ep1, where George has quit and Paul and Ringo don't know if John is going to turn up either. Paul says 'and then there were 2'. Paul's face is one of this could be all over, and that he's losing his creative partner. Mccarthy 321 is worth a watch. I think it's ep5 where there's a bit of a look at bass specifically (not a huge amount).

Wasn't he barred from Basschat? A lot of threads on Finnbass occupied themselves with what was going on on Basschat.

It could have been a good forum. The technical threads and advice were good, there was good stuff on self build cabs for example. All of that got drowned out by most of the rest of it being plain stupid. It often struck me that many contributors probably spent too much time on the internet with their trousers and undies keeping their ankles warms.

This makes an interesting read. It was the people who've bought tickets but aren't as 'committed' to attend that stuck out. It seems there's a long haul back for acts playing ticket venues https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/dec/12/bands-and-djs-count-the-costs-as-uk-fans-fail-to-show-up-for-gigs

Double post

A set of strings, that's it, which doesn't even count as gear tbh

That's fortuitous timing. I was going through my cables a few days ago and my Fender guitar cable doesn't work at all. Cheers for the heads up

It's a great list...of bass players who were active in 2021 and nobody knew.

Thank you for your help. In the end it was my old audio interface causing the problem. As they're quite cheap, I bought the Behringer UCA202 that you mentioned @RhythmJunky and it works a treat.

He's probably got a high boredom threshold 😁

I'm not going to watch ep3. McCartney just said bass can be a bit boring in ep2. So I'm done with it, I'm done with it all!! 😎

My brother has always maintained that the best Foo Fighter's album is...The Best of The Foo Fighters. Regards music, he's right on this one occasion. I like Grohl, his sheer enthusiasm for music is great, but regards the Foos, they're ok, I couldn't listen to a whole album.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-Guitar-Strings-Fender-Stainless-9050ML-FLATWOUND-50-100-/274841132586?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0