Rich

I expect most of us have got a 'Jaco', i.e. somebody whose popularity/reveredness we just do not get. Yours (OP) is Jaco, Spiders' is fusion as a whole, mine is Les Claypool. Oliver's language analogy was spot on; you don't speak Jaco and I don't know a word of Claypool. Doesn't make it crap, it just means that we don't get anything from listening to it.

It is capable of producing low tones. Doesn't mean it has to all the time. Otherwise Leo would only have given it 5 frets.

Certainly will -- and I'm hoping to have two working hands this time too!

Done

It's already on my domestic and band calendars

What a bell end. He sounds like a prime candidate for a 'frank exchange of views' in the pub car park. The bold bit alone is reason enough to bin him or the band. I don't blame you one jot for walking, but it's a real shame when it's something you've obviously poured so much into over the years. I see what you mean re: them getting some stick on their Farcebook page.

What you don't know is that charic has sold the film rights of the kebab guide to Disney, and is trying to cover it up by pretending that it's "gone missing"...

Or there's always I Can't Believe It's Not Playing Like Butter..?

Ah, gotcha. Yup, that's different. How about the classic "found in my dead uncle's loft"? Always good for a larf, that one.

Sometimes, needs must when the devil drives. A couple of times, I've been so broke I've actually contemplated selling my beloved Wal. The very thought makes me shudder.

On what planet exactly are The Jam and Blur 'rock' bands?

I'm in two soul/r'n'b/pop covers bands and have started depping for a weddingy type function band. My listening habits are almost entirely composed of prog rock/metal, jazz, fusion, audiobooks, and Radio 4.

It should have said this:

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1510133129' post='3404128'] Very jealous that you're able to make NAMM, I'll have to get Ped working on that one [/quote] He already has. The whole admin/mod team are going, but Ped told us not to mention it to you. EDIT. Oh bugger.

Reading back through the thread so far, it seems that apparently Later is crap for the following reasons (some of them slightly paraphrased):[list] [*]The bands are too extreme or boring. [*]There's no rock, metal or prog. [*]It's not the Old Grey Whistle Test. [*]It's too diverse and lumpy. [*]It's mostly about veterans, indie bands and quirky singers from islands somewhere. [*]It's too polite and needs edge and energy. [*]The acts are only on because they have an album to plug. [*]It's over the hill and stuffy. [*]There are far more well known and popular genres that don't get on it. [*]It needs a more diverse range of music. [*]It's trendy and pretentious. [*]It's not my taste in music. [/list] I think that last one sums it up perfectly. It's crap because it doesn't have the stuff that *I* like. Although I suppose if it's simultaneously too trendy/pretentious AND over the hill/stuffy, it must be doing something right

A beautiful Sei Flamboyant 5. I struggled with setting it up and decided that I'd sell it, when what I should have done was take it to someone who knew what the hell they were doing.

[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1509970567' post='3402906'] That's awesome. I'm gonna get my wife a cheese hamper for Christmas. [/quote] Best reply ever

3+2, just to be awkward

Pino's hands are ridiculous. His fingers reminded me of the facehugger from Alien.

[quote name='bassmayhem' timestamp='1509722116' post='3401208'] I took the neck, that was a really, really good neck, and threw the rest in the garbage recycling. With a friend's assistance I made a Jazz Bass body of 60 years old solid dried birch, equipped it with EMG DC45 and Hipshot bridge. It ended up being a very good bass. I sold it some years ago to a studio, where it was used a lot. It looked like this when rebuilt: [/quote] Ooh yes. That, we like.

[quote name='Dr.Dave' timestamp='1509632472' post='3400465'] Other band's T shirts ?? Never , never , never. Regularly I change out of one into something else to play. The punters wear band T shirts - the moment you step on a stage you're an artist , not a punter. [/quote] Oh I don't know. It didn't do this Geordie chap any harm

I remember when all this was trees. And you could leave your front door open. Is it time for my nap yet?