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[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1453028100' post='2955609'] That's a musical blind spot of mine. Where would one start with the Grateful Dead? [/quote] Likewise. I have never, to my knowledge, heard a single Dead tune. I will be putting this right, thanks to this thread. 😀 It's actually quite exciting, because there's always the chance that it might turn out to be the greatest thing I've ever heard.

Where's Bassassin when you need him?

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1452859248' post='2954127'] Sorry, I'll get my coat. [/quote] Genuine LOL at that

No more breast-related comments please, chaps. This isn't a lads' mag.

C'mon, tell us what you [i]really[/i] think. None of this fence-sitting.

[quote name='CHW' timestamp='1452877147' post='2954392'] that to me is what art is about [/quote] Ah, but is it art or is it entertainment? OH NO, I SAID IT!

Anyone who ever eats a sandwich has been influenced by buns, whether they realise it or not.

[quote name='JellyKnees' timestamp='1452868567' post='2954284'] Wow, you're right, that was clever, not to mention highly original... have a bun. [/quote] No ta, I don't like buns so I won't eat one.

[color="#000000"]Hey I've just come up with a brilliant idea for people who don't like the idea of 'fake festivals' or tribute bands in general. It's a fairly extreme idea and might appear to be pretty left-field, but I'll try it anyway and you can see what you think.[/color] [color="#000000"]OK, here goes.[/color] [color="#000000"][size=5]If you don't like the idea of a 'fake festival' or a tribute band gig...[/size][/color] [color="#000000"](and here comes the clever bit)[/color] [color="#000000"] [/color] [color="#000000"][i][size=5]...don't go to one.[/size][/i][/color] [color="#000000"]Pretty radical stuff I know, but I reckon it could work.[/color]

[quote name='sprocketflup' timestamp='1452863731' post='2954191'] How terrible. Everybody man the pitchforks, there's trouble a-brewing [/quote] So how does it feel to be a -- what was it -- "middle aged unimaginative muso"? (Does this description apply to all of us who play covers, by the way?)

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1452857911' post='2954107'] Musicians having fun, playing songs they like? To people who are enjoying them? Damn them all. Damn them all to hell!* [size=2]*this is sarcasm[/size] [/quote] Yes, how dare they?

[quote name='rushbo' timestamp='1452627346' post='2951858'] IBTL [/quote] It Be a Troubled Login..?

Worse still, when you wait in all day for a delivery and then at tea time you find a "We Tried To Deliver" form has been quietly slipped through your letterbox.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1452774445' post='2953303'] Talking of Sire... anybody else think of the ends of one of these when looking at the logo...? [/quote] I hadn't, up until now...

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1452756257' post='2953092'] He's certainly responsible for the prices of second hand Deep Impact pedals... [/quote] And I'm very grateful to him

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1452628790' post='2951876'] Geddy Lee must surely have been responsible for the sale of [b]very [/b]large quantities of his signature model world wide. [/quote] I suspect that an awful lot of people who've bought the Geddy Jazz did so because of the spec of the bass rather than the name association. It was certainly the case for me with my Sire V7 -- I bought it on the basis of its spec, the sounds I'd heard, the reviews it was getting and its seemingly brilliant VFM rather than the name on the headstock.

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1452703286' post='2952635'] please feel free to enjoy going all Lynn Truss on my ass too! [/quote] [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1452703796' post='2952651'] I look forward to it. [/quote]

[quote name='No lust in Jazz' timestamp='1452695147' post='2952510'] Given that the drummer can't realistically memorise all of the tempos of the songs in our set list - we bought (as a band) one of these I can recommend them highly. [url="http://www.gak.co.uk/en/tama-rw200-rhythm-watch/117692?gclid=CMGDtb_-psoCFUEcGwodPp0JVg"]http://www.gak.co.uk...CFUEcGwodPp0JVg[/url] [/quote] Seconded. These things are great, they cut out all manner of "I reckon that's faster than we normally do it" arguments too.

[quote name='interpol52' timestamp='1452688268' post='2952394'] Do we need to lock this thread? [/quote] Hopefully not, but I bloody well will if it carries on in this vein -- when accusations of lying start flying, it's time to calm the f*** down and take a deep breath. The OPs question was a very simple one that (if I'm reading it correctly) was about bands/genres you have been hitherto unfamiliar with. Let's see if we can keep it in that vein without any crap being thrown around, shall we? And please bear in mind that just as not liking a particular band doesn't automatically make them crap, it also doesn't automatically equate to a lack of [i]respect[/i] for them. Sometimes not liking something just means, y'know, not liking it.

301, 310, 401... I remember a time when instruments had [i]names[/i]. [/wistfuloldfart]

Loving The Alien is a big favourite.

If ever a musician was deserving of the description "artist", it was Bowie. Never dull, never predictable. I've seen a number of comments on farcebook along the lines of "he hasn't died, he's just returned to his home planet". It'd be nice to think this was true. Ashes to ashes.

Sei Flamboyant 5 (why did I sell it? ) into Eden WT400 head into SWR Triad cab.

I love Jazz Basses, except for one thing that absolutely drives me up the wall (and has already been mentioned)... [i]TWENTY[/i] FRETS? WHY?? What the hell is the point of a range of E to E [i]flat..[/i]?

Will move this to the Effects subforum, if that's ok.