Rich

In this proud land we grew up strong, we were wanted all along I was taught to fight, taught to win, I never thought I could fail

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1443294078' post='2873691'] "We like to party We like, we like to party We like to party We like, we like to party We like to party We like, we like to party We like to party" [/quote] "No no No no no no No no no no No no there's no limits." My god, it's poetry.

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What's the difference between a trampoline and a banjo? You take your shoes off to jump up and down on a trampoline. What's the difference between a dead badger in the road and a dead bassoonist in the road? The badger might have been on his way to a paying gig. What's the definition of a gentleman? Someone who knows how to play the bagpipes, but doesn't. A violinist phones the orchestra office one day, asking to speak to the conductor. "I'm sorry" says the PA, "he has passed away." Half an hour later he calls again, asking to speak to the conductor. "I've already told you" says the PA, "he's dead." Half an hour later he calls yet again, asking to speak to the conductor. "Look" says the PA, "I've told you twice that the conductor is dead, why do you keep calling?" The violinist replies, "I just like hearing you say it."

[size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]As performed by Sam Smith, hyped to the eyeballs for weeks and finally played on R2 this morning... ...and IMO, best summed up as 'meh'. I spent the whole song waiting for the crescendo that never happened. Very, very dull. Predictably, Evans raved about it so much you'd think it was the greatest songwriting epic since Bo Rhap.[/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]YMMV, obvs.[/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#1F497D][font=Calibri] [/font][/color] [/font][/size]

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1437907725' post='2829827'] I like the idea of an acoustic bass roundup. If you could herd them all into a corner or a pen it would be so much easier to make sure none escape the flamethrower [/quote]Try that with mine at your peril

I was flicking through the channels on the TV On a Sunday in Milwaukee in the rain

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1443029016' post='2871671'] [color=#444444][font=arial, sans-serif]"One, two, three o'clock, four o'[/font][/color][color=#444444][font=arial, sans-serif] clock rock!"[/font][/color] [size=4]Welcome to an older new era, youth of post-war Britain![/size] [/quote] "Pennsylvania six five-thousand!" [size=4]Welcome to an even older new era, sort-of youth of mid-war Britain! [/size]

When I was young I'd listen to the radio waiting for my favourite songs When they played I'd sing along, it made me smile oh, Karen

The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1442999793' post='2871222'] Dawn of light lying between a silence and sold sources, Chased amid fusions of wonder In moments [i]etc.[/i] Everlasting. [/quote] Hippy.

There are loads, but this one of Seth Lakeman's is a favourite: "Out of the moonlight in the month of May, this ship would take her last breath..."

[quote name='gareth' timestamp='1442864489' post='2870135'] I think Leo had something when he created the precision, then the Jazz, then the stingray and then g&l. The proof must be in what people actually play. I don't see many Just, Sandberg, Lakland, Sadowsky or Wals. But I do see an awful lot of Fenders. [/quote] Maybe it's because there are a lot more Fenders actually in existence than any of those other brands?

Probably the best live sound I've ever had (and one of the best overall sounds for us as a band) was engineered by our very own joegarcia. It takes a bassist...

G55+rackmount incoming from Anderton's! I've had several different wirelesses over the years, mainly Trantec (S4.5 is very good) but also an old AKG which was nice and an Ashdown Freebass which was unprintably bad. Getting back into gigging seriously now after something of a layoff and have decided to treat myself.

[quote name='bigjohn' timestamp='1442753088' post='2869202'] So [s]much nonsense[/s][b] many opinions[/b] in this thread. [/quote] Fixed

Sire V7. Everything a Fender Jazz 5 should be and much more, and for stupid money. [quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1442735794' post='2869013'] There's nothing at all wrong with Fenders IMO apart from the price... I cannot see how a Std Fender Jazz is nearly twice the price of a Sire. If I were looking to spend £700-1000 on a bass, my first thought would be a Maruszczyk not a Fender. [/quote] Agreed.

[quote name='GrammeFriday' timestamp='1442590028' post='2868073'] Pah! Nowadays it’s all gone health and safety mad. Back in the good old days we had proper trip hazards all over the stage. Here’s me just about to fall over in 1985: [url="http://s1333.photobucket.com/user/grammefriday/media/GF%201985-2015/1985_zpsee0k5dwe.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] I love the irony of there being two perilously placed liquid containers poised directly above the high voltage warning sticker

I just wanted to share the full horror of the original

Seventies novelty hit [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK3ZP6frAMc"]Popcorn[/url] was re-recorded some years ago in an advertising tie-up, by a band calling themselves I Can't Believe It's Hot Butter.

[quote name='spencer.b' timestamp='1442556833' post='2867700'] We're playing in an open aircraft hanger and its FREEZING, arghh I hate playing in the cold [/quote] Well you sounded good to me jolly good show old chap!

On the other hand -- I'd rather be called 'solid' by someone who knew what they were talking about, than 'brilliant' by someone who didn't know a bass from a bagpipe.

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1439923244' post='2846839'] I detest the word 'flashy' being used as some kind of negative. I hate that a bass player just has to be solid. I can't stand the phrase less is more like it's is an imperative and if you don't play like this you are a twat [/quote] Very true, yes, but there's a time and a place (and a song) for flash and whizzery. If a player throws his Marcus chops into a funk tune, great yes. If he's going to cover a Level 42 song, then all the old wockity-wockity is mandatory. If he starts bunging those licks into The Thrill Is Gone or Back In The USSR, he's going to look a bit of a knob and, yes, flashy as a negative.

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1442519049' post='2867581'] Talk to Jon Shuker. He has maple in stock for necks that is as stiff as graphite and the dimensions can be whatever you want. He can skin the neck in graphite weave too if you want. [/quote] +1

[quote name='hubrad' timestamp='1442480606' post='2867214'] Ped uses Greggs? Shocking! [/quote] He's not proud. As would be instantly obvious, if you saw him.