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That is lovely. Reckon it would also look incredible on some lightly grained ash.

[quote name='MarkW' timestamp='1429401691' post='2751156'] , but Layla? That opening guitar riff still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up! [/quote] OK, I grant you the opening riff isn't too bad, I could probably live with the first 2:30 minutes :-D

[quote name='theyellowcar' timestamp='1429378155' post='2750972'] That is lovely! I've looked at buying that body before but always chickened out because I was worried about getting the holes badly wrong! You definitely have more steel than me [/quote] Ha! That's what bridge covers are made for :-)

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1429383129' post='2751015'] Most of the ones mentioned so far were not actually hits. Didnt Joe Brown have a hit with Hava Nigila ? Or was it Dave Edmunds ? Either way its a very old song, and was at least, a minor hit for one of em. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6Oo8dSBwAA [/quote] Scarborough Fair #11 in US 1968.

That is a very powerful performance, and yes, a harrowing subject, but great that artists did stuff like this.

Just seen some Clapton tracks listed, so feeling brave (but will still put the tin hat on and hide) - Layla, esp that Allman drivel at the end, it's just an horrendous racket! Right, I'm off......

Well that was fun, chalk & cheese with my other P Style, but then that is a 5 string fretless with flats and a Norstrand pick-up. Really, really lively, with that lovely punky clank with the tone up not quite appropriate for the Blues bit I'll certainly find a couple of songs for it.

Lighthouse Family - tuneless vocals used to drive me mad.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1429282768' post='2750030'] Did this come with the sea foam finish already on? *shakes piggy bank* [/quote] Yes it did, as I said, a little fragile where I drilled but it may have been my workmanship, not their finishing. Was a great price, check to see if they have a deal on!!

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1429280903' post='2750011'] I think that looks great... [/quote] Thanks Rob (I won't show pics with the cover off though)!!

Scarborough Fair has got to be a contender, with original versions older than Bach, and the version we know being about 200 years old (and Paul Simon once claiming a writing credit)!! Younger, but a much with a more definitive written and published date, a song revived by Sting, Spread a Little Happiness, originally written in 1929.

Here's my attempt at a kit build - Mighty Mite body and neck from Build Your Own Guitars in the US. Always loved Sea Foam Green, and think it looks great with a maple board. I messed up the bridge, hence the cover hiding the first set of holes and the decal is a bit iffy too, but it plays nicely, and I'll see what it sounds like tonight at a rehearsal. The BYO kit was pretty good value (including postage and duty), however, and I don't know if it was me, but, even with great care, I found the finish cracked badly around a lot of the drill holes.

Lovely piece [url="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/nov/11/how-we-made-macarthur-park"]here [/url]by Jimmy Webb explaining the meaning behind his wonderful/appalling (delete as appropriate) song.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1429188503' post='2748953'] Someone mention McArthur Park? Thanks Kev, that was glorious - full MacAthur Park Suite too!! [/quote] [quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1429193876' post='2749070'] edit add mcarthur park to that (the first time ive heard it too), got to the bit where he signs about "someone left a cake out in the rain" bloody shtooopid [/quote] Pah, not accepting criticism from someone who thinks Bexleyheath is in South East London (ex Walworth Road boy)!!

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1429098793' post='2747925'] Much as I love Jimmy Webb, 'MacArthur Park' has the full brain burst effect on me. It is just so ghastly and overblown. If I ever get as far as hearing the 'someone left the cake out in the rain' bit, I really want to throw things. [/quote] Nooooooo!! Love that song in both hit versions BECAUSE it is so overblown As for your criticism, "I don't think that I could take it....." there, given you a thoroughly deserved earworm for the rest of the day

[quote name='The Admiral' timestamp='1429115494' post='2748211'] Ive been considering starting up my old Folk, Americana and Blues nights again after a 7 year hiatus, if only to get some decent live music in my local area. It's either pub rock covers or old guys doing their party piece at an open mic around me. Wears a bit thin after a while. The trouble is, it takes time and money, and I'm not convinced I'd get an audience, so I'm waivering, but I might try a one off and see if it takes. No shortage of great acts. [/quote] That's probably how the Blues should be positioned now, to be part of, and develop with the Americana movement. I'd love to go to that sort of night - fancy putting one on down in Sussex?!!

[quote name='andytoad' timestamp='1429042946' post='2747374'] add it to the basschat spotify best basslines! [/quote] I'm not on Spotify - please feel free to add it if it is on there.

Cheap as chips compared to those already offered but I'd say try the Fender Rumble V3, just gone from Purple Chili to this and it holds its own. I think I preferred the PC just a tiny bit more but selling it meant I could get two Fenders whereas I couldn't afford another PC.

[quote name='phil.c60' timestamp='1429014867' post='2747015'] ......which is my kind of town (although not exclusively), even if it's not yours, JTUK. And we're booked pretty well 'till the end of the year with no problem getting repeats, so even if it's not your bag, it certainly floats quite a few peoples boats. Oh, and we don't have lights, either. Or smoke. Or foam. Or explosions - we just do what we do as well as we can. [/quote] which is fine, and in my original piece I am not criticising this. I am worried though, that in the UK and what I hear from the US, the lack of development means that the Blues will become a diminishing, ageing, museum piece, because even the youngsters are playing the old stuff to older audiences. Happily, according to someone with recent experience in Europe and Scandinavia, there is a wider mix of styles and a better audience age range.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1429013359' post='2746977'] Local blues acts are doing fine around here, but you have to have something special otherwise you are just another 'blues' act in a pub. Recently saw a local act who are doing well with attendances but aprt from quite a female contingent, which I suspect contributes to their appeal, they really need a better extra edge. By the same token, I saw Bad Influence who were a class apart with Dickie Hayes on gtr. To me, that is what you have to try and do... get that extra classy edge otherwise the band is limited to 12-bar City.. [/quote] Bad Influence are great, all top musicians with Pete Stroud (Mybass on here) on bass usually.

[quote name='Shambo' timestamp='1428775853' post='2744499'] Willie was an inspiration for me to first pick up the bass guitar. A great songwriter and great bassist. Good work. [/quote] [quote name='Buzzy' timestamp='1428844242' post='2745116'] Great piece on a great man. I used to have a copy of his autobiography " I am the blues" but lost it in a house move a few years ago. [/quote] Thanks Gents, much appreciated.

Mine's the 5 string fretless, 9th row http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/pbassgallery.html Currently putting a BYOG kit together, sea foam green, maple board. Will post pics once I get the bridge in the right place!

Amazing how cheaply these basses sell, that's a great purchase!

Thanks 3Below, was thinking along those lines. Shocking on a commercially built bass!

[quote name='cloudburst' timestamp='1428739446' post='2744137'] I've an Aero I can offer as a trade. It's mint. CB [/quote] Don't know what's worse, that it has taken you 4 years to come up with this joke or that I can remember the thread when it first appeared