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Frankly, I resent the suggestion that I am a boring bass player. I'll have you know I haven't touched a bass in months.

"Acceptable / respectable" musicians? No, it'll never catch on.

11 hours ago, stewblack said:

Is it snobbery from people who have degrees in more 'important' disciplines? 

Yes, and quite right too. 😜

This discussion reminds me of Michael Flanders' remark to the audience in "At the Drop of a Hat", on explaining that the show was being recorded in new-fangled stereo: "So wherever you're sitting now, that's where you'll be on the record."
 

I once went to see Ray Charles in order to see Diana Krall supporting.

By coincidence, I only recently stumbled on this video too. I think it's great, not least because of the way he mixes the comedic with the despairingly tragic; "dirty stains on history's final page" is a wonderful line. It also reminds me of an old joke about the difference between the American and British views of life - for an American, things are serious, but never hopeless, whereas to a Brit things are hopeless, but never serious.

On 08/02/2021 at 15:36, MacDaddy said:

I would have watched it, but Stewart Lee with his sanctimonious Oxbridge smugness, always comes across as a bit of an derrière.

I am aware that may be his 'act' or 'comedy persona', but I'm not willing to watch a documentary he presents.

Well, it's your opinion, and you gave it to us straight, like a pear cider made from 100% pears.

In the seventies, the BBC broadcast an adaptation of Sartre's The Roads to Freedom, which acquired a cult following in our sixth-form. I can't remember a single thing about the characters or story, but the haunting theme song has never left me; La Route Est Dure, sung by the wonderful Georgia Brown.

Ronnie Hazlehurst showing Pink Floyd how it should be done: 😉

Question for the short-scale experts on here. How feasible is it to tune a 30 inch scale bass down to DGCF (without having to use strings so thick that it would require mods to the nut)? Does it make the strings just too floppy?

Recent update from Thomann (apologies if it's already been posted...thread has grown somewhat)

https://www.thomann.de/blog/en/an-update-for-our-valued-uk-customers/

Terveisiä!  

I have fond memories of a trip to Hämeenlinna, just up the road from you, in November 2017 to see Värttinä with Paleface at the Verkatehdas. Had fun going round the castle too! 

An a-icthyist point of view:

9 minutes ago, prowla said:

Feel free to start your own thread about how brexit has affected other areas than Visa-free touring in the EU.

On 10/01/2021 at 18:55, Al Krow said:

Try any one of these discussion forums all started in the last 3 weeks...

Thomann and deliveries to the UK - General Discussion - Basschat

Thomann prices? - General Discussion - Basschat

Selling Items to UK now? - General Discussion - Basschat

A post brexit question. - General Discussion - Basschat

Buying from EU private sellers - 20% VAT from 1 Jan 2021 - General Discussion - Basschat

Shipping to Europe - Happy ending - General Discussion - Basschat

 

1 hour ago, prowla said:

This is turning into another brexit-bashing thread...

Feel free to start your own thread about any of the benefits that Brexit has brought to the bass-playing community.

These guys sure do....

1 hour ago, SpondonBassed said:

It's in the Google domain...

Any chance of a précis of it first?

As WoT says, it's four blobs singing opera that you can control. What he neglected to mention, however, is that the frequencies and patterns generated by the associated AI have been carefully selected to affect the brain's alpha-waves in order to make the user more susceptible to certain types of online advertising, and to assume a generally more relaxed attitude to issues such as tax avoidance by major technology companies. Now, I've had the boffins down at Earbrass Laboratories looking into this, and they have come up with a way to completely nullify these effects using a sophisticated and precisely engineered piece of headgear, constructed of high-tech thinly-rolled aluminium sheet. As you can imagine, these are in very high demand in the lead up to christmas, and usually retail for £129.99, but as a special offer to Basschat users, I have been able to make them available for a one-time special offer price of £39.99 plus admin fee through the Earbrass Laboratories' wholly owned subsidiary Grabber and Grabber (Cayman Islands) Ltd. Stocks are limited, so it will be on a first-come-first-served basis, and individual orders will be restricted to a dozen items. Thankyou.

A bit of fun....

https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/blob-opera/AAHWrq360NcGbw?

Väsen

5 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

Really? Look at the first post. Job done.

Some offered their judgement on those opinions, not the topic.

...says the man offering his judgement on the judgements on those opinions...😂. 

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