prowla Posted Saturday at 20:12 Posted Saturday at 20:12 10 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said: Coincidence to be honest. But I liked it and sometimes find fewer limiting - especially lack of a top E. If you look at Yes songs, they often seem to be crafted to fit the Ric fretboard. It used to bug me, but actually I never want to go that high o a bass. If I needed it I’d get a 5 or 6 string to add the extra (or a doubleneck or Stick). Quote
Woodinblack Posted Saturday at 21:17 Posted Saturday at 21:17 1 hour ago, prowla said: Do you mean not enough frets? Yes, not enough. I know the reason but it just feels a bit odd 1 Quote
prowla Posted yesterday at 08:36 Posted yesterday at 08:36 11 hours ago, Woodinblack said: Yes, not enough. I know the reason but it just feels a bit odd I get a bit dizzy at high altitudes. 1 Quote
AndyTravis Posted yesterday at 08:40 Posted yesterday at 08:40 Cars with silly exhausts… Sounds like they’re broken. we have an industrial estate nearby and the local The Fast And The Furious tribute act met up last night…🙄 1 Quote
prowla Posted yesterday at 08:46 Posted yesterday at 08:46 5 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: Cars with silly exhausts… Sounds like they’re broken. we have an industrial estate nearby and the local The Fast And The Furious tribute act met up last night…🙄 Yep - there's one or two of those 'tards who drive along my road. Quote
tauzero Posted yesterday at 11:46 Posted yesterday at 11:46 On 24/10/2025 at 17:27, Stub Mandrel said: For thirty years, aside from my fretless, I only had 24-fret basses. How on earth did I survive? Maybe you had the good taste not to slap. 1 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted yesterday at 12:07 Posted yesterday at 12:07 19 minutes ago, tauzero said: Maybe you had the good taste not to slap. I could barely slap back then. Never had any issues with fretboard length. My Fender Performer was designed to meet the needs of 80s players, including slap. It has 24 frets and close string spacing. Quote
Woodinblack Posted yesterday at 14:48 Posted yesterday at 14:48 2 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said: My Fender Performer was designed to meet the needs of 80s players, including slap. It has 24 frets and close string spacing. and a little ridge for cocaine! 5 Quote
petecarlton Posted yesterday at 15:33 Posted yesterday at 15:33 On 24/10/2025 at 23:38, SimonK said: better than breaking my whirlwind cables that are getting so expensive you can almost buy a bass for the same price! Don't they have a lifetime guarantee? Or is that just for wear and tear? Quote
petecarlton Posted yesterday at 15:38 Posted yesterday at 15:38 6 hours ago, AndyTravis said: Cars with silly exhausts… Sounds like they’re broken. we have an industrial estate nearby and the local The Fast And The Furious tribute act met up last night…🙄 I was in Nottingham city centre the night before last and it seemed that every third car - mostly small hatchbacks - had an over-excited exhaust. Pretty daft, as they were reduced to about 5mph over the speed bumps by the tram track! 2 Quote
KingBollock Posted yesterday at 15:50 Posted yesterday at 15:50 4 minutes ago, petecarlton said: I was in Nottingham city centre the night before last and it seemed that every third car - mostly small hatchbacks - had an over-excited exhaust. Pretty daft, as they were reduced to about 5mph over the speed bumps by the tram track! That sounds like my youngest brother. He’s mad about cars and loves all that boy racer crap. He thinks he’s a brilliant driver, but he just shouldn’t be allowed near a motorised vehicle… For his 16th birthday my parents bought him a scooter, a proper oldschool chicken chaser type thing, not one of those little electric things you get now. He promptly wrote it off by crashing it into the back of a parked car. Later, once he learned to drive and got himself a car, he managed to crash it into a bridge. But my favourite was the time he drove through a bus station (that you’re not allowed to drive through), and managed to park it IN a kebab shop, having jumped up a curb and gone straight through the front window of the shop. He’s a professional driver now… 2 1 Quote
StingRayBoy42 Posted 21 hours ago Posted 21 hours ago (edited) Anyone who plays (or prefers) the single version of 'Heroes' by Derek Bowie (or the horrible version of 'I am the Resurrection' that's on the (laughably named) Complete Stone Roses) gets put in the stocks, then beaten, then tarred & feathered, then Hung, drawn & quartered, then their remains are fed to rabid dogs and the dogs' poop gets burnt. Edited 19 hours ago by StingRayBoy42 2 Quote
RhythmJunky Posted 19 hours ago Posted 19 hours ago 4 hours ago, KingBollock said: That sounds like my youngest brother. He’s mad about cars and loves all that boy racer crap. He thinks he’s a brilliant driver, but he just shouldn’t be allowed near a motorised vehicle… For his 16th birthday my parents bought him a scooter, a proper oldschool chicken chaser type thing, not one of those little electric things you get now. He promptly wrote it off by crashing it into the back of a parked car. Later, once he learned to drive and got himself a car, he managed to crash it into a bridge. But my favourite was the time he drove through a bus station (that you’re not allowed to drive through), and managed to park it IN a kebab shop, having jumped up a curb and gone straight through the front window of the shop. He’s a professional driver now… Get away driver ? 3 Quote
cdog Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago I once bought a Sire V7 off someone on FB marketplace. In the course of the short conversation he called me Pal bud Dude Buddy Bro Man Lad Mate. Irrational I know, but I didn't like that at all, he knew my name. 1 2 Quote
prowla Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago 11 minutes ago, cdog said: I once bought a Sire V7 off someone on FB marketplace. In the course of the short conversation he called me Pal bud Dude Buddy Bro Man Lad Mate. Irrational I know, but I didn't like that at all, he knew my name. 12 minutes ago, cdog said: I once bought a Sire V7 off someone on FB marketplace. In the course of the short conversation he called me Pal bud Dude Buddy Bro Man Lad Mate. Irrational I know, but I didn't like that at all, he knew my name. 12 minutes ago, cdog said: I once bought a Sire V7 off someone on FB marketplace. In the course of the short conversation he called me Pal bud Dude Buddy Bro Man Lad Mate. Irrational I know, but I didn't like that at all, he knew my name. 12 minutes ago, cdog said: I once bought a Sire V7 off someone on FB marketplace. In the course of the short conversation he called me Pal bud Dude Buddy Bro Man Lad Mate. Irrational I know, but I didn't like that at all, he knew my name. 13 minutes ago, cdog said: I once bought a Sire V7 off someone on FB marketplace. In the course of the short conversation he called me Pal bud Dude Buddy Bro Man Lad Mate. Irrational I know, but I didn't like that at all, he knew my name. repeat posts... 🙂 Quote
TimR Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago 16 hours ago, KingBollock said: That sounds like my youngest brother. He’s mad about cars and loves all that boy racer crap. He thinks he’s a brilliant driver, but he just shouldn’t be allowed near a motorised vehicle… For his 16th birthday my parents bought him a scooter, a proper oldschool chicken chaser type thing, not one of those little electric things you get now. He promptly wrote it off by crashing it into the back of a parked car. Later, once he learned to drive and got himself a car, he managed to crash it into a bridge. But my favourite was the time he drove through a bus station (that you’re not allowed to drive through), and managed to park it IN a kebab shop, having jumped up a curb and gone straight through the front window of the shop. He’s a professional driver now… Cars are like guns. People who enjoy using them, shouldn't be anywhere near them. 1 Quote
Woodinblack Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago 12 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: Evri. Not sure if that counts as irrational 4 Quote
KingBollock Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago 12 minutes ago, TimR said: Cars are like guns. People who enjoy using them, shouldn't be anywhere near them. The worst drivers I know all consider themselves to be the best drivers they know. I don’t understand bragging about crashes and stuff. I remember, back when we were on dial-up, one mate sent me a picture of his car. The file size was 10mb and took three hours to download (which was the maximum I could download because the internet disconnected after three hours and lost anything that hadn’t finished downloading). I even worried that it might be a virus. He was bragging about having hit a traffic island so fast that his car jumped and turned 180° in the air. There were no other cars present, which is something, I suppose. Later on we sold our van to him. One day he claimed he was cut-up by someone and, in anger, he used the van’s bull bars to ram the other car, pushing it across the road and up onto the pavement. His punishment for this? An anger management day course… (Unrelated, he was later sent to prison for trading evil images of children…) There have been only two drivers that I trusted completely. My mum and my wife. Quote
prowla Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago 46 minutes ago, TimR said: Cars are like guns. People who enjoy using them, shouldn't be anywhere near them. Oh, I enjoy driving and shooting (though not at the same time!). 18 minutes ago, KingBollock said: ... The file size was 10mb and took three hours to download ... Stating units incorrectly ("mb" is millibits). Quote
Woodinblack Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago 36 minutes ago, KingBollock said: There have been only two drivers that I trusted completely. My mum and my wife. My mum is a terrible driver. She once hit someone unparking after I had said to her not to hit that person. She also hit her neighbours car unparking as 'he wasn't there when she turned up'. She went through a few years of having a ton of minor accidents. Strangely she seems to have no had any issues in a while now. Quote
KingBollock Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago 32 minutes ago, prowla said: Oh, I enjoy driving and shooting (though not at the same time!). Stating units incorrectly ("mb" is millibits). Oops! 1 Quote
Dad3353 Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago 1 hour ago, AndyTravis said: Evri. as an organisation. But do they count as an 'organisation' at all..? Quote
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