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#33,343
HouseUmbrella said:
That nut spacing bugs me
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Nick ciesielski said:
Yes it's very wrong I know. It was my first time citing a nut , even though I messed up the spacing when I was filing it I had to use it to string up the bass. I'd like to buy a preslotted one but may just cut another. Practice makes perfect
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Getting my nuts filed bugs me.
 
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Gaolee said:
Funny thing is that I play in a band that covers a whole lot of Beatles songs. I'm not much of a Beatles fan these days for that reason, if no other. I'm so tired of playing those songs that I can hardly see straight. I like the other guys, though, so that makes it alright. Paul was a very set bass player. I think that's why I don't like that music so much. He started to improvise just a little on Don't Let Me Down, which makes it my favorite Beatles song to play. The rest are all about the set riff. That's fine for a while. Then it's boring
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I was never a big Beatles fan either. However, there is a doc running on PBS about the making of Sgt Pepper and why it was so innovative both musically and technically.

Sgt. Pepper's Musical Revolution | PBS Programs | PBS

It doesn't make me want to listen to their music but I found it interesting from a historical and creative perspective, nerd boy that I am.

p.s.
Shout out to @Count Bassie for earlier post of link to "WAPO" article on guitar biz. Good read (even if they are failing - fake news - #sad).
 
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theFixer said:
You bring forth a valid point. I suppose you're right. The best songs are one's that were written out of personal thoughts, feelings, and experiences. It's fairly easy to see how politics would get wrapped up in there. I suppose the line that shouldn't be crossed, is the one where you stop expressing yourself, and start telling others how they should live, or that they are "wrong".
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But we have opinions. Also freedom of expression does not walk with Apology. Your freedom is to disagree.
When you just want to groove, have a good time, duck out from the fray you may not want to grind down your ears with someone's passion for a cause. So you change the channel...
 
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Count Bassie said:
I like Neil Youmg, I love Crazy Horse. I don't know him personally, don't really know his politics, don't have any intimate knowledge of him. Sometimes I don't dig his singing, sometimes I think his guitar playing is ridiculous, although I have to say that somehow it works. Like any artist, there are disconnects from what we think of as needful: technique, integrity, a popular idea of sonority or musicianship. But the point is to transcend everything, and when you do it, you're an artist.
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Agree with most all except the integrity part - no disconnect there, if fact it's the opposite. A true artist considers (their) integrity sacred. I'd add passion and courage to fuel and defend that integrity.
 
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JIO said:
Agree with most all except the integrity part - no disconnect there, if fact it's the opposite. A true artist considers (their) integrity sacred. I'd add passion and courage to fuel and defend that integrity.
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Well I should have been specific with the word... I mean integrity as referring to credibility as, say a singer or competent musician. Having trouble with use of the word I guess. But yes, in a more useful sense you are right. As an artist, you can't lie to yourself and pull it off, honesty is important.
 
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Dr_Feelgoood212 said:
Bird sighting alert! Justin Chancellor of Tool, the first year he was with them.
Hard to see but definitely a bird.
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Just saw Tool live last week. Absolutely sound spectacular live. Like ridiculously good.
But this video makes me laugh seeing Maynard at the front of the stage. These days he has a riser beside the drums with no lights on him, and the last time I saw them, he faced the back of the stage, though he had a giant mohawk, this time he faced forward, wearing like a robocop outfit... again, in the dark.
He is definitely a paradox.
 
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DerekW said:
Just saw Tool live last week. Absolutely sound spectacular live. Like ridiculously good.
But this video makes me laugh seeing Maynard at the front of the stage. These days he has a riser beside the drums with no lights on him, and the last time I saw them, he faced the back of the stage, though he had a giant mohawk, this time he faced forward, wearing like a robocop outfit... again, in the dark.
He is definitely a paradox.
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From what I understand it's the same thing as they're music videos, they don't want their personalities to effect your "musical experience" I guess.
 
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Dr_Feelgoood212 said:
From what I understand it's the same thing as they're music videos, they don't want their personalities to effect your "musical experience" I guess.
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Yet... a giant Mohawk or a Robocop outfit? Lol

And I've also heard that he doesn't think the singer should be the center of attention of a band, which is fair enough for a band like that, it's really about the music as a whole.

And the guitarist and Chancellor never moved from their spots.

Didn't matter though, they truly are an experience more than a "band". Will go down as one of my favorite concerts.
 
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