James May and the Strat...

thermionic · April 2016

Some of these parts you have to multiply by 6...

scrumhalf · April 2016

thermionic said:
Some of these parts you have to multiply by 6...

http://www.edroman.com/guitars/images/Rick Neilson Original 5 Neck.jpg

thecolourbox · April 2016

channelling his namesake Brian, James will plug in his reassembled guitar and hope he put all the bits together correctly

I didn't realise the Strat was invented by James Brian?

A piano player with a first in music, so he'll be a proficient piano player........................

Us piano players do play other instruments as well you know

Teetonetal · April 2016

GuyBoden;1023935" said:
TheOtherDennis said:

He's got a first class music degree, too, though he's a piano player mainly, so he should be able to get a decent tune out of it when he's done.

Wonder if he'll have a quick blast of Jessica?

A piano player with a first in music, so he'll be a proficient piano player........................

I bet he plays guitar pretty well. Strikes me as a guitarist somehow

ICBM · April 2016

Geeky, socially awkward and with bad dress sense?

Or is that just me...?

digitalscream · April 2016

@redrighthand - fixed that for you

Philly_Q · April 2016

ICBM said:

Geeky, socially awkward and with bad dress sense?

Or is that just me...?

It's not just you.

GuyBoden · April 2016

TheOtherDennis said:

GuyBoden said:

TheOtherDennis said:

He's got a first class music degree, too, though he's a piano player mainly, so he should be able to get a decent tune out of it when he's done.

Wonder if he'll have a quick blast of Jessica?

A piano player with a first in music, so he'll be a proficient piano player........................

Well yes, obviously, but all I meant was that as a very proficient musician. he'll have had a go at knowing where the notes are (iirc, he once did a version of Jessica using engine sounds) and thus will maybe give it a go and might sound as if he knows what he's doing. I didn't say he'd be good at it, just that he should be able to get a tune out of it.

He may not, but he might.

I agree, with a first in music, I'd say he'd be ok on guitar, if he's has done a bit of practice, music is mainly about hearing/ear training.........

GuyBoden · April 2016

ICBM said:

Geeky, socially awkward and with bad dress sense?

Or is that just me...?

No, that's me................

TheOtherDennis · April 2016

thecolourbox said:

channelling his namesake Brian, James will plug in his reassembled guitar and hope he put all the bits together correctly
I didn't realise the Strat was invented by James Brian?

A piano player with a first in music, so he'll be a proficient piano player........................
Us piano players do play other instruments as well you know

Yes, I do know that - I've actually been tinkering with the idea of learning to tickle the ivories myself, but that means buying a keyboard, and that's a whole new level of GAS I really, really don't need right now.

stickyfiddle · April 2016

It does appear he has at least the vaguest idea how guitars work

GuitarZero · April 2016

Just set this up to record, thanks for the heads up.

tabbycat · April 2016

a signature james may strat would be the bloody end.

GuyBoden · April 2016

I even enjoyed his programme about rebuilding an old lawnmower.

impmann · April 2016

GuyBoden;1027183" said:
I even enjoyed his programme about rebuilding an old lawnmower.

So did I.

Genuinely.

And I now want a Suffolk Colt lawnmower from 1959!!!

richardhomer · April 2016

impmann;1027646" said:
I now want a Suffolk Colt lawnmower from 1959!!!

The '59s are generally considered to be the best.

Earlier ones tended to have thicker handles - after 1960 they were completely redesigned to a much more 'spikey' style - in a effort to echo the then-current Truimph Herald.

The revised ones were not popular and production soon stopped - but by '68, demand for the originals was massive, thanks to British gardeners like Percy Thrower using them extensively - they were finally reintroduced.

Now every year an improved 'closer than ever to the original' version is introduced.

A true classic....

blueskunk · April 2016

Hahahahah ^^^^

bignorm · April 2016

I watched tonight's episode rebuilding a BT telephone.. God it was like watching paint dry. It was so tedious and slow. Mays boring voice and total lack of presenting skill was sending me to sleep.
Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed his toy programs and like the interplay between May, Hammond and clarkson on top gear but the pace of this show is all wrong to make it interesting.
zzzzzzzzzz

impmann · April 2016

Now, you see that's exactly *why* I like these... Not whizzy, not "dynamic", not "modern".

The star of the show is the engineering inside whatever it is he's working on.

For me, it's about being a nerd and revelling in it.

p90fool · April 2016

bignorm;1027954" said:
I watched tonight's episode rebuilding a BT telephone.. God it was like watching paint dry. It was so tedious and slow. Mays boring voice and total lack of presenting skill was sending me to sleep.

Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed his toy programs and like the interplay between May, Hammond and clarkson on top gear but the pace of this show is all wrong to make it interesting.

zzzzzzzzzz

What struck me was that he's an extremely skilled presenter - effortlessly natural and interesting.

Unless your idea of skill is gooning about in front of a sycophantic audience of car accessory shop managers.

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