So, what have you been listening to lately?

[Basvarken]

Wish she was my grandma 

[westen44]

This one's for you Westen 44.

  Thanks I had heard they were good, but didn't know any details about them.  I wasn't expecting to see cameo appearances from actual members of Golden Earring.  Normally, that kind of thing wouldn't happen.  It's cool, though. 

[Ken]

Wish she was my grandma 

Holy shit yes.  Grandma's rockin' out.

[uwe]

Waitaminnit .... Darren Wharton is trans too? Is nothing sacred, Mrs Doubtfire on the keys?!

[slinkp]

Wish she was my grandma 

That bass tone is nasty, in a good way. I really like it.
Apparently there's a story behind "grandma": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_(Down_on_Your_Luck)#TV_performance

I'm trying to figure out what Lynott is playing there... the headstock is clearly an Ibanez of the era, but I've never seen one with a mirror pickguard (custom maybe?) and can't get a good luck at the pickup(s).
Maybe it's this bass? Apparently an RS900:



... now I kind of want one!

[Basvarken]

The lead guitarist of Di-Rect is Spike van Zoest.
He also has a side project called The Deaf, which is a lot less serious/radio-friendly than Di-Rect.

[Basvarken]

I'm trying to figure out what Lynott is playing there... the headstock is clearly an Ibanez of the era, but I've never seen one with a mirror pickguard (custom maybe?) and can't get a good luck at the pickup(s).
Maybe it's this bass? Apparently an RS900:

Yeah I think it's an RS 900. With a custom made pickguard (by Mighty Mighty).
In those days he also had a Roland synth bass, of which he didn't use the synth part (at least not on stage he didn't)



The mirror pickguard had become his signature style with his basses.
He got the idea after seeing the mirrors on Noddy Holder's hat when they supported Slade.

[Ken]

Didn't Lynott also have a mirror pickguard on his P?

[Basvarken]

Yes he did.

[gearHed289]

Didn't Lynott also have a mirror pickguard on his P?

And one of his Rics. That was the inspiration for the mirror 'guard on my Ric.

[westen44]

The lead guitarist of Di-Rect is Spike van Zoest.
He also has a side project called The Deaf, which is a lot less serious/radio-friendly than Di-Rect.

He sounds pretty good and so does the rest of the band.  I wasn't expecting a female bassist who can also sing.  I would go and see that band if I ever had a chance to, although it's doubtful I would ever be able to.

[uwe]

Musical talent is prevalent in The Netherlands.

[Basvarken]

That is not how I experience it.

And it is most certainly not stimulated/facilitated by the authorities.

For example at the primary school where my kids went they got zero music lessons.
And same goes for the secondary school... 

Music -and Art in general- is considered to be a left-wing hobby by a large part of the people.

The only "music" those people ever hear/see are those godawful Holland's Got Talent shows, where it is rewarded to imitate someone as closely as possible.

[morrow]

We had a music program when I started High School in Ontario before my family moved to Nova Scotia. We were asked to choose an instrument in numerical preference , I wrote saxophone , saxophone , drums.
I got a French horn.
We had already started a little garage band. And even played at the school.

I had a single pickup Zen-On guitar with some bass strings on it.

[uwe]

For a country your size, your musical impact outside of your borders has always been sizable, in Germany at least ...

























Now most of this is "housewives AM radio music", I know, but it doesn't matter, that is an art form too. Dutch origin music was always present in Germany.

And let's not forget: No Eddie van Halen without you guys.



Ok, granted, David Lee Roth was (and is) no Ronnie James Dio - yet I guess it's a feat in itself how many times he can actually avoid singing the right notes, he must have some kind of antimagnetic reaction to them -, but then he wasn't Dutch either!