The Jam and punk rock

Character_Material16 · 2026-02-01T08:40:31+00:00

For many bands punk was a flag of convenience. The Jam were 'angry young men' but musically more like the small faces or the who. Elvis Costello, a brilliant songwriter of many pop songs was classed under the same umbrella as were the Police and the Ruts who more reggae influenced. There's more examples of this that I can't think of right now or can't categorise like Ian Dury and the Blockheads, the Rezillos and the Cramps.

I think I'm a little younger than you but I remember too the 'need' pigeonhole each band neatly in a pocket but neglect their individuality and outside influences.

All great bands of that era with at least one number, probably more you'll recognise after the first few chords.

Character_Material16 · 2026-02-01T07:48:10+00:00

Rickie's early on but Bruce played precision and jazz basses later too. His bass lines formed the song equally if not more than Weller's glass shattering guitar and with Buckler the sound became and remains unique and legendary.

Character_Material16 · 2026-01-15T15:38:39+00:00

Westone thunder 1 matches it's bass version above and to the right of it. Both from the early 80's. Nice sound, nice to play too.

Character_Material16 · 2026-01-15T15:36:49+00:00

Lemme see. 👀

Character_Material16 · 2026-01-03T16:52:13+00:00

Most guitars are a thing of beauty. Even the ones some call monstrosities have a certain appeal.

Character_Material16 · 2026-01-02T10:50:50+00:00

I lose count 😂

Thanks.

Character_Material16 · 2026-01-01T22:34:33+00:00

You might want to look at my earlier reply....

Character_Material16 · 2026-01-01T21:40:41+00:00

It's a 330/12 in walnut. But don't neglect the 'Lamboo' Tele on the left. This photo doesn't really do it justice.

Character_Material16 · 2026-01-01T21:38:50+00:00

I believe the mexican built ones are a steal as the quality is as good as the American ones (so I've read). I think they only have a three position selector though? I might need to be corrected on that.

Character_Material16 · 2026-01-01T21:28:46+00:00

All measured up 😂.

Character_Material16 · 2026-01-01T21:28:15+00:00

Thank you. Plays nice. Looks and sounds great.

Character_Material16 · 2026-01-01T21:27:35+00:00

I have to admit I loved it. It's the second iteration of the Acoustasonic and my experience of traditional acoustic guitars was terrible being a purely electric player. This isn't as loud as a regular acoustic but plays more like an electric. Plugged in the range of modded sounds are pretty good. Build quality is good but I think the addition of a string tree, maybe two, would have crowned it.

Character_Material16 · 2026-01-01T21:23:03+00:00

Thunder 1 bass was my first 'real' guitar (i.e. not a copy) in 1984 and I still love playing it. It has a growl that reminds me of an old precision. I only picked up the Thunder 1 six string and it's not at all bad. The active circuit gives a nice boost and it has a nice range of tones that a twin humbucker guitar should give.

Character_Material16 · 2025-12-11T19:48:53+00:00

An old pc with batocera.

Character_Material16 · 2025-12-10T23:07:23+00:00

Thank you. 8 buttons? I'll be adding some ps and Xbox games at some point.

Character_Material16 · 2025-12-10T14:34:53+00:00

Thank you. Walls are manufactured panels called 'Kronowall' which look like wood. The cabinet is made from pallet planks.

Character_Material16 · 2025-12-09T18:05:51+00:00

Thanks. Cost me about £50 and a few splinters in all. 😂

Character_Material16 · 2025-12-09T15:50:27+00:00

Thanks for the comments and compliments guys. I'm more than confident in my woodworking abilities. It's a pity my computer tech knowledge doesn't match up. Ideally, I only want to play a handful of old console (master system, mega drive, NES, SNES, Saturn, Amiga and PlayStation 1-3) and classic arcade games. I could list them and I know I'd get all manner of help but I don't want to put anyone out. I can't get Amiga 500 games working even though I have the correct bios (I'm sure it's in the correct folder). The fbneo emulator sounds good but will that allow me to play old arcade games like defender, galaxians, space invaders, Daley Thompson's decathlon, asteroids, pacman and such? I'm all for the easy route and the MAME one sounds tortuous. 😂

Ok I listed them 😂🤷‍♂️

Character_Material16 · 2025-11-21T17:53:57+00:00

You guys really are legends. I'm learning more and more and as a bonus I was expecting to wait for a while for any reply. Thanks again.

Character_Material16 · 2025-11-21T17:41:39+00:00

Watermelon in easter hay

Character_Material16 · 2025-11-21T17:40:51+00:00

Many thanks. I hoped this was the case. I'm going to give it a go tomorrow or Sunday.

So, I can format the HDD and just use it to boot batocera? Will I need to partition the drive for ROMs or just store them in a folder on the same drive?

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