WalMan

It depends what you want to do with it. The SE Bash was originally run in Guildford & set up by OBBM IIRC. NIK, Hamster & various others have been kind enoungh to take things on and arrange the last (is it) 5 years now, and they have been larger affairs where, thanks to Hamsters good offices, we have had the run of a number of rooms in the school, so have had[list] [*]a quiet room, for raffles, general chat, refreshments, and in past years shall we say quieter workshops like double bass, recording, etc [*]a loud room (well the hall) where rigs were set up and it was, or could be, loud, and where the Si's did their workshops yesterday [*]a jam room with resident drummer [/list] We have also had a couple of mini bashes a bit closer to home for Nik & me anyway) where there were fewer and it was really a loud room with some time to meet up, chat & a laugh with a bunch of great guys. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn9Bo0UbQQM For both we put money in the pot to cover expenses, and any profit is given to a charity decided by all. Every bash I have been to has been a great day out chatting to low enders from all walks of life and styles of music and there has never been any snootiness just a super day that flies past. Yesterday I arrived a bit late @ 11 (though with the problems on the M25 that was nothing) and all of a sudden it was 6:30, we were over an hour late packing up. Probably best to start a thread with a view to creating a Bash close to you and thenshare ideas for venues, dates and what everyone wants to do and just take it from there. Go for it. They are great fun, despite what the ladies who wandered in looking for the sports centre yesterday and hooted at the "nerds" wen told what was going on in that particular part of the school

Just back having led the convoy through dangerous waters ... well Stoke D'Abernon via Brooklands (poxy Snav). Great fun day despite the best efforts of the M25. Good to see everyone again. Roll on next year.

Getting loaded now - no not that sort of loaded!!

...and as my attempt at fettling a P bass pickguard to fit has annoyed me, and before I do anything more horrendous to it I shall chuck that in only [i]slightly[/i] buggered about with. I should know by now. Me and any sort of DIY is just a complete waste of time

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1348822017' post='1818639'] The compressor 'workshop' really ought to be renamed "51m0n's quick and dirty way to set up a compressor you scoundrels"..... We'll be attempting a world record of maybe a brief description of what it is you need to know and do and then an atttempt to set up two or three compressors, all in 15 minutes tops After which if anyone can remember what was said they will be able to set a compressor up for themselves (one would hope) [/quote]I shall have to bring the TC Nova along again and make sure my poxy phone saves the picture this time

I [i]think[/i] that is sort of where I was/am coming from with this. It was a different face doing much the same set to BT's that were probably a CD, but a CD of average MIDI using average soundsets. Fine for the punter who probably just hears a bunch of choons they know - how many times did I hear Mack the [i]feckin'[/i] Knife in 10 days - but the averageness of it got to me

I think I still have the bag of bits I picked up last year that have gone nowhere near a bass & no projects on the horizon so shall try to remember to bring them to drop back in

[quote name='urb' timestamp='1348743544' post='1817564'] Only kidding - but it is just gonna be me chatting a bit and pushing a few buttons - might be cool if someone wants to sit in too so I can loop them etc - anyway should be fun - really want to jam a bit too this year - and get my GAS on... [/quote]Perhaps you could do a chain loop [quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1348750470' post='1817703'] Does anyone have a Jazz or Precision (or both!) that they're bored of and fancy sending to a new home? Think I need some more normal basses for demoing Barefaced cabs on t'interweb, don't need anything new/shiny and quite happy to have a Squier or suchlike. As long as it sounds good unplugged I'll be happy, electronics can be changed. And I'm ok with stupidly high actions and fat necks. Anyway, if you do, bring it along! I'll be interested to hear what everyone makes of the wee prototype I'm bringing along... [/quote] Well I have my Tanglewater Classic J I'm looking to move on towards funds a Midget, so...... [quote name='silddx' timestamp='1348754597' post='1817771'] Such a shame I can't make it this year [/quote] it won't be the same without you young man

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm doughnuts

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1348678038' post='1816865'] Crikey, who are these punters? I've often wondered if they're mistaking indifference for approval. I suspect some will like it - but I've never seen many people getting into the spirit of this kind of show (well, blood alcohol levels notwithstanding) - simply getting on with the pint at hand. [/quote]Is this again the X-Factor / BGT / [i]possibly even[/i] Karaoke effect, in that punters come to expect to see a lone vocalist performing to a backing track on an empty stage? I don't know, but perhaps I should give my next holiday destination some better thought

There were loads of copies in evidence round the pool while we were away, including MrsW. She thinks the book is marvellous. The bits I have been forced to listen to after she has hooted with laughter and then insisted on reading to me sound pretty average.

[quote name='Dr.Dave' timestamp='1348577881' post='1815413'] It does. They're called 'holidaymakers'. Ignorant , philistine plebs , obviously ! [/quote]

[quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1348573963' post='1815328'] Thing is - if you get into/form a decent band that plays music people want to hear you will always get gigs. I think this has always been the case. If you are in it for the money this is even more appropriate. When i hear of bands that are finding trouble getting gigs its normally because they don't recognise what they are doing wrong - its easier to blame landlords, duos or the price of cheese than actually take a look at what they are doing. I'll leave you with this from Wiki... "A duo still performs under the name of Black Lace, but neither current band member was in the group when it was formed or when it enjoyed its biggest chart success" Now thats depressing. [/quote] True. I think where I was initially coming from was that where we were staying there was just nothing but the BT entertainers. That was probably dictated largely by the fact that for most venues it was easier to have this for an hour(ish) long "show". Perhaps such entertainers in such resorts are becoming the equivalent of stand ups in big cities, where they buzz around to a few venues a night - nice and easy in/out in that it's largely "here's my backing tracks, where do I plug them in?" and they're away.

Forgot they were over, mind I got back from hols too late to make the gigs Did have the new[list] [*]Neil Morse - OK may grow [*]Marillion - not managed to listen to it yet [*]RPWL - growing on me; and [*]Live Moon Safari - hopefully to hit the CD In the car on the way home tonight [/list] waiting on the doormat when I got home though

I suppose I am just getting old. When I started out the first "proper" (as opposed to school) band I joined at 17 - and I'm still gigging with the drummer all these years later - was playing WMC's at least once or twice a week. Five piece band. Fun & a good learning experience. The last ten days was in Lanzarote and as I said at the outset it was nigh on impossible to find somewhere that was what I would define a truely live music as opposed to a bloke & some CD's. I'm afraid I didn't walk - the inertia of an AI bracelet bit and anyway there was nowhere different to walk to. My drummers other band has been through vocalist hiatus, partly because she found she could go out with tapes or as a duo and demand the same money, but keep a lot more. Punters generally don't seem care, and I suspect with the advent of Pop Idol & XFactor are used to what is in effect a BT vocalist (shoot me if I'm wrong but I never really watch these if I can possibly help it), we are just inured to it. Perhaps The Voice tried a bit more with the backing band. As above I am not sure that venues pay that much less, if at all, for the BT man. It's just the line of least resistance and they don't have to worry about musicians and all their noisy gear. It's just a different age now for the resort entertainment, sadly.

[quote name='LemonCello' timestamp='1347003061' post='1795770'] Just sold my lovely Squier P to Al. Almost instantaneous payment! Good bloke to deal with, Nice one Al [/quote]Thanks Gary. Pleasure doing business. Hopefully the fully tarted photos will follow shortly

Aye, I suppose it's probably the way of things now. The only actual all live music show we saw (not counting the backing track maestros) was the flamenco act. Did get recommended a bar via rec my vocalist got from a rep at the resort he was at (he & his missus flew out to the same island on the same day and five minutes before MrsW & me but to a different resort and we met up one evening for a meal & some G&T's). Looked like a good place with a band on the following night, but MrsW had sunstroke (at least that's what we suspect just a 24 hour bug thing) so we never made it there Last night there the hotel had a guy who put on better than average show, enhanced (for most) by a large back projection screen that included him singing a duet with a female on the screen in his role as Pavarotti, and spoilt by the drunken English tw@t at the back ([i]don't it make you so proud sometimes[/i] ). Good, but the only thing that irked me, as an alleged muso, was the fact that when he was "being" George Michael or Freddie Mercury, the video clips of Wham or Queen doing the same songs were all slightly faster than his backing track was running, and when his Pav did Nessun Dorma the orchestra on the screen was pretty obviously actually playing Bolero (bit like the silent keyboard round on My Music for those long enough in the tooth to remember that ). Difficult to sync completely I sure, and I'm just a picky b@st@rd

Bands are just dinosaurs really arent they? Get yourself some backing tracks of varying levels from rough midi, up and a powered monitor and it seems you´re away, at least that´s all I´ve seen as "live music" so far on hols. Perhaps it´s just the place

Can take it or leave it, but don´t actively search either out

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1347365281' post='1799784'] It's just a piece of acrylic? How much would that cost to knock up in the shed? [/quote]There are a few YouTube videos from people who have built their own. Studiospares seemed to have replacement hinges. The main requirement of a DIY version seems to be rounding all the edges so you do not slice your hand off moving them.