cetera

Thanks to everyone who came, displayed, played, chatted, laughed and made for a fantastic day. It makes all the organisation of these events so much more worthwhile.... Big thanks to Colin @Hamster and Sarah (Mrs Hamster) for securing the venue and keeping us caked & coffee-d and to@Kingbassist for taking the time out of his busy schedule to give a fascinating and entertaining talk and demonstrate some awesome playing. Hope to see you again at future events Ian! Gear of the day for me was the new Trace Elliot head (huge heft and punch!) and the Trondheim Audio SkarBassOne pedal (juicy tones!). Both are new to market so keep an eye/ear out for them! Same time next year (preferably without the torrential rain storms)?!

I spent 25 years(!) in a KISS tribute. Lots to say so will contribute when I have more time, in the week.

Updated list: 1. MacDaddy - Custom Shukers / Rob Allen Mouse / Peavey Vypyr VIP III 2. Binky Bass - Binky 10 string, USA Conklin 8 string, ACG 9 string, 3 x ACG 6 strings, Reiver 7 string (geeeetar), GR Bass Dual 1400 & GR Bass AT410+, Helix LT, Pinegrove straps, Richter straps etc. 3. Cetera - Spector (USA NS2 & NS2X, Euro Classic, Euro LX (w/Haz),Euro 'Rachel Bolan', Pulse II ) Wal Mk1 'Geddy Lee', Fender 70's Classic P & FSR PJ with East pre, GK400RB, GK Legacy 800 & 4. Tech21 VT500 Heads, Genz Benz Neox212 cab. 5. Merton - various ACGs, Zoots, Conway Instruments basses, Glockenklang Blue Rock, Barefaced Two10/One10 6. Eude - ACG Finn SC Classic 6 string, ACG RetroB 5, ACG TKO Modern 4, ACG ChubstRR Mikro 6 string, 2 X ACG Mule 4 strings (on loan from ACG), GK Legacy 500, 1 or 2 Barefaced One10 Cabs, Dod 250(r) modded with @Sibob 7. Stingray5 - MusicMan Stingray5, Tune TWB6, Tune SWV4-BB, Boss GT-6B, Eden EC15 combo OR Trace Elliot GP12SMX combo. 8. NancyJohnson - NS Design NXT5a EUB, Lull JAXT4, Darkglass A/O900, Darkglass 112 cab, Tech 21 dUg. 9. prowla: Obligatory Rickenbackers, a Warwick or two, maybe a Kramer aluminium necked bass, some pedals, Ampeg & Tech 21 preamps (subject to change), maybe the Minitaur & MIDI bass pedals. 10. Silverfoxnik: G&L SB1, BC Rich Eagle, Godin Shifter Classic 5, Sprackenbacker Ricky copy, Mesa Walkabout 15 combo, or Handbox R400 + Vanderkley 1156 MT. 11. Happy Jack: an assortment of weird 5h1t that I can guarantee nobody else will bring 12. WalMan (hopefully!): Wal, Status S1 & S2 & Zon Legacy Elite. One of the rigs (probably Mesa D800 & BF One10 or BBII as there's already One10's on thelist) or Helix & Headrush. SkarBassOne pedal. May have an old case & 2U rack to sell/raffle 13. Steve Browning: Mesa TT-800 and Mesa Subway 1x15 cabs. SVL basses. Greco Pbass and Tokai Jazz. 14. OrangeFriday: Latest homebuild items - Tubular Bass and Basscape effects plus maybe Jellybean Bass (the one with a few LEDs in the neck) 15. BillyBass: Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas V (J) and IV (reverse PJ) , Balaguer select series Goliath (HH), Tech21 GED 2112 pre amp, Barefaced Midget,maybe a super compact too. Not sure about which head yet. Jam pedals Lucy dreamer, 16. Hamstead Subspace, Jam Pedals Ripply Fall. 17. Mudpup: Zon Sonus Std, Cort A4plus, Mesa Big Block 750, Mesa MPulse 600, Quilter BB800, Barefaced Big Baby cab 18. Simon C : G&L L2000 Tribute, Sire V7 Fretless, Ibanez EHB1000S Headless Shortscale. Various pedals (switch, tuner, Hypergravity compressor, Laney 85 Bass Octave, Bass Clone Chorus, Spectradrive) 19. Rumblefish: Reverend Rumblefish,Bernie Goodfellow bass, EBS HD 350,Vanderkley 112 MNT. 20. bass_dinger - Two Washburn 500s and a step-fronted SWR Workingman 12 with a three digit serial number. And maybe the Boulder Creek 5 string in my avatar. 21. Smanth - Harley Benton B-550FL, Kala UBASS, Roland Microcube Bass RX, TC-Electronics BG250-208, Line 6 Wireless, Some Zoom Pedals, Stompz if it is working, Bits for Phoenix. 22. Andyjr1515: Camphor Single Cut (see also For Sale listing); AJR's "Same woods and proportions as a Thumb but, wisely, a different shape" fretless; passing across the completed pink lightweight to Happy Jack 23. TrevorR - Wal Mk 1, Wal Pro 2E, Aria SB700, Frankenjazz, MarkBass LMII & Traveler 2x10, Pedalboard… 24. bassace97 - SVT Classic + 410, Stingray 4 HH and American Special Jazz Bass, and pedalboard 25. kebabkid - 2 x Sires and Roland Cube 26. Smanth - her good self 27. Darren R - his good self

1. MacDaddy - Custom Shukers / Rob Allen Mouse / Peavey Vypyr VIP III 2. Binky Bass - Binky 10 string, USA Conklin 8 string, ACG 9 string, 3 x ACG 6 strings, Reiver 7 string (geeeetar), GR Bass Dual 1400 & GR Bass AT410+, Helix LT, Pinegrove straps, Richter straps etc. 3. Cetera - Spector (USA NS2 & NS2X, Euro Classic, Euro LX (w/Haz),Euro 'Rachel Bolan', Pulse II ) Wal Mk1 'Geddy Lee', Fender 70's Classic P & FSR PJ with East pre, GK400RB, GK Legacy 800 & 4. Tech21 VT500 Heads, Genz Benz Neox212 cab. 5. Merton - various ACGs, Zoots, Conway Instruments basses, Glockenklang Blue Rock, Barefaced Two10/One10 6. Eude - ACG Finn SC Classic 6 string, ACG RetroB 5, ACG TKO Modern 4, ACG ChubstRR Mikro 6 string, 2 X ACG Mule 4 strings (on loan from ACG), GK Legacy 500, 1 or 2 Barefaced One10 Cabs, Dod 250(r) modded with @Sibob 7. Stingray5 - MusicMan Stingray5, Tune TWB6, Tune SWV4-BB, Boss GT-6B, Eden EC15 combo OR Trace Elliot GP12SMX combo. 8. NancyJohnson - NS Design NXT5a EUB, Lull JAXT4, Darkglass A/O900, Darkglass 112 cab, Tech 21 dUg. 9. prowla: Obligatory Rickenbackers, a Warwick or two, maybe a Kramer aluminium necked bass, some pedals, Ampeg & Tech 21 preamps (subject to change), maybe the Minitaur & MIDI bass pedals. 10. Lozz196: US Precision, Ashdown ABM600 & Ashdown ABM PRO NEO 210s x2 Ampeg SCR-DI, Sansamp BDDI v2 11. Silverfoxnik: G&L SB1, BC Rich Eagle, Godin Shifter Classic 5, Sprackenbacker Ricky copy, Mesa Walkabout 15 combo, or Handbox R400 + Vanderkley 1156 MT. 12. Happy Jack: an assortment of weird 5h1t that I can guarantee nobody else will bring 13. WalMan (hopefully!): Wal, Status S1 & S2 & Zon Legacy Elite. One of the rigs (probably Mesa D800 & BF One10 or BBII as there's already One10's on thelist) or Helix & Headrush. SkarBassOne pedal. May have an old case & 2U rack to sell/raffle 14. Steve Browning: Mesa TT-800 and Mesa Subway 1x15 cabs. SVL basses. Greco Pbass and Tokai Jazz. 15. OrangeFriday: Latest homebuild items - Tubular Bass and Basscape effects plus maybe Jellybean Bass (the one with a few LEDs in the neck) 16. BillyBass: Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas V (J) and IV (reverse PJ) , Balaguer select series Goliath (HH), Tech21 GED 2112 pre amp, Barefaced Midget,maybe a super compact too. Not sure about which head yet. Jam pedals Lucy dreamer, 17. Hamstead Subspace, Jam Pedals Ripply Fall. 18. Wolverinebass: Aside from bringing sideburns and sarcasm, not sure what I might bring. 19. Mudpup: Zon Sonus Std, Cort A4plus, Mesa Big Block 750, Mesa MPulse 600, Quilter BB800, Barefaced Big Baby cab 20. Simon C : G&L L2000 Tribute, Sire V7 Fretless, Ibanez EHB1000S Headless Shortscale. Various pedals (switch, tuner, Hypergravity compressor, Laney 85 Bass Octave, Bass Clone Chorus, Spectradrive) 21. Rumblefish: Reverend Rumblefish,Bernie Goodfellow bass, EBS HD 350,Vanderkley 112 MNT. 22. bass_dinger - Two Washburn 500s and a step-fronted SWR Workingman 12 with a three digit serial number. And maybe the Boulder Creek 5 string in my avatar. 23. Smanth - Harley Benton B-550FL, Kala UBASS, Roland Microcube Bass RX, TC-Electronics BG250-208, Line 6 Wireless, Some Zoom Pedals, Stompz if it is working, Bits for Phoenix. 24. Andyjr1515: Camphor Single Cut (see also For Sale listing); AJR's "Same woods and proportions as a Thumb but, wisely, a different shape" fretless; passing across the completed pink lightweight to Happy Jack 25. TrevorR - Wal Mk 1, Wal Pro 2E, Aria SB700, Frankenjazz, MarkBass LMII & Traveler 2x10, Pedalboard… 26. bassace97 - SVT Classic + 410, Stingray 4 HH and American Special Jazz Bass, and pedalboard 27. kebabkid - 2 x Sires and Roland Cube

We know it's late but we're pleased to finally announce our guest for the day.... Ladies & Gentlemen..... Mr Ian King! @Kingbassist (https://www.iankingbass.com/) Ian has played with, amongst others: Sister Sledge, The Temptations, The Supremes and Odyssey on gigs all around the world. He has also found himself on occasion playing for Paul Young, Huey Lewis, Don Felder from the Eagles, Ronan Keating, and Rick Astley. Currently he is holding down the very challenging bass chair in the West End phenomenon 'Hamilton'. He also gives lessons, so anyone looking to improve their technique have a chat with him after! Ian will be giving us a casual chat about his career and maybe a few bass part demonstrations early in the afternoon on Sunday.

Of course. Please remember it will be £10 per person admission to cover costs and pass on profits to charity.

Neil Jason (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Jason) is a phenomenal bassist. Loads of big 70's/80's NY sessions as well as performing extensively with the Brecker Brothers. That's also him with the fantastic bassline on 'Fame'...

Spector when it was run by Stuart Spector & PJ. Phone them with any issue and they'd pick up the phone themselves and sort it for you. Now they're owned by the huge Korg organisation I prefer to deal direct with the fab UK distributor 'Barnes & Mullins' who look after me well. GK were terrible when handled over here by Polar Audio but now they're handling stuff themselves I've seen a huge improvement in direct customer service.

Look at the photos on his instagram gig advert/pictures. In the comments various band members are saying he's a scammer and doesn't pay the musicians....

Which is it? Tom Bannister or Matt Bannister?

Martin Tiefensee of German band 'Lake'. Fantastic player. Three albums with the band and a few minor German sessions and that was it. Ron Anaman of US Pomp Rock band 'Trillion'. Lovely feel and style. Two albums with the band and then off into obscurity.

For Sale on the day: 1. Merton - ACG Mule, chambered short scale fretless, £1600 2. Merton - Warwick Rockboard ISO power supply with lots of different leads, £70 3. Merton, Barefaced One10 with official cover, £300 4. Nancy Johnson - Ibanez Roadster project thing. Haggle. 5. Nancy Johnson - Spector Euro LT. £££ I'll bring it ..would need same day PayPal. 6. Eude - Zoom B3n. Boxed as new, only used for about 30 mins, £100. Cash or PayPal on the day. 7. Andyjr1515 - 'Kert's' Camphor Single Cut, awarded No Treble's Bass of the Week. Open to offers around £1500 8. Cetera - Genz Benz Neox 112 Cab. 1x12 full range 300W 8ohm cab with variable control tweeter. Speakon & 1/4 " jack sockets. Built in kickback handle underneath. £125 cash or Paypal on the day. Bargain!

"Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball" - Oasis Actually, almost anything from them...

A nice run of gigs before Xmas.... H.E.A.T, Mason Hill & Collateral on Tuesday Skid Row, Treatment, Enuff Znuff & Collateral on 24 Oct KISS Tribute 'Hotter Than Hell on 4 Nov The Night Flight Orchestra on 10 Nov Kate Bush tribute 'Kate Bushka' on 10 Dec

Apparently it's a 4 string bass and a 6 string bass (maybe diff tunings?) - who knows why....?

EMG JJ set or try to get 2 EMG GZR J pickups from EMG

A friend of mine has inherited this fascinating instrument and he's trying to identify it.... and get a value on it... I don't have any info except that he believes it to be late 60's/early 70's, the pickups say 'Baldwin' on them and the tuning heads say 'made in West Germany'. I believe they could be Schallers.... Any help would be appreciated!

I've met Sophie and her husband Richard Jones a number of times. Lovely people and Richard is a great bassist. He's used SVTs for as many years as I've noticed. Maybe she knew a good Ampeg when she saw one?

The faux-reggae UB40-style version of 'Rocket Man' that Kate Bush did..... Eurghhh.....

Some fantastic power pop from the much missed Will Owsley:

Richard Marx at the lovely intimate Union Chapel last night. An absolute MASTERCLASS in songwriting, vocals, performance and crowd interaction. An incredibly engaging and entertaining songwriter with a wealth of fantastic songs to choose from and a voice still among the best, even now at 59. A revelation!

Welcome! Nice choice with the Spector

Richard Marx at Union Chapel next Monday night.