LemonCello

Big thanks to the 'two Debs' for coming to our first gig! It's great that fellow BC'ers come out and support each other like this! We had a great time on Sat night airing our set for the first time. I even sold my fretless to SpaceChick during the interval - I wonder if that is a first too? Our drummer (Paul) had the heebeegeebees for two days prior, but 'manned up' in style and really enjoyed himself! He hasn't stopped talking about it since! BTW, we hired the Green Rooms for the night (link above in this thread) for £75 and invited all our friends and family. The £75 includes bar staff, sound engineer - full sound check and lighting rig!. They couldn't do enough for us to make it a successful night - thanks Owen and Vicky! Onwards and upwards! LC

Congratulations! It's great fun and you'll love it, especially if you click as friends as well as band members and all support each other which I'm sure you will. Onwards and upwards... LC

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1341256746' post='1715981'] Gutted It's my friends birthday meal this weekend. I'd have loved to have come to this.... Particularly if your steppenwolf track is "Born to be Wild" *Debs tantrums that she can't come* [/quote] ....and it is! Never mind, you should catch us on the circuit over the coming months! Great bass line in Born to be Wild! LC

By the way...we have our first gig this coming Saturday 7 July at the Green Rooms in Treforest. We'll be on at about 8.30 ish I expect and you'd be more than welcome. The Green Rooms is a rehearsal venue but it has a big room with a main stage, lighting rig and sound engineer so we are looking forward to it. Our set includes: Nirvana, Cream, REM, JET, Oasis, Stereophonics, Black Crowes, Black Sabbath, Free, Kings of Leon, Blur, Rolling Stones, CCR, undertones, Steppenwolf, RHCP and the Kinks. LC (Gary)

This will be our inaugural gig and you can expect a lively mixture of material: Nirvana, Deep Purple, Black Crowes, Jet, REM, Free, Cream, Black Sabbath, Stereophonics, Kings of Leon, Oasis and more........ Green rooms, Treforest near Pontypridd, south Wales. We'll be on about 8.30 ish. Cheers, LC

I have a '96 Korean Squier P and its a bloody corker...better than my old 2008 MIA!

The Gower pub in Roath has open Mic Blues night either first or last Thursday in the month - can't quite remember? Google Blues Dragon and it will tell you what you need to know. I've played there a couple of times, everyone is really friendly and you don't even need to bring your guitar, Colin (organiser) sets the stage up with PA guitar, bass and drums! LC

Will undoubtedly be better than last nights TOTP 1977! No wonder the punk thing happened with the dross that was featured!

Anything that looks like its been made out of an old Ercol coffee table, you know what I mean - mahogany and matt - yuk! Esh Stinger's Anything slab sided BC Warlock's - you can get pickled onions out of a jar with those pointy horns! Thunderbird's Gibbo EB's

[quote name='Schnozzalee' timestamp='1338668002' post='1677917'] Aww no rosewood!!? [/quote] Exactly!

Looks in great nick that but mighty heavy tho I expect?

To be honest, all of mine could go at some point, except perhaps my Squier which I did advertise on here but it didn't go and I was glad!

I've just bought a Vintage 430 for 200 quid. It's very good actually, nice action, feels robust, as above not loud without an amp but sounds quite double bass like when amped on 'clean'. I'm gonna use it for a bit of Nirvana un-plugged and home noodling. Just handy to have around the house.

Right boys, I'm back! Been very busy with work and the band so haven't been on here much. After having the Blacktop for several weeks now and plenty of rehearsal time I can definately recommend it. It looks like a P, feels like a P but with much more versatile pick ups. My band mates reckon it cuts through much more than either my old US P or Squier (and the Squier is a good 'un!). The tone knob on my old US didn't seem to do a lot, but the Blacktop can be wound up to give you a much wider range. Similarly, the separate bridge and neck pup volumes can be blended to achieve jazz or Precision tones and much in between. The build quality is pretty reasonable with the paint job and neck being the best bits. I'm very pleased with it and with Sounds Live in exchanging the knackered one. For a £500 bass, its def worth a punt! I'd be interested to compare with a modern player. LC

My first bass was a short scale Kay rick copy, was a dreadful thing. That looks nice tho, especially like the Wal esque head stock!

[quote name='Hutton' timestamp='1332338580' post='1586875'] The auction came to an end yesterday because "the item is no longer available". [/quote] He didn't get my bid for 2 grand then!

That looks the business. When is someone gonna do a Fenson/Gibder?