jazzyvee

Agreed, unless of course they are paying me shed loads of money for a tour, then i might take the mercenary approach and reconsider. So far no-one has ever told me not to use a particular bass. Either for aesthetic reasons or sonic reasons. 🙂

I don't see why it should as most pedals use the same boss style charger which has not changed for decades. Yes there are other connectors for 12, 15 or 18vdc but in the main it's pretty much standardised. But who knows what the EU will require standardisation. It's not a bad thing when thought through.

I picked up a used Schertler Unico (185w) which sounds really high quality. It has a dedicated sub out so i got a BF LF800 powered sub which proved to be is a great match on an outdoor gig last summer with a Brazillian jazz band.

I use a GB-10 and the sound is good. The menus are really clunky to use and you can’t press a button to return to the start of a track. It doesn’t play all mp3’s though not sure why. But the repeat and key change options work fine. If you want something better quality PJB big head sounds great just remember the usb socket is delicate.

Thanks Clarky, but that bass does not appeal to me. I have seen Stanley play his live at the Jazz Cafe some years back but i prefer the sound of his alembic.

I have had mine since late 2017 and easily more preferable for my needs now than my only other bass cabs, mesa boogie powerhouse. I still love the mesa cabs but the weight and difficulty getting deep loud low end on non PA gigs had become an issue. I have recommended BF o a number of bass players. No issues with the coatings on any of my cabs.

Looking for some recommendations. It looks like my band could be touring soon. I'm looking for recommendations for strong, protective and but lightweight,( if possible), flight cases for a heavy alembic bass. Currently I have a traditional aluminium and plywood case which weighs a ton and a lightweight Aluminium Scott Dixon flight case which is fine but is quite a snug fit and not enough padding around the bass for me to feel comfortable with it being thrown in and out of vans etc without damage to the bass. I plan to speak to Scott dixon to see what newer stuff they have but I have wondered about the carbon fibre cases too. I see classical musicians mainly using them though not seen any for electric basses. Has anyone got any real world experience of them and are they as strong and protective as they are claimed to be? I guess they will be expensive too.

BBC video evidence of the dutchie returning home to Birmingham.

A better photo from BBC WM

Finished my gig tonight at the commonwealth games closing ceremony. First stadium gig and biggest audience especially if you count the live tv audience. not a great photo but.

The advice I got from Nathan East some years back when I met him back stage after one of his gigs was. Paraphrased "Take every gig you get offered even if it's music you are not familiar with. You will learn something about either the music, yourself as a musician or both." I've tried to do that as much as I can.

I made the mistake of overlooking that and mistakenly thinking it only applied to new instruments. I bought a guitar from a shop in Texas about 13years ago and when it arrived at customs in Stanstead airport I got a call from Customs & excise with a huge bill for duty and vat. Not something i'd budgeted for. This was around the time the MP's were getting caught being creative with their expenses so it made paying it more frustrating. If you don't pay the taxes and duty it gets sent back to the sender. Thankfully the guy on the phone was really down to earth and a good chap. But paying it still hurt.

Pinegrove make excellent quality straps I had 5 custom ones made for me over the past year or so and they are superb. 😁Yeah i'm one of these "one strap per bass" kind of guys. 🙂

The Reggaeland gig went really well. We were limited to a 1/2 hr slot.

Stage for tomight’s gig at Reggaeland Milton Keynes.

Tonight's rig

Is there any reason you couldn't take your existing bass with you?

I have one of the old Zoom 2QN recorders which sounds good but the battery life is not enough to do even a 40 minute set and also the socket for external power supply does not respond when plugged into a usb power supply. 😞

I am doing a rare guitar gig at a jazz festival in Birmingham tomorrow and on the 30th i'm playing bass with Musical Youth at the Milton Keynes Reggaeland festival.

I have seen Alison Raynor Qt a number of times and they are a great band. Mostly Jazz festival is a more representative of what I would consider a Birmingham Jazz festival. Shame it is only over a long weekend. Actually my band has played there a few years ago. The Birmingham Jazz festival is not put on by the organisation called "Birmingham Jazz". Birmingham Jazz put on smaller gigs which I have been to over the years and occasionally have a small festival. The Birmingham Jazz festival now called (Birmingham Sandwell & Westside festval) is put on by an organisation called Big Bear Music which i think is based in wolverhampton. Here is this year's lineup. http://www.birminghamjazzfestival.com/calendar/ Let me know of any hard hitting jazz funk or fusion bands in the roster.

I'm a brummie through and through and a lover of jazz but I am embarrassed by the Birmingham Jazz festival it's a joke compared to any other jazz festival I have been to around the UK. Every year that festival is on i'm put off because most of the bands are the trad jazz and little of the modern jazz and rarely any kind of fusion or jazz funk. Anything that has Tom Hill, Art Themen or Chris Bowden playing in is worth going to see. Both are extremely good players. One year when it covered Solihull, i went there for and there was not a single band playing jazz music at all. There was a bands playing country, ska and other non jazz genres. There are a lot of superb jazz musicians and younger jazz musicians with new slants on the genre in and around Birmingham but they don't seem to fit with the theme of the Birmingham "Trad" Jazz festival. If i'm honest i think it needs to be scrapped until it can provide a more diverse range of music. Let me have a look at the lineup for this year and see if i can be pleasantly surprised. 🥱