stewblack

Phil is a wonderful bloke. Did I buy anything from him? No. Why not? Because he sent me a bass book and cd I was after free of charge. Just asked I donated his postage and packing costs to a charity of my choice. I wasn't even asking for the book just someone to burn the cd for me. He offered without prompting. this is what Basschat is all about as far as I'm concerned.

Crazy St Patrick's Day shenanigans yesterday. Played in Oxford in the afternoon and then Bath in the evening. Irish bar in Bath, absolutely heaving, cracking gig, great fun.

First of three gigs yesterday. Last minute booking. Pub gig, odd set up with us tucked around a corner with a choice of playing at an angle to a large pillar or facing one of two ways, either choice meaning one set of punters watching us from the side. For some reason there was quite a few tipsy groups done up for St Patrick's Day - on the 16th! They were high spirited and wanted us to play Irish music. I advised them to come to my two St Patrick's Day gigs I'm doing with my Irish band, actually on the right day. So lunchtime gig in Oxford evening gig in Bath still to come. Busy weekend.

While we're on this topic, I have so many things hanging off my stand these days the thing is prone to toppling over. Are there heavy weight, wide based stands? Heavy weight as opposed to heavy duty I mean. Or am I better off just carrying a weight?

Thank you all so much! And @phil.c60 is a star

Does anyone by any remote chance have the CD which came with this book? Thanks in anticipation Stew

Couldn't bear his music so if I had a say always no. However I am a hired gun so pay me and I play.

Really interesting, thanks for sharing can't ever hear enough new music.

Life teaches me all the time. For instance I've learned that there will always be someone better than me and that I can't ever really know how good I am. So the second cancels the first. I don't strive to be better, or the best I can be, I don't want to smother my love for music under such pressure. I will become more comfortable in my playing if I play more often and with a wider range of people. So that's all I can try to do.

It's a bit of an odd one. Unnoticeable in a live context but a head scratch nonetheless

I must confess I hadn't noticed it until my little test. Interference from the light around the volume knob? It definitely diminishes as the volume climbs. i use the mute button so proibably never dropped the volume below the 3rd click before, explains why I hadn't noticed.

And the answer is....(drumroll).... Yes. It sounds like a very faintly dirty pot. Never noticed it before. I was going to say something stupid like it seems to disappear the more you turn up the volume but of course it just gets swamped by an enormous bass note. It is so like a dirty pot that I still think it might be but unlike a dirty pot there is no effect on the note, no dead spots. Just a very faint interference. Back off out to give it a squirt of switch cleaner. Will report again.