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Is your car a hatchback? Sorry don't know hyundais very well. If it is you'll need a cover with at least three handles down the front: one at the top, one near the bridge and one at the bottom. I didn't see those on the eBay one, although £50 looks a great price. I've got two cases from Thomas Martin. They are strong, light and have the handles in the right places. And they're not expensive.

Don't be afraid. It'll be the best introduction to playing jazz and you'll get a lot of enjoyment/satisfaction from the experience. You're very welcome to PM me if any problems come up, or something you need better understanding of.

Keith, have you still got that gizmo that looks inside the bass body? I may have a bass bar 'issue' in my EUB.

10.00 til 5.00, Keith. Would be good to have you with us.

I changed my name from Von Trapp when I was in my early teens.

Geoff it would be great to see you! Plenty of good basses for you to play.

I'll be bringing my Kolstein travel bass to add to the EUB collection. And bring anything you want to sell - bass-related of course. Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday. Not long now.

I was at boarding school, on a choral scholarship at Chichester so does that make me a professional singer? Stretching it a bit perhaps. And I played violin.

The definition of a gentleman is someone who owns a banjo but doesn't play it. I wonder whether that can be applied to guitars.

Much of the above. I also have a square of carpet that I get out of the car and rest the bass sideways on it when the stage is rough or has nail heads protruding. And Paracetemol.

I was just waiting to see if anything turned up. And it did, a Saturday evening gig at short notice. So have a great time and congratulations on the SE Bash's tenth anniversary.

Two weeks to go folks. It's looking good!

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1473925213' post='3134099'] As I said in the other post, on his own or with help (doesn't matter) Ringo changed drumming. Before him there was rhythm drums. Accents on 2 and 4 (Earl Palmer's contribution and drum world game changer) and variations around that. Even the likes of Sandy Nelson and his drum solo records were basically rhythm drums. Ringo changed drums up to also take a lead role. But for his Tomorrow Never Knows, A Day in The Life, Come Together etc etc drum patterns I don't think there would have been the likes of Steve Gadd's 50 Ways drum pattern and the rest. Ringo showed the way for all the creative drummers who came after. [/quote] And some say the world is flat.

There'll be at least two EUBs at the bash that would represent an improvement on the Stagg.

Yes, USAF great. We used to do lot at Fairford in the sixties and all of the above apply. Vodka and Seven Up was a popular tipple, and Camels. We were gathering at the Belle Vue at Cheltenham ready to go and somebody came in and said JFK had been shot. And I don't think we ever went back. Did Greenham too.

The first stage I stood on was at the Royal Albert Hall when I was twelve and was in the choir for the Festival of Remembrance. With the RaH and BBC TV audiences it must have been in the millions. Since then it's gone downhill. Playing the bass, I suppose some of the European jazz festivals with the Pete Allen Band must have pulled in up to 3k.

It has quite a 'grown up' middle eight melody but the chords under it are surprisingly simple.

Get hold of the Julie London version on Spot. The instrumentation is quite sparse so you should be able to hear the bass line. The guitar by Barney Kessel is sublime.

BYO!

Yes, it's at the Risley Park, Derby Road, Risley, DE72 3SS and yes, I've booked the function room for Sunday 2nd October from 10.00am. I'll post a catch-up two weeks before the event to get an idea of final numbers. All welcome, especially newbies and those contemplating getting a double bass. There will be plenty of basses available to have a try on and their owners will give good advice and help. Should be good, and all for a tenner including lunch, tea and coffee. www.therisleypark.co.uk

I'd be interested to have a go on the Eminence, Dave. I seem to be doing quite a few gigs on stick lately. I'll bring my Kolstein travel bass. Only four weeks to go now.

I was 16 in 1957 and believe it or not jazz ruled, well, for anyone with half a brain that was. Pop was pretty mushy stuff, even Elvis left us unmoved in those day except when Scotty Moore struck up. And Rock wasn't really established. A bass guitar made quite a rare appearance and was played with a plectrum. So my influences were Dave Brubeck, MJQ and Chris Barber.

I'll have a couple of Double Bass books to sell:- Ray Brown's Bass Book and the Evolving Bassist by Rufus Reid. Both at a fiver each. Also I'll bring some of my clips to attach the pickup jack to the tailpiece. And I might be persuaded to part with my Crazy 8 cab but still mulling this one over.

Dan, keep the melody in mind and different tunes should inspire different solo lines. And by playing those tunes in the written key -iReal will provide the default key - you will find that you are playing on different parts of the fingerboard and finger positions. The more tunes you play you'll soon pick up all different lines. As a jazz freelancer I find I get little opportunity to play prepared solos but rather I have to solo on what's thrown to me. Concentrates the mind wonderfully.