Silvia Bluejay

I'm finding that I can't like or react to any posts. I just tried to like yours and I got this. Ha! But then the like did appear! Fun and games.

So I imagine this glitch happening now on all our browsers, Windows and Android is related to the move? It's at the very top of the page and stops us from logging out and sending messages, and stops mods from seeing the CP.

It's actually Q2n 4Ks, but Jack isn't good with numbers...

Only place where the sound engineer does not get asked about the magic on her tablet (yes I know) - instead she gets propositioned by drunks. The fights could be spectacular (we were often trapped onstage while all hell was breaking loose in front of it), but the load in and out via a badly maintained steep little staircase with a narrow door were even worse.

When we don't have a stage or a barrier provided by the pub, we combine two uses and place some of these (this is just an example, we have slightly beefier models) at the front of the stage, with our leads inside. They have proved surprisingly effective. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Protector-Channels-Fastening-Organizer-Flexible-Warehouse-Black/dp/B09NVHKP87/ Whenever we play a new pub or place without a dedicated stage with our rock 'n' roll band, we tend to pack as little equipment as possible and bring the Kolstein Busetto as opposed to a full size double bass, so @Happy Jack doesn't have to place it on the floor - it has its own stand that can be positioned at the back of the stage.

At least if that guy is a mime he won't be yelling at his bandmates! He might be gesturing very aggressively to them, I guess...

Lol paging @Happy Jack!!

I have dug out the scan of my article about Basschat's collective interview. I could obviously have written dozens of pages, but I had a strict word count to adhere to. Herbie Flowers interview BGM 139 Feb 2017.pdf

This is the blog about the South East Bass Bash 2016, where we had Herbie as a guest, and we even interviewed him for Bass Guitar Magazine. SEBB 2016 by Silvia Bluejay When I have a moment I'll try to find the published article and possibly also publish the audio of our interview. RIP Herbie, you are one of a kind. 💗

Good post. I imagine a woman in @police squad's situation might feel slightly more pressured than a man into trying to improve her appearance. However, note my use of "feel" - it would, I think, be mostly in her mind. Most women of my generation (and PS's) have been raised - by society if not necessarily by their family - with the idea that you should always try to look your best in order to progress your career or generally be taken more seriously in anything you do. The entertainment business is the same, only more so! So we would already be making a huge effort in a case like this. If you want the gig badly enough, I don't think there's anything wrong at all in using "tweakments" (technical term, people! Look it up...). As someone suggests in a previous post, musicians have stage clothes and accessories, choose the right bass/guitar/drumkit for the look, etc. and improving your appearance (in the gym, at the stylist's, at the cosmetic clinic) falls under that same category. However, as that previous post adds, it's keeping up the appearance that may trap you in. Will you have to do botox and dye your hair from now on in order to stay in the band? What happens if you don't? Would it be like meeting someone on a dating app and discovering they put a 20-year-old photo of themselves on their profile? Will the band have fallen in love with you in the meantime and accept you as you are?

The Dynamites drummer, however, can tell a seagull from a swift and he's the one who'll be seeing the bass in action.

There's also a - currently rather mangled - blue basses photo thread here. Pity the various forum updates screwed up a large number of the photos.

God that was hilarious... It's always worth recording the entire gig so we can extract gems like these at times!

... Yes, tucked away in a corner out of shot! Those obviously do not include my own four uprights. 🤷‍♂️💗

All J and P necks are fundamentally out of proportion, in that they all have a headstock that looks too big for the length of the neck. There is no getting away from it, that's the Fender style. In this build I prefer the J neck - the black block markers are perfectly matched to the pickup. 👍