Silvia Bluejay

I think I already said a few pages earlier on this thread that there must be something wrong with the pricing structure for both exhibitors and the normal public. But while I see that an extortionate entrance/exhibiting fee may deter ordinary punters, small companies and/or companies selling cheaper accessories etc., surely companies the size of Fender et al could afford a stand no matter what? If instead it's a matter of this show not being seen as prestigious or helpful from the marketing and publicity point of view, then we're in a different kind of trouble.

I'm hoping for a spate of last-minute announcements!

I think we're beginning to see a split between London and The Rest Of The Country. Quelle surprise. Either Londoners are so spoilt for choice they end up not going anywhere and instead staying at home to watch something from Netflix, or they think that going to music pubs is sooo last century, dahling, or London councils are so cash-strapped they will find any excuse to close down pubs and sell the land to developers to build luxury flats for Middle Eastern and Chinese absentee buyers.

I imagine it will be a matter of quality control. I struggle to think that a bass with a bridge mounted the way I describe above would have been given the go ahead for shipping, had it been made in Germany. The non-functioning fretted bass I got last year, when I bought my first Korean Pro Series, which had a faulty knob and no output at all and which I had to return to Thomann for exchange, may actually have been the result of QC issues as opposed to being mangled in transit. Even the one I got in return, and love dearly, had a defective strap button and I had to replace the screw with a larger one.

Aw, thank you! That's really nice of you. Our community at its best once again

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1423605455' post='2687049'] Bluejay, do you want a grub screw from a Warwick bridge. I may have one somewhere? [/quote] That would be lovely, Bartelby, but only if you don't need it!

One more reason to install flats on a fretless!

I got my Korean-made Corvette last month. This is the review I have submitted to Thomann (they haven't published yet, maybe they won't publish it at all). It may go a little way towards explaining why Warwick weren't happy there. [quote] The Warwick Pro series has been discontinued, and the instruments that are still on the market represent excellent value. I bought a fretted Corvette 5 last year and have just got myself its fretless twin. Only it's not its exact twin: the more expensive fretted instrument is a 2013 model, while this fretless one is a 2010 model. Its body is shaped slightly differently and the model in general has a few design shortcomings which were clearly overcome in the years that followed. First of all, the sockets in the body where the two-piece bridge is installed are too deep, requiring the section of the bridge that carries the saddles to be lifted as high as possible by grub screws; the saddles also need to sit high to avoid the string action being too low even after tweaking the truss rod. In the case of my bass, even with the grub screws extended to the maximum, the bridge was still too low to sit straight in the socket, and had been mounted at an ugly angle and with one corner higher than the others. One of the grub screws is also missing, clearly because such horrid mounting method made it impossible to insert all four grub screws correctly. Functional, yes, albeit barely, but well assembled it definitely wasn't. So I unscrewed the bridge, disassembled the lot, placed a couple of layers of thick, hard foam in the body's socket, and screwed the bridge back in again, now at the correct height and perfectly square. It's still missing the fourth grub screw, mind, but for the moment it seems to be all right. Once the bridge was set up correctly, and flatwounds installed to replace the roundwounds (why on Earth install roundwounds on a fretless in the first place?), setting up string action and intonation was a doddle, as always with Warwick's wonderful engineering, and the bass plays like a dream and sounds ABSOLUTELY AWESOME. Just bear in mind that, to set up the intonation on the low B string when using certain makes or gauges of flatwounds, you may need to get rid of the spring on the saddle screw, in order to gain a little more space to push the saddle back as far as it can reach. Make sure to store the removed spring in a safe place![/quote]

[quote name='Lw.' timestamp='1423589026' post='2686741'] Any word on if the rockbasses will have the W on? I always thought that was a mistake so will look out for what they've decided. [/quote] Looks like they all have the "W" on the headstock now: [url="http://www.warwickbass.com/en/Warwick---Products--Instruments--RockBass.html"]http://www.warwickbass.com/en/Warwick---Products--Instruments--RockBass.html[/url]

They've also moved their Custom Shop from New York City to Nashville. I now have another excuse to re-visit the town next time I'm in the US...

Yes, I would definitely add "Being turned into luxury flats after a newly moved-in neighbour complained to the Council and had them shut down" to the poll list.

Another visit to The George Inn in Walton-on-Thames last Saturday [url="https://flic.kr/s/aHsk8k8Wjy"]https://flic.kr/s/aHsk8k8Wjy[/url]

They appear to be unleashing new announcements on their unsuspecting Facebook/Twitter followers! Doug Wimbish has just been mentioned. I am as perplexed as you guys by the absence of the biggest names among the exhibitors so far. No Fender, no Gibson, no Warwick, no Yamaha, no Ibanez.....

And the Dogs are back on the road in 2015, starting with a gig at the Halfway House in Barnes last Saturday 31/01: Rawk 'n Ro-o-olll!

Video of one song (Get Back) from the Dogs' NYE gig mentioned above: [url="http://youtu.be/nPvzr6ZSbhc"]http://youtu.be/nPvzr6ZSbhc[/url]

"Which of the guys is your husband?" (Answer is usually "All of them", whichever of us girls gets asked.)

Bump - this comp is still on, as per their FB photo: [url="https://www.facebook.com/londonbassguitarshow/photos/a.134694719922317.22182.117453918313064/833606963364419/?type=1&theater"]https://www.facebook.com/londonbassguitarshow/photos/a.134694719922317.22182.117453918313064/833606963364419/?type=1&theater[/url]

And with a leccy kit in the band, the soundwoman/photographer/lights operator (aherm) can shout at the guitarists to turn themselves down, and they will do so!!

Tweeted. Good luck.

This thread is fantastic, and you all made it so! Thank you. I notice that I'm not the only one who learned to play bass on a Crafter. I bought it online (can't remember where, but not Thomann I think) as part of a beginner combo, and had never heard of the make. Being a lefty and not knowing whether I would continue to play beyond the first few weeks stopped me shopping for more expensive models/makes. The Warwicks came later!!

Go on, here is the thread: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/254491-post-a-pic-of-your-very-first-bass/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/254491-post-a-pic-of-your-very-first-bass/[/url]

As inspired by Seashell's anniversary thread. I'll start with my Crafter. I still have it, immaculately preserved, and will never get rid of it. This is a photo taken several years ago with a rather crap camera, and I'm posting it on purpose - taking a new one with my all-singing, all-dancing DSLR would ruin the feel of this thread. Edit: and yes, the photo contains a selfie as well, if you look carefully

I feel a separate "post a pic of your first ever bass" thread coming on!! Who's with me? Should I start one?