Silvia Bluejay

Hi Polymad, and welcome. The best way to post photos on Basschat is to upload them to a site such as Flickr or Photobucket or Picasa etc., then copy the link to the JPG file and paste it into the box that appears when you press the photo icon in your reply field (the square button with a green tree, in the toolbar above the typing field). There is also the option of uploading the pic to Basschat, but the system is pretty buggy and cumbersome and best avoided.

And here is the blog at last! [url="http://wp.me/p2ZbyY-ik"]http://wp.me/p2ZbyY-ik[/url] As always, let me know about any errors and/or omissions. If your BC name doesn't appear in the photo, or your rig's pic doesn't mention your name, etc. Oh, and I'd love to know Mrs Grangur's name too Thank you all for a great bassbash

Some shots from last night's Water Rats gig - the one where the drummer arrived on stage from work half way through the second song... [url="https://flic.kr/s/aHsjZxYs4E"]https://flic.kr/s/aHsjZxYs4E[/url]

I see no reason for us to think that, from the limited info I have. In fact it sounded like a good gig. I'm glad it's sorted now.

now sorted.

OK, change of subject - I'm still drowning in photos but I know that Jazzneck was keen to see these as soon as possible, so here they are. Originals are downloadable from Flickr.

I haven't got the details, but it may very well be a last-minute cancellation as opposed to an organisational cockup...

Main post under General Discussion for a wider reach. Please see here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/240680-urgent-high-profile-festival-needs-a-band-for-this-saturday-12th-july/"]h[/url][url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/240680-urgent-high-profile-festival-needs-a-band-for-this-saturday-12th-july/"]ttp://basschat.co.uk/topic/240680-urgent-high-profile-festival-needs-a-band-for-this-saturday-12th-july/[/url] Thanks.

I have received a request for urgent help from one of my contacts, Barry Hillier of [url="http://spottedcowentertainments.webs.com/"]http://spottedcowent...ments.webs.com/[/url] Since it's so urgent, I'm posting it here as opposed to under Gigs (but I'll put a link there too). [quote]High profile Gig for a Covers Band at a major festival this weekend in Gloucestershire, Outdoor stage. 8pm Saturday 12th July. Band PA's required. [email protected] [/quote] If you can help, please contact him directly and mention Basschat and/or Silvia as your source. Thanks!

And these are a few pics from the band's gig at the Rising Sun near Heathrow, the day after the Beer Festival. [url="https://flic.kr/s/aHsjYSHdL9"]https://flic.kr/s/aHsjYSHdL9[/url]

Bump!

Sounds good then, great fun. We'll want to see and hear, in due course

All the best! I find the request to change your name a bit of a disappointment, honestly. I mean, looks like Barclaycard have no sense of humour and expect the audience to be equally lacking in that department. Make sure you don't lose out on publicity and self-promotion because of the name change. And, as I said before, have a great one, and post pics and footage when you have them!

The Dogs at the Ealing Beer Festival last Thursday 03/07: [url="https://flic.kr/s/aHsjZufohB"]https://flic.kr/s/aHsjZufohB[/url]

I was having a laugh with myself when listening to the test. As a totally non-P-bass-fan, I didn't particularly like any of the sounds I was hearing except, as it happens, two of them, one towards the beginning of the test and one towards the end. I thought to myself "One of those [b]has[/b] to be that gorgeous German Warwick Streamer, I really like it". Lo and behold, when I checked Happy Jack's notes, it turns out I was correct! And the other sound I liked was the Dingwall on the J setup. Those two were the sounds he hated What's a P bass again? Me? Warwick fan through and through... \m/ \m/

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1404722761' post='2494937'] Beautiful! The invisible bassist! [/quote] I also recorded part of Lozz's introduction to the test, and a few words he said at the end - in both those cases he was visible! They'll appear in my blog

Video of one of the 12 tests performed by Lozz, just to show how he did them. There would have been no point in recording all the tests, as the camera's sound facility is not good enough to show the subtle differences between basses. [url="http://youtu.be/51F3S4NVLmQ"]http://youtu.be/51F3S4NVLmQ[/url]

I have recorded one of the 12 tests, and hope to add the link to my blog, to show exactly what Lozz was doing. Excellent work

OK, enough suspenders Here is the message from Lozz and a JPG file of the table (hope the latter is legible enough). They will both reappear on my blog in due course [quote]Well today, at the second Herts Bass Bash, I had the honour/pleasure of presenting a Precision Challenge! Many of us Basschatters have opinions on Precisions, so the theory was, let the ears make the decision, not the eyes or hands. So I got to play a bunch of Precisions - some rather tasty ones as well I might add, plus a couple of curve-balls to see if people were paying attention. So, playing each bass in turn - Down In The Tube Station by The Jam for pick-style, Hello Happiness by The Drifters for finger-style, This Is Not A Love Song by PIL for slap-style, and London Calling by The Clash played together with a drum-machine for an "in the mix" sound. From there, everyone chose their 1st, 2nd & 3rd faves, based on what they`d just heard. The below shows the results, and we had a runaway leader, a Ferrari in a skateboard race is my reckoning. Many congratulations to The Yellow Car for winning so easily. I should add that I couldn`t even get my own beloved `78 into the top three! And, seeing as there has always been the maple/rosewood debate, as a bit of fun we simply had a chosse which you reckon each bass was. And the results were good, with two winners, Gary Mac and Herts Bass guessing 8 out of 12 correctly. Extra smart*rse points go to Gary for correctly identifying my `78 just by my playing. Good ears there Gary. Thanks to Mrs Grangur for assisting on this challenge, her help was much appreciated and enabled the whole process to flow easily. Thanks also to Mick (The Greek) for being the main organiser of the event, Sylvia (Bluejay) for the blog and inevitable pics , Sibob for his (many) pedals, Dr of The Bass for the session on modes, and lastly thanks to all who came along, yet again another good Bass Bash was had by all. Cheers Lozz196[/quote]

Just back from the bash - lovely day! Thank you Mick and Lozz for organising it. Stand by for another humongous blog entry!

It was a great night. Photos and live footage to follow asap

Tonight, west London folks

I guess you should PM Lozz and Mick, JR, as I'm only the messenger, not the organiser

I have created a reference doc with a summary of the day, taken from Mick's posts, and uploaded to my public Dropbox folder. Anyone who's planning to attend, feel free to download, print, share etc [url="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90710763/Herts%20Bass%20Bash%202014.pdf"]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90710763/Herts%20Bass%20Bash%202014.pdf[/url]

It now appears that the band will be on stage at 7.00pm as opposed to 7.30 - come along if you're in the area! Edit: I've replaced the poster image with one with the correct time photoshopped in