Silvia Bluejay

Thank you Elias - I was hoping someone else would reply too, but since yours is the only answer, I have now asked if an admin could create that subforum for us, and then I'll move the relevant threads into it, and we'll test that scenario too.

These photos are awesome. I'd love you guys to create photo threads for each of your bands in the Gigs forum, and copy these pics there, and then I'd pin the threads (and eventually create a subforum dedicated to them)

I'll be back on camera duties for that, and boy am I going to take lots of photos of all of us dressed as our 1970s selves!

No, I don't think the Gigs forum and its live (NB - [b]live[/b]) photos and vids should have anything to do with the Recording forum. If we really want to create one single repository for each band's "stuff", be that released tracks, promo videos, professional photos or live stuff, then the only solution would be to mix the two forums together in one big confusing jumble. I'm firmly against that.

Perhaps, in the case (heh!) of vintage basses, the instrument lasts longer than the wooden box with usually not very durable hinges it originally came in?

Not sure where all the initial interest has gone. Are critics of the pinning of threads beginning to get used to those we have here at the top? Are you all past caring one way or another?

I've just added my vote and will now tweet this thread. Let me know what I can do for the new setup on social media in due course

Right - back in action! I've been informed that I'm not allowed to create subforums but I am allowed to move threads into an existing one. So the next step will be for me to ask an admin to please create one to dedicate to our bands' media. Question 1 - How should we name that subforum? Anybody have any suggestions? Question 2 - Would it be better to have two subforums under Gigs (one for the listings and one for the bands' media), or should we simply go for a Media subforum and leave the listings "loose", as they are now? Thank you all for your help, patience and cooperation so far

There are extremely cheap, Indonesian-made lefty Beatle Basses (see my avatar), no need to turn one upside-down. They're short scale, but IMO not too comfy to play. I would go with a Warwick short scale, whatever model is available - all the small bodied ones are much more ergonomic than a B-Bass and better sounding.

Thanks Nik! I have added the photo to my blog of the day.

Yay! Great stuff Thanks Sean! Hope you all had a good time. I'll be back behind the camera for the 70s night in Burnham on 26th

Excellent. Thanks

Almond cookies

Lol! Currently at Heathrow waiting for my flight to Florence. No smell of burning here. I might have one of Mum's cantuccini when I get there

Wonderful

It's the late Ronnie Dio, the voice of God (he was probably the best heavy rock singer ever, IMHO).

Jokes aside, there were only 150-odd followers when I took over the account in Aug 2012, so that's encouraging.

Aiming for 6666... what does the Bible say about that?

As of this morning (numbers go up and down in time, anyway, so this will change soon). Still no sign of a Follow Us On Twitter button on this site, though

Quick note to thank you all for paying more attention to the Gigs forum in the last few days! We're obviously still at the testing stage with our improvements, and I'll ask again for permission to create directories and move posts when I'm back from my long weekend out of the country on Monday. I should have some sort of internet access from there, but it's likely to be iffy, so let me apologise in advance if you see me around less often for the next couple of days - rest assured that the project hasn't been abandoned Have a great one, all.

Chris, could you please create a new thread, when you have finalised the specs, so that I can pin it as our build-diary-cum-bass-journey? This is awesome

Aw, I love this community, I really do

Si, I think it'd be a bit selfish of me as a non-gigging bass player to have prioirity over Ou7shined, who's just had his pinched... so feel free to give the PSU to him I'll still get you a cuppa at the LGBS though

No prob Ou7shined, you probably need it more than I do - you can have it

I think Rob is right - even if I mostly play 5 strings. (I can't join this project as I'm one of them back-to-front bassists... ) I've just tweeted this thread and sent Chris a friend request on FB.