Silvia Bluejay

Whoever contacts the press or other information services, please remember to give them our web, Facebook and Twitter addresses and to give us (Jellyfish and me) theirs, so that we can cross-reference, tag each other etc., and spread the word further. Well done guys, good progress so far!

I'm not going to attend all masterclasses either - but I know I'm going to spend a lot of very dangerous, GAS-inducing time at Warwick's stand, as well as meeting as many Basschatters as possible (details to follow). And obviously checking out all the other vendors. I should probably leave my credit cards at home.

I wouldn't define David Ellefson as a techy muso, TBH. Nor Peter Hook.

[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1359715079' post='1959105'] I play all 5ers (I have 3) and for me, it's not really about the Low B (I often use the low D, but rarely go below) - it's more about the technique of playing [i]across[/i] the fretboard rather than up & down it. It enables me to figure out a way to play a song & then, if the key needs changed, it's easy to simply move that pattern up or down the fretboard. String spacing on a 5 or 6 is always going to be narrower than on a 4 - you have to deal with it or go back to 4s. I have a fairly small hand and I don't have fingers like sausages so that helps. Certainly, more amplification would help you. As you probably know, each octave you drop demands twice the power to maintain the same volume, so the low B needs a fair bit of power and suitable drivers to cope. G. [/quote] This.

On Warwick basses made after 2010 the bridge has a new, two-piece design that can handle thicker strings if necessary.

Love my TIs on the Corvette 4 - glad it's not only me having to loosen the truss rod [i]and[/i] also raise the saddles to avoid buzzing. (No, I don't dig very hard, it really is because of their low tension, which I love.) I'm also intrigued to hear that the their low B sounds so good. I bought my TIs as a set of 5, but couldn't put them on either of my 5ers because the low B is too thick for my old-style Warwick bridges, and I'm left with a new low B waiting to be used sooner or later. I'm now gassing even more strongly for a new-style Warwick-not-Rockbass Corvette 5 to try it on

Welcome, Andy! We do love metal here, although I personally am still living in the 80s-early 90s and into trad metal, i.e. I can strech to tuning down half a step but hate even that ([i]pace[/i] early Metallica...). And yes, we Warwick addicts are pretty jealous of you Germans! And if you live anywhere near Markneukirchen we're going to be absolutely livid Dive in, Basschat is a lovely place.

I may be able to help you by doing my disgruntled-punter-complaining-that-they-can't-hear-themselves-trying-out-new-gear, if I can find who to complain to at the show!

[quote name='StephenYork' timestamp='1359634258' post='1957885'] Hey, I will be there on the Saturday, managed to get an early bird ticket for Christmas. Any idea what time the early birds are allowed in? It doesn't say on the website or tickets!? Would be good to meet up with a few people, will pop along to the BC stand to say hi. [/quote] My understanding is that "Early bird" was the name given to those tickets that were purchased before November 12 2012. They don't allow you to get into the show any earlier than anyone else. (Mine's one of those too.)

Wow, I've been following this on Robin's FB profile, but forgot to check this thread. Fantastic sequence of photos and absolutely awesome bass. And lots of GAS...

Happy birthday Jerry! Keep rocking as awesomely as ever!

Similar problem here with RB Corvette 5 fretless with lovely, bright D'Addario Chromes. I now use a compressor, which for my home-practice-only work (I don't gig) sounds fine both in headphones and on my practice amp. I have two other Rockbasses with active pickups, and they don't need a compressor, although they still sound good if I do use one with them.

I'm actually [i]subscribed[/i] to the gigs subforum, which means I get an email every time someone posts a new thread. That's dedication, huh? And yes, I've been to quite a lot of gigs by BCers' bands. My problem is the lack of own transport, which means I have to miss a gig if it wouldn't be safe or possible for me to get back home on my own.

Bump. Even if it may be too far to travel for some BCers, others may be able to attend.

So am I, how weird...

Tweeted. Thanks Chris.

They still have a banner ad on this site. Would be worth finding out if yours was an isolated incident - if not, I think potential buyers should be warned. Edit; I mean warned by the admins, not you, ead, you've done your bit.

In fact, it's being rather hit-and-miss. Now back to the error message. I'm just pointing this out for the admin team, since the blogs contain advertising.

Now appears to be back and works fine

I've just clicked on the Blog tab and got this: [b] Error establishing a database connection[/b] [b] Internal Server Error[/b] The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, [email protected] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

My browser (FF 18.01, Win 7 Pro) is displaying BC's home page with the message "Failed to open the RSS feed." under the Basschat Blog heading in the right-hand column. It may be a temporary glitch, but I'm just checking if it's only me or it's happening to all of us.

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1359398792' post='1954217'] I,ll be there about 12.30 with a stonking hangover, so if you will all keep the noise down, that will be much appreciated! [/quote] Try telling that to the slappers

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1359397870' post='1954192'] It looks as though there will be a BC stand of sorts - mainly an area with our poster and meeting times written up so that you can all meet there. I don't think I'll be at the show unfortunately due to family commitments that weekend but Bluejay has offered to help organise the stand. Leave it to the ladies to sort our us bloody blokes, eh. I'll make an official announcement when I know what's happening for sure. Cheers ped [/quote] Thanks Chris! I'm going to play around with a few ideas for a couple of posters, get them ready for the show, and then I'll be at Olympia early on the Saturday and set up the corner, unless the whole project gets shelved in the meantime. The idea would be for us to have a list of meeting times between masterclasses, so that we can gather at the BC point throughout the day without necessarily having one of us sit there all the time and miss the action.

Thanks for that, Shelley. I haven't got a ticket for the Sunday yet, but that may change if we manage to get a dedicated BC corner at the show. (In that case I'll need to be reminded who among you guys - or which stand - sells tix with no handling fee...!) Who else is going to be there? add yourselves to the list! \m/ \m/