Silvia Bluejay

Excellent, thanks. I'll keep an eye on this thread and tweet the meetup to BC's followers when we have full details. Such a pity I live too far to attend.

BUT - if the double bass is audible as part of the band, without being amplified, why should an acoustic with nice, bright-sounding phosphor bronze strings be less audible? (Real question, as I don't play in a band.)

Aw, thank you Nigel, I'm delighted you like them. You know, it's worth making a bit of a fool of myself by kneeling and/or leaning awkwardly in front of the band in order to get a decent shot, when the results deliver something you are happy with!

So the date for this meetup is confirmed, but the place is not yet known, if I understand correctly? Please correct me if I'm wrong. When we have all the info this thread should probably become a sticky and I'll tweet the details.

[quote]nessendormer[/quote] Fantastic! Took me several seconds to reconduct this to Nessun Dorma... I resisted the temptation to Google it

Bump for this! I tweeted it on the day and will re-tweet in the near future.

Excellent gig, too short a set that left us wanting more. Slideshow of some highlights: [url="http://www.flickr.com//photos/bluejay_my_photos/sets/72157631815168288/show/"]http://www.flickr.co...815168288/show/[/url] First photo:

Tonight's pics!

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1350693529' post='1842495'] ... and they were asked to turn it up! [/quote] Absolute first! The band was asked by the landlord to turn up their volume. Twice. PS Great to see you, Sean!

I'm just back from a Junkyard Dogs gig in Uxbridge where the band was actually [b]asked[/b] to play Mustang Sally (which wasn't in the setlist), and kindly obliged. The crowd danced and sang along.

[quote name='Ruck' timestamp='1350672885' post='1842232'] Haha! judging by the Warwicks you play I see no question as to which part gets the horn [/quote] Come to think of it, I don't need horny bass guitars, I've got two [b]uprights[/b]...

See you tonight, Sean, and see you tomorrow, Nige. It's shaping up to be an awesome weekend!

[quote name='Thatguy59' timestamp='1350653005' post='1841820'] Whiskey in the jar? [/quote] Metallica got there first

[quote name='Ruck' timestamp='1350597175' post='1841196'] How about the Jack socket is the a-hole, where the tone is pooped out... dont be serious, have some fun... [/quote] *blushes, and can't help wondering what part of the bass would be the front bottom in that case. Blushes twice when remembering that her basses are all male*

Get yerselves to West London again on a date that doesn't clash with a Junkyard Dogs gig, please, and we'll be there

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1350643673' post='1841594'] Start playing [i][b]Mustang Sally [/b][/i]and then count the number of punters who wince or groan or walk off the dancefloor. It won't take long to spot that no one does. At 11pm in a crowded pub, doesn't matter what your opinion is, you can't go wrong by playing [i][b]Mustang Sally[/b][/i]. Again. [/quote] You guys manage to fill the dancefloor without having to add Mustang Sally to your setlist, though!

Bump for tonight's gig at the Dolphin in Uxbridge

When I bought my tickets I wasn't offered any option apart from paying £13 in advance or £15 on the day, so I imagine there's no provision for only going to see one band (Nigel might know more than I do, though?). Also, all tickets need to be exchanged for wristbands (valid for access to all venues) on Saturday at the Hogarth health club, and only there, any time after 11am.

Fascinating. I hope you'll get a lot of response to this. I'm waiting to see if Rotosound tweet about it. If they do, I'll retweet, if not, I'll tweet the link to this thread.

[quote name='Mr Bassman' timestamp='1350562291' post='1840500'] That's slim for a 5 [/quote] Absolutely. The nut width at the low C is exactly the same as that of my 5-string Rockbasses, although obviously I've had to get used to width and string spacing substantially increasing towards the bridge. The NXT5 is so easy to play it almost feels like a bass guitar stood on end, at least until you start moving away from the first positions and going up the neck (which I still do only rarely). I'm still gassing for a real DB, though, but that's out of the question for the moment.

Er, I'm using a tailor's measure but having trouble with imperial... At the low C, the neck of my NXT5 measures 5 inches and 2 whatever-they-ares (apologies, I'm serioulsy useless!), which in "real" measurements (LOOOL) is a circumference of 13.5cm

Not sure what you mean... is that photo we see taken from someone else's account? Or just a wrong photo of unclear provenance? Also, try re-posting this in the Site Issues subforum.

Meetup tweeted as a reminder. I'll tweet it again closer to the date.

Excellent work, Audiokostas, thank you! Very useful - and, AFAIK, pretty exhaustive - list. I'm tweeting it as BC as we speak.

Exactly what I meant, re. adjustable bridge and nut (I'm used to tweaking that too, on my Warwicks). As for tuning a B string, I see what you mean, but sometimes it's the tuner itself that isn't good enough to avoid getting confused at the lowest frequencies and, in such cases, that has very little to do with the bass or the string.