Silvia Bluejay

Early Bird tickets are on sale, for £15 + handling fee, until 12 November 2012. [url="http://www.londonbassguitarshow.com/index.php/buy-tickets"]http://www.londonbassguitarshow.com/index.php/buy-tickets[/url] This year I'm considering buyng tickets in advance for [b]both[/b] days

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1348749387' post='1817684'] That's true, I had an active Yamaha with the same problem, about a month and the battery would be dead, regardless of how much it was played. I'd check that out. [/quote] Apparently there was a similar problem with some Rockbass Corvettes, a faulty 2006 batch, as mentioned on the Warwick forum. When I read it years later I panicked (I've got one), only to realise that I was playing my 2007 Corvette, still fitted with its own theoretically long-expired battery, in 2009! Edit for wrong dates, mixup as I've got [b]two[/b] Corvettes. I panicked for the 2007 one, even if it was a year younger than the faulty ones, 'cos I'm a panicky bass owner

[quote name='Zenitram' timestamp='1348741904' post='1817537'] That's personal. [/quote] LOOOOL

See you there too, Paul! Just for a short while, as I'll have to go home early and have a good rest, in preparation for Epic Saturday

+1. I got them from Amazon recently (same price IIRC). They are good.

I think those who should actually reply to this topic are our friends, loved ones and perhaps bandmates - they would probably give a more accurate description of us...

Yuuup, I'll see you - and the guys - there!

They say it's really badly written...

There are quite a few humorous takes on the 50 Shades saga on Twitter, and even I - who haven't read the book at all - usually smile or laugh at them

Saw this on Twitter and retweeted it Come on, join in!

In diary already. Loving this autumn full of gigs and music events! PS Clarky, the photos and vids from last Weds are here waiting for you

[quote name='charliethornton' timestamp='1348601592' post='1815899'] hahaha brilliant i was feeling a bit sheepish and didnt manage to spark conversations with several people that i wanted to. was a shame! [/quote] I guess we were all pretty busy gassing and flitting from one bass to another and one corner of the room to another, while taking lots of photos on an assortment of devices ranging from huge DSRLs to non-smart mobile phones

I agree with thisnameistaken. EUBs are excellent, but tend to sound more like a normal bass guitar, no matter what strings you put on and what setup you apply. If the DB sound is what matters to you, you have no choice but to get a real DB. (Lucky you! I'm so jealous! )

LOL Excellent, Bert, thanks. I can officially confirm that I remember seeing Charlie

Tried that, Bert, thanks, and I think I remember seeing him, but I can't place him properly from that tiny photo...

Yup! Several people I had never met before seemed to recognise me and I also met a few people I had only been friends with on Facebook. Did you and I manage to talk to each other on the day?

Heh. Sometimes being a lefty helps your wallet - if not your GAS

Welcome, Charlie! So jealous you can relaxedly have a "side portion" of jazz and fusion - I wish I was able to play any of that, as a side or main... Basschat is on Twitter too, as @basschatuk, so feel free to follow us if you like.

Bassist girl shaking her bum to the groove - and welcoming you in the fold

Hello and welcome! Other than by word of mouth in your local area, you could try finding a band by putting an ad in music shops or, if there are any nearby, music colleges and schools. Or with the help of websites such as [url="http://www.joinmyband.co.uk/classifieds/london-f14.html"]http://www.joinmyband.co.uk/classifieds/london-f14.html[/url], [url="http://www.bandmix.co.uk/"]http://www.bandmix.co.uk/[/url], [url="http://www.gumtree.com/music-bands-musicians-djs/london"]http://www.gumtree.com/music-bands-musicians-djs/london[/url], etc. Good luck!

Two brand new sets of 4 Rotosound strings (RB40 and RB45) Unused because roundwound (I bought them before falling in love with flats in general and D'Addario Chromes in particular).

Almost forgot to add my name to the list... [quote][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]1. Hamster - Fender Hotrod P/J, Bareface Compact, Auralex Gramma Pad, SFX Thumpinator; either Markbass 800 Tube or Ampeg PF500 Portaflex 2. BigBeatNut - Rob Allen Deep 5, Status Electro, Lakland 55-02 Fretless, Markbass CMD121P, a selection of SFX micro pedals 3. Stingray5 - Musicman StingRay5 and Stingray fretless, Tune TWB-6, Trace Elliot BLX-80 combo, Boss GT-6B fx, Gramma Pad, (+ raffle bits & freebies). 4 OBBM - undecided on basses but Schroeder cab(s) and mini-rack Mk2 (+raffle bits) 5. Charic (tentative) - ACG Finn 4 (Drop C tuning), Yamaha RBX6JM, Modded Fender MIM, TC RH450, 2 x TC RS210, Line6 DL4 (delay pedal), Behringer Chorus Pedal 6. Happy Jack - Ampeg Baby Bass and (just for OBBM) at last I'll bring along a Hofner Verithin. If there's enough (any) interest, I could also bring along a Fishman Fusion pedal plus a rig to play through. 7. Macdaddy - custom shuker or custom Iceni Zoot or Hamer Blitz + raffle bits 8. Billyapple - Gibson Thunderbird, Un-Finished Wishbass Lobe, Matamp GT200 Head, Matamp 212 Cab, DHA VT1 Eq 9. Walman - (assuming it'll all fit in the smaller car I got last year as I was cutting down on gear ) Wal Pro1/Custom hybrid, 2 x G&L L2500 US, Tanglewater ClassicJ, Roland PK5 bass pedals w DSI MoPho synth, GenzBenz Streamliner 6, BF Super12T - alternatively a poll on which to bring may be required 10. OliverBlackman- going to bring the Tokai as it seems in a recent thread not many have experienced the 80's Jazz sounds. 11. Shockwave - Gibson RD and Gibson Grabber or Fender P-J Antigua. 12. dc2009 (tentative) - Warwick Corvette $$ 5 Special Edition, Lakland Skyline 55-01. Sansamp, SYB-5, Q-tron+, BSY600. Anything more will need a lift! 13. Eude (tentative) - ACG Finn SC Classic BO 5 string 33" Scale, ACG Finn SC Classic BO 6 String 33" Scale, Ibanez Promethean 5110C & EAD Foundation 112 3-way Prototype. 14.Bloodaxe (tentative) - Aria SB-1000 Frankenfretless, Ibanez Promethean 5110C [might add the SB-900 & Bloody ZZB Custom to this if anyone's driving from E or SE postcodes & I can blag a lift] 15. 51m0n - the usual guff (Roscoe, Berg, MB blah blah, if in doubt check my sig) + a very tentative PluxTheDuck & related kit 16. Urb - Sei bass plus laptop (maybe) and my fingers 17. Seashell - Fender Precision (MIM) and Ibanez SRX500. No rig! 18. Merton - multiscale 5 prototype, other things maybe, like Mikey's sleeping bag 19. Russ - Sei Bass 5-string fretted singlecut, Sei Bass 5-string fretless J, Ampeg SVT-7, Markbass 106H 20. Silverfoxnik - Roscoe Beck 5, Schecter Diamond P 5, BC Rich Eagle, Hughes & Kettner Bassbase 600 head, SWR Triad, Boss ME-50B 21.Bassmanady-Yamaha BB 2005,Yamaha BB605 22. Hen Barn - Status Kingbass 23. 6feet7 - matching pair 1999 Fender Hotrod Precision & Jazz basses, GUS G3 Retro Active 24.Barneyg42 -Status S2 classic 5 headless, Status series 1 five, NGC Nanyo Bass Collection fretted and fretless,MXR pre into Crown poweramp into Acme low B and Barefaced Compact 25. Ashwood1985 - Streamer $$ 5, Thumb BO4, Silver Series Jazz Squire, maybe SR1000 FL, Roland D-Bass 210 combo, Sansamp BDDI, EBS Unichorus and IQ, maybe Bassmurf 26. ped - Vigier Passion, S2 1988, Roland V-bass, arse hair clippers 27.TheGreek - the unsellable Overwater J4, possibly my custom headless, GK backline 110 28. Sibob - Barefaced Compacts, Markbass LMII, Genz Benz Streamliner 900 (probably for sale), '71 Precision, '03 or '73 Jazz. Effects? 29.JHK-(99% sure) GB Spitfire five,TRB6P,TRB5P,MM Stingray five fretless,probably a little bit of EDEN gear. 30. Fat Rich - 70s P and J basses, 5 String Status S2, Hartke XL410[/font][/color] [font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][color=#282828]31. Tom Kent - Fodera Emperor 5 Standard, Fender Jazz (and maybe some others.. awaiting confirmation); Krampera KVB800 w/ B1T & B1B.. I'll see what pedals I can dig out.[/color][/font] 32. Si600 - Aria Pro II 5 String, Peterson Stomp Classic and TC Nova Dynamics. 33. Bluejay - own bubbly self, plus by now infamous camera-that-never-lies (no Photoshop) and perhaps a bass guitar that's "the wrong way round"[/quote]

No, please, let the place have a roof, you/we are going to need one if the weather goes on like this...

The speed is still erratic on my machines. Very slow the couple of times I've logged on in the last few minutes. I believe that there is a corollary of Sod's Law which states that you can't reproduce an error or a glitch when you need to troubleshoot it...

Oh. My. God. The gig was Awe-friggin'-some! The kind of jazz-fusion-funk with unbelievable bass playing that I luuurve Took a few gigabytes of footage and the usual billion photos, all of which will eventually have to be sorted. Met Chris, Martin and Kirsty of Overwater and gassed to death. Only thing that saved me emptying my wallet this time was the absence of lefty models, which the guys are planning to fix soon by creating an entire new line of lefty basses