Silvia Bluejay

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1340647094' post='1707565'] No it isn't. [/quote] How dare you

That's very true.

Well, when I was a Music Wife I would join in the threesome I'm sure she's happy to see you happy.

We should add "upside down bass" to the list, then. (As in, lefty bass player picking up a bass guitar that's not suitable...)

Excellent! Liked your band on FB. Great to see you're getting addicted to the DB - way to go

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1340622948' post='1707037'] Bluejay, you have me confused, I'm Space Chick, not Seashell and live in South Wales, so websites need to be very far west of London! [/quote] No, Don't worry, I did mean to call out to Shelley in a deliberately over-dramatic way. I think what you girls started is awesome and should be continued! Shelley regularly travels to the west of London, so we could copy you girls and go to a gig as well. Not to mention that all of us could meet up at some point!

[quote name='MandShef' timestamp='1340613665' post='1706835'] Andy, I reckon each style has it's strengths & weaknesses. I envy you shuffle/blues/folk players ability to improvise - I'm fine with sheet music in front of me, but get way out of my comfort zone if asked to play along to something with no music to prompt me! Reckon we can learn from each other [/quote] +1!!

[quote name='Donnyboy' timestamp='1340620220' post='1706975'] [i]Nice one - better than most blokes stories that go a little like -" fancy a pint " & then get pissed, end up fighting/having man-hugs.Or is that just me!!![/i] [/quote] LOL not just you - believe this non-drinker who's seen it all

YAY!! Jealous. Seashell!!! Where are you? We need another meetup-cum-adventure and make this a long-running thread of awesomeness *goes off to check out the websites of West London venues for cool gigs*

OK, trying to look to the bright side here. Look at my case. In theory, I could solve my problem with the British weather (and possibly that with loneliness) by moving back to Italy, since I'm self-employed and could keep working with my UK clients with only a minor reduction in work made available to me. Yet, at the moment, as in the past, and in the foreseeable future, I willingly choose to put up with maximum June temperatures of 18 degrees with added wind and rain, and a 2000 mile distance from my tiny family, because I genuinely believe that this is a better country to live in than anywhere else in Europe. Better prospects of economic recovery, a government which may be a disaster in our eyes but is miles ahead when compared to most of its counterparts in Europe, fellow citizens who by and large are hard-working and law-abiding, a tolerant society... I could go on. So let's not despair too badly - we need to be strong and hang in there.

I think you should sort of pull the double bass against yourself while playing? That way, the bass's width itself should allow you to stand at the correct distance from the strings, and also allow your plucking arm to be at a comfortable angle. That's why uprights usually have a spacing bracket (but it doesn't feel as comfortable or look as cool as a real DB!). Edit: I guess it's a matter of finding the centre of gravity of you plus your DB as a group, without putting pressure on your hands or wrists. Also, it's good to make sure the endpin is not slipping.

Thanks for this thread, Kiwi. I think many of us may be a bit depressed due to the dreadful weather - I certainly am! We're supposed to be in summer and I go out wearing my winter jackets and always carrying a big umbrella. Sigh. I also tend to avoid posting in Off Topic, as it's not the main reason why I joined BC. I do post in the photography threads, though. I quickly read through any other topics out of curiosity, but usually don't get involved. Incidentally, huge respect to those here who underwent vasectomy - couldn't refrain from reading that thread. In my life in a couple, it was always understood that I would be the one to undergo the snip (actually, surgical tying of the ovary ducts), never ever my partner. You guys are awesome, and your partners should be proud and grateful. Edit: I never did have the operation, though - no need, in the end. Edit 2: apologies - will post my final OT comments in the correct thread. Please ignore them.

Public FB album - the quality of photos on FB is crap, I'm afraid. I'll be happy to give you the original files, Clarky, should you like any of the shots. [url="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150978889469207.445806.528729206&type=1&l=7ef4530905"]https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150978889469207.445806.528729206&type=1&l=7ef4530905[/url]

Heh - I'm painfully aware of that, believe me. I use skype-to-phone to call my parents in Italy, and Thomann at any available opportunity, and it's much cheaper than using a landline or a phonecard.

Back from the gig! Loved it. Thank you so very much Clarky and All The Queens' Ravens for an excellent performance, and thank you Sean (Billyapple) for driving me home. Lovely to meet Wayne and Alistair too. I'm still getting to grips with the new camera, but some of the photos taken tonight seem to be OK. This is one, more to follow as an album when I've had the time to sort the good from the bad ones.

I've said it before, I'll say it again - if you have a problem or a query, call them, don't email. They are incredibly efficient on the phone but very slack on the email. And yes, they do speak English, some even natively, as some of the operators tele-work from other European countries, including the UK.

Another happy customer. Bought lots from them, no problem so far, only one minor glitch that was solved quickly.

45-132, D'Addario Chromes. I'm addicted to low tension flats

Should have gone to Florence and brought back some Chianti instead.

Same here, late last night/early this morning - only the home page was accessible. When I clicked on any forum the holding page would appear. If that's saved us from another attack, that's a clever system, and it has the added benefit of letting us [s]addicts[/s] users know that something may not be right with the server and it's not our browser's fault.

There with my new camera - using you guys as a test run

Welcome to Basschat! Not sure how to call you - if you're female it's a bit strange to call you Bernard I think that gear helps your appreciation and performance of music, rather than being an end to itself, but nice equipment is admittedly very sexy!

[quote name='Len_derby' timestamp='1340218672' post='1701338'] Depending on where you move to BJ you could get a bigger place, a DB and some loose change left [/quote] Well, I would need to stay in the area, I just couldn't leave the BC Chiswick posse at this stage, could I?

Ooooooooo handbags at dawn I want a DB too, but I need to move to a bigger place first, which means a DB would end up costing me around £500,000*, give or take a few thousand... Edit: London W4 price of a not-too-upmarket, reasonably large flat.

This is a hugely interesting thread. Thanks for starting it, Lewk. I doubt i'll ever be involved myself, but you guys are making sense of quite a few memories I have of events and situations. Edited - apologies for misspelling, Lewk!