Silvia Bluejay

I must say it would be a scarily expensive wheelbarrow... 😮😉

For a given value of 'hit'...

Right, I had the mini-blog sitting in my Wordpress account, almost but not quite ready for publication, for MONTHS! I've finally remembered it/brought it up to speed - and here it is. Much shorter and less detailed than usual, mostly because I was at the bash only for a couple of hours and missed quite a lot of the day, but at least we've got a formal memento.

... which he recently sold! 🙄

There seems to be a glitch on Basschat's interface that stops FB videos being visible, and also stops me from deleting the links once they are posted. @charic?

We need a link fro Youtube not Facebook. Apparently. BRB!

Paging @Happy Jack!

I use a laptop or my desktop PC, connected to a PJB Bass Buddy and headphones. Yes, I know, that's the no-expense-spared solution. 🙄 On the desktop I've got Best Practice, which is free and OK. On the laptop I've got Phrase Trainer, which was £20 when I bought it and it's far better than BP (although BP will suffice for most uses).

You probably forgot 'Went to music college, graduated with full marks, took it from there' which is what several of my younger friends did, alongside other related freelance jobs such as teaching, luthiery, working at a music store, etc. to cover the gaps.

I'm totally intrigued, and I'm now following this thread.

Yup, we've also learned that P and J basses need their hooks at an angle, like that where your Jazz is hanging from, because of the shape of their headstock.

Ha! But our studio has 24-hour aircon/heating keeping the temperature at 18 degrees, minimal humidity all year. It's also rather handy to be able to pick up any bass you may fancy playing instantly, without rummaging through piles of cases on top of a shelving unit (as was the case - NPI - with some of ours before). YMMV and all that.

Super cool. Welcome to The Other Side Of The Pond, Jeff! 😉😎 Let us know about any queries in General Discussion - there are quite a lot of Basschatters who have been to college and/or teach and have a lot of experience of being or having students in London. And don't forget the double bass section with our own mini-community-within-the-community.

It simply makes it easier to position the hooks correctly - as in, straight angles, at equal intervals, etc., while the plank is on the worktable, as opposed to having to use steps/stepladders, measuring distances from ceilings and furniture, etc. As Jack says, however, best to have a pair of helping hands available; if you're on your own, individual hooks are probably less hard work, albeit more of a PITA to reposition should you ever need to do that.

Yup, we've just updated our home studio bass- and guitar-hanging area with the above, and it was much less of a slog/PITA with that method than the traditional individual hooks directly on the wall system. Pics available if anyone's interested.

LOL I bought Jack a new set of Silver Slaps anyway, because he gave me his for my Eminence a few months ago. We're awash with Silver Slaps, but do bear in mind that production has moved to the US from Wales, as per this on Gollihur's site: No problem with that change, but I expect them to become far more expensive due to having to be shipped across the Atlantic... PS - Incidentally, for anyone interested in the Gamut guts, clicking on the photos in Jack's post opens a separate window where the images can be seen in all their detail, and enlarged.

The company does all sorts of very weird and wonderful things, judging by their website.

I can't answer your query but I'm curious to hear about others' experience too - both live and in the studio. I've never seen a drumkit being used with a screen in pubs or small venues here in the UK, but they appeared to be de rigueur in almost all the music bars we visited in Nashville, TN a few years ago. I imagine a screen can make the drums less loud, and help the rest of the band keep its volume down. In those bars, the drummer was close enough to the rest of the band not to look or - I imagine - feel isolated from their bandmates, and perfectly able to keep eye contact through the clear screens. This article appears to present a few good points re. recording with screens in the studio.

Yup that's very true as well. And in some places the bass is boomy no matter what you do to it on or off the PA! I imagine car subwoofers have a lot of travel built in that helps with us hearing the bass properly, and headphones - well, they need to be good, or you won't hear the bass. Guitars, though, don't get me started on them... 😉

Welcome to Basschat, Ian! Yes, the low B on a normal 34 inch scale bass is the main problem if you like low action. Longer scales are less of a problem (a Dingwall low B sounds and plays wondefully, if your hands can tackle its 37 inch scale!). I use a mixture of truss rod, nut height and saddle height tweaking, and I end up with a slightly raised low B that reduces clatter and a slightly lowered G, which makes it easier to play.

Not true. Even if the soundman/woman is not a bass player, they are trained to pay attention to all frequencies - that should include boosting the mid-frequencies (or reducing the other frequencies) in the bass spectrum in order to make it less boomy and better audible. The reason why sound engineers usually have to dedicate more time to getting the highs and high-mids right is that they travel less well than bass frequencies. The latter usually need less PA help as their long waves make them ideal for being listened to from a distance rather than close by.

Nothing, but nothing beats this! 😂😂

Yup. TBH I'm not too keen on those basses at all - they're huge, and their headstock makes Warwicks look elegant!

The manufacturer is Laurus.

Sometimes the show is paid work too, but I do agree, booked, paid gigs take priority. Until now, when I was reasonably sure that the show dates would be the same every year, we marked the relevant Friday and Saturday evenings as not available for the bands. This year we didn't dare, in case the show changed again, or didn't happen or whatever.