Silvia Bluejay

Neubauer Guitars. They attended the LBGS 2017 and 2018. PS Juan is brilliant, and a lovely guy too. Edit: Website here.

I know you aren't - I'm sure you feel our pain! I was just using your post to make a general point.

The reason why we are banging on about reporting what you (as the BC community) think is causing trouble is that we mods, as a team, can't guarantee to read ALL the posts in ALL threads. However, we act very fast on anything that gets reported.

Stu used to be a Hartke endorsee, perhaps he's taken his specs with him when he left. 😎

Kazoos should only be picked up to be thrown in the bin.

In that case, the saying 'two wrongs don't make a right' would come to mind... 😉

I think we first should bother entering some relevant events, and in the specific case of the LBGS we can't as they haven't confirmed the dates...

If you mean on Basschat, we do have one - but you have to check it regularly, as it currently isn't set up to send alerts to users.

Or perhaps because it forces the reader's mind to move away from the obvious, most of whom tend to be male. I would prefer to simply see a few more female names in 'normal' lists, as splitting lists by gender does have the effect of making you think along the lines of 'if it didn't specify that they have to be female, would any of these women be taken into consideration?' (Probably only a couple of household names would.) There have historically been fewer female bass players around, so, proportionally, there will have been fewer outstanding female bassists than male bassists. I don't think all-female lists are the solution, though.

Epic fail on at least two levels. 1. Define 'best' - best chops, best playing for the song, best songwriting...? Get promptly mired in controversy. 2. Last time I checked, people don't play bass with their genitals, therefore 'female bassist' is as relevant as 'gay bassist' or 'black bassist.'

Thomastik Jazz?

I picked up my bass guitar last night after a break of about 10 days. It played itself. I rarely have a session during which I make no mistakes at all, but this was one of them. It's as if both my brain and my fingers had quietly digested all I have learned and practiced in the last few weeks or even months, and were just ready and waiting. Good stuff.

Sorry guys (and gals), this is getting boring. We have ascertained the following: a. some of us don't like Kylie (or Dannii) b. On the other hand, some of us are huge fans c. Most of us seem to agree that Kylie has paid her dues and generally deserves the Legend slot at Glasto d. (Too) many of us are enjoying dragging this topic on and on and ON with dubious, unfunny, semi-sexist banter which doesn't even stretch to offending us female members - it simply terminally bores us. Time for a lock. Thank you all.

Ha! Thanks for that. I thought I read "Ural" in double quotes on that plate. (Just spotting a few random words because I can read Greek - I read no Russian at all, I'm afraid.)

@Happy Jack posted those photos, among others of different basses, on an NBD thread some time ago. It contains some more info.

Will do tomorrow morning.

If you like, I can do a proper photoshoot tomorrow, and post slightly better photos... 😉

My OCD is still failing to get over the fact that the neck and body are clearly of different origins, and their glitter colours don't match.

HJ is currently out with one of his bands, but he'll tell you marvellous things about that horrid - erm, interesting - bass. If nothing else, it's a conversation piece when it's its turn to hang over our mantlepiece...

Paging @Happy Jack

I've moved this topic to GD so I can link to it on Twitter to spread the word and be sure everybody can see it. Good luck, hope you recover it.

Hm. While I'm not a big fan of either Minogue, I believe Kylie has worked hard throughout her career, and thoroughly deserves being called a pop legend. (Pop, that is, memorable, lightweight, singalong stuff.) I wonder whether some of you would have the same dismissive attitude if Justin Timberlake - or some other comparable male artist - had been offered the slot. Including the mention of his derrière 'trousersnake' I think it was, in his case.

Even better, a left-handed camera...

I think Warwick tuners are in fact made by Schaller anyway. I have recently replaced the chrome hardware on my Corvette with black hardware, and found that buying new Warwick tuners from Thomann was way cheaper than buying from Schaller, and the Warwick ones are good and hold the tuning perfectly. What's wrong with the ones you'd like to replace? I am talking about normal weight tuners here. I looked up the Schaller ultralightweight solution, and they are horrendously expensive. Before I decided to go for the normal weight Warwick ones, I had a word with the guys at Tonetech, who suggested that a cheaper solution, if I wanted lightweight tuners, might be to use Gotohs. Quite apart from the fact that I didn't like the look, I also noticed that they were almost as expensive as the Schallers, and the actual weight saving isn't as huge as one would hope for the price. These were suggested by Bill Quinn of Tonetech: https://g-gotoh.com/international/product/gb350.html Their weight, including bushing, is 40g each. If you are interested, do get in touch with Tonetech, who should be able to offer a better deal than buying direct. (I am not connected to the company, I simply met Bill at the London Bass Guitar Show, had a few long chats, and he definitely seems to know what he's talking about!)