Silvia Bluejay

Many thanks again, everybody. Loving our community! [quote name='razze06' timestamp='1498581314' post='3325685'] Congratulations! Auguri e figli maschi, as we used to say back in the motherland [/quote] The motherland has always been sexist... And I've (intentionally) left it waay too late for children anyway!

[quote name='Trueno' timestamp='1498565615' post='3325539'] Congratulations. Really cool photos by the way... [/quote] Thanks Steve! On this occasion my Dad was behind my best DSLR camera, and he's the one who taught me how to take photos in a still-ongoing learning experience started over 40 years ago.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1498512145' post='3325201'] Congratulations ... I reckon that GAS will only be half a problem - amps/cabs will be fine, still expect issues about basses with Silvia being a leftie... Do they make left handed leads?? [/quote] GAS is still as strong as ever, Mick! We still have all our lefty and righty basses. And yes, you can make a lead left-handed, you just plug it in it with, erm, your left hand...

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1498554875' post='3325410'] Dunno on that one, but I suspect that It may well have been the principal cause of some divorces..! [/quote] OMG Doug, I hope not!

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1498517177' post='3325256'] Congratubassions. Incidentally, I also got married at Ealing Town Hall registry office a few years back. [/quote] Thanks Paul! You and we are West London neighbours after all. The Town Hall is gorgeous, and our wedding was one of the last ceremonies to happen there for a while: they are going to move the Register office out, refurb the building from top to bottom, turn it into a luxury hotel, then move the Register office back in.

Thank you all! We think ours is the first all-Basschat wedding, in that we signed up to this website because we play bass, without knowing each other, met in cyberspace, discovered we lived in the same area of London, and then met up in person. But we'd love to know if Basschat has been entirely responsible for any other marriage in the past or if anyone's planning to follow our path!

Pity there were no bass guitars (or double basses) anywhere in Ealing Town Hall, where Happy Jack and I tied the knot on Friday. Apart from that, all was perfect.

Detailed schedule available for download here: [url="https://www.dropbox.com/s/d0pqwakzmmlffre/South%20East%20Bass%20Bash%202017.pdf?dl=0"]https://www.dropbox.com/s/d0pqwakzmmlffre/South%20East%20Bass%20Bash%202017.pdf?dl=0[/url]

Guys, feel free to make enquiries at places you think may be suitable. We can then put our heads together and see if there's any way of organising something.

The SE Bash is the best attended of all, so what works fine for smaller bashes will not necessarily work in its case. The requirements are: - a venue that's easy enough to reach by car and has lots of parking; extra points if it's close to a train station and bus services - several large rooms, separated from each other ideally by soundproof doors - ideally a nice foyer area for BC sales tables and the raffle - basic kitchen facilities and toilets The ground floor of a school would usually fulfill all of those requirements, but there can also be other suitable places.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1496855040' post='3314334'] Have you posted any pics? [/quote] No 'proper' photos yet, but this is from that Walton gig.

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1496681142' post='3313188'] Poor feller. I'm's not's sure's it's right's that's the women's-folk are around's when a mans settin' up hiz bass. [/quote]

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1496674267' post='3313114'] I forgot ms bluejay who tracked me down in the ground floor of Westminster bridge mac Donald's, despite zero mobile signal [/quote] Oh yes, forgot about you and your other half too! It *was* great to meet you both

+1 to all the good things said above about meeting Basschatters for deals, or even just a drink, and attending bashes. Honourable mention for the London Bass Guitar Show too, which is teeming with Basschatters every year. And don't forget the non-bass-playing other halves. I have met Mrs CamdenRob, Mrs Grangur, Mrs Sharman, the lovely soon-to-be Mrs Dave Swift, as well as Mrs Hamster and Mrs Silverfoxnik, and found them all supportive, great fun and always willing to help out.

Nope - "Matamp into a Barefaced 610" as Jack says in his post. I must say I'm almost glad that the compression software in the camera equalised the band's sound a bit: what we in the audience could hear during that song was mostly the bass - so much so that, at the end of that set, I was asked whether I could hear that strange noise coming from the stage and what it could possibly be... That's after we had spent some time setting the Rickenfaker up. (When Jack played it for the first time at home I immediately yelled at him to stop hitting the E and A strings against the damn pickups! Cue a bit of pickup lowering and string balancing.)

If anyone's interested.

Well, someone who cares enough to start a thread on here, even if they don't buy the mag anymore, may care enough to Facebook the mag or look up a contact on their website.

This has been brought to the editorial team's attention before, but finding a solution clearly represents a logistical nightmare, otherwise something would have been done by now. I can only suggest you guys find the relevant email addresses in the lists at the beginning of the mag, and flood them with your complaints and suggestions. They may then realise they're losing a sizeable chunk of their readership and do something about it.

Excellent to hear you guys have got next year's date already! Do create a new thread for the 2018 bash, and I'll pin it so you can start planning it from now.

Some of the 400-odd photos I took will follow in due course. Great gig, excellent vibe, awe-inspiring musicianship.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1490280621' post='3263912'] Doesn't he have his own transport? ;-) [/quote] Yes he usually does. Two Basschatters in a car are bad enough, according to ROConnell.

[quote name='ROConnell' timestamp='1490279361' post='3263900'] 2 bass-chatters in a single car, I couldn't think of anything worse!!! [/quote] When MacDaddy gets a lift there are three of us in the car...

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1490264372' post='3263686'] TimR? [/quote] Nope!

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1489258093' post='3255583'] I didn't recognise many of the brands or guests from this year's event - is that the problem? [/quote] Really? David Ellefson of up-and-coming metal band Megadeth. Glen Matlock of near-unknown Sex Pistols (and many others after them) Andy Rourke of - who they? - The Smiths. Stu Hamm of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai bands. Etc. Shuker. Spector. Markbass. Musicman. Barefaced. Vanderkley. ACG Cort. Etc. Scott Devine. Chris May of Overwater. Geoff Chalmers. Steve Lawson. Etc.

Different angle and light: