Silvia Bluejay

Visited the shop this afternoon, said hi to the Toms, saw a lot of nice basses! Lefty models are well represented. I managed to stop myself from going home with a gorgeous lefty Streamer, at least this time. Happy Jack's GAS had the better of him, though, so we now have a new bass family member awaiting its photo session and NBD thread...

Edit: Sorry Kendall...!

Thanks Rob - must visit one of these days. I see that no matter how big the new room, it's already filled to capacity with basses!

I do see your point... try not to look at him.

No, seriously, anyone have any idea why the bins have '89dB' on the back? The noise of the machine collecting them?

I'm having a wild guess that the real focus of this month's cover is in fact that tall guy on the left holding an Ibanez... (what's his name again?) rather than Jools himself.

[quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1464088736' post='3056414'] Can you decide on the day if you can turn up? [/quote] Of course you can.

The downloadable document with info and the schedule for the bass bash is finally here: share freely! https://db.tt/0hhs5fIB

Couple of videos from the recent gig at the Chiswick Club Society: http://youtu.be/6waCewaeZBc http://youtu.be/_C0UdhBIpws

We've had a bit of a break from gigging, until last Saturday when the Dogs were back on home ground, at the Chswick Club again. http://flic.kr/s/aHskzuodgS

Facebook event just created! Join here: [url="http://www.facebook.com/events/1691894674394174/"]http://www.facebook.com/events/1691894674394174/[/url]

This year Lozz is going to test preamps and DIs for his shootout; dedicated thread is here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/284022-herts-bass-bash-2016-preampdi-pedal-shootout/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/284022-herts-bass-bash-2016-preampdi-pedal-shootout/[/url] Add yours if you like!

Forget Amplugs and similar - they are all crap. Spend a little more and get a really good one. I now swear by PJB stuff. I have a Bass Buddy, which is fantastic but admittedly largish and expensive. This, however, is probably closer to what you're looking for: [url="http://www.bassgear.co.uk/product/pjb-bighead-multi-function-bass-preheadphone-amplifier/"]http://www.bassgear.co.uk/product/pjb-bighead-multi-function-bass-preheadphone-amplifier/[/url]

I've pinned the DB bash thread Owen added to the Events forum; up to you guys if you'd like to use that thread for a list of attendees and gear or if you'd like to leave it there as a marker and continue here. If Happy Jack and I can make it - and it looks doable as things currently stand - I'll bring cameras etc. and write the usual megablog. I don't think any of you would be interested in a lefty NS NXT 5-stringer, so i'm guessing I'll be the DB-less visitor salivating over your big, unwieldy wooden babies and plucking strings at random with the 'wrong' hand...

I've tweeted this post to Basschat's followers. Good luck.

No more plugging cables at the back of the amp in the dark...

01. Hamster - 02. Silverfoxnik - BC Rich Eagle, Hayman 4040, Schecter Diamond P5, Ampeg V4BH amp & 115 Classic cab 03. TheGreek - not sure what I'm bringing yet... 04. Happy Jack - I'll be there with a love that will see you through 05. JapanAxe - probably everything in my signature. HERBIE FLOWERS - woot woot! 06. Macdaddy. 07. obbm 08. Billy Apple. Spectors, Marshall valves and EAD 09. Nancy Johnson; Thunderbirds/Whatever amps I'm running. 10. TrevorR - Wal MK 1 Custom, Wal Pro IIE (well, I had to...!), Ariapro2 SB700, Markbass LM2 and Traveler 2x10 and 1x15 11. Bluejay - cameras, video equipment; no basses, unless someone asks to see a specific model. I will also be there as BGM's reporter 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Another gig, closer to home this time, yesterday at the Viaduct in Hanwell. [url="http://flic.kr/s/aHskv4aLEv"]http://flic.kr/s/aHskv4aLEv[/url]

Nik has created a more relevant thread for the bash which you are invited to follow and post on - I'll lock this one. Please see here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/283248-south-east-bass-bash-no10-surrey-saturday-24th-september-2016/"]http://basschat.co.u...september-2016/[/url] Thanks

So how did this end? Is the bass back in ColinH's hands?

Mick, for best results I'd need an image of slightly better quality for the Facebook event on Basschat's page - the resolution of this one is pretty low. I'll create the FB event in a week or two.

I've just added the Facebook event for this bash to Basschat's page - see here, and join the event if you like [url="https://www.facebook.com/events/921073771344273/"]https://www.facebook.com/events/921073771344273/[/url]

This is the photo of the handout, from my blog of the event. WARNING - the image appears huge on here, no matter what setting I use to link to it. Apologies. If the image below is too unwieldy, please refer to the blog itself - [url="https://bassclef141.wordpress.com/2014/09/10/west-sussex-mini-bass-bash-2014/"]https://bassclef141....bass-bash-2014/[/url] . The image, and the link to the video are near the beginning.

More King Ralph - this time it was yesterday at the Hanwell Hootie 2016 (at The Fox pub) [url="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154096566689207.1073741869.528729206&type=1&l=7495104878"]https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154096566689207.1073741869.528729206&type=1&l=7495104878[/url]