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And... just announced: [b] [size=4]LBGS to screen UK premiere of ‘Jaco’[/size][/b] [url="http://www.londonbassguitarshow.com/news-2/lbgs-to-screen-uk-premiere-of-jaco/"]http://www.londonbassguitarshow.com/news-2/lbgs-to-screen-uk-premiere-of-jaco/[/url]

Will share on Twitter and elsewhere as widely as possible. Hope you get it back.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1455194379' post='2976872'] I don't understand why Pino or Stuart Zenden aren't booked every year - they're both local.. [/quote] It's not a matter of being local, it's more a matter of being invited in through endorsers or having something new to plug, such as a record, a film/documentary or a book.

Thanks. It's quite and intense shade of blue, isn't it, and the black hardware looks good with it.

Pity you won't be able to make it this year, Mike. Last year the terms of my press pass didn't allow me to take any video footage; I'll see what I can do this time. Whatever I record will have to be checked by BGM, and perhaps the artists, before publication. There is footage of 2015 and probably also 2014 on the LBGS's official site, so here's hoping that 2016 will end up on there too, in due course.

Also, gorgeous Warwicks on here, my GAS is high! My Corvettes: And my Fortress:

[quote name='bramleyapple' timestamp='1455399471' post='2978891'] My baby's the FNA was purchased last week. It's really nice going from 5 to 4 sometimes. UNABLE TO UPLOAD A PHOTO [/quote] Mark, the best way to post a photo on here is to use a PC, not a mobile. Upload it to photobucket or flickr or similar first, then right-click on it and 'copy image location' or similar, and paste that link in the field that appears if you click on the icon of a picture at the top of the reply field on this thread.

Very cool basses on here! Blablas all-black Warwick 6er is unfeasibly cool, especially with the new black hardware. Here are mine (I also have a black upright, but this thread is about bass guitars).

Echoes of that tragic night when Cliff Burton died, but this is even worse. RIP.

Not going to replace Thomann any time soon as far as I'm concerned - the choice of left-handed bass guitars is pathetic. Fender, Fender, or if you don't want Fender, you can have Fender clones, with a tiny little bit of Ibanez thrown in. Gaaah...

That's great! I'm sure the guys will be happy - there is indeed a dedicated jamming stage, which would be a bit pointless without a drummer. Last year we had a BCer's friend do the honours.

First gig of the year, new pub for the Dogs, and one of the best evenings ever at the King's Head in Ashford, Middx. The pics only give a partial idea of the huge amount of fun everybody was having. https://flic.kr/s/aHskqGPrTz

Welcome to the forum, Niki! When you get to the LBGS, look out for people wearing Basschat lanyards, and if one of those people is me, make sure to say hi! There will be a sizeable contingent of BCers there.

Shops in the West End usually close at 6pm on Sundays, but there are some variations. I believe they are still only allowed to open for 6 hours on Sundays? So if they open at 11am they may close at 5pm instead. (Happy to be corrected, if wrong, by anyone who may be a frequest shopper there, which I'm not.) In other news, the issue of BGM out this coming Tuesday is almost entirely dedicated to the LBGS!

Great stuff! I'll plug it on Twitter tomorrow, together with the full-fledged Composition Challenge.

When and where was it stolen? Good luck, let's hope this community comes to your rescue as well.

As far as I know, yes, and I also think you can place an order with an exhibiting luthier at the show, if you want a custom build, but since I have never done either thing, I will wait to hear confirmation from other BCers. Oh, and welcome to the forum, Thomas!

They've just announced Suzi Quatro for a masterclass and a performance at the show. [quote]We’re thrilled to announce that the great Suzi Quatro, the genius behind the bass on 55 million album sales and counting, will perform at the 2016 show. She will hold a masterclass on Saturday and perform on the main stage on Sunday.[/quote]

Go on, guys, create some new threads like this for your basses, you never know, you might strike lucky!

OK, here is my take on the strings after playing them for three weeks as a non-gigging, Chrome-loving bassist. Off to fill in the online questionnaire. [quote] Now, I must state upfront that in general, I am not a fan of roundwound strings. I currently have eight electric bass guitars, most of which have D’Addario Chromes, one has D’Addario tapewounds, and one has D’Addario half-rounds. When I accepted the challenge of testing a set of rounds, I decided to use them on my very first ‘student’ bass, which I bought new as a beginner, and played for a year or so before upgrading; it still had its original, pretty dead rounds from the factory. It’s a 4-string Ibanez clone made by Crafter, still in mint condition, with passive electronics and two J pickups. Would the new D’Addario set make that bass enjoyable to play? As always, I carried out the test by playing first through a PJB Briefcase and then through a PJB Bass Buddy headphone amp with PJB headphones. All the EQ sliders on both amps, and all the knobs on the bass, were set to centred (‘0’) position. I played a few bars from two basslines, one with a pick and one fingerstyle. Feel While playing the NYXLs for the first time, it’s immediately evident that even someone like me can find them pleasant under the fingertips; I felt no need to use Fast Fret or similar products, my fingertips didn’t hurt even after a longish session on some driving, rock basslines, and they produce very little finger noise even when I deliberately ‘drag’ my hand while playing, or indeed when I slide along a string. Compliance Thanks to the set’s regular-light gauge and to the fact that I am accustomed to flatwounds, I don’t find the NYXLs particularly high-tension or fatiguing to the fingers. In fact, the truss rod needed tightening a little to raise the action, even after I had lifted the saddles. Tuning The NYXLs were easy to tune and – rather surprisingly for roundwounds – took a very short time to stabilise fully at a reasonably constant room temperature. Sound The NYXLs sound bright, crisp and clear, and I can detect no harshness at all in normal fretting, and very little finger noise. All that on a budget bass with cheap, passive electronics which tended to sound pretty muddy with the previous set of rounds. With the bass set up to suit the new set of NYXLs, with action, saddles height, intonation and pickups height properly adjusted, the strings sound very well balanced to my ears. PJB Bass Buddy headphone amp With the NYXLs through the Bass Buddy, playing fingerstyle results in a warm, pleasant sound which is less bright than playing fingerstyle through the Briefcase. Playing with a pick obviously sounds far brighter and has greater attack than fingerstyle. PJB Briefcase All parameters being equal, fingerstyle on the Briefcase sounds brighter than on the Bass Buddy. As for the picked sound, the increased attack is still audible, but the difference is less noticeable on the Briefcase than onthe Bass Buddy. I will keep playing the NYXLs in the next few months to see for how long they maintain all their excellent chracteristics. Verdict after three weeks of having the NYXLs on the bass: I was actually very pleasantly surprised at how agreeable I found them to be, what with, y’know, them being roundwounds and me being a flatwound sort of bassist! Although these strings haven’t replaced the Chromes in my affections, they are definitely the rounds I will buy if I decide that a certain bass or a certain project needs a wider choice of tones than that offered by flats. In the meantime, they are staying on my now-rejuvenated first-ever bass. [/quote]

You have a point! For me, the best part of the show are the masterclasses, immediately followed by the performances (on stage or at the booths), then the actual stands and, especially, the people working on them. So it's a whole-day activity because there's always something happening somewhere that you want to be part of.

I don't think I'd be happy to do the show in just three hours, but if that's all the time you have, make sure to arrive at the venue at least 20 mins before the doors open. Once in, have a clear idea of what your priorities are - first of all, check out the stands you want to visit, have a look round for what you want to buy, and then, if you have time, check out the masterclasses and the performances which happen to be on while you're there.

In diary. I'll add my name to the list and create a FB event in due course.

Excellent. We already have a couple of offers for talks - stay tuned

More NYE antics, and a bit of dancing, with Back In The Night: https://youtu.be/sTUdPwiU4zY