Silvia Bluejay

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1437664164' post='2828007'] Ah, I must have misunderstood, I thought it was a new one. That restricts the options a little, possibly. [/quote] I imagined it could have sat in the shop, new and almost untouched, for years, and by the sound of goonieman's description, there would have been a good reason for that...

What a shame. Gorgeous, but definitely an old Rockbass, as the bridge shows. Pre-2010? Or even older? The serial number should give the last two digits of the year of manufacture.

[quote name='hairychris' timestamp='1436890838' post='2821784'] In 1986, aged 14, I discovered Metallica. Things went downhill from that point! [/quote] No, believe me, you mean [b]up[/b]hill! Metallica, Megadeth and Testament (and Slayer to a lesser extent) made the 80s an absolutely fantastic decade for metal. And of course we had the resurgence of Aerosmith, and the hair metal of Crue, Poison, Jovi et al, as well as new appreciation for Brit veterans Maiden, Priest, Sabbath and Motorhead... Ahhh I'm feeling better just mentioning them all. I fell in love with distorted guitar, epic multi-octave-run, wah-enhanced solos, and operatic singing. It was, however, perfectly possible to appreciate the pop side of the 80s at the same time. I remember (and still like hearing their songs on the radio) most of the bands you guys have mentioned, I agree that it was a good time to listen to bass in pop and pop-rock, which in a sense compensated for bass usually being a poor second to guitar in the metal scene (with the obvious exceptions of mostly Steve Harris and Geezer Butler). It was great to be in your late teens or early twenties in the 80s.

That's great, guys, I'm adding you in with a question mark and hoping to see you there! Updated list: 1. Hamster - 2. Silverfoxnik - BC Rich Eagle, Schecter Diamond P5, Levinson Blade B15, Yamaha BB300, amp & cab tbc 3. Billy Apple - Spector, Jule Monique, Demeter Minnie, EAD 4. Happy Jack - The Entire Population Of China 5. Bluejay - something lefty, provided I don't have another senior moment and leave it/them at home 6. Bassman Steve - Boogie and Barefaced stuff and a Precision or two 7. obbm - new micro-stack 8. Kiwi (?) - GB Shuttle 6.0 and two fEARful F112 cabs, Spector 5, Status 5, Alembic, Pedulla...and maybe the Steinberger 9. Bottle - 1x12 Cab and 1x10 Combo, FX boards and rack amp, Ibanez bass. 10. TheGreek - something a little bit different 11. Mykesbass - Shuker 5 string fretless (old style P Bass), Carvin BX500 Head, Fender Rumble V3 112 cab. 12. Shockwave - Musicman Stingray 4, 3EQ, Could possibly bring my big pedalboard, but no amp to play through! 13. Lozz196 (?) 14. Merton - ACG Finn, Status Retroactive, possibly some Ashdown valve and Barefaced Gen 3 gear 15. Oldman - with some stuff ( ) 16. Russ - Sei singlecut, Spector, maybe my Ibanez sixer, and my Barefaced Big Twin II and Ampeg SVT-7. Maybe a few pedals too. 17. Dropzone - interested in knowing about amps 18. BobVbass (?) - will probably drag RhandyThodes as well if he's about and bring Lakland Duck Dunn, Paisley P bass, Framus Double bass, Markbass and Barefaced Super 12T 19. Randythoades (?) - MIJ Aria basses, slimline upright, Ashdown cabs and GK head. Plus any acoustic /electric guitar related items too if needed 20.

[quote name='Merton' timestamp='1436983904' post='2822595'] Good idea, but it has to be run by three or four people at the same time I think? [/quote] No, that's the average stand at the LBGS on a [b]bad[/b] year, not the SE Bass Bash...

Welcome back, Nik! Some good suggestions are on this thread too: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/265694-south-east-bass-bash-2015-looking-for-suggestions-and-seminarsworkshops/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/265694-south-east-bass-bash-2015-looking-for-suggestions-and-seminarsworkshops/ [/url]

I'm sure you will get plenty of helpful advice at the bash! I may also ask Nik to see if we can have an amp talk of some sort. Updated list: 1. Hamster - 2. Silverfoxnik - BC Rich Eagle, Schecter Diamond P5, Levinson Blade B15, Yamaha BB300, amp & cab tbc 3. Billy Apple - Spector, Jule Monique, Demeter Minnie, EAD 4. Happy Jack - The Entire Population Of China 5. Bluejay - something lefty, provided I don't have another senior moment and leave it/them at home 6. Bassman Steve - Boogie and Barefaced stuff and a Precision or two 7. obbm - new micro-stack 8. Kiwi (?) - GB Shuttle 6.0 and two fEARful F112 cabs, Spector 5, Status 5, Alembic, Pedulla...and maybe the Steinberger 9. Bottle - 1x12 Cab and 1x10 Combo, FX boards and rack amp, Ibanez bass. 10. TheGreek - something a little bit different 11. Mykesbass - Shuker 5 string fretless (old style P Bass), Carvin BX500 Head, Fender Rumble V3 112 cab. 12. Shockwave - Musicman Stingray 4, 3EQ, Could possibly bring my big pedalboard, but no amp to play through! 13. Lozz196 (?) 14. Merton - ACG Finn, Status Retroactive, possibly some Ashdown valve and Barefaced Gen 3 gear 15. Oldman - with some stuff ( ) 16. Russ - Sei singlecut, Spector, maybe my Ibanez sixer, and my Barefaced Big Twin II and Ampeg SVT-7. Maybe a few pedals too. 17. Dropzone - interested in knowing about amps 18. 19. 20.

Phil, check out the first post in this thread for detailed info. Rob, don't you start...!

Thank you all for these suggestions - I'll point Nik to this thread, and we'll see what we can organise in due course.

Excellent! 1. Hamster - 2. Silverfoxnik - BC Rich Eagle, Schecter Diamond P5, Levinson Blade B15, Yamaha BB300, amp & cab tbc 3. Billy Apple - Spector, Jule Monique, Demeter Minnie, EAD 4. Happy Jack - The Entire Population Of China 5. Bluejay - something lefty, provided I don't have another senior moment and leave it/them at home 6. Bassman Steve - Boogie and Barefaced stuff and a Precision or two 7. obbm - new micro-stack 8. Kiwi (?) - GB Shuttle 6.0 and two fEARful F112 cabs, Spector 5, Status 5, Alembic, Pedulla...and maybe the Steinberger 9. Bottle - 1x12 Cab and 1x10 Combo, FX boards and rack amp, Ibanez bass. 10. TheGreek - something a little bit different 11. Mykesbass - Shuker 5 string fretless (old style P Bass), Carvin BX500 Head, Fender Rumble V3 112 cab. 12. Shockwave - Musicman Stingray 4, 3EQ, Could possibly bring my big pedalboard, but no amp to play through! 13. Lozz196 (?) 14. Merton - ACG Finn, Status Retroactive, possibly some Ashdown valve and Barefaced Gen 3 gear 15. Oldman - with some stuff ( ) 16. Russ - Sei singlecut, Spector, maybe my Ibanez sixer, and my Barefaced Big Twin II and Ampeg SVT-7. Maybe a few pedals too. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Good stuff, keep suggestions coming, and we'll pass them on to Nik

Yes, out-of-towners are welcome! Yay! 1. Hamster - 2. Silverfoxnik - BC Rich Eagle, Schecter Diamond P5, Levinson Blade B15, Yamaha BB300, amp & cab tbc 3. Billy Apple - Spector, Jule Monique, Demeter Minnie, EAD 4. Happy Jack - The Entire Population Of China 5. Bluejay - something lefty, provided I don't have another senior moment and leave it/them at home 6. Bassman Steve - Boogie and Barefaced stuff and a Precision or two 7. obbm - new micro-stack 8. Kiwi (?) - GB Shuttle 6.0 and two fEARful F112 cabs, Spector 5, Status 5, Alembic, Pedulla...and maybe the Steinberger 9. Bottle - 1x12 Cab and 1x10 Combo, FX boards and rack amp, Ibanez bass. 10. TheGreek - something a little bit different 11. Mykesbass - Shuker 5 string fretless (old style P Bass), Carvin BX500 Head, Fender Rumble V3 112 cab. 12. Shockwave - Musicman Stingray 4, 3EQ, Could possibly bring my big pedalboard, but no amp to play through! 13. Lozz196 (?) 14. Merton - ACG Finn, Status Retroactive, possibly some Ashdown valve and Barefaced Gen 3 gear 15. Oldman - with some stuff ( ) 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

And a video medley from the gig! [url="https://youtu.be/P2GztNcalEM"]https://youtu.be/P2GztNcalEM[/url]

Some more King Ralph action (with flautist Keith Waithe), this time outdoors at Kew Market, last Sunday 05/07.

Just realised I forgot to add Lozz with a question mark! Apologies, Lozz! 1. Hamster - 2. Silverfoxnik - BC Rich Eagle, Schecter Diamond P5, Levinson Blade B15, Yamaha BB300, amp & cab tbc 3. Billy Apple - Spector, Jule Monique, Demeter Minnie, EAD 4. Happy Jack - The Entire Population Of China 5. Bluejay - something lefty, provided I don't have another senior moment and leave it/them at home 6. Bassman Steve - Boogie and Barefaced stuff and a Precision or two 7. obbm - new micro-stack 8. Kiwi (?) - GB Shuttle 6.0 and two fEARful F112 cabs, Spector 5, Status 5, Alembic, Pedulla...and maybe the Steinberger 9. Bottle - 1x12 Cab and 1x10 Combo, FX boards and rack amp, Ibanez bass. 10. TheGreek - something a little bit different 11. Mykesbass - Shuker 5 string fretless (old style P Bass), Carvin BX500 Head, Fender Rumble V3 112 cab. 12. Shockwave - Musicman Stingray 4, 3EQ, Could possibly bring my big pedalboard, but no amp to play through! 13. Lozz196 (?) 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

[quote name='Bassman Steve' timestamp='1436514164' post='2818679'] Point of order. If Happy Jack is bringing the entire population of China (presumably at a tenner a throw) do exhibitors still need to pay? [/quote] More importantly, we could then hold Kiwi's wedding at the bash!

While Nik enjoys his well-deserved week of holiday, we might start throwing a few ideas on to the table. The bash is on 26th September. What would you like to do at the bash? Any topics you'd like to attend a talk about? Would you give a talk about one of your favourite topics? Let us know: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/265547-south-east-bass-bash-no9-surrey-saturday-26th-september-2015/ Ta

This is what we are talking about re. Warwick (low B saddle, minus spring, to the right). The Thumb is similar:

We should probably write an open letter to Warwick engineers and publish it on their forum.

Oh, and I think we should also mention the [b]intonation [/b]issue. Anyone managed to correctly intonate a low B string on a Warwick without removing the saddle screw to push the saddle all the way back? I had to do just that on my two Corvette Pros, on my Rockbass Fortress 5 and two other Rockbass Corvettes. Been told by experienced players that other makes have the same problem, sometimes even with intonation of the E string, so it's not just Warwick. Irritates me like hell.

Warwick are being a bit slow offering a design improvement here, arent' they. And don't ever try to install a Thomastik low B, then - they are absolutely huge. I've still got a new one in my spares bag - never been able to fit it on any of my 5ers, with old bridge or new...

Be careful not to damage the winding on the string, though! I've just noticed you said 'the guide slot' not 'the hole' - so you have the new-style bridge. So the D'Addario roundwound B is even fatter than their Chrome?? I would get rid of the silk and delicately push it down, then, rather than file the slot.