BassBod

Be persistent, name them and point them to this thread. All their initial responses will be standard issue, just to put you off and make you give up. The damage to your goods is significant, and that means serious neglect on their part. As a community there must be a lot of money spent here sending stuff around the country/world, so we need to know which couriers to avoid (I know its a long list!) No bubble wrap in existence would have saved your cab...

Tossers....

Nice.....really nice....

When I looked about a few months ago, it was only the Allparts Tele neck which combined one piece/walnut stripe and square end. Other than that, it was custom made.

I've been using 2 TKS 1x12's - very impressive and very light. They also have a bit of voicing, but it's well balanced. Not as unforgiving as some of the "flat" response cabs I've had.

I recently used an Allparts Tele neck - excellent, give them a call 😎

Yep, east Brizzle..happy to help 😎

Jon at Orchid Electronics, on the edge of Exeter.

Yep, it was one of those sets....not exactly a complicated line up, but the sound never really got sorted. We did an unplugged tune for the Songs From the Shed guy afterwards and it was a pleasure to just play acoustically. Still can't hear the bas much, but its there.

I'm getting too close to 50, but I find the early set up and long wait on function gigs is the worst. By the time you start playing at 10pm its hard to feel too enthusiastic when you left home at 4pm... Your GP will tell you you've got high blood pressure, early Type II diabetes and the end is nigh. Just look after yourself, use a light amp and keep gigging!

General fitness will help - as it helps with everything. One thing you can do is don't sit around for hours before you play in that sort of situation...get out for a bit, have walk about, have something decent to eat etc. Also a drink of orange juice half way in the set can give you a bit of a sugar boost, but I wouldn't go for any of the sports/energy stuff.

Yep, that was it. Although it was more a bass/violin duet where I was standing....

Edgar Meyer and Christian McBride, St Georges Bristol. Stunning. Two acoustic basses, and a bit of piano (played by a bass player).

You probably just missed me busking jazz in the foyer....

One thing I did miss from shows years ago was seeing Pete the Fish of WAL. I nearly always had a chat with him, bought some strings etc. He was always happy to talk, whoever you were - Would be nice if WAL made an appearance sometime, even though I'm sure they don't need to.

They were on their distributor's stand...Westside?

Hey, timmo....do have a go, whenever you feel like it. A lot of us have been playing for a long time, and frankly should be better by now! I've seen some very well known pros play surprisingly badly over the years. Bassists are the most forgiving audience and are usually far more interested in your strings anyway. Having fun is what matters.

Really...what Geoff said (nice to meet you on Sat!). I've used the Realist for ages on EUB and acoustic and liked its darker warmer and slightly thumps tone. But I got a new/old bass last year with a Fishman Full Circle already fitted, and I do prefer the more articulate and balanced sound. I've now got a Realist fitted as a spare, and I can easily swap. The downside is the fitting is more complicated, it needs to go into an adjustable bridge...but it also limits the bridge setting, as the wire coming out needs to be protected and facing upwards. Before you give up on the Realist, make sure it is fitted closely, there are no gaps and that the bridge is properly upright, not leaning. The sound can be compromised if it isn't well seated under the bridge foot. Mics can be great out front - but don't really work for backline monitoring best of luck

[quote name='Chownybass' timestamp='1457943684' post='3003109'] Whew! Finally got back to Bristol last night at 22:30 after another very long day at the London Bass Guitar Show. It was great to see some bass chatters (both the lanyard wearing ones, and those that were incognito). It was amazing the positive feedback we received from pretty much everybody. Even those that thought it wasn't "their thing" still had nice things to say. For those that came and tried one of our basses - Thanks. Hope you enjoyed the show. Biggest thanks however goes to Basschatter "Romeo2" who volunteered to help me and covered the stand when I couldn't. Thanks a million dude! [/quote] I said hello (another Bristol bassist), although I didn't try the basses - we should have some sort of BassChat handshake, shouldn't we? If you need help in the future do PM me...always happy to help a bass player building a business.

Its usually the Distributor that sets the UK price...

As for photo's - why stop at Dave when we've got Cordez too...I know I will...

Yes, got me too, I thought about it....but I went Luddite and opted for the eticket..hoping I could print. Didn't get any email or receipt, which I find a bit odd.