bass_dinger

How did the event go? Any videos or photos to share?

@SamIAm - a sad loss. She had enough character to leap off of the pages of this forum, and become a real personality - honest, warm, engaging, funny. And not embarrassed to be in a ukulele band.

Judging by your post, it's much harder than it looks!! Any photos of your new kit?

The bass is a gift. The Shipping fee is not in the signal chain... Still in, I would say.

That'll be me, right enough. "Gear Up Music. Because the Post Office is closer than the charity shop...." I shall have a look at this, too. Yes - a quick tour of the area with Google Maps showed an anonymous office, rather than a vibrant guitar shop. Yes, and even the 100 "proper" Google reviews are suspiciously well-written. Capital letters, full stops, sentences. I guess the question is "is basschat willing to risk my bass guitars on the company?" Hmmm. I might contact them tomorrow.

Has anyone used or had dealings with Gear Up Music? They are based in London's Covent Garden, and seem to offer an easy way of selling instruments. Email, valuation, post the item to them, get the money via bank transfer. I am tempted to try them. However, before I do, has anyone tried them? https://gearupmusic.co.uk/

Personalised band plectrums? Perhaps if they were reclassified from "plectrum", to "triangular plastic business cards", then you would be exempt from failure.

I think that you plan to install an effects pedal and speakers into your cello. Or, more likely, it is a home cinema/ surround sound hifi. You will play Deutsche Gramophon CDs of orchestral masterpieces, and sit in the middle, playing along with your cello

@EddieG last visited basschat in the back end of January. I am confident that he will respond in good time, and when he has something to report.

@BassTool My daughter reached Grade 8 on violin, and grade 5 in Theory. I asked her if she recognised the book, but she didn't. It may simply be that she followed a different syllabus (ABRSM, rather than the AB of your book).

I entered a Rubbish Car giveaway on Facebook, for a Morris Marina. Luckily, I didn't win it...

I am impressed that you know what note I am playing! I should have written "One reads a middle C on the clef but one actually plays a note one octave below that. Is this the case?" Even with better grammar, the answer is still yep, of course.

You wouldn't fit much gear in one of those!

And also, music notation can be played on multiple instruments, without having to be re-encoded. If I have notation for a bass guitar, it can instead be played by the left hand of a pianist (and, indeed, often is!); a double bassist; an organist... I am told that the bass guitar is a transposing instrument. I read a middle C on the clef but I actually play a note one octave below that. Is this the case?

Band in a Box was popular (and perhaps still is), if anyone needs something more adaptable. https://www.pgmusic.com/ Hardware solutions might include the Yamaha QY series - I had a Yamaha QY700.