Si600

1. Si600, GK MB212 (house rig), Fender P V. 2. The_Ox (exams permitting) 3. tauzero, Sei Original fretless 5, Sei Flamboyant 6, Antoniotsai 5, maybe something else interesting, and possibly Mrs Zero. 4. Harryburke14 5. Len_derby 6. Andyjr1515 7. Bottle. Ibanez bass, Line 6 Lowdown 110, amp rack and effects boards. 8. Annoying Twit. Who knows what I will bring. 9. GrammeFriday - Sandberg VM5, TC RH750, TC RS212, maybe also pedalboard 10. Jabba_the_Gut - A couple of homemade basses (if I finish them in time...again), Markbass head and TC RS112 cabs 11. Kev - Alpher Mako, ACG Finn, couple of pedals. 12. Norris - Aria SB-1000, Squier P-bass Special, Fender Rumble v3 500 combo 13. Bassbiscuits - Fender 1970 P bass, Sandberg TT4, Markbass head and Schroeder 1210 cab 14. Chris Sharman - Westone Thunder 3 Fretless, Harley Benton 5 string Deko, (another bass to be confirmed), Mrs Sharman, Cake. 15. Joebethell - Bass or two and a pedal board work allowing. 16. IanA - Nordy's, Vabderkley and Puma 900

Sorry, that was a mistake on my part. I saw this: http://www.gak.co.uk/en/fender-standard-stratocaster-2011-candy-apple-red-maple/52846 and the bit halfway down that said upgrade to American Standard for however much it is thinking that that was the price, not that it was on top of the price for what I assume is the MiM one.

I don't know if it's any help but GAK have got MiM Strats for £440 and USA ones for £650 or so. £700 strikes me as a lot for one that no one is sure of the provenance. I may have missed something in the thread that says I'm wrong though If it were me, I'd be looking at a super Strat, HSH pickups, Floyd Rose etc, but then you are talking money

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1454241562' post='2967733'] Not cool ... [/quote] Tort and sunburst. Told you so

Tort and sunburst are not, and never can be cool

I did. No fours in my house

[quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1452637487' post='2952000'] Hope they actually brew this, then I can raise a glass, [URL=http://s970.photobucket.com/user/gelfin5959/media/King%20Goblin_zps0m32ezdv.jpg.html][IMG]http://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae181/gelfin5959/King%20Goblin_zps0m32ezdv.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/quote] They already do. It's not bad, but I prefer normal Hobgoblin. It would be nice if they did a run with that label though.

Last night the young lad who came to the first one returned. We were a bit stymied by the Wendy-Ball being on in the pub so we stayed unplugged until it finished. We were talking about word of mouth. If all the people we collectively know turned up it would be reasonably attended. People being people, don't do what you would like on the whole... I'm going to try and keep it friendly, mix up the people and stop anyone hogging the evening, unless there's only one of them of course and they fit in with the rest! It's only been going two evenings though, so I'm not expecting anything exciting to happen for a while. I did get praised for my Sweet Child O' Mine. I nailed it according to the chap in the pub. I only know the intro and the verse and I had to start the intro twice because I messed it up. Still, it pleased him!

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1452756326' post='2953093'] I truth I'm not sure what to do with it... I have a fretless Wal for all my fretless needs, but I do have need of a fretted four, so I may source a block and bound fretted neck for it. [/quote] Probably a silly suggestion, but rather than buying a new neck for it, could you ask the chap who is building it to fret it? I'm sure he'd rather that happened than you not find it quite right for your needs.

Quick plug, the next Music Night will be on the 27th of January in the Crown Inn in West Haddon. From half eight until chucking out time.

I suppose it depends on whether you like the tarnished brass look. It'll dull down to a sort of bronze colour. It could be lacquered to preserve the shine if you wanted to. I've got a brass sundial my dad made a note that was mirror finish when it was new, but the tarnish looks lovely now it's a few years old. Still scratch free but just browner if that makes sense.

I like the Duff Mckagan signature bass, but only because it's a PJ P-bass without a scratch plate and I think it looks really neat. I it was a 5er I'd seriously consider it. I also like the Steve Harris one, as he's a bit of a bass hero of mine, but it's got to be the blue sparkle one for me.

Dave, goes under the forum name of Obbm

There will be a raffle, so if you have anything that you think would make a good prize (read: want to move on!) then bring it along.

It's just a social really, meet people from the forum and try any basses that get brought along. Show of your own kit if you brought anything, drink tea or coffee and if you're lucky eat cake!

[quote name='Bottle' timestamp='1452170492' post='2947195'] Howdy I'm free that day - added date on calendar.[/quote] You said that last year

In the vein of not letting inexperience stop me I'm now running jam nights on Wednesdays at my local. The first one was tonight and just when I was getting worried people showed up. Only two a 16 year old and a chap who had been playing guitar for nine months, but has been playing bass for a year. I'm not sure what I expected but from small acorns big oak trees will grow. Trying them to start off was hard work though, but once the ice had broken we got on OK. We all learnt something from each other and no one got upset. More advertising required for next week I feel. If anyone wants to pop along it's in West Haddon. PM for details

Whoops, double post!

That's the intention. I tried it earlier with directly plugging the bass in. It's quite buzzy though. We'll see what happens later :-)

I can't guarantee cake. There will be basses though ☺

Quick question, can I use either of the XLR/jack inputs to take a feed from the monitor out port on my mixing desk to record a session?

1. Si600[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif], GK MB212 (house rig), Fender P V.[/font][/color]

[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][color=#282828]Clearly we haven't learnt yet as this is bash number 3...[/color][/font] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The Midlands Bass Bash 2016 is taking place on the 7th May 2016 from 1200 to 1700.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The venue is[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Brockington College,[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Blaby Road,[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Enderby,[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Leicester,[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]LE19 4AQ[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]It's easy to get to from J21 of the M1. Take the A5460 and at the first roundabout turn right onto the B4114 towards Narborough. Carry on the B4114 past Fosse Park on the right until you get to another roundabout. Turn right here onto Blaby road, the B582. Follow this road and once you cross the motorway Brockington College is the next left.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]In the left hand corner of the car park is direct access to the front of the school. If you want to use that to unload that's fine, but it would be appreciated if you would then park in the car park proper afterwards. The room we are using is the first door on the left, just beyond the disabled parking bays. We'll try and get a sign up with an arrow![/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]There is a firm limit of 7 amp rigs in the room unless it's incredibly exotic! The room isn't huge and I'd like to be able to hear afterwards and be allowed back next year [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] I'm bringing my GK kit as a house rig for everyone to play through should you want to.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]We're going to ask for a £5 entry fee on the day. On the off chance enough people turn up to cover the costs any extra will be donated to a charity voted for by the attendees.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I think that's about it, any other information will appear in this post at the top of the thread and then be bumped.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Can any possible/definite/probably attendees put their names on the list so we have a reasonable idea of how many to expect.[/font][/color]

We have this discussion when it comes to choosing songs. On our obvious list we've got American Idiot and Pretty Vacant, on the not so obvious list we have Upstarts and Broken Hearts and Los Angeles is Burning. We've not had chance to try it out on a audience yet, I think we good enough to get by but the others aren't so sure, plus we've only got ten songs :-)

There isn't a dedicated thread yet as I've got to confirm the venue, but expect it to be the first Saturday in May.