molan

Had a long couple of days working on the Bass gear stand with Phil, Keith &, on Saturday, Tom as well (all fellow BC'er's) but had a great time despite losing my voice pretty much completely and now sounding like Barry White (if only I had the energy to try out my new-found huskiness by crooning walrus of love songs to the wife!). Didn't get to see any of the artists but met so many great people from BC and had a good old natter about all things bass which more than made up for this Also met loads of other super friendly bass players on our stand as well - it never ceases to amaze me what a nice bunch of people most bass people are. As ever I was blown away by the quality of playing by most of the people who took the time to try out some of our basses. The ones that always get me are the younger kids who sheepishly ask if they can try something out & when I say yes they immediately head for the Fodera Matt Garrison 6 string & promptly slay me with the quality of their playing There were a couple who couldn't have been more than 14/15 who really had technical skills but also had a nice groove to their playing as well. One of them asked if he could try the Yin Yang and when I said 'of course' his jaw nearly hit the floor. He played some nice stuff for 5 minutes or so and then carefully put the bass back on its stand and, very formally, shook my hand and said thank you very much for letting him play (his dad quietly whispered that this would have made his day which was also really nice of him). Just goes to show that there's plenty of young talented players coming up that aren't all snotty, arsey brats and makes me feel happier about the future of our chosen instrument. Looking forward to next year (and more stands with those wonderful headphone set-ups!). . .

[quote name='TomKent' post='1158752' date='Mar 11 2011, 10:26 PM']Does Phil eat chocolate by any chance? I owe him big time.[/quote] Phil says yes

[quote name='Tait' post='1158730' date='Mar 11 2011, 10:08 PM']What are these? Never heard of them before?[/quote] Custom build Shuker J basses Unfortunately there will now only be 1 x 4 string version at the show

[quote name='essexbasscat' post='1158545' date='Mar 11 2011, 08:00 PM']I'll be around this stand too. Look forward to seeing you all there [/quote] Excellent I've just seen Phil's line-up for the weekend - looks like: 6 x Fodera 4 x Alleva Coppolo 4 x Zon 3 x Boulder Creek (I'm really looking forward to trying these) 3 x Shuker Satinline (ooh - these too!) Plus 4 or 5 of his used stock as well Couple of Bag End Cabs as well

Just a quick note to say Phil has managed to double the size of his stand for BassGear at very short notice So that means twice as many Fodera / Alleva Coppolo / Zon / Shuker Satinline / Boulder Creek (& whatever else he can fit in his van) for people to try out I'm helping him out on both days so come and say hi if you get a chance. . .

78% voting for rounds at the moment - probably goes some way to show why most basses come with rounds fitted. . .

Maybe look out for an Aguilar DB cab in any of their more traditional colours - a tweed 2x12 would look great And the, more common, black / silver still looks very 'authentic':

Obviously they are at the other end of the bass but it might worth seeing if Hipshot have any ultralite tuners that would fit. You could weigh one of your existing tuners and compare weights. They can make a huge difference to some basses (and would help compensate if you do decide to remove weight from the body of the bass).

Cobie Caillat - does this wreck whatever trace of 'cred' I ever had?

[quote name='Dusty' post='1104683' date='Jan 27 2011, 05:38 AM']A Korean one has just turned up on flea bay in Brighton for £900.... is that yours molan ?[/quote] No way - mine is up for a lot less than that Mine is virtually 'as new' and yours for only £750

Should be getting my white ones in a couple of weeks. I am soooo tempted to get a white head cover for my DB750 as well, lol.