uk_lefty

This is a really good series. I watched it when it came out on Disney and my respect for Sir Paul grew. I even started listening to Wings!

The George III is great, especially their festival "Georgefest"! The landlord has put loads into making it as easy as possible for bands to get in and play with the stage setup and PA. Always a good night in there!

That's the great thing on here. I had someone contact me who hadn't posted much and wanted a bass sending to somewhere abroad... I flagged it as potentially dodgy and, I think it was Ped, got back to me confirming it was a real person who contributed sporadically to the site. I always want to sell or buy stuff through here as my first option so I can deal with top class people and have a level of security you just don't get with other things like eBay and Facebook.

Ask Ashdown? On their site ages ago they were selling some empty 8x10s that had been "used" on the McBusted tour.

No because they pay into the club and have to follow a lot of not all of it's rules but aren't full members so don't have a say in making those rules. They also have a cultural and political history of not getting too involved in major things happening in Europe so I'm sure they're happy with their lot.

This is what our stage looked like last time with our own lighting out... The weird spotty light thing in one of the pics was part of the venue house lighting which was a bit of an eBay Mish mash by the look of it. Our own lighting is the colour up the walls and the green and blue side fillers on the stage. Great advice, thank you.

I don't even know the names of this stuff tbh, I just got lumbered with it when I joined the band. I'll take some photos of it tomorrow. Re: additional work we all take on some responsibility in the band so I am happy to do some added work. I don't know how complex DMX Programming is but I could have a go I guess....

I've got a load of these saved up in my loft from past bass purchases and even cases. Most are double-boxed too which should help with couriering. I don't want anything for them, just want to free up the loft space. Drop me a PM if interested.

Is anyone here knowledgeable about lighting? I'm looking for good resources for making sensible, low cost changes with the gear we have to make our stage presence look more professional? I'm sure there's tons out there, just like there is for bass playing, but my base knowledge is zero here! I've somehow ended up being the storage man and set up guy for the band's lights. I have to be honest, I never wanted to be and was a bit reluctant... Then I saw some photos from our last pub gig and realised the value. Without these lights we would have looked far less professional. Now I want to take it a step further and actually understand what to do with colours and changes in the lights to make it a bit more slick. What kit we have: All the kit is cheap Chinese stuff We have lights that go up the back and side walls which we could link together but don't; Side filler lights that we hook onto the PA Speaker stands; Some crazy whirl around things that can do strobe but we rarely use them. Any advice to get me started on this would be very much appreciated.

Well, these aren't new anymore but someone somewhere might be interested.... It took a bit of farting about but I managed to upgrade the firmware. Holy moly, it's a different beast now! I was able to access a tuner on the android app, and form the website with the amp hooked up download patches. Some of the guitar patches are fantastic but so are the bass ones!!! They're not only good amp models but the weakness in the inherent sound has gone and the notes down to E are now clear and gutsy. I've just been bashing my Stingray with the "jamiroquai" amp sound on, lovely. So if you're picking one of these up, like most multi fx thingies, ignore the stock sounds, download some clever user made patches and the thing transforms.

Bacchus jazz bass in the UK on Reverb. I don't know much about these but I suspect that's a good price? Obviously no connection to the seller, etc. Bacchus Global Series WL-434 NAHO/M-Lefty (Blue/Oil) https://reverb.com/item/62655776-bacchus-global-series-wl-434-naho-m-lefty-blue-oil?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=62655776

String choice makes a huge difference on these. I received mine with roundwounds, changed to round tapewounds which I didn't like they sucked the tone too much, and now I have Maruszczyk flatwounds and that works perfectly for me with fingers or pick.

Nice!!! Wish they did the lefty in that blue. I love mine, I usually play a Stingray but like to bring out the JC for some gigs for a different approach and sound.

I got one, great deal used and the toneprints is a big plus. I'm very happy with mine, and like yourself only use it occasionally for a big and not very subtle change

With these scams you often get "it's for my daughter/ husband/ granddad and we don't have time to come and see it but we want it right now" so they try to pressure you, make it seem like they're not the "knowledgeable" buyer but you must hurry up they're paying full price... Etc. It's the eagerness to get the thing completed and distancing themselves from it ("it's not for me") so you can't have a technical discussion that's the giveaway.

Great thread, really enjoying reading this. As a left handed bassist who fancies a bit of vocals I've always wanted to do a Beatles tribute, contacted someone a year ago who was setting one up but he'd already canned the idea and moved on to Cream, which I also thought about but realised the guy was flaky and changeable at a seconds notice. My current band did a 2000's night a few months back and we've been booked for another. That feels a good fit for us but we have been debating how far we need to go with the theme, how we dress, how we present the songs, to make it viable as a show and get booked for other venues. It's a long debate with no conclusion!

Do you have the option to buy both online together, carefully unpack them and return the one you don't want to keep? Might be the best way to test through your own gear and playing style.

+1 for Wunjo. Completely no pressure sales and great service. I can get my bass set up there for free at any time forever, sadly I don't live or work close enough for that to be worthwhile but it's a great commitment! North West Guitars have been brilliant with me phoning up and asking random questions about electronics and hardware. Manson's in Exeter are fantastic as well, whether in person while I'm visiting family in the area, or remotely when I'm ordering Mojo fake leather straps from them.

I've got a V9 too. Still not sure if it's "better" than my old G1 V7 vintage that I had. I suppose when they put ebony fingerboards and matching headstocks on the G2 V7 range there wasn't much setting the V9 apart except the flamed top. I personally really like the flamed top on mine, it was a big attraction, being lefty and not usually having access to these type of things, but guess they didn't sell so well. I don't think anyone is going to miss them.