Happy Jack

I'm not keen on an active Fraudster. Can these be converted to passive?

One of these came up cheap on eBay so I bought it for Silvie: https://www.gak.co.uk/en/stanton-uberstand-laptop-stand-silver/94856?gclid=Cj0KEQjwwYK8BRC0ta6LhOPC0v0BEiQApv6jYRLMQ-ywqrzUoW4bKZB-7KHSgz96T5vqwFyPMPv1-Q4aAhGk8P8HAQ Obviously it's not free-standing like those mentioned above, but it works well on either a tabletop or a rack-case.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1468013398' post='3088159'] Never do a lecture without gaffes tape and an orange, the banana is optional [/quote] Surely that should be Jaffa tape ...

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1468014143' post='3088168'] I am not sure where all this leaves Anthony Jackson. He uses a chair AND a music stand. On Big Band Charts, you don't need to turn pages. It's all so fast that you end before the page turn. Look here, AJ proves it from his chair. [media]http://youtu.be/tZOCdrwGch4[/media] [/quote] All very impressive and slick, great musicianship and all that. Not much of a tune, is it? Nor is it particularly memorable. I guess you had to be there.

[quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1467996005' post='3087965'] wtf? wish i was clever [/quote] It's easy enough Mike ... these are the essential tools used the world over by sound specialists trying to explain the basic principles of compression.

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1467986317' post='3087845'] Wasn't the best post of the last thread something like ..., If I went to a gig a saw a stand I'd walk straight out ? [/quote] [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1467986723' post='3087852'] Hee, hee. Yes, but no-one can remember who said it. [/quote] This has become something of a Basschat meme, cropping up all over the place, which makes it tricky to pin down where it started. I can remember it also being used in the context of bass stands, vocal autotune, and drummers playing around the beat!

[quote name='4stringslow' timestamp='1467972519' post='3087646'] The Stones with music stands would look pretty daft. [/quote] Last time I saw them live, they could have used some. Keef in particular clearly couldn't remember how quite a few songs went ...

Well if you have to ask ...

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1467926512' post='3087448'] Hopefully I can make it this year Not sure what to bring ... [/quote] I suggest a banana, a tomato, and a roll of gaffa tape. [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/SimononFruit.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/SimononFruit.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1467880305' post='3086872'] ... and it is something of an ageing audience. [/quote] That's alright. We're ageing musicians.

All depends on the sound guys. Of course. I played the East Barnet Festival on Sunday, supporting the Trembling Wilburys. There were FOUR sound guys just on the stage itself, but they were dealing with four acoustic stringed instruments. It took ages to get the feedback under control but after that it was a real pleasure. http://youtu.be/5SnbMJb8NVY

There's usually some on special offer at Sellafield ...

The new Barefaced cabs work like smartphones. When you turn them on their sides, the logo automatically relocates to stay legible.

Hmmmm. Sounds like Volterra or San Gimignano. I know an English sound engineer (and bassist!) who spends chunks of the year at his second home in Umbria, so he'd be about 100km away. Probably too far, but I'll ask him if he knows anyone who can help.

Big place, Tuscany. Roughly whereabouts will the wedding be? Yes, I have a reason for asking! I may know the right person to help. Makes quite a difference whether it's north of Pisa as opposed to south of Arezzo. A bit like north of Lincoln as opposed to south of Watford.

When did he start calling himself Crowford then?

It's coming around again ...

Rotating gear? I used to have a Leslie ...

Maybe it's the photography, but I'm not convinced that's the original finish, and the fretboard looks odd to me. That, plus it's a crushed vertebra waiting to happen ...

I find people are too busy laughing to offer any comment.

Biggest hard nut? No problem. [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/Flatmate_zpsbeb4c454.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/Flatmate_zpsbeb4c454.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36660103

I see you've crossed Angela Merkel off the list then ...