SpondonBassed

Yes and indeed there used to be an Open Mic night at Derby's Horse and Groom with PA, monitors, backline, bass, guitar, keys and drum kit provided if required, all on stage ready. It was a hybrid though or misnamed because it was a jam more than owt else. The Wednesday Open Mic is not on the website any more. The chap running it dropped out of contact with me some time back. So there is confusion about what constitutes a jam or an open mic out there even among the organisers.

Wow. Freaky in a good sort of way. Thanks.

Woot!

Sorry. Good work. I know lots who would be in too much of a hurry to go the extra layers.

*splutter*

My mate was caught with that when he wanted something from the 'States. He'd got all the address details and delivery charges sorted out and something made him check. When he found out about an additional charge from PP he binned the transaction. He will not buy from North America any more because of the undisclosed additional charges. I bought a bass kit from Australia and was informed on the vendor's webpage of the additional import charges before I committed. In this case I was happy to accept having been given opportunity to consider. Good. Had I only found out while the goods were being held at customs I would have taken it as customs holding my goods hostage. Not good. Additional charges should be made clear at the point of sale in my opinion. It is the world wide web after all. No-one can really fall back on the lame excuse that because they are exporting they can't say what additional charges will be applied. Brexit or no Brexit it makes no difference. If a website can give you prices in your own currency there is no excuse for leaving out the import charge. Whoops. Pardon me for the rant. Thanks for the clip.

Here here! Leave agendas and preconceived notions at home and come jam. That's the spirit of a jam right there. An agenda is better suited to an Open Mic event.

Cutting compounds can remove more material than you think. Generally speaking, they are intended for use on orange peel defects or for removal of the thin oxide layer on older exposed paintwork. They are not good for dressing out runs in the paintwork. You might not spots the signs of break through as easily as with dry abrasive because you are making a paste of the same colour as your paint. Only when you wipe it clean can you see if you've gone too far Fine grade dry abrasive paper or cloth is less of a pain. Micromesh pads are highly recommended by a few Basschat builders. You MUST have good lighting to do this without snags though. I think that there are a couple of different standards for grit classification but I'd try a dry an 800 first on a safe test piece to get the feel of how much of a cut it is taking. If that's okay on a flat surface, I'd then use 1200 on the edges for added safety.

Welcome Dom.

So - an Open Mic then. Just saying.

I think that that is a far better way to have it. There is a clear distinction between the two types of event and everyone knows exactly where they stand.

May I nominate that for the Basschat Word of the Month award? I respectfully suggest for those who like to shorten words that the contraction narseness be adopted from this day forward. Narseness is like niceness only it's applied in an inwardly direction by shoving one's entire head up one's own fundament.

The Cabbage Patch huh? If that's all that's left I am well out of it. I suppose Twickenham musos have to go to Richmond on Thames now. Cuh!

Not an open mic or jam but I used to love the Mulberry Tree when it was a music pub. It was a restaurant last time I looked it up.

Yes. Quite right. Leave your coat on the hook. I'm a bit chuffed by that if I'm honest but I really didn't mean to hijack the thread for Mr O'Malley. On with the jam...

Take him there on Pancake Tuesday and sit him near one of the stands. I bet it'll get his little nostrils twitching in short order.

Our local Folk and Acoustic Club (Vernon Arms, Spondon, Tuesday nights) simplifies things by not calling it a jam night nor an open mic night. Anyone who shows up with suitable material gets two songs in their turn. Ability is not usually an issue. It is well populated each week. The host will usually kick off with a couple of songs that he accompanies with guitar. If it's a quiet night there are almost always enough players to go around a second time. Then, a few times a year, a folk act will be booked as guests. That's quite a good night too. Isn't it funny that so many find jams and open mics more cliquey than a club night that charges a pound to non-members if you're performing and two pounds if you just want to listen?

F-f-f-f-f-fantastic. (Who said that?)

I found it strange and a little intimidating with Tristram Shandy. I don't really class them as a house band though. This was also advertised as a jam. A house band at an Open Mic is fine as long as they sit it out for the other players to get on with it. If it is a quiet evening (attendance is always unpredictable) a house band will at least keep paying customers of the pub occupied. Tristram Shandy are a long standing band with one of the original members still active. I can not knock their credentials. I came away with the feeling that they were hosting the jam for promotional reasons as much as anything else. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed playing with their drummer and a local vocalist/gob-iron blower but if you know material that they've already rehearsed as a band they aren't keen on others joining them.

Anyway... what happens at BC BB stays at BC BB. Heeheehee

I think the two get confused too easily. I'd make the following distinction: a jam is where people who are not already in a band together can meet over mutually agreed numbers an open mic is an opportunity for bands or individuals to try out their material in public.

My recent experience was of lots of boring 12 bar stuff AND regional bands. They come in to promote themselves and practice bits of their set. No time for any middle ground there then.

Yes. I don't bother now. I have other places I can go and be marginalised. In my twenties a jam was a get together in someone's house with friends, not in a pub where there are circles within circles and most of the participants are intoxicated. Open Mic however is a different story.

No. Never. There is no call for reminding us of that holiday in May. Go sit on some Holly then go and wait under some Mistletoe until someone kisses it better for you. Heeheehee. I remember being cheesed off at having to learn a Christmas set for the choir. I shouldn't have taken against the idea at all. I ended up learning a lot about the delivery of songs I thought I knew already.

Would the template (properly clamped) not help retain the veneer?