SpondonBassed

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?

Another possibility; a gig bag for a half or three quarter size classical guitar.

You may find that your intonation needs a tweak too.

Did the gig go well?

That's very interesting. Didn't you mention once that you perform as a solo bass player?

Welcome Ben. I'm glad I reread where you said "have bass will travel though" because at first glance I read it as; have bass will follow through. Phew.

You mean... I opened my macintosh to you for nowt? Sorry, I just can't get a stiffie for a single cut. Good luck with it anyway. On a thread not far from here there was mention of a Wishbass. A few of us have already looked up the brand and wished we hadn't.

Maybe that's why my '80s Hohner B2A feels a lot better in terms of quality and sound than my five year old Steinberger Spirit? It puzzles me as my understanding was that Steinberger was supposed to be the Fender to Hohner's Squier, if you get my meaning.

My mistake, sorry. I've never had the pleasure of trying a Warwick so I haven't got my eye in with their range. Good luck with the sale. We lived a short distance from Ravenstone and Weston Underwood. Those were about the happiest days of my childhood.

I can indeed. I worked out that my two paddle basses would fit in a standard Phender bass case 69 fashion. I have the case but I haven't found anyone to modify the padding and lining yet. I'm resigned to doing it myself and have put the job onto the long finger. Trouble is, us bassists often have very long fingers.

Is anyone friendly with Guy Pratt? I gather he had issues here before but he could maybe do a book signing and a deliver a taster for his live show?