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[quote name='jonthebass' post='641886' date='Oct 31 2009, 02:02 PM']I would say hang on a bit longer and get the dough together for a BareFaced Vintage 2x15". My 2 Compacts are stunning together and can only presume the Vintage is the same if not a little better. Cheers, JTB[/quote] +2 Heard Merton's Vintage at the SE Bash and it was unbelievably good!! And considering it's a 215, it was pretty light as well...

[quote name='Rich' post='641060' date='Oct 30 2009, 01:22 PM']I come from the age of vinyl, like the author of that article -- when you went into town on Saturday afternoon with your few quid and scoured the record shops, coming home with 2,3, maybe 4 carefully selected albums. You put on an album, you listened to the whole thing, all the way through, carefully. Listened again. And again, if it really grabbed you. And again, if it was an instant classic. Back then I think I probably knew every lyric to every song on every album I owned, because music was very definitely finite and so we listened more carefully. Perhaps we even treasured it more?[/quote] +2 (or is that 3) That was exactly my experience.. And i think because music was once so much harder to access, it was more treasured as a result IMO! Going back to Alex's OP, he definitely has a point; there's just so much music on stream 24/7 now, either as a backdrop or soundtrack to something else, that it has somehow become devalued as a result. Part of that change has definitely been driven by technology and because we can use cool functions like 'shuffle', the idea of an album as a piece of art in it's own right has become almost meaningless. That's not to say that it's all bad, just that the landscape has changed. My daughter who's 19 has grown up with the new technology and new formats and she loves music just as much as I did when i was her age..but she listens to it in a very different way.

[quote name='Mrs Tinman' post='642061' date='Oct 31 2009, 06:17 PM']Ooooh, hellllooooooooo :wub: [/quote] silddx did add a certain 'glamour' to the proceedings, it must be said... Great pics by the way Captain!

[quote name='silddx' post='610501' date='Sep 27 2009, 11:58 PM']Some cracking shots in this thread! Here's a couple from a gig two weeks ago, first outing for my Corvette Fretless in its new white livery.[/quote] +1 Your two shots aren't too bad either!!

[quote name='ezbass' post='640824' date='Oct 30 2009, 10:29 AM']GAS is a cruel, cruel mistress.[/quote] Yup! Expensive too...

Greetings from one West Sussex bass player to another.. the more the merrier I say!

The DJ5 is stunning! I've always like a P/J configuration on a bass as well, something Yamaha have always done.. Am surprised it doesn't crop up more often as it sounds so good!

Very nice! That Kinal really is a looker as well...

Sounds great - good luck! It's always important to push yourself musically, creatively so seems to me (being on the outside looking in as it were) that you're doing the right thing...

[quote name='Gary Williams' post='639231' date='Oct 28 2009, 04:55 PM']Hey Nik - just wanted to thank you for making the goodbye to my Fender Jazz 5 as easy as it could have been! Pleasure to deal with you and wouldn't hesitate to recommend you to anyone dealing with you. Great communications, handy player and a damn nice guy all round! Thanks again Nik! Gary Williams[/quote] Thanks Gary! The feeling's mutual...

[quote name='ped' post='639089' date='Oct 28 2009, 02:18 PM']let's not leave it too long until the next one![/quote] Isn't it about time for another National Bash Ped??

[quote name='obbm' post='639076' date='Oct 28 2009, 02:01 PM']Last evening Hamster very kindly dropped by to deliver my Hartke strings raffle prize and surprised me with a Get Well card signed by those who were at the Bash. It was a wonderful thought. Thank you so much. I've just spent a long time this morning trying to decipher all the messages and signatures. I was very disappointed that I couldn't be there. Hopefully I'll be fit again for the next Bash.[/quote] We all hope so too Dave!

Hi Folks Just had the pleasure of buying a lovely Fender Jazz 5 from Gary. Apart from the fact it's a great bass that came with all the original parts, case, case candy etc, Gary's a really cool person to deal with and a fine, fine player! So, though he's relatively new here on Basschat, I can highly recommend him to one and all.. Thanks a lot Gary! Look forward to seeing you at the Bass Day in Brighton at the weekend. Nik