Richard R

Church Weekend away this weekend. Our sound man wins the best t-shirt competition by a country mile!

A desktop only web site that doesn't work on a phone. How quaint.

Acid Skiffle!

Welcome aboard! Nice collection of basses. Loads of helpful people in the Repairs and Technical thread here can help out with rewiring.

To answer the question @Chienmortbb dare not ask. The Pro had a slightly rubberised outer case. Over time and use I managed to get marks on it that wouldn't come off, so I used the alcohol wipes I use to clean bass strings and wiped the case clean. DO NOT EVER DO THIS! It cleaned the marks, but then softened the stuff they had put on the case and it went really sticky and unpleasant to touch. i couldn't remove it with scraping so I had to dismantle the thing and soak the affected parts in meths*. All ready to go back together now.

I have a Zoom H4n Pro in bits with the outer case parts soaking in methanol to remove some very sticky gunk.

I think I'm with the others in that the 745s just shade the Evox, but it's within the margin of error listening on YT, and I didn't hear anthing that suitable eq for the room wouldn't resolve. The minor problem I had was with the second track. I spent much of it distracted as the intro reminded me of a completely different song which I couldn't quite place. It's just popped into my head - "Hold you back" by Status Quo. (Apologies to anyone who ends up with that earworm all day at work.)

But those of us who missed it can now experience some of the warm thrill of confusion, that space cadet glow. Thanks both.

Thanks Phil, and to those who've commented too. I shall get headphones and a mug of tea later on.

Excellent news! The guitar shows at Cranmore have had a decent amount of bass stuff, so if we can have what was the acoustic hall just for basses that would be good. For this year I created various BC lanyards, though as I had to drop out at the last minute I don't know if anyone wore them. Basschat Lanyards.docx

Can you post a link?

The Midlands bashes have all been on Saturdays, as have some of the others from memory. I think the SE one in 2023 may have been a Saturday, but I had to cry off. I prefer Saturdays personally. @SimonK - start a new thread with Hampshire Bash 2025 as the title and see what dates work for you and the hall. The SW one is already booked in for next year in October, how about April? I used to have friends in Hedge End.

In my Calendar. I shall book the fortnight before off work and spend it in isolation to avoid catching lurgis, getting hit by a bus, or anything else that would possibly prevent me from getting there. I shall also persuade my better half that we should move to the village so I can walk to the bash in case of roadworks on the M6.

Looks like a fab bash.

And that is a very good reason 😊

Still coughing which confirms my decision to drop out. "Get Well Soon" to the Scumpettes and all the others felled by viruses. "Have a fab time you jammy sods, no I am not in the least bit jealous" to the rest of you. Please - lots of photos and a full review of the PA shootout (maybe on a separate thread so others can find it if it went really well) . 😀

Welcome aboard @TheMoose. Two very nice basses there, why trade them for something as common as a Jazz?

Thanks. At some point I will get round to my project bass. Maybe. Hopefully. ...

Looks fabulous! How many cans of primer, base coat, CAR, and clear coat did you use?

I know what you mean. I have a preferred e.q. for different singers and musicians that I dial in at the start, but there is always a bit of adjustment because the real people are both analogue and inconsistent.

Quite the opposite! I've been listening to the most excellent Basschat forum members playlist on Spotify, and have bookmarked a few albums. Yours being one of them. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1sQcQT2gkfoaQeya3YDjm6?si=8vpxA8CETgGbi0yOgNk1PA&pi=l3HLM2SITZmG_

Thanks a bunch. I was feeling bad enough before you made that suggestion 😟

Sorry to hear that Mike - there are lurgis everywhere. Hope the family get well quickly. If you've not bought all the food then why not just ask everyone to bring a packed lunch as the other bashes do? That's the ultimate "parallel processing" and saves you a lot of effort.

Ouch! That's in the same league as the bass player from a few pages back who didn't know how to tune up and never played the D&G strings - the curse of the volunteer with unconscious incompetence. Maybe I have just been very fortunate, but the sound team I work with often seem to spend as much time making sure the musicians are happy as getting the FOH right. A happy band who can hear themselves invariably play better - and everyone benefits. You're right on the difference between pros and good amateurs. W hen we had an upgrade to the FOH just before Covid one of the B&H team ran through it with us and in under 5 mins had a mix that was clearly a level up from our normal standard. The difference, after we had grilled this poor chap for another half hour on how he had got a mix so fast, was mainly experience and practice. He listened to and could e.q. each instrument in isolation knowing in advance what he was probably going to tweak elsewhere to balance the whole. He got to "good enough" in one pass and "superb" in three, whereas we were getting to "almost good enough" in three, "much better and happy with that" in about five, and "superb" not that often. We've learned and improved, but we still keep trying to get better.

The link was showing, it's now private. Which is a shame as I can't now check out this quote myself: I seriously hope that is obviously tongue-in-cheek on the video, because if it's a serious comment then the guy/gal should a) try mixing a live band with a full drum kit plus 6 instruments and four vocals and getting a top-notch sound rather than a barely tolerable puddle of mud. b) take the plank out of their eye and stick it somewhere dark.