Richard R

Just post on the thread that you'll try to make it, you don't even need a bass TBH, as there are usually a lot, though the Sinsonido will be appreciated. I can't make that one, or the SE one later on unfortunately 😪

Welcome aboard! A friend lent me his Sinsonido as the very first bass I ever played. Fun things. Check the events thread, and see if you can make it to the SW Bass Bash in October. Lots of nice people to meet and talk to - and the best food of any bash as @scrumpymike will tell anyone within earshot.

Even if it is out of manufacturer's warranty, you have coverage under The Sale of Goods act. That states (and I paraphrase massively), that goods should last for what a reasonable person thinks they should, taking into account the cost. I've had external hard drives with 12 months warranty fail at 19 months, and had them replaced, as it's reasonable to expect them last two or three years.

Good news - Nov 12th is already in my diary so doesn't need to be added. Bad news - I am playing in church that Sunday with both my wife and daughter for the first time this year, and it's my son's birthday weekend. Aaaarrrggggghhh!!!!

Well that's fighting talk! @petecarlton, we need to sort out the date for the next Midlands Bash, and then commence the Five Year Plan for BassBash Domination.

An excellent video, thanks. I'll definitely be trying this, but my singing is notoriously inaccurate. I'm not tone deaf, I can hear it's not right, I just don't have consistent control. So either my singing will improve or my playing will get worse, wish me luck. 🫰

The Grateful Dudes, at the Hare and Hounds in Birmingham. Really looking forward to this!

I had never actually heard this song before. Maybe best enjoyed while playing it live to a room full of happy punters, rather than listening to at home on headphones.

Merci pour vos messages. J’ai oublié la plupart de la Français que j’ai appris il y a 40 ans. Maintenant, je dois l’utiliser à nouveau, ce qui est une bonne chose. (Corrected with MS Translator!)

I shall come as a leaf-peeper.

We really should have recorded a video of the setup demonstration @Andyjr1515 gave at the last bass bash!

Dumb question time: What's the difference between lacquer and varnish? I have varnished tables, floors, etc, in the past and not had to wait weeks for things to harden. Or maybe I should have?

Welcome aboard! UK Brummie here, but I have been to Virgennes in Vermont on business many years ago. Vermont is definitely on my list of states to revisit as a tourist.

Welcome aboard! Maybe a careful choice of fretless bass, strings and amplification could get you at least close to the sound you want without knackering your hands playing DB/EUB?Probably worth asking on the DB/EUB thread. And if the Bass Bash Cymru in South Wales happens then definitely get along and meet people. 👍

Out of time for sound clips. There are some sample demos on the Roland site https://www.roland.com/uk/products/v-bass/

Having played around with it last night, the biggest problem is neck dive on the bass. There isn't space for the hex pickup on my #1 bass, so I can't fit it there. I'll have to try another strap. That aside: matching the volume on the different patches will take some time, and understanding the whole interaction between parameters is very confusing. And the first patch I tried to make won't allow me to mix in the native bass sound. Hours of fun to be had 🤣

The only song of hers I know is the obvious one. Having read her obituary on the BBC news I realise I probably should have paid more attention to her work.

I'll try to record some this week. If not then it will be in a couple of weeks time as I know I won't have time next week.

Project back in action as I sold a couple of bits of kit and so was able to purchase that V-bass and GK2-B that was on e-Bay. Coupled with a bass that was free on the recycling thread I now have this setup, for essentially zero cost: @Franticsmurf - it arrived complete, extremely well packed, and it all works 🙂 The floor unit is big - 48cmx30cm and built like a tank! There are some decent sounds in there, as well as some terrible noises. The "MG-Bass" sound is rather nice, as is the "Fretless 8 string" emulation. I'm not sure if it's an accurate emulation of a fretless 8-string (or even if such a thing exists) but it sounds nice. I'm starting to experiment a bit with editing, but mainly just trying to play cleanly so the more synth-y sounds work OK. @ped - I saw that you sold a V-bass previously and in the advert it said you had set up custom patches. Is there any sort of desktop editor for the V-Bass, or did that only come in with the VB-99? I've not found any patch libraries either, I suspect that is just the age of the unit. @NoirBass - I've joined the V-guitar forum, though most people there seem to have moved to the later VB-99. Thanks to everyone for all the advice - really appreciated. If anyone is interested then let me know on here and I'll post a few clips of the more interesting sounds.

The real reason I was intending to go out this year Roland V-bass and pickup. 😁 The truss rod nut on the free bass responded to a high quality Allen key of the right size with a ball end, so the hex pickup installed on there with tape for now. The V-bass has some excellent emulations of different basses, but I need to play a lot cleaner than I do.

Clamps? Were there no inner tubes long enough?

Pinching that! We have a tangle of four at church.

The BC profanity filter strikes again! "It's the Buzz, pink torpedo!", coming soon to a t-shirt near you.

This is excellent. I have (for no reason I could fathom) kept several old bike inner tubes. Now I know why I have them - they are providential provision for when the fretboard comes off my project guitar in the autumn! 😅