Richard R

I used to wear my grandfather's old wristwatch to school. When we studied radioactivity in 6th form and got out the gieger counters, the front face of that watch gave a reading as high as the sources we had taken from their llittle lead-lined boxes. There was virtually nothing through the back as far as I remember. The watch got lost in the late 80's 😥

Never heard of them, but looking at the web site I rather like their designs. Definitely need amplification though.

I'm going to the SW Bash in October, so that'll be my fix for the year. 😎

Sadly I am out for this one. It's Rememberance Sunday. I'm in the band for the church service and we're playing one of my songs to close. Hope the venue survives the LF onslaught!

Multiple Wows!! Looks great, but I agree you need to swap the control knobs. Black and grey to match the headstock?

Could you engrave one on the fretboard at 12th fret position? Inlay with Luminlay? Sorry for the mad ideas, I'm just terribly jealous of your dad getting such a great present!

I expect Rob fixed the hospital error with a new nose - made by 3D printing cartilage 😉

Little known fact, Trace and Elliott's ancestors were both bakers in the middle ages. Thank goodness @neepheid's not bringing a Trace Elliott Fan!!

This is Spinal Tap.

I heard that's why they decommissioned the Royal Train, so that @neepheid could use it to travel to bass bashes.

If you can drive down to Solihull then you can hitch a lift with me and my lad - you can sleep on the way down if you want to. We may need to think about what gear we can take between us, and I'll probably need to charge the car a bit on the way home.

I assume he's refering to Cherenkov radiation, which is not only blue and sci-fi looking but is the result of some pretty awesome physics. It is also a FABULOUS name to put on the headstock! "Cherenkov FTL Bass" in a Fender-esque script. For the reason behind "FTL bass" see the explanation here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherenkov_radiation

How about deliberately not matching the wood? Cut the piece to a triangle like a piece of cake, and paint it in the same high gloss black of the headstock. If you were to take the patch through to the front the black insert would tie in nicely, keep it invisible from the front then it's a private joke for you.

Is this coming to the SW Bass Bash?

Clearly she is a top-level craftswoman who takes care and thinks things through to purchase the right tools for the job. Whereas you are just another male bass player, like the rest of us. 😁

Buy your wife whatever 3D printer she wants. Then you'll both be happy.

Do the rules allow new entrants ¾ of the way into the challenge? Probably 🤷‍♂️

@Wolverinebass and I posted simultaneously, I shall amend my post!

1. Rich - Trace Elliot TE-1200 amp, Barefaced Super 12T cab, earplugs , Shuker custom 5, Tanglewood TRB-CE acoustic bass gtr. 2. Woody - Rickenbacker 4004-L5, maybe Sei Flamboyant, Same old basschat 12" with some amp, other stuff TBC 3. Pinball (tbc) - some interesting basses 4. Stubsy - Joyo BadASS, GRBASS AT212 slim - only 50W but that should give 120dB at one metre 😇. (or I bring my TE 1110 combo). Some fun pedals. Perhaps the AVII 1960 precision, the Sire P10 and maybe the Fender Performer and something unexpected... 5. Sean - Mesa 400+, Laney Nexus Tube 400 [oh jeez], MJW Taranis 200 (Filthbox Matamp clone with extra channel and EQ), GK MBF500, GK Fusion 550, 2 x LFSys Monaco, 2 x Japanese Market Spector Euros with LHZ-03 preamps, Valenti #005 Super P, Yamaha BB1300, my small but well-appointed pedal-board (Origin Cali 76, Origin DCX, Aguilar Chorusaurus, etc) plus a mini walk-in bass surgery if interested. Plus whatever I might be selling at the time. 6. Rosie - likely I'll bring my upright, set up for bluegrass/folk/jazz if anyone's not played upright before and fancies a go 7. Phil - BassChat cabs, maybe some sort of shootout? 8. MikeD - Laney Digbeth, Zilla 212, Dingwall Combusion, Revelation PJ, pedals, try to finish home made bass🤞🤞🤞🤞 9. neepheid - G&L CLF L-1000, Yamaha BB1200, Sire D5, Sire Z7, Greco LGB-700, Reverend Triad, Epiphone Les Paul (not so) Standard, Epiphone Thunderbird '64, Squier Jaguar H (with Ibanez CAP double humbucker from ATK200/800 etc), Gear4Music rat bass (with Lace Aluma-P), £150 giggable bass challenge, 1 or 2 amps depending upon space... Edited Monday at 15:17 by Rich 10. Jabba_the_gut - Status 3000, Status 4000, Stingray 4, USA Sub 5, Markbass Tube, some pedally bits inc Valeton GP5 cheaply thing 11. Japanaxe Precision(s) & Dingwall(s) DIY 100W Bassman head if finished by then(!) as people seemed to like my B15 clone At least 1 other amp (see sig) 12.chienmortbb - Fender Aerodyne AJB65, G4M pretend aerodyne, Sire Narcus M2 (possibly for sale. Ashdown Restoglide 800 and Bugera Veyron 1001M, LFSys Monza cab. Possibley a number of accessories for sale. I might have to rrim the list as I am due an op shortly and am not allowed to lift anything for 6 weeks. You will notice me as the bloke with no trousers. 13. Richard R. - Brawley 4 and 5 string basses, Ashdown ABM C300-100+15"extension, Roland V-Bass COSM system pedalboard plus HB Musicman fitted with hex pickup, headphone amp, raffle prizes. Hopefully my son and his Ibanez. Definitely trousers. V-bass system and bass possibly for sale. 14 Wolverinebass - Grainger Hades, HX Stomp, GK Fusion 1200s.

Updated @Lozz196's status. Also removed @Oliver bowen, who was never part of the thread in the first place but got added to the P31 update in error. He would be wondering why he has a second mention in a topic he has no interest in if he had actually visited the forum since he joined in 2024. Maybe we should start a "BC Abstinence Thread" for such people?

Sorry to hear that. When and how?

Current list, so we don't keep having to go back to P2. ======== @neepheid Tier 1 5th March. Greco LGB-700, three pickup @Richard R Tier 2 8th March, Akia mini MIDI keyboard. Tier 1 7th May, Smoothhound wireless system from SuburbanMan @SimonK T1 11th Feb. 2x10 Cab @Franticsmurf T2, 14th Feb. Fell in love with a guitar pedal.T1 April, awesome 5 string babass @barkin *** STILL IN **** @Velarian Tier 2 declared 14 Jan. Tier 1 1st March. A pickguard of all things! @Phill Tier 1, 3rd March, DI box @AndyTravis T1 Out on 31st Jan. Last year he was out on 3rd Jan, so he's making progress @prowla *** STILL IN *** @ezbass Tier 2, 27 Jan. Though he wasn't ever really in I just added him anyway. @bass_dinger T2 30th May EMU Classic Keys module @Jono Bolton *** STILL IN *** @SumOne 1st out! 5th Jan @Lozz196 T1, but can't remember when. @bassbiscuits T2 8th May. Acoustic guitar which immediately went back up for sale. @Mudpup T1 30th May. Big time - Spector Pulse 5 string with an LHZ preamp, a Bugera Veyron amp and an LFSys Monaco cab. In one hit. @miles'tone T1 April, CV Mustang @tauzero 17 Jan @Suburban Man T1 7th May, EBS Sesssion 60 combo from RichardR @fretmeister T2 April, guitar fuzz pedal @paul_5 *** STILL IN *** @King Tut T1 April, awesome 5 string bass @Marvin T2 April, PSU for pedalboard @Jean-Luc Pickguard 3rd Out, 5th Jan @Shockwave Tier 2 out, 20th Jan @NJE *** STILL IN *** @jimmyb625 ***STILL IN *** @mr zed T1, 2nd June. Helix LT @wavemaker T1 25th May, 2010 Ernie Ball Classic Sterling @lozkerr T1 April, Thumpinator pickup @Downunderwonder *** STILL IN *** @BillyBass T2 August 1st. new pedal board and a power supply @Stub Mandrel T1, 26 May. Kay Gremlin @Quatschmacher 2nd out, but the shortest stay - in on the 3rd, out on the 5th. @mikebass456 T1 May 10th, DB Hype 8 active speaker. @Geek99 T1 April, awesome 5 string @grapefruitmoon Tier 2, 31st Jan @2pods Out 6th Jan @Maude *** STILL IN *** @sprocketflup Out 25th Jan. @knirirr Tier 2 failure before he joined 15 Jan, but hoping to be good from now on. @MrDinsdale Tier 2 out on the 19th. Tier 1 on the 21st, new pickups. @Quilly T1 April, bass reverb pedal @Kev T1 4th March, DI box @JottoSW1 (Joined last day of Jan) T1 out 31st May. All the bits of a bass apart from the body as far as I could tell. And a TE amp. @Obrienp T1 April, LFSys cab @Sean wasn't in, but confessed to buying back a bass he sold 4 years ago @TeresaFR (Joined April 28th but claims no spend since November 2024) @TimR *** STILL IN *** @BabyBlueSound T1 30th May, Notadumble pedal and another blue one. Only Joined on 16th April too. @msb T1 27th August. Nice hollowbody with an interesting control set.

And there was me, thinking it was going to be a harpsichord Should be good!

Ideally it should be a randomised double blind test, where you don't know which is which either. Not sure how you do that with cabs though. 🤔

Thatn genuinely is absolutely superb. Hysterically wrong in so many ways, but superb. No human, however stoned they were, could come up with that!