Richard R

An excellent solution, and a very smart looking instrument. Great sound on the YT clips on your site. I rather fancy copying your idea and I know where there is an unused rather tired kick-drum knocking about. (Un)fortunately it won't fit in my car. Is the bridge attached to the front drum skin, that's not clear from the photos.

Welcome aboard!

Those are cool! Sound clips please! Oh, and welcome aboard

Welcome aboard! Crowd pleasers are good.

Welcome aboard!

^^^^ THIS is so important ^^^^^ I have very senior IT positions in multinationals on my CV, but am applying for much lower level roles in SMEs, because I can get stuck in more (and ideally bike to work). Trying to explain this to recruiters is very hard. Rocket science is fun too, but a lot more maths than IT 😎

That's comprehensive. 😁 I was thinking of fewer columns with more numerical analysis. Based on a similar thing donkey's years ago, if it takes more than a minute to enter details then people won't bother. I'll mock up something over the weekend and see what people think.

Is anyone bringing a Wal? I'd like to know what all the fuss is about. Also, would there be any interest is a sort of "Bass Weigh" station? I was thinking along the lines of bringing a luggage scale and a laptop with a spreadsheet already written. Weigh your bass, add it to the sheet (Make,scale, #strings, wood or other details if known maybe), and then we'll have some stats and charts showing possibly interesting information.

Genuine question- what is is about Wals that is so appealing? There are at least three threads on building basses to sound like a Wal, and the real things sell new for £££. Clearly I need to play one.

Stunning - I will have to leave my wallet at home!

There you go @Frank Blank

UPDATED 18th October '22 --‐--------------------------- Date now confirmed as: Saturday 22 April 2023. Location confirmed as: Radford Care, Prospect Street, Radford, Nottingham, NG7 5QE https://www.radfordcaregroup.org.uk/prospect-street/ Exact times and costs TBC. ‐-------- Alas there was no 2022 Midlands Bass Bash. 😢 @jebroad had organised the 2019 and 2021 events with style, but has moved to pastures new so the venue wasn't available for 2022 and the event didn't happen. For 2023 we need to get organised. Otherwise those folks down in Surrey and Somerset will be gloating! First we need a venue: Do people have preferences or suggestions? @petecarlton will look into a venue near Nottingham, I can look around the M42 east of Birmingham. Anyone else have a possible venue? As for dates: the last two were in May, and I seem to recall they being on the bank holiday weekend. A Saturday in April maybe? (Almost) all suggestions welcome

Yep, good point. I posted here to close out on the question I posed in March, but we need a new thread.

I've come to the conclusion that the hall is perfect, but the load in/out of 20 vehicles with n+1 instruments each will be a right pain. ☹️ As we have missed this year then I suggest planning for March/April/May next year. Does anyone know of a suitable venue, or shall I look for something just off the M42?

I apologise. A bit 😁

🎵 "Well you can tell by the way I plane my curve I'm a luthier, no time for lurve. Music loud, and varnish warm My destiny since I was born And you can laugh, and you can say 'He hates routers anyway' (But I'm) Drillin' and a-chisellin, and a-sanding' and a-fillin' And Staying Alive, Staying Alive! Ah Ah Ah Ah Staying Ali-iiii-ive!" 🎵

Now THERE'S an image for a caption competition!

There's a song they do called "Oil my neck". I wish they wouldn't.

An introduction to 8 and 12 string basses, for those of us whO had never heard of them before this thread. Like me! 😁

Random double post

Slurry and Buff: Slurry and Buff are a double act comprising a young farmer and a male model. Slurry plays the piano and pretends to be somewhat laviscious and drunk, Buff sings the songs wearing a tux but no shirt. Their rendition of "I've got a brand new combine harvester" has women of all ages go weak at the knees. Bookings now being taken for the Christmas season.

They were a little before my time, so I only know some of the hits and hadn't ever listened properly. I hadn't realised how funny the lyrics are! Have to keep an eye out now.

No insider knowledge at all! Having read this thread I thought I should listen to them again for the first time in years, and Spotify listed them as playing The Shepherds' Bush Empire in October Checking the website it seems that was cancelled. 😞

Lovely bass. Third option: Make a cardboard print-out of the headstock, get it signed by CT's bass player when they are in London in a couple of weeks time, copy it for spares, and stick that on with blu-tak. I think that idea would amuse the band, and the fans, and definitely be a talking point.

Do you think you will get any fewer gigs playing a 4 string look-a-like compared to the real thing or a replica? Do you think the fans who come will throw things at you if you play a 4 with a false headstock, or just be mightily impressed that you took the time to look the part? I would go with @3below's suggestion. And keep looking.