Richard R

It's a bass guitar show - we're all the handsome ones. The ugly dudes are at the show next door.

I watched the Ian King video at lunch. Really nice to see what's important to someone playing for a living and why. At nearly $1000 that Caveman pre-amp and DI is well out of my price range, but it's just the right tool for the job in his case.

All the people are down by the new Bull Ring and the bottom end of New Street where the shops are.

I had promised myself I wouldn't buy anymore books until I've read the outstanding eight I have stacked up. Thank goodness there isn't a Book Abstinence Thread. 😁

Pino only needed four cupboards....

I'll try to update the in list on p2 with the outdates.

Three out in one day, and one new starter. I hope the rest of the year quietens down a bit!

Ask the question in the YT comments of the video.

The purpose of this thread, summed up perfectly!

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/gallery/hidden-snobs-missed-many-city-23113456 There have been a LOT of changes to that part of Birmingham in the last 10 years. This article is 3 years old, there has been more work done since then.

35 people signed up so far.

I was only 16 in '83, and into Prog rather than the New Romantics. I remember Snobs though - I was a very frequent borrower at of the record lending section of the Birmingham Library, so Paradise Circus was familiar.

Hanging around @Goliath_FX's stand is the current best plan. There are BC lanyard designs further up the thread. I'm planning to be there on the Saturday.

I didn't read any further! 😳

I noticed nobody replied to this one. I regard straps as essential, but then I find it uncomfortable sitting down to play. If you don't have a spare you can use then I would give you a pass on this occasion, as its so close to the start. Ohers may disagree.

I agree with @neepheid on this one. Quite what we would do if the band was to start buying instruments I'm not sure. At that point the band is probably set up as a business anyway, so definitely out of scope!

Remember guys and gals - it's ultimately bit of fun. If a setup needs a new nut - it's allowed. If the pots are crackly and need swapping - it's allowed too. If the bass is run over by a truck owned by your neighbour who is fed up with you practicing "Mustang Sally" and "Teen Town" for hours on end in the dead of night - replacing the bass is allowed, but most of us would side with your neighbour if your amp then mysteriously went missing....

It's an honourable status, but you would still be out having brought new gear into your possession. People have kept track of the net in/out of gear on this thread. We could have a separate "2025 Gear Budget Maintenance Thread ", where one posted the maximum net expenditure you planned and then had to stick to that. Not sure that's a runner.

A fretted waistcoat would be more interesting. And only a Tier 2 fail at best.

Are you in, then?

I must have missed that entirely. @Jono Bolton will have to make his case to the jury come March. I'm just the clerk of the court (though a fairly opinionated one) 😉