Drew Dempster

Hi, BassChatters....I will spell my name right soon! Retired now, but as the former owner of THE GREAT BRITISH BASS LOUNGE (bass guitar retailer) i never felt that it was appropriate to participate in the forum in case it appeared that I was using it as a 'selling platform'.

Been playing bass since I was a daft young lad but took a 20-odd year break to concentrate on my main career as an architect. Came back to bass about 10 years ago and, to my great surprise and immense pleasure re-formed NEW ENGLAND (www.newengland-prog.com) with some lost, lost (almost) friends.

Being a bass retailer introduced me to many, many views and ideas about bass guitars and bass playing...some sound, some  complete bunkum and, at the extreme end, there are certainly people with acute bass-related OCD!!!! Basses aren't very complicated animals (my personal opinion) and, whilst there are many people who know a damn sight more than i do, I do like to go 'myth-busting' when invited to offer an opinion.

My greatest pleasure has been helping, where I can, novice and inexperienced players and, as a retailer, making sure that they were tooled up with not the most expensive bass, but the right bass for them. I've also enjoyed showing folk how to set up their bass and not to be frightened of truss rods!!!!

Always happy to offer advice and never too proud to ask for some....ww never stop learning!