Paul S

Thanks for that. It seems to be most things that don't immediately appeal to me so perhaps I'll love it.

June's impulse buy - in a rush of blood I've just bought a Jolana D bass on eBay. I've never, ever tried a Rick type bass so wonder what I was thinking. What should I expect?

I have a Trace Elliot head and use either 1 or 2 Supercompacts and can't imagine being any happier with my sound. I recently did a back line share at a gig where there was a Trace Elliot 300W 4x10 combo with a 4 x 10 extension cab. Been a long while since I had to reach up to adjust the amp! The head was the same as mine so I could dial in my usual button positions. I'd pick the Supercompacts over the Trace cabs any day of the week, no contest really. Just as punchy, much more clarity, more bottom end.

'82 Washburn SB-40, not cheap but looks nice. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Washburn-SB-40-EQ-1982-Matsumoku-/182179481721?hash=item2a6abe4879:g:hqIAAOSwbYZXYFXm"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Washburn-SB-40-EQ-1982-Matsumoku-/182179481721?hash=item2a6abe4879:g:hqIAAOSwbYZXYFXm[/url]

Speaking of Union Chapel - I saw Steve Earle there last week. Great acoustic duo set with Shawn Colvin. Night before last saw Go West at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds. I've seen Go West at every available opportunity since they started in the 80s - simply brilliant. Peter Cox has a reedy quality to his voice that is almost surreal. Nice venue, not been there before. Bit nervous about the new guitar player but he was very good. 'The Sun and The Moon' is about as good a live performance as I have ever seen anyone perform. But they still do Sex on Bloody Fire as an encore. Why? Just Why?

Nice!! Is it heavy?

If you can get used to short scale the Danelectro Longhorn needs weighting down to stop it floating away. Just weighed mine (with the strap still on it) and it is around 4.5lbs. Lovely things they are too - I gig mine frequently.

A few years ago I played at 'Brentwood Music and Beer Festival' which sounds fairly grand but wasn't. They organiser (drummer from headlining band 'The Heaters') decided they would have two stages with bands playing both at the same time. However as soon as it started you could hear both bands from pretty much anywhere so they had to alternate stages and cut everyone's playing time in half. We hung around most of the day to play 20 mins late in the evening.

With my B2s I wear the strap differently. Normally I would have the strap resting on the left side of my chest but with then headless have it in the middle of my chest. That kind of 'helps' but really it is just using it that gets my head around it. At the moment for one band I swap between a short scale bass and a B2B detuned E-D - lots of little mental adjustments there!

Shame he couldn't wait before the ink dried before wiping it - badly smudged. Profound buffoonery.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1465663380' post='3070082'] Logically though, headless is the way to go if you're OK with the look. [/quote] You would have thought so. *I* would have thought so. Given that so much of what is usually there isn't there. But I have had a number of Hohner B2 derivatives and they have all been well over 7lbs. One was nearly 9lbs. Lord knows what they make them out of. I have owned several 'full bodied' basses that have been lighter.

I am sure there are lighter ones but the lightest full scale basses I have owned are a Danelectro DC59 and a Godin LR Baggs electro-acoustic. Although the latter may be pushing the budget. Both are under 7lbs.

Same location, too - they will begin to talk! See you next year, probably...

I bought a B2V from Matt at the weekend. Nice easy transaction, nice fellow to deal with. Lovely place that he works in, too! If I lived near Plymouth I'd rehearse there for sure. Cheers Matt.

Some old 'lost' live footage from a show on German TV in '74 has recently appeared. Quality stuff. [media]http://youtu.be/Ndnidos5HRU[/media] http://youtu.be/8rGYtfC0R_U

Where to begin? I posted a question about how to connect the speaker in my Markbass combo with an external amp, should it go kaboom. Dave offered up a lead especially for this purpose for the cost of postage. I took advantage of this and ordered another lead for my Line 6 wireless transmitter. Both arrived next day. 'Old fashioned' values and service with modern technology. A loyal customer becomes even loyalerer. I think that is the correct spelling.

As long as it can tie up at each end I don't see why not. J12 M25 might be tricky - nearest services are J9/10. Just tried your number - I'll ring again later.

For me it is also being in a band. Gigging. Also deciding between us what we want to play, learning it then, at next rehearsal, hearing it all fit together. The physical process of making music and, as a bass player, being involved at a fundamental level of this - holding it all together. If I couldn't be in a band for any reason I would probably not play bass at all and stick to guitar.

Well, I can only imagine that with a shed full of the top song writers in the band, how the bass line ended up is pretty much exactly how they wanted it to be

On Thursday I am leaving Southend around midday heading to Devon/Cornwall border. My route will be A127, M25 to J12, along M3/A303 then A30. Return leg will be on Monday, via Plymouth. Does that fit?

obbm. Simple as that.

Dave - what can I say? Other than PM incoming

Ta! I'll leave them in the bag then

Heft, for me, is the quality of bass sound that hits you in the body, not something you get with your ears. I paired my Trace Elliot head with two Barefaced Supercompact for the first time at a pub venue in a room upstairs. The place will take about 200 people (The Ship in Old Leigh, if anyone knows it). I wasn't going through the PA. A bass player I know who just happened to be standing at the back said as soon as I started to play he got that push in his guts and lamented selling his Trace Elliot head.