AndyTravis

[quote name='witterth' post='986418' date='Oct 12 2010, 11:20 PM']I looked for you AT,
was around for a couple of hours(1400/to post stu hamm) with MB1 sorry to have missed you
I still owe you that cold one
Witterth[/quote]

I spotted you together when i was tied up elsewhere, had a pint with Martin later on.

We'll sort it.

I'm debating whether to do a Basschat Manchester Bassday in March or similar, my mate has just opened an ace live room in his pub on Oldham Street.

Maybe we could have a gathering/bash?

Trav
x

[quote name='HannahFOXX' post='986382' date='Oct 12 2010, 10:51 PM']Hi all - Yes it's me the slapper.

Spot on with the comment Goblin, it did become a bit of a slap feast at times. Unfortunately for me as it was my first bass day. I had two tracks pre recorded into Logic to play along to. One track a two hand tapping shuffle type of thing the other a bit of a Funk/Soul number. When I ran them though my little PA you could not hear anything including my bass so had to knock it on the head. In the end all I had available to me was the Mark Bass rig on the stand, I'm an SWR user so it wasn't the best for my bass or my sound. Tried running it through my Miller preamp but the Mark Bass took away the warmth.

Tried playing 'Let's Work' (Prince) and 'Power' (Miller) but it just didn't cut through all the other stuff. Tried some percussive slap and it cut through. By the time you came along I was a bit random with what I was playing which is strange for me as I like to keep the "1 in the pocket".

What I wanted from the day was to meet other bass players and have a chat and jam. I have suggested to Jon that maybe we should borrow a JamHub for next year (with headphones) so at least you could check out the basses without most of the interference, and we could have a decent jam. If I was to visit with a view to trying out a bass, knowing what the days are like, I would probably take my Korg Pandora along and some in ears headphones.

Well I've joined the basschat community now so it would be great to meet up next year.

Hannah.

PS!
Stevie Williams is a great player and have you heard of a guy called Doug Johns? If yo haven't already check out 'God, Fear, Money' by Me'Shell [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDbRKB7oLEQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDbRKB7oLEQ[/url] she knows how to lay down a solid groove.[/quote]

I heard you playing earlier on, and thought you were ace...i think Billy Sheehan was struggling against the masses at some points.

they'll have it all sorted by next year, haha.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='986220' date='Oct 12 2010, 08:48 PM']Stevie Williams himself[/quote]


Stevie is a fantasic bass player. A humble and open guy.
It's been a pleasure knowing him for the last 5 or 6 years, and i'm hopeful i'll know him for a good few more.

I really would like to steal his Jazz bass at some point though.

i wondered how many of the guys slapping like crazy actually use that stuff in their bands. If they have a band?
Still, on the whole, bassday uk is a fantastic event, and it's important that next year bass chat has a stand, everyone i've dealt with and met through here has been a pleasure.
So, the gauntlet is down!

have these been fitted previously?
Do they include the covers?

Cheers mate

Trav

ah, beaten to it...haha

i'd speak to the guys you got it from.
The pickguard gap may just be a wire, and the decal seems correct - have a look at some old fenders and it's quite pronnounced on some.
The truss rod plug seems out on the photo, but without seeing it face to face i'd reserve judgement...have you measured it to see if it's centred or actually misaligned?
They should accept it as a return and exchange it if you're unhappy.

Did you buy it through a store or online? If possible, check your replacement thouroughly before closing the matter.
If they've sent it out box fresh, they may not have spotted it and the blame lies with Fender...if they sold it as ex display then it's a shame they didn't raise these issues or rectify them, and it's their fault.
Either way, keep cool and just ask them to sort it asap.

sure i saw plenty of photography going on...

[quote name='daz' post='985094' date='Oct 12 2010, 12:37 AM']ahh thats a shame, the guy does not sound like a good ambassador for Yamaha, lets hope he was the floor sweeper filling in for the proper guy who was off ill or something. I have been looking up the original bass Billy talked on stage of altering himself to his own specs. [url="http://www.doctorbass.net/en/producto.asp?id=1000170475"]Here is a pic of it [/url](amonst others) lots of holes drilled in it by Billy [/quote]

I've not met him before, but they're usually a lot more on the ball than that.
The BB2024 in sunburst (without pickguard) was a lot better.

Billys website used to have a section will all the basses he's still got, which makes for entertaining reading, must be nice being able to phone up the guys at Yamaha and say 'can i get a double necked version of my bass?'

He's not everyones cup of tea, but i really enjoyed his clinic.

Is that a 'Warr'?

It'd take some serious amount of practice to get going on that!

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='985097' date='Oct 12 2010, 12:41 AM']and now Yamaha. Any more bashing?[/quote]

Are you serious? You think my observations are misguided?

Are you going to comment on everything i have an opinion on?

[quote name='daz' post='985081' date='Oct 12 2010, 12:21 AM']I was trying to remember who the bloke on the left is. Of course he's the Rotosound guy right? That bass of Billy's is awesome, love to have a buzz on one.[/quote]

They had one on the Yamaha Stand, but it played like utter sh*te. The tone pot was loose to the point where it wasn't safe to turn it.

And when talking to a rep, i don't expect every other word to be 'f***in' the bb2024x in sunburst was covered in greasy marks, and the strings were goosed...'yeah man, the reliced thing is f***in in at the minute, these are f***in awesome'.

Yawn, walk away.

What a poor showing, they didn't even have a cloth to wipe the £2400 custom basses, the tools to make adjustments or the strings to keep them at their best.

I could see the frustration in Dave Griffiths' (my usual Yamaha contact) face.

The Yamaha stand had stiff competition from other high end manufacturers, so i expected a bit more.

End Rant.

The Sunburst NYC was the one calling me, i would have been in big bother.

The Allevas looked great too - should have introduced myself...but i would have then ended up trying the dangerously nice basses.

Annoying? Not at all mate, and Dave was along as he's a big Sheehan/Mr Big Fan...and he's easily the best guitarist i've met, had a custom shop Strat with him, but no amp, suppose we could of done a bit of a jam demo thing, we both had slightly tender heads as he'd been at a family do on the Saturday, and i'd had a bottle of wine a customer gave me as a thankyou on Saturday - i'd not drank for a few weeks until then, the hangovers don't change...

We thought we were going to have more gear to show and talk about/demo - We got their expecting to unpack the entire range, and to our dissapointment we only had the two rigs. Think we had crossed wires with Hartke.

To aid things our marketeer had given us a load of flyers with a GUITAR competition on them. So we realised fairly early on we weren't going to see much attention

Sometimes i wonder why i bother.


I had to be there to drop the prize Farida Jazz copy off, and to pack the gear up at the end. Dave left early as he didn't feel too great - too much low frequency?


I probably only spoke to about 5 people about the rigs before we sent them back stage - i wasn't really meant to be there as a demonstrator/trade stand as i say, it was just to make sure they had the gear they needed and that it all worked, which i'm sure you have figured that it did.

[quote name='mep' post='985009' date='Oct 11 2010, 10:59 PM']What does that say about Mark King & his Alembic bass then?[/quote]


I think i meant that with tongue firmly in cheek.

There was a thread about forum negativity, and this was my attempt at poking fun at it - the negativity that is.

I'm going to have a w*** over my Level 42 picture disc.

Is their any Mileage in having a bass chat area, so everyone can congregate when the slapathon gets too much?

I was sat next to the lift on the ground floor, across from the TC electronic stand, i was basically checking that the two Hartke Rigs for Billy Sheehan and Stu Hamm were working, and we'd been allocated that space, so i just left my Squier for people to try the rigs.We were meant to get them signed to raffle off at some point, but we couldn't get the gold/silver pen to work. Which was a shame.

It was one of the quieter areas, until the TC rigs got cranked up to their limit.

Short of all wearing Basschat t-shirts, it's hard to gauge who is who. Red roses in lapels?

Ok...

For some strange reason, you're forced to cut down to just one bass, what do you choose?

At the moment, i really would love to own a Ken Smith Black Tiger...i just sit and stare at this one every now and then. They just don't come up in the UK, so i have no idea if i'd love or hate it.

So, have you already got your 'one', would you choose something old, something ultra modern and high tech, fretless 18 string?

This is purely just to see who covets what gear, and there was plenty of bass porn at bassday so just curious really.

I know there are some people lucky enough to own a few really nice basses, but in reality i'd say the most of us could afford to do it once.

Anyhow. Here's mine...until i try one and realise i prefer a precision or something.

EDIT - That Victor Wooten Monarch at Bass day was pretty special...and like an idiot i didn't ask if i could sit with it.
[url="http://www.bassgear.co.uk/products-page/bass-guitars/fodera/fodera-monarch-victor-wooten-classic-buckeye-burl-certified-pre-owned/"]http://www.bassgear.co.uk/products-page/ba...fied-pre-owned/[/url]

They have new Distribution in the UK now, so they're still setting up, Streetbass has a basswood body instead of Alder and doesn't come with the gigbag you get with the model 32.

I think they're great fun, and although i sent a few back at first, the ones that we ended up with and i was happy with are actually great basses for not much money. Granted, a bit of a one trick pony, but different enough.

[quote name='CHRISDABASS' post='984336' date='Oct 11 2010, 12:42 PM']If you went for the wooten you'd be looking at more like £7000

the PJ in sunburst was a great bass! ive no idea how you managed to resist trying it?

[/quote]


Spotted that the Wooton was worth about the same as our Car - WOW!

I touched the neck on the NYC and thought to myself - don't you dare pick it up, i had enough to buy it too! Still that money is not allocated for GAS.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='984281' date='Oct 11 2010, 11:58 AM']I was thinking to myself, is Billy buying himself some more thinking time... or did he think the guy was a windup... he did look a little uncomfortable. As sad as the situation was, the whole life story was not appropriate. The statement that he has lost all movement in his pinkie would have been sufficient...[/quote]

i missed his question - went out for 2 secs, came back when BS was answering it.

Really wanted to try the Fodera NYC P/J in Sunburst and the Wooten they had with the greenish buckeye type finish.

Dangerous though, would have been hard to explain how i left with an early 80's jap squier and came back with £3k's worth of Fodera.

Thinking about it, had it been a bit quieter, i could have ended up in a lot of trouble!

i've [u]just[/u] had a sh*t, in March 2010.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='984145' date='Oct 11 2010, 10:16 AM']So you got beef with GB then? I hadn't noticed.[/quote]

Didn't realise i was going on about it...i assume you're a fan/owner and my comment has upset you.

But yeah, it appears i have, which is a shame because i think both the Rumour and Spitfire are beautiful instruments to look at.

I'll explain it to you rather than leaving it at 'i've got a problem' and you disagreeing with me. I'm not trying to start anything, but if you understand why, then it won't be as insulting as 'i dislike something you like' - what i call 'it's sh*t' syndrome.

I've played both types of GB a couple of times at previous events, and never really got chance to try the bass as i was shown the kick drum thing (WHICH I HATE BTW), the battery indicator (Useful) and the other gizmos on the bass - i don't like the hard sell i've experienced; i'd probably put an order in if i had the chance to sit with the thing without being mithered, this year was the first time i've gone to bass day with money in the bank and an empty credit card to play with, so i wasn't in tyre kicker/time waster mode.

I hate being played to as well. I just find it weird, 'look at me, making this bass sound great' - It is one of the most uncomfortable sensations.

If this is just how things are done on that stand, then that's a pain in the arse, because i'd love either of the models Bernie makes.

It's very difficult to explain, but it's something about the way that the GB stand makes me feel that stops me buying an instrument from them. Obviously, other people enjoy it as he's always busy at the shows.

Again, not trying to offend you, GB/Bernie or other GB owners, it's all about personal preference and how different people expect their buying experience to be.

I'd hate to be a cock and walk onto HIS stand, try one of HIS basses and tell him to leave me alone...i'm pretty certain he'd tell me to piss off.

The answer should be 'don't buy one of his basses then Mr Travis, you numbnuts'. But i really like his designs, so that's a shame for both sides.

I'm sure i'll get over it, and to be fair i think Sterling Ball and Rich Hall are total bell wrappers and i've owned Stringrays and a Rickenbacker before...

Still the TC stand was loud too, amongst others. How are you meant to hear what and amp actually sounds like when you're 4 inches from the cab and it's on full tilt? Never understood it.

I've done every Bass Day UK (aprt from one) through work, and i think i need a couple of years off.

The hi-fi slap sound has really done my ears in this year...just hearing a high frequency hiss.

So, earplugs if i'm going next year, foolishly thought my hat would be enough protection, but the GB stand easily defeated it.