Rich

There's no way they'll physically fit in the Blue Lagoon. Nice little venue though.

This piece of original blurb would tend to suggest that rosewood was used for both fretted and fretless Pro basses. I would sell a kidney to get hold of one of those DI output conversion kits.

Bass and vocal only... even more damn.

It's going to be pretty short notice for any of the medium sized venues, most of them will have been booked up long since. Might be worth asking though, nothing to lose. Try the Fiddlers or The Fleece (both Bristol) for starters? The latter have a lot of trib bands pass through, so you might be right up their street.

The circumstances leading to his hearing damage will make your hair curl. Outrageous working conditions. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47965734 "In its appeal, the ROH claimed the artistic value of the music produced by the orchestra meant that some hearing damage to its players was inevitable and justifiable - but that was rejected by the court." Justifiable? Seriously?

For anyone who, like me, enjoys the nerdy stuff...

The former certainly not the latter! It only cost me £330 anyway...

And now I really really really really really really really REALLY want a fretless Wal.

Any of John Giblin's work from Fish's solo album 'Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors'. This is a particular favourite; the mid 2.23 to 3.14 is just genius. Proper goosebump stuff. The whole album is a bass masterclass.

It's a great club to be in and that looks like a belter. Here's PB1533.

Hey Zoe welcome back! Great to see you again.

Agreed. The 'knock-down' construction afforded by the new CNC machined parts is just brilliant. Ten minutes with a tube of Titebond and it's done.

@Jabba_the_gut could make you an amazing ultra-short scale avatar from reclaimed timber.

That's the badger!

One of my bands had Dani C on the set list. To be honest, I pretty much made it up as I went along and put my own fills in. It was in the set for about 5 years and not once did anyone ever accuse me of doing it wrong.

I tell you what, if you tried one of Jabba's extraordinary little basses (seen here modelled by @Pea Turgh), your Wingbass would be gathering dust in no time. They really are the most amazing things and I am seriously tempted.

Two things occur to me from the video. Very little slap. In fact, thinking back to the day itself, there was hardly any going on at all. If only the LBGS was so tasteful! Every time I appear in shot, I'm carrying yet another cup of coffee. I'm starting to think I might actually have the caffeine addiction I've been joking about for years..!

https://www.basschat.co.uk/announcement/26-advertising-whats-going-on-where-am-i/ Worry not, grasshopper.

£6.50 you say? Well it might be worth it for the parts, perhaps I'll put a bid on. Hold on...

Dammit, I meant to pick one of those CDs up *slaps self*

Just to clarify... the 'dinky package' referred to the bass, and not @Witters I've just realized that I forgot to call out thanks to @Chienmortbb and the shootout massive... fascinating stuff, and very interesting results. I'm sure I wasn't the only one surprised at my choice when that curtain was lifted. Dunno about the rest of you, but I actually feel quite genuinely sad today knowing that there's now a year's wait.

Likewise. It's really not annoying at all, he said unconvincingly.

If we're going to have a skinny-string interloper, at least it was a good (and very cool) one

@Frank Blank definitely won the long distance prize. There's dedication. @Jabba_the_gut's work really won the day for me. As Frank says, I honestly don't think he realises just how good his instruments are. Here is @Witters trying, as so many of us did, to work out how Jez managed to get such a dinky package to make such a good and BBBBIG sound. As ever, many many thanks to the wonderful Scrumpettes for laying on such an epic spread, and keeping me supplied with gallons of coffee! Last and definitely not least, thanks to @scrumpymike for organising yet another belting day. I raise my hat to you sir.