Nate Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Glad you liked it! I actually stopped playing during my jam with Mr Govan. I figured i may aswell try and learn something from such a player!! I didn't learn a thing because of the sheer speed. I hear he plays a lot of other styles but he was in a fairly shreddy mood...! N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmerchant Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Hi Guys Have to say I am a bit dissapointed with the general comments about Music Live - we did our best to provide some cool gear for bass players ,did no one see our stand??? ,it was admittedly quite small but well packed !! Next year we are intending to have a much bigger stand with a range of interesting gear but I would be interested to know if any of you guys would want to see that ?,if not I guess I may have to re-think ,any comments appreciated . We had custom shop warwicks ,a load of Spectors and Laklands + loads of amp gear ,what else is there that you would like to see - PM me or stick a reply on here . Anyway , here is a pic of our own Dr of the Bass with TM on the bassmerchant stand on the day , [attachment=16062:Nick_and_TM.jpg] All the best Darren The Bass Merchant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 [quote name='bassmerchant' post='330685' date='Nov 17 2008, 02:22 PM']Hi Guys Have to say I am a bit dissapointed with the general comments about Music Live - we did our best to provide some cool gear for bass players ,did no one see our stand??? ,it was admittedly quite small but well packed !! Next year we are intending to have a much bigger stand with a range of interesting gear but I would be interested to know if any of you guys would want to see that ?,if not I guess I may have to re-think ,any comments appreciated . We had custom shop warwicks ,a load of Spectors and Laklands + loads of amp gear ,what else is there that you would like to see - PM me or stick a reply on here . Anyway , here is a pic of our own Dr of the Bass with TM on the bassmerchant stand on the day , All the best Darren The Bass Merchant[/quote] Small? It was tiny. Your stand at LIMS was twice the size at least and had the Zoot cabs which a friend of mine was interested in seeing at Music Live. Size is important at exhibitions (I know I've organised and ran them in the past) and if your stand is too small then some people will be put off just coming on for a browse either because it's too crowded or they feel overly conspicuous. As I've said earlier in this thread, I got the impression that most people had blown their budgets at LIMS so were either not exhibiting (Warwick) or had greatly reduced stands (Fender). Given that the cost of entrance had gone up to £17 and the show was smaller than previous years, the ringing in my ears was not tinnitus, but the death knell of Music Live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Ahhh TM - he used to be a Cort endorsee too you know... Did any of you try a Cort bass.guitar at all? The Artisan series bases are lovely! N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_of_the_bass Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 [quote name='Nate' post='330969' date='Nov 17 2008, 08:00 PM']Ahhh TM - he used to be a Cort endorsee too you know... Did any of you try a Cort bass.guitar at all? The Artisan series bases are lovely! N[/quote] Hi Nate! I know Mark (Hedge) very well - he has indeed shown me a few Corts and they are excellent! Speaking on behalf of Darren and Chris at The Bass Merchant - for all the doom and gloom being borne out here, we had a very successful show with a good run of sales, including two Overwaters and three Warwicks, plus an Ibanez, a couple of amp heads and many peripheral accessories. Many bass players visited the stand and we all feel that the show has done the business a great deal of good in terms of exposure. Next year will I'm sure be different and given the currrent fiscal climate, I think we did pretty well given the size of the stand. Nuff said! Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmerchant Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Hi I am sorry you feel that way - as Nick has said the show was very fruitful for us and I would have thought as a bass player you would be interested in supporting a Bass specialist store .The stand was in fact bigger than the stand at LIMS by a factor of almost 2:1 - we are a small business so it is not possible at this stage to have half the exhibition hall but we already have much bigger plans for next year . If you had come and asked us about Zoot cabs I could have explained to you why they were not at the show. Almost everyone we spoke to enjoyed the show ? I am always open to positive suggestions and you were not the only one to mention the lack of space on the stand and we will be addressing this at future events with the help of some of the manufacturers . All the best Darren The Bass Merchant [quote name='ezbass' post='330780' date='Nov 17 2008, 04:44 PM']Small? It was tiny. Your stand at LIMS was twice the size at least and had the Zoot cabs which a friend of mine was interested in seeing at Music Live. Size is important at exhibitions (I know I've organised and ran them in the past) and if your stand is too small then some people will be put off just coming on for a browse either because it's too crowded or they feel overly conspicuous. As I've said earlier in this thread, I got the impression that most people had blown their budgets at LIMS so were either not exhibiting (Warwick) or had greatly reduced stands (Fender). Given that the cost of entrance had gone up to £17 and the show was smaller than previous years, the ringing in my ears was not tinnitus, but the death knell of Music Live.[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowBlow Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 I wasn't at the show so can't comment on the specifics. I was at LIMS and if the Bass Merchant stand was twice the size of that then you can't say fairer than that from them. Maybe it was the lack of other exhibitors? I think Darren's comments are very fair. As has already been mentioned, displaying at shows like Music Live is an expense that businesses will look to cut as they tighten their belts in the current economic environment. Out of interest Darren, what's going on with Zoot cabs as I see they're no longer on your site? They were certainly impressive at LIMS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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