jamomalley Posted May 7, 2018 Posted May 7, 2018 (edited) Good evening, fellow bass humans. I'm Jam O'Malley, I play in a band called forest of fools, and we are a six-piece festival band featuring bass, melodeon, drums, percussion, vocals and sousaphone. We call the genre Jump-Up Folk, and it's a high-energy mashup of folk, funk, drum & bass and psychedelic. I play a Warwick Thumb BO 4, a Warwick Infinity SN 5 (tuned E-C currently) and occasionally acoustic and fretless if I get carried away... Mostly playing through a Markbass 15" CMD combo - 18kg! - perfect for trudging around muddy UK festivals! I've spent a while gawping at the incredible basses and wealth of knowledge on these pages and I'm excited to be a part of it. Much love, J Edited May 7, 2018 by jamomalley speling misteak 3 Quote
Dad3353 Posted May 7, 2018 Posted May 7, 2018 Good evening, Jam , and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. Quote
SpondonBassed Posted May 8, 2018 Posted May 8, 2018 (edited) Welcome Jam. That's a fine bit of timber on that Thumb. Striking grain pattern. I went to school in Olney for a few years. We moved away from Buckinghamshire as the new city was being built in the early seventies. I always think fondly of the area. Edited May 8, 2018 by SpondonBassed Quote
jamomalley Posted May 8, 2018 Author Posted May 8, 2018 On 08/05/2018 at 09:20, SpondonBassed said: Welcome Jam. That's a fine bit of timber on that Thumb. Striking grain pattern. I went to school in Olney for a few years. We moved away from Buckinghamshire as the new city was being built in the early seventies. I always think fondly of the area. Expand Thanks very much - that's the Infinity SN TCS and the wood is Zebrano - it's up for grabs... I will post it on the Basses for Sale forum soon I expect. It's a marvellous beast but I've decided after many years I'm a 4-string player! Olney's still lovely by the way! 1 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted May 8, 2018 Posted May 8, 2018 On 08/05/2018 at 12:28, jamomalley said: Thanks very much - that's the Infinity SN TCS and the wood is Zebrano - it's up for grabs... I will post it on the Basses for Sale forum soon I expect. It's a marvellous beast but I've decided after many years I'm a 4-string player! Olney's still lovely by the way! Expand My mistake, sorry. I've never had the pleasure of trying a Warwick so I haven't got my eye in with their range. Good luck with the sale. We lived a short distance from Ravenstone and Weston Underwood. Those were about the happiest days of my childhood. Quote
dyerseve Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 (edited) Welcome to the party James Edited May 9, 2018 by dyerseve Quote
Osiris Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 I'm just a few miles north of MK On 08/05/2018 at 09:20, SpondonBassed said: I went to school in Olney for a few years. We moved away from Buckinghamshire as the new city was being built in the early seventies. I always think fondly of the area. Expand For reasons that are still not entirely clear, Osiris junior insists on calling it smelly Olney and insists on trying to hold his breath whenever we drive through the place. Hope this helps. Quote
TheGreek Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 Olney....the village where "Amazing Grace" was written. 1 Quote
Osiris Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 On 09/05/2018 at 14:46, TheGreek said: Olney....the village where "Amazing Grace" was written. Expand I seem to think it also claims to be where the pancake race originated too. That's flipping awesome. No? I'll get my coat. 1 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 On 09/05/2018 at 14:29, Osiris said: I'm just a few miles north of MK For reasons that are still not entirely clear, Osiris junior insists on calling it smelly Olney and insists on trying to hold his breath whenever we drive through the place. Hope this helps. Expand Take him there on Pancake Tuesday and sit him near one of the stands. I bet it'll get his little nostrils twitching in short order. 1 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 (edited) On 09/05/2018 at 15:41, Osiris said: I seem to think it also claims to be where the pancake race originated too. That's flipping awesome. No? I'll get my coat. Expand Yes. Quite right. Leave your coat on the hook. I'm a bit chuffed by that if I'm honest but I really didn't mean to hijack the thread for Mr O'Malley. On with the jam... Edited May 9, 2018 by SpondonBassed Quote
King Tut Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 Welcome dude. I'm from MK too. Saw you a clue of mo this back at The Cannon. I know Jez and Gareth from fof. Welcome to basschat! Colin Quote
jamomalley Posted May 10, 2018 Author Posted May 10, 2018 We've all seen this a billion times but it fits so I'm not apologising! Quote
jamomalley Posted May 10, 2018 Author Posted May 10, 2018 On 09/05/2018 at 21:53, King Tut said: Welcome dude. I'm from MK too. Saw you a clue of mo this back at The Cannon. I know Jez and Gareth from fof. Welcome to basschat! Colin Expand The Cannon is our weekly rehearsal space! And thanks to all for the warm welcomes! 1 Quote
jamomalley Posted May 10, 2018 Author Posted May 10, 2018 Congrats on your 3333rd post! I celebrate that kind of thing... 1 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 Wow. Freaky in a good sort of way. Thanks. Quote
Daz39 Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 On 10/05/2018 at 13:45, jamomalley said: Congrats on your 3333rd post! I celebrate that kind of thing... Expand Quadruple Nelson! Quote
billynoband Posted May 12, 2018 Posted May 12, 2018 Olney thread, cool. Posh as ..... Many happy childhood memories at Emberton park then off into Olney to lower the tone.Welcome to the forum. Quote
SpondonBassed Posted May 12, 2018 Posted May 12, 2018 On 12/05/2018 at 13:49, billynoband said: Olney thread, cool. Posh as ..... Many happy childhood memories at Emberton park then off into Olney to lower the tone.Welcome to the forum. Expand When Emberton Park opened, our family business at Ravenstone Mill caravan park suffered and we had to sell up. It was in the recession of the early seventies, strikes, rolling power cuts etc. Quote
billynoband Posted May 13, 2018 Posted May 13, 2018 Sorry to hear that. My dad says interest rates went to over 20% at that time. Quote
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