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Donate to a basschat bass bash raffle?

Looking promising I'll be there. Brawley 5 string neck-thru, Brawley 4 string with flats. Ashdown ABM300/10 series 1 combo (maybe the 15" extension cab but that would be stupidly loud 😉). Raffle prizes.

Keep On Churnin' (Till the Butter Comes) - Wynonie Harris

4/6ths of the owners are resident abroad. Hong Kong and Singapore.

After my five mins of using the amp last night, when I moved the amp back into the corner. I found this on the floor (see picture below) This must have fallen out of the back Now I know why the chassis is loosen one side – it’s the cage nut and the chassis flange that should hold it in place – broken off. STILL KEEPING THE COMBO ! Just read an article on how to check the “With Horn”, “Without Horn” sockets on the B200R. This one has had the mod, 4ohms reading “Without Horn” Pete

First practice in a while. The drummer and guitarist were running late, but that meant we had time to re-record some vocals for the next EP. It was very fun playing loud again, and we chose the setlist for our next gig. And we also started getting a new song together.

Origin: Indonesia Year: 2025 Body Material: Alder Colour: Tina Rose Finish: Gloss Neck Finish: Satin Neck Material: Maple Fingerboard: Maple Inlays: Block, side dots Pickups: EMG Electronics: Passive Controls: Volume, volume, tone Pickguard: N/A Hardware: Chrome Gig Bag/Case: N/A Accessories: N/A Frets: 21 String Spacing: 19mm Nut Width: 41mm Scale Length: 34”

Advertising..? Back-room staff..? Fines for poor fire procedures..? I may not have all the details right, I'm not their accountant.

OK, what is the 9M cost of sales covering?

I think S9 = 1979, so 46 years old. I reckon that qualifies as vintage based on the 30+ years definition of vintage guitars.

Here we are. 16 years on… She’s completed her GCSE’s, she’s not playing as much bass 😔 But she’s on the stage acting… We went to her show close last night. She’s bloody ace.

That’s stunning

Here is my ACG Salace E-Type. Strictly speaking this is 31.5” scale, but hopefully you can let me off. What’s half an inch between friends? Spec for anyone that cares… Salace E Type Headless 5 string (strung E-C) Paulownia body with Indian Cedar top 5 piece Ash/Purpleheart bolt on neck Wenge fingerboard with 30" radius Hipshot hardware (18mm string spacing) East Uni-Pre 4k preamp 2x ACG FB pickups, with a Wenge (to match the fretboard) ramp between them Weighs an impressively low 6.8lbs.

Got my old s9 Precision a proper set up. New nut, new jack socket and tidying up of the wiring. I’ve owned it since 1999 and it has had a lot of use, as shown by the way the nitro finish on the neck is flaking off. Might get the neck refinished eventually but will leave it as is for now. Pick guard was like that when I got it. It does make for easier access to the wiring I suppose. Not a ‘proper’ vintage Fender compared to classic earlier models, but it is a damn good workhorse bass.

Cost of financing equipment and property acquisitions and rentals..? Interest rates are cripplingly high.

Tonight we all sat in a circle, kept the volume right down and deep dived into the arrangements for three originals. We had all come up with our perspectives on WhatsApp in advance. I used my fretless and it opened some new sonic avenues. We got into some theory which was fun. I am turning a D into a Bm7 🙂... but only sometimes and i makes a big differenceto feel. We had long discussion on how to move in and out of solos and decided to end a song in Em on A major to accentuate the mbiguous lyrical ending. It was pointed out that one if my basslines sounded like Dani California so I ended up quoting that instead. Another song, relegated a really nice line I came up with using a different inversion of each chord to the chorus and came up with a mwah-enriched melodic line for verses. Similar attention given to drums, guitars and vocals, as well as overall timing and structure. Was fun working as a group and achieving some major improvements by thinking from an audience perspective. None of us could have achieved this alone. We aren't the beatles but still very satisfying.

This… he’s just done w2 for Tom Peterson…(1 is MIA 😟) but TP is gigging the other one. as @warwickhuntsays, @Basvarkenis Brooks Bass guitars.

It's never going to be easy to get right if you are mixing from on stage. You can set levels on a sound check and as soon as the adrenaline sets in as the set starts the singer will up their volume. I've rarely met a singer who doesn't up the db's once the gig starts so you are always guessing when you set the levels. Volume for bv's also depends upon the song, there are parts when you want your singers to be the same volume and parts where the lead vocal needs to be heard over the backing. You might be doing call and return on one part of the song and want equal volumes, harmonies in another part and gentle oohs and aahs in the background later. Your singers need to practice their parts and control their own volume which is also an artistic decision. We rehearse sometimes with the PA pointing back at us so we hear the front of house sound and you have to practice and listen to get the relative volumes right. You also have to get monitoring right, if you can't hear what each other are doing then you can't really match volumes appropriately. I aim to set the gain so everyone is equal on the loudest parts and let the singers sort out for themselves who should be the loudest in any given part of the song. I like to record the perfomances from time to time, You soon pick up who is hiding in the mix and who is too fond of their own voice and can make necessary adjustments, In the end though there is nothing much you can do with people who don't practice singing together unless you are sitting at the desk out front, even then some bands are a dream to mix and others are just hard work. If it's any consolation @Chienmortbb in your opening few songs on Saturday I commented to Mike that the harmony parts were working well until your PA meltdown.

Admin costs of £14M on what??! It's not like they have a huge amount of staff...

What country is it made in?