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Van der Graaf Generator at the Barbican last night... trio of sexagenarians belting out a set mostly drawn from their last two albums.

I use Lilypond [url="http://lilypond.org/"]http://lilypond.org/[/url] which is free and fabulous.

[quote name='Rusco' post='1174824' date='Mar 24 2011, 03:55 PM']Yamaha BB424X – I was impressed by them at the Bass Show, nice neck and sound although not sure how a piece of plastic and tin cost an extra £100+ over the non ’x’ version.[/quote] +1 for the BB. The X-ness is just a matter of taste, only worth paying extra for if you think it is! G&L Tribute JB-2 may be worth a look - J/J rather than P/J but still a belter.

Bought an EBS MultiComp - super fast and safe delivery, no problems!

My 8-year-old daughter loves to pose with instruments but her mother would raise hell if I posted any pics of her on The Evil Internet... however I was pleased to hear her humming "Continuum" at the weekend. Makes a change from Justin Beiber!

No - looks like another eBayfaker to me.

I've just done some string-swapping and have a spare set of TI Jazz Flats (JF344). Gorgeous, but I was finding them not stiff enough, which sounds like the opposite of your problem. (I've now got D'Addario Chromes.) (These TIs have only been used for intermittent home practice over the last couple of months and so are pretty much as new, the only potential downer being that they're cut for a 2x2 headstock and won't fit a Fender-style 4-in-a-row jobbie. Mke me an offer if interested!)

Our guitarist just got a Zoom H1 with all the trimmings - extra storage, tripod - for < £100. Very easy to use and sounds good!

Thanks for the help, folks. Chromes duly ordered... ..Roscoe porn to follow

Thanks for the fast response - so they're ECB81, EBC82 etc - the ones [i]without [/i]a letter (S, M, SL) at the end. [url="http://store.daddario.com/category/145851/Chromes_Flat_Wound"]http://store.daddario.com/category/145851/Chromes_Flat_Wound[/url] The bass is a Roscoe Century Standard 4

Right, so I got my lovely new fretless :-) but it has roundwounds on it. :-( Having tried TI Flats and Fender 9050s on other basses, I think it's time I gave Chromes a try. But for a "standard" 34" scale, do I need "medium" or "long" scale? The D'Addario website gives lots of info about tensions but I couldn't see info about scale (possibly due to blindness, stupidity or both). Help!?

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1164570' date='Mar 16 2011, 04:03 PM'][/quote] Loving your .gif!

I bought a couple of leather straps at £14 each and a BGM subscription, on the day, but more than that... I fell in love with the Roscoe fretless 4 (http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=114899&view=findpost&p=1161034) and have just taken the plunge on the phone to Mark at BD. Look out for some retrospective fundraising in the marketplace. (Is there a section for mothers?) I guess I was lucky in that I went on Sunday and got to hear it! It comes with rounds, so I expect my next purchase will be some more flats, even though the diamondwood board can apparently bear up to rounds... cue perennial "which flat" discussion... I currently have basses with TI Flats and Fender 9050, so I guess it's time to try the D'Addario Chromes...

[quote name='spinynorman' post='1162039' date='Mar 14 2011, 05:26 PM']The maddest thing is using the Post Office for anything larger than a bridge.[/quote] [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12607065"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12607065[/url] So it was you!

Roksak Deluxe for me. Enough padding, comfy straps and plenty of pockets. Around £35 iirc.

[quote name='BassBunny' post='1161511' date='Mar 14 2011, 10:46 AM']It was Chris May himself that christened them "Tanglewaters". That's what he called them when he brought them up to Moffat for the Feb Bass Bash.[/quote] I suppose that's less risqué than walking onstage with "Overwood".

Ooh, a good day, not quite the slapfest that Saturday reportedly was. Tried lots of new things, quite a few on basis of why-do-so-many-BCers-love these: EBMM Stingray - tried a 2EQ H and a 3EQ H. Nice but didn't blow me away. Ibanez Gary Willis - I guess the synthetic fingerboard is a bit Marmite: I love Marmite, but I didn't love this. Status - didn't get on with the all-graphite Stealth, but was quite taken with the S2. Hmm... G&L JB-2 (Tribute) - soooo tempting. These had been on want-try list for a while, and it didn't disappoint. In fact it was mostly the fact that I it didn't come with a case (and I've have to carry it home in a box) stopped me snapping it up there and then. Yamaha - BB1024 was nice (I thought I was primarily looking for a passive 4-string) but then surprised myself by being quite taken with the TRB active 5-string. Fender Precision Deluxe MIA (Bass Merchant) - being a P-basser with an inkling for a bridge pup, I expected a lot from this but it didn't do it for me. Although being opposite the this-one-doesn't-go-below-eleven Ampeg stand didn't help. Roscoe fretless (Bass Direct) - the big hit of the show. One of those love-at-first-pluck basses. I put it down, wandered around for an hour or so then came back ready to punish the plastic. Only the failure of the BD card machine saved me from my impulsiveness, so now I get to sleep on it. So all in all a success: I knew I wanted a tasty fretless, and found one. I didn't know quite what I wanted for a fretted, and came away with a better idea. And met some lovely people along the way, including a couple of random BC-ers.

Hm, are you hoping they'll mate? BTW, what's the shipping cost? I was looking at something yesterday with a quote of $150 - ough!

This thread is giving me gas! What about the 1024/5/x? Worth the extra over the 424/5/x?

I'll be there tomorrow - is there an earplug vendor there?

[quote name='Muzz' post='1158062' date='Mar 11 2011, 01:55 PM']Yeah, it's a custom. And not one you can buy, either. On the other hand, Glenn doesn't use it much (see my earlier post) so he might take an offer for it... [/quote] He certainly doesn't' use it much in that clip! Bizarre - sit down with the instrument plugged in and talk about the sound instead of just playing it!?!

[quote name='neilb' post='1158582' date='Mar 11 2011, 08:20 PM']. . . the bass comes with a HERFANNY case.[/quote]