madshadows

Good luck in what ever you decide but I would at least keep one bass and stick under the bed or in a wardrobe in case you want to play again in the future The main thing is to be happy with your choice. John

What a beauty John

[quote name='hairychris' timestamp='1402420919' post='2473344'] OK, I have to admit it right now... I use a pick most of the time. Am impressed at the number of people who are beer enthusiasts, although not exactly surprised, and it seems that I live 5 mins up the A2 from madshadows as my current collision between a book store & 2nd hand music outlet (aka "flat") is in Deptford. SE posse! [/quote] I'm just off Lewisham Road, quite near Blackheath, us Sarf Lundoners are taking over LOL John

Ordered the special edition of the Winery Dogs CD called 'Dog Treats' from Amazon UK last Friday (6th June) and it arrived Sunday, absolutely love the CD, great songs, playing and singing, the special edition is amazing value for £16.61 plus delivery, you get 3 CD's (original CD, live CD and demo CD), a DVD, Mike Portnoy's studio diary booklet, a dod tag, a patch and a wine stopper, see my pic below [url="http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p235/madshadows1/IMGP1267_zps10a89587.jpg"]http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p235/madshadows1/IMGP1267_zps10a89587.jpg[/url] John

That bass looks great, congrats John

Welcome to the low end Chris, have fun John

That is very nice, congrats John

Beautiful, looks stunning John

[quote name='AMS Birmingham' timestamp='1402058102' post='2469616'] Thank you JamesBass. We have had some success face-to-face at gigs, so naturally we'll keep on doing that. We also pay referral fees to our own students if they recommend a friend (better a 17 year old approaches a 16 year old than I guy in his late 30s I think!). I guess I'm really asking whether there are any online places (alongside Basschat) that are worth us using to promote ourselves? [/quote] Might be worth posting on places like Facebook and Twitter bass related groups/people, Bass Guitar magazine for example have FB & Twitter accounts, hope it works out for you John

The last comment in the description made me laugh, happens to us all I guess [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peavey-Bass-Amp-Combo-/251546509865?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3a91572229"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peavey-Bass-Amp-Combo-/251546509865?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3a91572229[/url] John

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1401912286' post='2468311'] Good album that! [/quote] Excellent record, been listening to their CD's in the last week a lot, love Billy Sheehan's playing on them, great songs as well, favourite CD's of the 5 I have are Lean Into It and What If... John

Looks to be an interesting watch when it's released in November [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI0znixksZs&feature=youtu.be"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI0znixksZs&feature=youtu.be[/url] John

They look great John

Why would anyone want that !

Fantastic bass John

That's absolutely stunning John

Mr Big - What If... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHGv5FCS2j8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHGv5FCS2j8[/url] John

Welcome Alex, nice bass collection John

Fantastic looking bass, congrats John

Read that earlier on the web, great news, lets hope he back as well as he can be ASAP John

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1401709536' post='2465993'] I've never heard of him. [/quote] He was in a band called SKID ROW in the 80's and now has his own solo career. SKID ROW's 1st album was pretty good. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFVvKCaqiSs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFVvKCaqiSs[/url] John

Speechless but I kind of liked it !!, fun anyway [url="http://classicrock.teamrock.com/news/2014-06-02/bach-goes-gaga-for-talent-show"]http://classicrock.teamrock.com/news/2014-06-02/bach-goes-gaga-for-talent-show[/url] John