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Ps BGM, great job again, but suggest any stands in the foyer outside the doors to the theatre and masterclass room are not allowed live demos whilst the "performances" are on. Don't want to hear someone doodling ad nauseum whilst trying to hear the genius that is Michael Manring (etc.). Apart from that - great!

My third year, and just as enjoyable. Something for everyone. Managed to escape with just another excellent strap from AGS, but have committed to a John East upgrade for my Mike Lull. I had to get up a bit sharp to travel up from Bournemouth to see Michael Manring at 11.15 am, but it was certainly worth it!! Have seen plenty of you tube videos of him, but live he's even better - absolutely stunning. A nice surprise performance from Adam Ben Ezra at the other end of the day, completely unknown to me, but very interesting and varied techniques on the upright bass. Sorry I didn't say hello to anyone, the only person I did know was up on the Saturday. I must be the only person without a picture of Dave Swift, but here's a small collection to whet your appetite for next year. [URL=http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/graham1945/media/London%20Bass%20Show%202016/4H1A4794.jpg.html] [IMG]http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj578/graham1945/London%20Bass%20Show%202016/4H1A4794.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/graham1945/media/London%20Bass%20Show%202016/4H1A4810.jpg.html] [IMG]http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj578/graham1945/London%20Bass%20Show%202016/4H1A4810.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/graham1945/media/London%20Bass%20Show%202016/4H1A4820.jpg.html] [IMG]http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj578/graham1945/London%20Bass%20Show%202016/4H1A4820.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/graham1945/media/London%20Bass%20Show%202016/4H1A4852.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj578/graham1945/London%20Bass%20Show%202016/4H1A4852.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/graham1945/media/London%20Bass%20Show%202016/4H1A4856.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj578/graham1945/London%20Bass%20Show%202016/4H1A4856.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/graham1945/media/London%20Bass%20Show%202016/4H1A4826.jpg.html] [IMG]http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj578/graham1945/London%20Bass%20Show%202016/4H1A4826.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/graham1945/media/London%20Bass%20Show%202016/4H1A4825.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj578/graham1945/London%20Bass%20Show%202016/4H1A4825.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/graham1945/media/London%20Bass%20Show%202016/4H1A4790.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj578/graham1945/London%20Bass%20Show%202016/4H1A4790.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1456328003' post='2987917'] Well, that's me out then - 1949 - unless someone knows of one. [/quote] I'm 1945, so it looks like double basses for us then! 😂

Don't know if this has been mentioned before, but when a bass is sold/withdrawn could it be then transferred to another thread? How about also showing the asking price and number of strings in the heading as a condition of posting?

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1456433509' post='2989085'] My basses get better when other people play them [/quote] Funny, thought that just happened to me!

Maybe I've got out of bed on the wrong side this morning, but ads trying to sell basses with the body on the right of the pics, and any logo or other writing upside down, just look plain wrong to me. Surely the advertiser can see that their pride and joy is not displayed to its best effect? OK, I'll go back to bed now! 😡😡😡

Never heard a bad word for The Gallery. I've had a couple of jobs done there, one of which was to fret a lined fretless Brubaker. I returned a week later to be told that it originally been fretted and the fretboard had been "levelled", so they had to remove all of the original levelled frets to put new in. No extra charge, and a superb job.