Silvia Bluejay

I've just tweeted this to Basschat's followers. Hope you get them back. PS I've also posted on BC's FB page. Good luck.

And a return to The Bell on the Green in Bedfont on the following night - some crazy dancing there [url="https://flic.kr/s/aHsk6K27cL"]https://flic.kr/s/aHsk6K27cL[/url]

Another first for the Dogs - The Admiral Nelson in Whitton, last Friday [url="https://flic.kr/s/aHsk67qbDn"]https://flic.kr/s/aHsk67qbDn[/url]

And tonight again!

Post them in the Lefty section too!

Tonight and tomorrow!

Friday at The Admiral Nelson in Whitton, Saturday at The Bell On The Green in Bedfont. Both large-ish music pubs with decent acoustics. Come along if you're around!

Thanks Tim - I've tweeted this thread, hoping to get many votes

[quote name='mentalextra' timestamp='1417202463' post='2618240'] Yeah thats pretty bad, but when you're over 50yr you are not welcome in music shops. Seems to make young sales people very uncomfortable! [/quote] That's not my experience, I must say. Might be because I'm usually helped by middle aged salesmen, who are most of the times happy to forget the initial sexism, if they had any, when they realise I too can talk technical (at least up to a point). Or maybe they've seen me post on here, and know who I am!

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1417181410' post='2617875'] the classic one was "if you come in I'll get one of the guys to play a right handed one for you" [/quote] "Oh, you can't eat wheat? Then I'll have this huge plate of pasta, while you watch, and let you know what it tastes like" I'm resigned to not finding lefty models in shops, so I tend to buy new, and often online. As a consequence, I haven't got any horrid customer service experiences to tell, except for the odd sexism episode ("You're looking to buy for your son?" or "Waiting for your boyfriend, love?").

Consider switching to flatwounds? I did that a few years ago and never looked back, to the extent that I gave away all the round sets I had lying around.

Hello and welcome, Ken! And also welcome into Basschat's Lefty Bass Players Contingent! We have a couple of forum sections dedicated to our basses - feel free to join us there too

First gig at The Ash Tree in Ashford - the band was competing with the sport being shown on TV with the help of lots of smoke, lights and lasers! [url="https://flic.kr/s/aHsk2U8RG9"]https://flic.kr/s/aHsk2U8RG9[/url]

There was a Basschatter who wanted to contact - or perhaps actually contacted - Billy to ask him to attend next year's show... looks like his wishes are coming true! Great stuff! \m/ \m/

Entire thread tweeted!

Expect something like this:

Excelent work, thanks for this, bjelkeman - will tweet the blog to BC's followers later this morning

Tweeted

Thank you for that reply, guys. I think the effort towards a less noisy environment will have to be a concerted one, with everybody pulling their weight, or it won't work. And yes, if there is a UK Lefty Guitar & Bass Show, count me in

I hold MK personally responsible for making slapping acceptable and, for a time, even cool. He needs to make amends!

Bump - it's tonight.

Excellent review, Ted - thanks a lot.

Haha, I so agree with that. LBGS guys, the single massive improvement you can make to the show is seriously enforcing the 45 minutes to the hour (or whatever proportion is deemed appropriate) silence rule. Nobody seemed to do that on any of the previous years, and loud slapping and excessively high volume were constant, and that is costing you the goodwill and custom of many, many potential visitors.

And one cracker of a gig it was too! [url="https://flic.kr/s/aHsk5BkMPY"]https://flic.kr/s/aHsk5BkMPY[/url]

More A-framing to be spotted while the Dogs rocked the Halfway House in Barnes on Saturday 15/11! [url="https://flic.kr/s/aHsk5BkMPY"]https://flic.kr/s/aHsk5BkMPY[/url]