Silvia Bluejay

Nothing in my diary for that Sunday so far, but I'll confirm asap. Lat year's Herts Bash blog is here: [url="http://wp.me/p2ZbyY-6H"]http://wp.me/p2ZbyY-6H[/url] I'll tweet this thread right now. Thanks Mick!

Part 2 of the Dogs' two-gigs-in-24-hours stint - Barley Mow, Shepperton, 08/03/14 (let's see if Flickr allows me to link to a slideshow today) (Edit: It seems to have worked, for now!) [media]http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluejay_my_photos/sets/72157642199565653/show/with/13081173384/[/media]

That's brilliant, and only exceedingly attentive bass players will notice the mistakes. And not making any would be superhuman Well done, and thanks for posting!

You didn't have your pic taken at the BC corner at all...

Yes! So I did remember correctly but I wasn't 100% sure, and waited - thank you! Off to edit the caption. Thank you all for your comments and praise. I really love writing blogs like this

Last gig at the George in Chiswick, on Friday 7th, before the pub closes for a big refurb. [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluejay_my_photos/13066906115/in/set-72157642167556395"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluejay_my_photos/13066906115/in/set-72157642167556395[/url]

Arghhh!! Don't say that, timmo!!! Damn... I'm gassing now! Gareth from Hartke, is that you? It was lovely of you to rescue me on the Saturday I could have gone on an exhibitor pass from Bass Gear too, but I had bought my normal tickets back in August when we weren't sure if Basschat could be there, so I chose to use them anyway (reselling is prohibited, and the tix have each buyer's data in that QR code anyway). It was an awesome weekend, and I loved every second of it

Thanks for this lovely post, Steve. As I mention in my blog, I was at your show but was bombarded by a series of urgent texts and calls and had to leave almost immediately to avoid disturbing the rest of the audience. I'll try again next time you're in town The blog is now published! [url="http://wp.me/p2ZbyY-dQ"]http://wp.me/p2ZbyY-dQ[/url] I will obviously continue improving it, but this should be more or less what it looks like. I have lost and/or I mix up in my mind the names of five of you who visited - your photos are numbered in the blog, would you please either reply here or PM me so I can add you to the blog? Apologies for that and thank you in advance - The notes I had taken on a scrap of paper on that Sunday got lost somewhere between Olympia and Chiswick... I'm preparing the album with the "extra" photos to publish on Flickr for those of you who aren't bored to death after reading my blog! Thank you all for your patience so far!

You're so right. That applies to a few other stands with expensive basses - maybe this guy was trying them all? Sigh. PS Blog not quite there yet - but I'm making progress. Thank you all for your patience

Update on the blog: I'm almost done selecting, editing and uploading nearly 150 photos, and I've started writing the text itself. Anyone know why bloody Wordpress always calls every photo uploaded to the media library "???????????????" despite the photo having a name? And why the question marks are what gets displayed when someone clicks on each photo even [b]after [/b]I spend ages adding names and captions and other settings such as centred position to each photo? I wish I could shoot the effing interface. (Basically this is one of the reasons why it's taking so long!)

Great music pub, great beer, and this time the car park won't be under water

Catch 'em at the George before the pub closes for refurbishment!

Sometimes it has to be trial and error. Or you simlpy tap into Basschat's immense collective experience, like I did

I like low action, but I also like low-tension strings, and sometimes the two simply aren't compatible, as you need a higher action when you dig in a bit on floppy strings. With medium-low tension strings I try to keep the action as low as possible, at the same time minimising fret buzz. It's a balancing act. Usually, the first fret to buzz is the low F, so I stop lowering the action as soon as I hear a tiny little amount of buzz when fretting the F and plucking with medium strength. I imagine it's possible to cut out the buzz frequency altogether using filters, if you can be bothered to...

The Dogs were back at the Black Horse in Greenford on Saturday: [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluejay_my_photos/12932973133/in/set-72157641868979864"]http://www.flickr.co...157641868979864[/url] Edit: I hate Flickr when it f**ks around with its own settings and doesn't work any more.

I think you're being far too modest! Great stuff. Please do upload your other vids when you have them

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1393941658' post='2386064'] Couldnt make it anyway, but its not really my thing, having been to similar in the past. The reason for the post though, is the photographs on the blog, that contain basschatters, will they have their real names or usernames added. I've noticed in the past, that similar pics from events and gatherings etc, show photo's and captions such as; "steve, bob and paul....", whilst this is great if you know them, in which case you'd know their names anyway, it doesnt help the majority of us basschat folk, who only know most people by their usernames? Just a thought, Really looking forward to seeing the blog though, as you always do a fab job bluejay, and will be good to see what many of us missed. Rick. [/quote] Rick, I posted the real names of people here on this occasion, but I always use BC names in my blogs. Incidentally, this time I will seriously need the help of those whose photos will appear on the blog, because I seem to have lost my little scrap of paper where I noted down their names, and so I've forgotten several already! (Yes, old age etc. I know.) I'll make an appeal at the time of publication...

No, the slackers put them on sale only in July or August!!

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1393929087' post='2385841'] I really wanted to go to this there was not really any named players there that I wanted to see and to be honest I had only heard of a few of them anyway but I would of liked to of gone just for the crack in a way I am glad I did not go as some of the comments others have made about the show made me think I would not like it and to be honest it would of been a really expensive day out for me and my son it would of cost us about £100 just to get there and buy the tickets so I am going to wait and go another time when players I really want to see are on and also more exhibitors I am interested in but I am glad most of you guys enjoyed it and had a nice day [/quote] It definitely depends on what you expect to see. The masterclasses, shows and the chance to have a chat with famous players are a big part of what I like about the show. I saw one of my idols, Frank Bello of Anthrax, and another bassist I admire a lot, Roger Glover of Purple. Didn't bother with John Taylor, despite being a fan, because his audience was clearly full of ex-teenaged Duranettes (now my age) who would still "do him", and his talk equally clearly geared towards reminiscence and non-bass chat. From the reports by friends who were there, it seems I was right. Next time

Same here. I don't care if I can get in for free as a co-exhibitor, I always buy my own tickets as soon as they become available, to make sure I can go to the show regardless of whether BC is there or not.

Hey, pinned posts are bloody well NOT ancient history since we FMs have taken over and WORKED HARD on cleaning up the old rubbish and keeping our respective patches up to date!

Nah, this is a real alternative...

To lighten up the mood, a couple of pics that may or may not eventually end up in my blog Nick, Steve, Anna, Chris, Tom Us again, with Chris behind the camera this time