Silvia Bluejay

Have a fab time. I'm just back from a quick visit to Nashville, and loved every second. Truly the music capital of the world. I'm still in awe of not just the sheer number of bands I've seen there, but also the incredibly high quality of their musicianship. I'm writing a blog about my visit, and may end up starting a separate thread for it when it's ready Please tell us about your experience once your camp is over!

Huge thanks to Kathryn for letting me have her bass. It's now sitting in my living room with its bigger and cheaper-looking sibling, waiting for me to clear the clutter and tidy my flat after coming back from the States yesterday - after which, it'll be a long, relaxing, acoustic session for me Donation to Basschat on its way as soon as I can remember my Paypal password

Anyone left-handed at this bash? If I'm the only one, I won't bother taking a bass, and instead concentrate on listening, socialising, taking photos and writing Basschat blogs

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1365272752' post='2037565'] Can I be the first to complain about the amount of gratuitous slapping? [/quote] Feel free if it makes you feel better There wasn't [i]that much[/i] slapping this year. Much less than last year. I would have come home deaf otherwise. I'm moderately confident that the organisers will eventually get it right and manage to stop those who break the rules.

I'm so going to be there Would be absolutely awesome if we could do the Basschat Meeting Corner all over again. I'm happy to (wo)man the corner again next year if we find a space.

I'm still out of the country but will collect when back!

It'll be joining my other semi-acoustic lefty and will be in good company As I said to Kathryn in my PM, I'll collect it as soon as I'm back in the country in a week's time. Incidentally, Happy Easter everybody!

Thank you, Dash!

[quote name='jessicaRabbit' timestamp='1363784787' post='2017530'] I would like to play a lot of metal if possible so am looking for versatility and that 'crunchy' metal sound, I'm not sure what kind of bass would have this as well as being lightweight etc. Sorry if this seems like an easy, common sense question! [/quote] I believe that the sound is made by the way you play your instrument, and the effects you use - if any - more than by the actual make of bass. Think about this: Metallica's Rob - Warwick. Ex-Metallica Jason - Sadowsky. Megadeth's David - Jackson. Maiden's Steve - Fender... that's quite a varied list. And some of those bassists play with a pick. That, according to Ellefson, helps the bass sound cut through the guitars in the mix, as does upping the treble and mids as opposed to the bass.

Warwick Rockbasses. Nuff said

Oh, missed your answer, apologies. Yes, I was talking about the Bay Area, and the birth of Thrash and speed metal. I was/am also a fan of big hair and spandex metal, but that sits lower in my list. And when you say it sounds like a bloody racket you sound not like my Mum (who actually appreciates) but like my Grandma!

Facebook album of the gig, shared by the Hammersmith Apollo: [url="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151536151174341.1073741827.112183489340&type=3"]http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151536151174341.1073741827.112183489340&type=3[/url]

PS big hair (as in permed) and spandex - nooo way, with Metallica and Megadeth. We're not talking Poison or Motley Crue or Van Halen here - we're talking Thrash!!

I've met both James and David in person now, and I still prefer David. Having said that, I haven't met you yet!

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1363541872' post='2013855'] Definite combover . I honestly don't know what you girls see in him . [/quote] LOOL! I don't care much about long hair, honest, or I would sport a long, luscious mane myself (my gym/pool routine put paid to it long ago). It's David's metal god status that sets him aside, combover or no combover . Time flies for all of us... He's been one of my bass idols since - well - forever. As a heavy metal fan in the 80s, you had Metallica with Cliff and then Jason, and Megadeth with David. All others, from Maiden's Steve and even Sabbath's Geezer to everybody else in the genre, were a tiny little bit less god-like to me. \m/ \m/

LOL, apologies for that... I didn't have as much time to go back to take photos of some stands as I thought I would. Then again, as I mentioned before, that probably saved you guys from having to wade through a blog containing my usual million photos

Heh, the stands and artists who proved too popular - i.e. were obscured by adoring crowds when I was trying to take a pic - didn't make it in the final selection because all that appeared in my photos was a series of people's backs...!

Just had a look at all the photos I took at the LBGS, but I don't have any of the Cort stand I'm afraid (probably didn't take any because there were too many people standing in front of it at the time). Sorry.

Why did I expect that?

So, can we remember to keep an eye on this tour, and if it actually goes ahead without bust-ups, walk-outs etc., we should form a BC Hair Metal group and go together. Ooh yes!

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1363118963' post='2008910'] I mean, Basschat is getting f***ing BIG [/quote] All that also means that this site is probably very well set up for Search Engine Optimisation. I'm not surprised, considering we are all constantly using all the essential keywords relevant to bass-playing and selling/buying in our threads, and the site is gathering a lot of external referrers from the like of Twitter and FB.

[quote name='Leon Transaxle' timestamp='1363120220' post='2008933'] Does this include lefties who do everything left handed except playing the bass (and geetar)? [/quote] Traitor.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1363120565' post='2008942'] Silvia, I'll bring mine too [/quote] Curious to see them, especially the bra...

... not to mention leather miniskirt, fishnets, stilettos, padded corset and cropped leather jacket! (Still got all of them in my closet, only needing a bit of taking in...)

Knickers and bras at hand, ready to be thrown at Diamond Dave like it's 1984 all over again! \m/ \m/