Silvia Bluejay

You may be confusing it with the Earl's Court site. [url="http://www.stracointernational.com/News/849/Olympia-two-refurbishment-completed.html"]http://www.stracointernational.com/News/849/Olympia-two-refurbishment-completed.html[/url] And according to this article, it's all wonderful there... [url="http://www.associationeventplanner.com/Venues/article/1169182/olympia-london-rebrands-following-30m-makeover/"]http://www.associationeventplanner.com/Venues/article/1169182/olympia-london-rebrands-following-30m-makeover/[/url]

Thank you Chris and Colin! And I agree that Dan's suggestion is great too.

I haven't done any second hand buying yet (only factory-new cheapos so far) so I'm probably the wrong person to give an opinion, but my impression is that having a separate lefty section would make things easier both for us lefties and for righties - who would want to avoid being distracted by and wasting time on offers they're not interested in. And that's despite the lefty marketplace being slower than the righty. Having said that, if the amount of work required to apply the modification on to the website had to be massive, then it probably wouldn't be worth the admins/developers' while. But my vote goes for yes to a lefty subsection.

Yes, I think someone at the venue said so.

Flickr album from last night's gig: [url="http://www.flickr.com//photos/bluejay_my_photos/sets/72157632936213829/show/"]http://www.flickr.com//photos/bluejay_my_photos/sets/72157632936213829/show/[/url]

I'm working on last night's photos as we speak. It was an awesome gig, full of energy, a finger raised defiantly at cancer and death, with the entire audience supporting him on every note. He had Alison Moyet as a special guest on vox for a couple of numbers during the encore, then he decided to change a string to his guitar on stage in front of us, as the replacement guitar was set up wrongly and had given out horrid feedback - drums and bass kept playing throughout - and it was all a good laugh as well as poignant. When he left the stage for the last time I felt the reality of it hitting me. But, as Jack said, what a way to go. \m/ \m/

I spent hours gassing over that gorgeous Corvette 5! Right-handed though, y'see.... I'm still determined to find and grab a lefty one sooner or later.

Female conspiracy...

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1362507160' post='2000420'] Yes sos for the delay Sylvia. I 'll try to do it at work tomorrow where I have the technology! :-) [/quote] No prob! And I'm drop-boxing you the Peter Hook photos as we speak Yay!

[quote name='andydye' timestamp='1362426653' post='1999645'] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvW6ZeSygvM&feature=youtube_gdata_player"]https://www.youtube....be_gdata_player[/url] Who can we see in the queue directly behind the youth receiving signatures...!? [/quote] Wait until Shelley lets me have her photos of David Ellefson and me! \m/ \m/

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1362328313' post='1998423'] I've taken a few photos of both models on show, but only from the front. I have informed the guys at the stand of the existence of Basschat and the interest their basses are receiving - they may sign up and join the conversation soon. [/quote] Chris from Square One is now a Basschat member, and will be happy to help with the bass. He contacted me via PM and I have directed him to this thread and to BigRedX's relevant post.

It was a pleasure to man the BC corner. Seashell was by my side most of the time, so we ended up working as a bit of a team Here she is, meeting Peter Hook:

Happy the photo was useful after all! Sorry i didn't - couldn't - try the bass, as both models at the stand were right-handed.

Ha! You bought the Corvette! Great choice

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1362345075' post='1998775'] If you could post what you have up here at some point, that would be great. What ever you have will doubtless be more informative than the single small photo on their website. [/quote] Some photos from the LBGS are here, including those basses - although they may not be as useful as I had hoped. I mean to write a blog for Basschat in the next few days, and order, caption and add more photos; this is just a provisional upload. (James with the BC Baton!)

OK, last post before I exit this discussion. I spent 16 hours at the show this weekend, in two chunks of 8 uninterrupted hours. I didn't set foot out of the venue. I didn't wear earplugs. I'm not deaf now, nor was I before yesterday. But I didn't find the noise impossible to live with, I didn't get bored, I met one of my bass idols (David Ellefson) and got his signature for Basschat, I could have attended other awesome masterclasses and gigs if I had chosen to, I gassed and drooled over fantastic equipment, I spoke to a lot of friendly people at the stands - as well as to a lot of Basschatters... and all that I had to endure was a bit of a headache last night, which could have been caused as much by my continuing cold as by the slapping noise. Remember that bad publicity, appropriate or unfair, on this site or anywhere else, may lead to dwindling attendance and cancellation of the show in the near future. When that happens, don't come complaining that you can't see decent basses or gear in the shops anymore and you have to order blind online.

It was huge fun, and those of you who snubbed it just don't know what you missed, and I don't mean the slapping and the showing off. Incidentally, kudos to Alex Lofoco, who demonstrated his double-thumbing slapping technique at the Rotosound stand [b]in a consistenly low volume[/b], so that listening and watching in awe was a pleasure as opposed to a torture.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1362309760' post='1998105'] I don't suppose I could ask a favour of anyone at the show today with a camera? Would it be possible to take some photos of the [url="http://www.squareoneguitars.com"]Square One Bass[/url] particularly details of the neck joint and the pickup assembly? And then post them here? Thanks! [/quote] I've taken a few photos of both models on show, but only from the front. I have informed the guys at the stand of the existence of Basschat and the interest their basses are receiving - they may sign up and join the conversation soon.

Steve, it has been - and is - my pleasure, and great fun. As always, the people are the best part even of such a gear-oriented event as this

Well I did get home with a bit of a headache from the slapping noise, but nothing as bad as what is described here. I don't see how people can choose to give a miss to a collection of extremely GAS-inducing bass-related stuff you can see, touch and ask about - if not exactly test for sound - and decide that a total of five masterclasses and five performances a day by big names, as well as visits to stands by other stars you can approach and talk to, simply aren't going to be worth their time and money once a year. Strikes me as a bit sad, to be honest, unless you're travelling from the back of beyond and have to go through a lot of inconvenience just to get there.

Just back from a Junkyard Dogs gig - thank you all who came to the BC corner earlier today to have a chat! it was great to see many BC friends again, and put faces to many other screen names I hadn't met in person before! I'm loving this weekend Big thanks to James (Jimryan) for taking the BC Baton to the show and passing it on after taking photos of Steve Lawson and Yolanda Charles holding it. Excellent work. As Steve says, more tomorrow!

Great to meet you too! Awesome day

I'm gassing like mad!!!

I'm posting from the BC corner at the LGBS - we have already seen and given lanyards to aroud 30 members, talked to them, met them while we were walking around the stands gassing like mad, and now I'm sitting here waiting for the next meetup. James and the BC Baton are here too, waiting for someone to come up and collect the bass for the BC Bass Rwlay! Come forward if you're around

See you at Olympia shortly