Silvia Bluejay

Welcome, Charlie! So jealous you can relaxedly have a "side portion" of jazz and fusion - I wish I was able to play any of that, as a side or main... Basschat is on Twitter too, as @basschatuk, so feel free to follow us if you like.

Bassist girl shaking her bum to the groove - and welcoming you in the fold

Hello and welcome! Other than by word of mouth in your local area, you could try finding a band by putting an ad in music shops or, if there are any nearby, music colleges and schools. Or with the help of websites such as [url="http://www.joinmyband.co.uk/classifieds/london-f14.html"]http://www.joinmyband.co.uk/classifieds/london-f14.html[/url], [url="http://www.bandmix.co.uk/"]http://www.bandmix.co.uk/[/url], [url="http://www.gumtree.com/music-bands-musicians-djs/london"]http://www.gumtree.com/music-bands-musicians-djs/london[/url], etc. Good luck!

Two brand new sets of 4 Rotosound strings (RB40 and RB45) Unused because roundwound (I bought them before falling in love with flats in general and D'Addario Chromes in particular).

Almost forgot to add my name to the list... [quote][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]1. Hamster - Fender Hotrod P/J, Bareface Compact, Auralex Gramma Pad, SFX Thumpinator; either Markbass 800 Tube or Ampeg PF500 Portaflex 2. BigBeatNut - Rob Allen Deep 5, Status Electro, Lakland 55-02 Fretless, Markbass CMD121P, a selection of SFX micro pedals 3. Stingray5 - Musicman StingRay5 and Stingray fretless, Tune TWB-6, Trace Elliot BLX-80 combo, Boss GT-6B fx, Gramma Pad, (+ raffle bits & freebies). 4 OBBM - undecided on basses but Schroeder cab(s) and mini-rack Mk2 (+raffle bits) 5. Charic (tentative) - ACG Finn 4 (Drop C tuning), Yamaha RBX6JM, Modded Fender MIM, TC RH450, 2 x TC RS210, Line6 DL4 (delay pedal), Behringer Chorus Pedal 6. Happy Jack - Ampeg Baby Bass and (just for OBBM) at last I'll bring along a Hofner Verithin. If there's enough (any) interest, I could also bring along a Fishman Fusion pedal plus a rig to play through. 7. Macdaddy - custom shuker or custom Iceni Zoot or Hamer Blitz + raffle bits 8. Billyapple - Gibson Thunderbird, Un-Finished Wishbass Lobe, Matamp GT200 Head, Matamp 212 Cab, DHA VT1 Eq 9. Walman - (assuming it'll all fit in the smaller car I got last year as I was cutting down on gear ) Wal Pro1/Custom hybrid, 2 x G&L L2500 US, Tanglewater ClassicJ, Roland PK5 bass pedals w DSI MoPho synth, GenzBenz Streamliner 6, BF Super12T - alternatively a poll on which to bring may be required 10. OliverBlackman- going to bring the Tokai as it seems in a recent thread not many have experienced the 80's Jazz sounds. 11. Shockwave - Gibson RD and Gibson Grabber or Fender P-J Antigua. 12. dc2009 (tentative) - Warwick Corvette $$ 5 Special Edition, Lakland Skyline 55-01. Sansamp, SYB-5, Q-tron+, BSY600. Anything more will need a lift! 13. Eude (tentative) - ACG Finn SC Classic BO 5 string 33" Scale, ACG Finn SC Classic BO 6 String 33" Scale, Ibanez Promethean 5110C & EAD Foundation 112 3-way Prototype. 14.Bloodaxe (tentative) - Aria SB-1000 Frankenfretless, Ibanez Promethean 5110C [might add the SB-900 & Bloody ZZB Custom to this if anyone's driving from E or SE postcodes & I can blag a lift] 15. 51m0n - the usual guff (Roscoe, Berg, MB blah blah, if in doubt check my sig) + a very tentative PluxTheDuck & related kit 16. Urb - Sei bass plus laptop (maybe) and my fingers 17. Seashell - Fender Precision (MIM) and Ibanez SRX500. No rig! 18. Merton - multiscale 5 prototype, other things maybe, like Mikey's sleeping bag 19. Russ - Sei Bass 5-string fretted singlecut, Sei Bass 5-string fretless J, Ampeg SVT-7, Markbass 106H 20. Silverfoxnik - Roscoe Beck 5, Schecter Diamond P 5, BC Rich Eagle, Hughes & Kettner Bassbase 600 head, SWR Triad, Boss ME-50B 21.Bassmanady-Yamaha BB 2005,Yamaha BB605 22. Hen Barn - Status Kingbass 23. 6feet7 - matching pair 1999 Fender Hotrod Precision & Jazz basses, GUS G3 Retro Active 24.Barneyg42 -Status S2 classic 5 headless, Status series 1 five, NGC Nanyo Bass Collection fretted and fretless,MXR pre into Crown poweramp into Acme low B and Barefaced Compact 25. Ashwood1985 - Streamer $$ 5, Thumb BO4, Silver Series Jazz Squire, maybe SR1000 FL, Roland D-Bass 210 combo, Sansamp BDDI, EBS Unichorus and IQ, maybe Bassmurf 26. ped - Vigier Passion, S2 1988, Roland V-bass, arse hair clippers 27.TheGreek - the unsellable Overwater J4, possibly my custom headless, GK backline 110 28. Sibob - Barefaced Compacts, Markbass LMII, Genz Benz Streamliner 900 (probably for sale), '71 Precision, '03 or '73 Jazz. Effects? 29.JHK-(99% sure) GB Spitfire five,TRB6P,TRB5P,MM Stingray five fretless,probably a little bit of EDEN gear. 30. Fat Rich - 70s P and J basses, 5 String Status S2, Hartke XL410[/font][/color] [font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][color=#282828]31. Tom Kent - Fodera Emperor 5 Standard, Fender Jazz (and maybe some others.. awaiting confirmation); Krampera KVB800 w/ B1T & B1B.. I'll see what pedals I can dig out.[/color][/font] 32. Si600 - Aria Pro II 5 String, Peterson Stomp Classic and TC Nova Dynamics. 33. Bluejay - own bubbly self, plus by now infamous camera-that-never-lies (no Photoshop) and perhaps a bass guitar that's "the wrong way round"[/quote]

No, please, let the place have a roof, you/we are going to need one if the weather goes on like this...

The speed is still erratic on my machines. Very slow the couple of times I've logged on in the last few minutes. I believe that there is a corollary of Sod's Law which states that you can't reproduce an error or a glitch when you need to troubleshoot it...

Oh. My. God. The gig was Awe-friggin'-some! The kind of jazz-fusion-funk with unbelievable bass playing that I luuurve Took a few gigabytes of footage and the usual billion photos, all of which will eventually have to be sorted. Met Chris, Martin and Kirsty of Overwater and gassed to death. Only thing that saved me emptying my wallet this time was the absence of lefty models, which the guys are planning to fix soon by creating an entire new line of lefty basses

Gassing! Lots more photos to follow soon!

LOL - the slow response tends to be erratic, and the site is OK for me too, at this very moment. We'll see what happens after the weekend.

This afternoon and tonight! See you there

The site has been very slow to load on my FF in the last couple of days. That only happens on basschat.co.uk so I guess it's nothing to do with my ISP or setup. Anyone else having the same problem again?

I don't see any reason why bowing and plucking should be perceived as mutually exclusive - they obviously aren't, in fact they're complementary. I think most of our debate here focusses on whether it's more helpful to learn to play DB with a bow or pizzicato. Personally, i've started with the latter (on an EUB) but I'm gassing for a bow and love learning new things - and eventually I'll find a way to get a real double bass

Good! Please start a thread under Gigs and I'll put it in the diary

LOL It was a pleasure to see you, Paul, and the other guys from Jump 66, this time not just on stage at a distance but also close enough to have a chat! I'm sorting the photos and vids and will be in touch soon. And it was great to have Jack and Paul the Junkyard Dogs drummer there too. Fantastic night - we should do this more often!

Hm, that behaviour is definitely not on. I've tweeted the article (as BC) and mentioned Dan as the owner of the bass (I did so before reading the more recent posts in this thread.). Hopefully I won't have to shame NoTreble into an acknowledgement at some point in the future, but I won't hesitate if necessary.

I'll be at another gig, or I'd pop down too. Have a great one and post photos!

Congrats! Well jel!!!! I so want one too I don't think it's necessary to learn to bow in order to learn to play double bass - I can't bow to save my life but I'm doing progress on the upright nevertheless. I'm sure you know that there is a special technique for plucking a double bass - you shouldn't apply the plucking style you use on your bass guitar, or you'll risk cramps and tendon problems. I'm sure our experts will come to your aid with more detailed advice. In the meantime, look at videos of double bass players and keep your eyes on their hands - and notice their pizzicato style. Usual series of vids for absolute beginners, just to get you started: [url="http://www.ehow.com/videos-on_2584_play-upright-bass.html"]http://www.ehow.com/videos-on_2584_play-upright-bass.html[/url] Enjoy your DB! You'll fall in love with it

Well done, and all the best for the gig! I'm in the wrong part of the country to attend, but I hope you'll see many Geordie basschatters there. Post photos of the gig if/when you have them

It's good to have you here, Blablas. Welcome - please do keep posting also on other threads. There is a lot we can learn from you.

I'm ofFendered that there's no other choice. I would not want to go without a bass, then again, as someone suggested, taking your significant other would probably be an even better choice PS I did [b]not[/b] vote! So there

YAY!! We'll all be there

Thank you all! Glad you like the album. Clarky, I also took a photo of that lineup board - I'll add it to the slideshow

As I mentioned on your FB page, I'll be there with a few other Basschatters and my camera. We'll probably end up creating a massive photoblog

Photo of our Clarky on double bass: Slideshow of the entire set of photos (15 pics). There are more, but these should give an idea of the gig [media]http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluejay_my_photos/sets/72157631577815149/show/[/media]