Silvia Bluejay

Thank you Garey, I've entered (although I'm still not sure I can make it, but hey, I'm hopeful...). Also, thank you for making the competition totally independent from FB, which means we are not asked to allow access to our FB data and friends list. Respect

I didn't log on here for a few days and missed this! Yay!

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1341783051' post='1724189'] Was it a good turnout? seeing that the tennis was on? [/quote] When the guys started playing they had us friends as an audience, but soon after quite a number of punters walked in one by one from other rooms, or sat at the bar watching.

It's not the colour of the guitar, it's what you do with it that matters

OK, here's a few pics from today: Edit - LOL hadn't seen your post before uploading the photos - yes to the naughty email address, will send those shots over

And I'll let you have those photos we took after the gig asap, Sean

Aw, Sean, that bus (= large vehicle used for public transport) seems to follow and unfortunate route as far as traffic jams are concerned. Keep calm and surf t'internet... Discreet, er, yes, I was trying a lot of different settings, and I hope quite a few of the photos will be crap and have to be deleted before handing them on to Jack, who has the unenviable task of choosing them for the band's FB and web page

I loved the show, as always. And I was asked whether I was a journalist or a professional photographer. I guess they should see the photos before paying me such compliments, though

She did, 335 to be precise, and two videos! I'm downloading them to the PC as we speak, and then I'll get down to sorting the wheat from the chaff...

Yay!

LOL, thanks, will do

Will do, Deb, and lots of photos as always. And Si [b]isn't[/b] a girl, by the way

Back from a week-long visit by my best friends from Florence - with obligatory tourist trail duty - and jumping right back into the fray with this gig! See you later

Welcome to BC, Dan, from a fellow lefty. I did say we're a growing army! All the best for your originals gig - let us know how it goes and post photos if you take any.

[quote name='Bobo_Grimmer' timestamp='1341150731' post='1714310'] Ha ha! While looking these basses up i found your post about yours from a Google search. As soon as i saw it i had a Wayne's world moment.... [/quote] And I'm not even getting a cut from NS for all the good publicity I'm giving them! Anyway, being left-handed is now officially cool and there appears to be a small but ever-growing army of us.

Welcome, CJ! You've gravitated to the best place a bassist can find online

Welcome, Arthur, from a fellow heavy rocker (I go even further back than you do into trad territory, and include Sabbath and Priest). Love the Cliff/Jason/Rob triad, do you like David Ellefson of Megadeth too? Rock on metal bro \m/

Hey, she was a bit of a looker when she was young. I mean, turning the tables for a moment, if you were a woman, would you fancy, say, BB King as he is now? But he's still a legend.

Jokes aside, welcome Shawn. It's a beeeautiful instrument. This is yours truly lovingly hugging hers:

Ooooooooo...... I know that grammar isn't exactly what matters about that bass, but I can't help wondering where they got that name. "Stiloso" may be correct, if old-fashioned and not in use nowadays, but grammar would require "Lo" as opposed to "Il" as the appropriate article - Lo Stiloso. Oh, well. /end of pedantic rant/

COPYCAT!!!!

Very, very useful. Thank you.

I adore my NXT (which cost around a grand) but it sounds and feels nothing like a real DB - the £300 HB is closer to a double bass in shape, sound and - er - unwieldiness

Bumping this to get more suggestions in! I flooded Cerberus Cell's FB page with links to London music pubs and venues, but I guess they may need more suggestions for outside London too.

OK - I can't comment on the Stagg as it's actually different from my NXT. As for the Harley Benton, yes, that's exactly what I've got, only in black rather than sunburst, as I wasn't sure whether the paint job it might look cheap, given the price. The reason why I chose the cheapest was that I wanted to make it left-handed by myself - which I did with reasonable success - without losing a cartload of money if somethng went wrong. My comments above still stand. You get what you pay for, I guess.