Silvia Bluejay

It looks so small next to him!

LOL no lottery, just hard earned cash, and yes, have you seen that aluminium DB?

@aud and @Brother Malvis?

Oh, there's a lot of choice when it comes to 'thin' uprights. I also have a cheapo Harley Benton and an NS Design NXT 5-stringer. The Eminence had been a GAS of mine for a while, just because it's more of a small double bass than an electric upright, and they build lefty models. The BSX looks good - do they do lefties? Their Q&A page doesn't say.

I had no idea I was talking the truth in my reply! See here. 😮 😎 😍

I kept looking at the case and asking him if he'd bought two small cabs and put them on top of each other! I had no idea you could order Eminence basses with a detachable neck. 😮 🙃

No, he's a footballer...

Yup, he's a keeper isn't he?

Rare-as-hens'-teeth lefty Eminence, with massive thanks to @Happy Jack for his generosity and organisational skills in a. ordering it as a pressie; b. having it secretly delivered to his little sis in Pasadena; c. flying both of us to Pasadena on holiday, and collecting the parcel and taking it with us on the flight home. Since it was packed in a golf club case, I was none the wiser until we finally opened the parcel at home in London. Kudos. The bass is NOT as red as these photos show, despite my desperate attempts at colour correcting in Photoshop. It's more of a brownish-red tobacco colour. I feel I have finally graduated from beginner's upright to a slimmer version of the real thing! 😄😍

Needless to say, photos will follow asap...

Without much success...

This thread has made me sad...

Thank you again @Akio Dāku, @SpondonBassed, @Chownybass and @Sibob for your hard work! The new guidelines sound fine and I'm looking forward to the next episode! I have mentioned the podcast in my BGM column for issue 160, out some time next month (I think).

😮 Christ, you're correct - way to go choosing website/company names that are so easily confused with each other!

They are on Basschat! They were also at Winter NAMM, but I managed to miss them altogether...

I've never been a fan of Anthrax either, preferring the other three of the Big Four, but I'm a big fan of Frank's, especially since I saw him at the LBGS 2014. Friendly, down-to-earth and encouraging. I found his masterclass highly inspiring, and he's got the chops too! Filming was prohibited at the LBGS, so I've got no footage of my own, and the only vid I've found - not sure if sneaky or authorised! - is this:

Actually what I meant is this:

LOL! You missed all the controversy years ago, with the media insisting the country should ditch it (I have to agree, it's absolute crap) and replace it with the Va' Pensiero aria (which would be WAAY better, although possibly a bit challenging for ordinary, tone-deaf people to sing properly...?). 😮 Not sure why it all went quiet, though. They don't need to sing one at this particular WC, anyway.

Ha, so it's not just me having to re-tune my Warwicks at least twice a day, and tweak the truss rod every few days. (And that's for home noodling, they never leave the house). I imagine the combination of heat and humidity in the air is never sitting steady, and our woods feel the constant changes.

I've finally managed to listen to the whole of it. Well done all involved, and thank you for working so hard on it. Thumbs firmly up: good audio quality, good presenting, love the news and what's hot on the forum bits, the Q&A section with its humour as well as useful info, liked the interesting talk about bass necks. Although I knew most of the general info, I wasn't familiar with the functioning of the double truss rod, so I learned something I didn't know. Only gripe, bit too long - as in, the talk is fine, but it IMO could/should have been divided into two or three installments to publish in two or three episodes. That obviously would require tweaking the script so it doesn't get chopped at random intervals. The same goes for Stephen Chown's interview, IMO. *Puts her music journo hat on* I like Stephen a lot, and enjoyed working alongside him, David and Scott at NAMM. I like how open and straightforward he is, and his natural, relaxed interview style; I wouldn't want to see that interview shortened, as would happen if, say, I had to make it into a BGM article (it would have to be edited into a crippingly small number of words!). However, once again, the interview could be split into two or three sections that follow the chat's progression, and published in more than one episode. I think it would be an incentive for the listener to look forward to hearing more from the man in the next episode. *Takes music journo hat off, and bows* So, really, the only thing I found daunting was the 2-hour-plus length. As others have said, no need for you guys to travel up and down the country every week, just gather the same amount of material each time, and use it for more than one episode. IMO, of course.

That will take a while to happen I reckon, better if neither of us holds their breath in the meantime... 😉

Sometimes being a lefty - and therefore usually unable to walk into a shop and find a bass to buy on the spot and bring home - helps save you from GAS. Not at Wunjos, though, oh no, they usually have at least one really nice lefty model, sitting there whispering 'Take me now. I'm yours.' in your ear, until you either make a dash for the door or produce your credit card... 😛

Anything by Metallica after the Load/Reload not-exactly-rubbish-but-heading-that-way albums. And my God, I've tried. 😔

Link to the podcast: Soundcloud - Basschat podcast #1 Link to feedback thread here.

START OF THE OFFICIAL FEEDBACK THREAD! You can read the planning of the episode above, but now it's time to give your feedback about it. GO!!