Len_derby

He re-ignited Muddy Water's career with the 'Hard Again' album in 1977. Producing the album and happily taking a backing guitar role. A giant of the blues-rock world.

We played two sets for the Ripley Music Festival (Derbyshire) last night at a busy pub on the market place. A successful gig with nothing out of the ordinary, except for one thing. It was the first time I've done a gig where someone arrived by horsepower. An interesting, if slightly shabby-looking, gentleman rode his two-wheeled sulky up to the pub, tied up the horse and watched the first set before trotting off into the sunset.

Mojo is selling one of the Behringer jobs for £100 in the misc items for sale section. I used mine as a powered monitor for vocals and DI-ed violin on Saturday night. Very good piece of kit for the price.

[quote name='zero9' timestamp='1402233063' post='2471180'] I'll come along, and bring my gigging Gedo 'blonde'. [/quote] Excellent, I've been looking forward to seeing it after you were telling me about it at last month's Midlands Bash. I haven't got a proper upright (at the moment.. ) just a Stagg EUB, but I can bring along my generation 1 Barefaced Big One cabinet for folks to have a try.

Well, I had the usual wonderful time. Had a good old dance to the excellent Blackbeard's Tea Party with our own Timo on bass. I managed to enjoy seven different beers and a mini-mountain of veg curry. Result.

[quote name='owen' timestamp='1401966778' post='2468729'] For better or worse the inaugural meeting of the BCDBNorth Massive has been booked in for Oct 5th off J25 M1. 11am - 5pm [/quote] Splendid. Well done Owen.

Only 12 miles from home for me. It'd be rude not to. Number 5. Len

I too would say leave it under tension. After all, if you were playing it every day, or less frequently, you would leave it under tension. So, why any different? I'll be very interested to hear alternative views. Like Phil, I speak not as a luthier but as an (ex-) engineer (Rolls Royce).

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1401123403' post='2460298'] If someone is paying then I think a back up is part of a good service [/quote] I agree with this. If you're not taking back-ups then you need to be 100% confident in your tackle. Otherwise you risk looking an unprofessional jerk. Just my (old-school) opinion, of course.

Based on your music I'd recommend trying two in Derby. Both have FarceBook pages as; The Victoria Inn Derby and The Hairy Dog. I'd come and see you.

He seems to have always followed an idiosyncratic career path. For example, back in about '69 he had a band which included Rod Stewart on vocals and Ronnie Wood on bass. They could have been monsters, but it didn't last long. Jeff lost interest. There's been a bit of a pattern over the years. From what I can gather, he's always been more interested in his cars than pursuing musical 'big time'.

[quote name='Raymondo' timestamp='1400701699' post='2456307'] Tony. You need to support your Budgie band with the Judas Priest one and re-create a gig I saw in Nottingham, at the Sherwood rooms I think it was ,....who'd have thunk it ...Budgie supported by Judas priest......my head never stopped banging all night! [/quote] I saw that same line-up the night before, or after, at the King's Hall Derby (actually the municipal swimming pool with a lid on). 1974??? I thought Judas Priest were shyte...... Back on topic, there's a very successful pub venue in my town. Speaking to them, it's the sell-out tribute act gigs that allow them to take the financial hits on up-and-coming original material acts.

Any other Basschatters going this year? I shall be there on Saturday June 7th.

Welcome Nick and welcome to Basschat. I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd be fascinated to hear about the gigging scene in China. I reckon playing in a worship band over there might be a bit dangerous Len

Welcome kennedy. Lack of English skills doesn't seem to hold any one back here. Have fun Len

I play in a band that regularly uses a Roland V-drum kit. It works for us, with all the caveats mentioned above. It does seem though, depending on the musical genre and perhaps the venue too, some people are a bit 'sniffy' about e-drums. 'not very rock n' roll, are they mate' was heard in one pub. Final plus point, I've never heard of anyone complaining of damaged hearing caused by standing next to e-drums.

Fantastic. I'm really looking forward to seeing this project develop. The Kalashnikov AK47 Bass? Minimalist technology to provide reliable and basic functionality in hostile environments.

A really good event, thanks to Roland Rock and SI600 for all the hard work to make this happen. Plus the amazing cakes supplied by Mr and Mrs Sharman. It was nice to put real faces to on-line names and also try out and see some amazing basses.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1399450304' post='2444271'] Not sure if this helps but, on my Zoom (H1), there is a switch that allows you to choose to save recordings as a WAV file or MP3. The WAV files take up much more memory than the mp3s and, if I use the wrong one (WAV), you cannot record a whole gig whereas, on the MP3 setting, I can record for hours and hours without any problems. Not sure if that is your problem but thought it worth a mention. [/quote] I'd say the same, and the .WAV vs .MP3 choice was my initial thought on reading the first post. Like Bilbo, I've recorded 2 hour+ sessions on the supplied memory card without a problem.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1399462223' post='2444427'] Anyone looking for a mint condition US Fender P deluxe (active) bring your chequebook or a lot of cash [/quote] You're a bad boy Kev. Lucky for my bank balance that I've got one already. They're great instruments.

1. Si600 - The Bass Relay Baton - BC Bass Relay 2. Roland Rock - W&T Ergon 5, Glockenklang Soul/Barefaced Super Twin 3. 4-string-thing - '78 (77?) P, Kala U Bass and either my Acoustic 220 or Minimark 4. KevB - USA Precision Deluxe (if not sold by then) 5. Doyle - V940, ME-20B, Random self build 6. intime-nick - maybe my Shuker, Sandberg, rack & pedalboard etc 7. Len Derby - Yamaha Bex 4 Semi-acoustic, Roland micro-cube combo, chocolate biscuits 8. DaytonaRik - Popping in to say Hi 9. seashell - Fender P 10. Norris - Ric 4003, Gibosn T-bird, StaggEUB, Combo amp 11. Eboclive - Wal 5, ltd edition Warwick fretless 12. GrammeFriday - MTD KZ6 (with Nordstrand pups), MTD AG5, Sandberg Cali fretless 4, MIJ 62 reissue Jazz, TC Electronic RH750, RS210 and/or RS212, some fx boxes. 13. Chairleg - Italia Maranello and one of those build it yourself bass kits I put together. 14. tauzero - perm any several from Warwick JD Thumb, an Antoniotsai or two, Status Series 1 (low-mileage BC bike), Sei Original everythingless, Ashbory Mk 1 and possibly Mk II, Tecamp Puma 900, TC RS112 15. Prime_BASS - Genz Benz shuttle 6.0, barefaced S.Compact some effects. 16. Cytania - cheap Moose Antlers! 17. Chris Sharman - Cake. That is all 18 Dread Bass: ACG Recurve 6, ACG Recurve 7, Alembic Epic, Warwick fortress MM ALL LEFTY (Full Aguilar rig if required) 19. Annoying Twit (self-written looper) 20. TG Flatline - Cog Effects gear + 2 x BFM Jack 15s (transport permitting) 21. Jabba_the_gut (tbc) - home made basses 22. Marcus Bell - Status Kingbass + gb4 23. seb - bass and pedals 24. Basschatfield - Yamaha RBX270J, pedalboard, Ashdown EVO II combo 25. SPARE 26. Mantons Customs, latest MC bass 27. 72Delux - Warwick(s) + GB STL Max 9.2 + cab 28. Zero9 - Warmoth/Status neck Jazz. acoustic image combo/PJB 4B cabs (possibly) 29. Oldman - Ruach Fretted 30. The Hand of John Curley - Gretsch Baritone

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1399408120' post='2444015'] 1. Si600 - The Bass Relay Baton - BC Bass Relay 2. Roland Rock - W&T Ergon 5, Glockenklang Soul/Barefaced Super Twin 3. 4-string-thing - '78 (77?) P, Kala U Bass and either my Acoustic 220 or Minimark 4. KevB - USA Precision Deluxe (if not sold by then) 5. Doyle - V940, ME-20B, Random self build 6. intime-nick - maybe my Shuker, Sandberg, rack & pedalboard etc 7. Len Derby - Yamaha Bex 4 Semi-acoustic, Roland micro-cube combo, chocolate biscuits 8. DaytonaRik - Popping in to say Hi 9. seashell - Fender P 10. Norris - Ric 4003, Gibosn T-bird, StaggEUB, Combo amp 11. Eboclive - Wal 5, ltd edition Warwick fretless 12. GrammeFriday - MTD KZ6 (with Nordstrand pups), MTD AG5, Sandberg Cali fretless 4, MIJ 62 reissue Jazz, TC Electronic RH750, RS210 and/or RS212, some fx boxes. 13. Chairleg - Italia Maranello and one of those build it yourself bass kits I put together. 14. tauzero - perm any several from Warwick JD Thumb, an Antoniotsai or two, Status Series 1 (low-mileage BC bike), Sei Original everythingless, Ashbory Mk 1 and possibly Mk II, Tecamp Puma 900, TC RS112 15. Prime_BASS - Genz Benz shuttle 6.0, barefaced S.Compact some effects. 16. Cytania - cheap Moose Antlers! 17. Chris Sharman - Cake. That is all 18 Dread Bass: ACG Recurve 6, ACG Recurve 7, Alembic Epic, Warwick fortress MM ALL LEFTY (Full Aguilar rig if required) 19. Annoying Twit (self-written looper) 20. TG Flatline - Cog Effects gear + 2 x BFM Jack 15s (transport permitting) 21. Jabba_the_gut (tbc) - home made basses 22. Marcus Bell - Status Kingbass + gb4 23. seb - bass and pedals 24. Basschatfield - Yamaha RBX270J, pedalboard, Ashdown EVO II combo 25. Flex - SVT2 pro, Berg410, Sandberg VM4 26. Mantons Customs, latest MC bass 27. 72Delux - Warwick(s) + GB STL Max 9.2 + cab 28. Zero9 - Warmoth/Status neck Jazz. acoustic image combo/PJB 4B cabs (possibly) 29. Oldman - Ruach Fretted 30. The Hand of John Curley - Gretsch Baritone [/quote] I've just amended my entry to add what I'll be bringing.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1399376181' post='2443530'] Shame you can't make it Andy. Here's an updated list then (I've re-inserted Len where Andy was before): [/quote] Thanks for the insertion 'Shell, I hardly felt a thing. I've got to be there really. What else could I do with 4 packets of chocolate biscuits? (2 of them being chocolate hob-nobs too).

[quote name='72deluxe' timestamp='1399284569' post='2442675'] I am not on that list above for some reason but I am confirming that I'll be there with a Warwick or two and GB STLMax 9.2 and cab. My friend was also hoping to come but I don't think he'll be bringing any basses. [/quote] Funny that, I disappeared off the list too. Who said Basschat was a bit cliquey eh?