Clarky

Would love to come along Lozz but have family stuff on that evening. have a cracking gig mate ... and TransistorBassman too!

If people stopped talking b*llocks, there'd be no BassChat. Woz not, Nige!

phwoar! Aguilar plus Berg sounds fantastic, as those of us who attended the recent Bassbash were able to witness (courtesy of Barrie/Molan and his impressive BassGear display)

[quote name='TheRev' timestamp='1372838012' post='2130420'] Still can't believe you've sold on your BigE though - that will definitley end up back with you... [/quote] If I played jazz or any style of music where there was space for the DB to be heard I would still own the BigE. In my band I may as well be playing through an Ampeg stack

I heard a quick demo from Jack before his band practice last night and completely concur. Fabulous punchy, warm sound that you just can't get (at least 100%) with a modern, non-valve head

I sold this original 60s Ampeg Baby Bass in May 2012 and the prescient Dave (aka TheRev) predicted I would buy it back within six months. Well, the principle was right although it was a 14 months gap in the end. Anyway, with the exception of the characteristic UVEX whiff (which I will never get used to and Mrs C is somewhat unhappy about in her sitting room!) I am delighted to have this retro, uber-cool beauty back. May even play it at our album launch gig next Monday [attachment=138166:P1040316.JPG]

I know Jon and the bass concerned and all the grief it caused him, starting from the get go (when JE supplied incorrectly specified machine heads if I recall correctly). You are of course entitled to state your good experiences with Bravewood but I feel its frankly over-stepping the mark to question the conduct of another customer who did nothing wrong and essentially received a custom instrument costing over a grand that was not fit for purpose.

My first band would also have qualified had we made it (some chance). Pretensious bunch of 17/18 year olds (post-Joy Division floppy fringes wearing 32-pleat Bowie trousers, electric blue chelsea boots and cavalry shirts - this was 1980) decide to follow William Burroughs 'cut up' methodology and randomly pick words from a book. The (perpetually cringe-inducing) result: sensation = grey/blue

K*nt and the Gang I can just imagine the guys having to explain that one to their Grannies when they say "so what's your band called?"

I had this with an old Acoustic Image head (from an early Series Contra combo) and I didn't get charged as it was marked as for repairing faulty goods

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1372718395' post='2129218'] What it's all about? Do you mean that's it's only worth playing if it's for 80,000n or more? [/quote] I think you know full well that wasn't literally what was meant.

Fair do's Nige. My view is that there's nothing to stop side projects to engage your creativity while pulling in the bucks and adulation as a day job. Plus I am a slag

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1372697596' post='2128755'] You speak for me also. I can think of little worse than making music (something I really have a passion for) into a tiresome job. [/quote] Very noble Nige but then you do quite like your job. If you absolutely f*cking hated your job, faced with the choice of carrying on doing that job and alternatively closing the Glastonbury Festival on the main stage it might be a different choice, I would beg to suggest. Hell, I'd probably play bass for One Direction given the choice

Botttom line: I would willingly swap my day job to play for Mumford & Sons.

I find them very repetitive (Mrs C has both albums and the second in particular, Babel, blurs into one frenetic, uptempo rehash of the first). Nevertheless, bitching aside, they have hit a particular note with the public and even got invited to play on stage with Springsteen last month. They are doing something right and I think they would probably give a collective middle finger salute to BassChat, while kicking back in their multi-million pound mansions! There's a LOT worse out there (anyone for "Walks like Rihanna" by The Wanted, for example?)

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1372625887' post='2127913'] This sounds like Nick Cave to me . [/quote] Spooky that

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1372618172' post='2127779'] I've just caught some of Nick Cave . Now he[i] is [/i]unequivocally dire . I would rather attach lead weights to my scrotum than endure much more of his pretentious maudeline and morose drivel . Who the f*** enjoys this rubbish ? They must be deaf or stupid or both . It's like watching one of The Munsters doing karaoke . Complete and utter bollocks . [/quote] The man is a genius, lyrically and musically. Witness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx9P6qB3R8E