Clarky

Try as I might, I keep playing towards the neck when not concentrating on my right hand technique. In that sense, these Louis Vola vids make me feel better about my 'non standard' playing technique. Its a habit i want to shake though. Photos from last gig (taken by BC's own Bluejay) show what I mean. [url="http://www.flickr.com//photos/bluejay_my_photos/sets/72157631577815149/show/"]http://www.flickr.com//photos/bluejay_my_photos/sets/72157631577815149/show/[/url]

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1348653013' post='1816378'] PS Clarky, the photos and vids from last Weds are here waiting for you [/quote] Fab, thanks Silvia. I'll be going to PTB's gig on Friday so can I get the DVD/vids then, please?

[sub]I play at that level but I noticed on a vid the other day that Chris Minh Doky plays with the nut around the top of his head level. Not sure if that would help or hinder in regards to the previous posts? [/sub]

Child care sorted. See you Friday!

[size=3][font=Helv][font=Helv]Last week we (All The Queens Ravens) played a late-notice, mid-evening set at the famous Half Moon in Putney and we went down so well that they asked us to headline there on 14th November (set time 10.15-11pm). It will be cool to headline at a venue that has been trodden by the Rolling Stones, The Who, U2, Kate Bush, Elvis Costello, Van Morrison .. and of course The Jetsonics! [/font][/font] [font=Helv][font=Helv]Here's the link in case you can make it: [url="http://www.halfmoon.co.uk/event/442"]http://www.halfmoon.co.uk/event/442[/url][/font][/font] [font=Helv][font=Helv]Here's a link to our stuff again as a reminder: [url="http://soundcloud.com/all-the-queens-ravens"]http://soundcloud.co...e-queens-ravens[/url][/font][/font][/size] [font=Helv][size=2][font=Helv][size=2][font=Helv][size=2][font=Helv][size=2][font=Helv][size=2][font=Helv][size=2][/size][/font][/size][/font][/size][/font][/size][/font][/size][/font][/size][/font]

+1 from the ultimate recipient of the mystery box!

Now I'm all embarrassed! Very kind words folks but I would like to point out a few things: 1. I have been in receipt of many favours since joining BassChat, ranging from supportive comments when my wife was badly injured through to loans of equipment (eg, Nige/silddx kindly lent me a lovely and I suspect quite valuable Spanish guitar only last week for a recording session) and - last but not least - being on the receiving end of people's time and advice, which you can't put a price on but is perhaps the most valuable thing of all. In short, do unto others is my motto (aka karma) and I firmly believe many of the good people of BC would also have helped out a fellow bass player. 2. On a windy day I resemble Boris Johnson, which is not a good thing 3. I like to pull kittens' tails Actually 3 is not true (I have two cats). The moral of this is ... yay for BassChat!

Hi, me again. My twelfty-umpteenth deal with the always charming Keith. Another double bass, and another super nice one at that. If you want DB type gear there is no finer person to deal with (advert: he has a rather nice Eminence bass for sale as well)

My newly acquired Fender Jaco Tribute bass. I prefer a scratchplate and I don't want to emulate/hero-worship Jaco so I have added a tort plate from Howard the Bass Doc and ditched the roundwound strings in favour of meaty-sounding TruBass black nylon strings. Very nice! [attachment=119244:P1050517.JPG]

Hey Paul, subject to sorting out child-minding, I will be at the George IV on Friday

[quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1348428552' post='1813548'] Here's my band, Prescott: [media]http://youtu.be/1EY3GZdRtbY[/media] [/quote] I enjoyed that Kev. Best word I can come up with to describe it is insidious

This thread needs a badass

Trev bought a guitar pedal from my baNd's guitarist. All went swimmingly and both parties very happy

Roger just bought my Kolstein Busetto travel bass. As Keith said above, a perfect gent and one of BassChat's finest

Russ (username Rayman) is selling an old (1950s?) ply bass which looks a great starter for just £350 [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/186613-old-european-double-bass/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/186613-old-european-double-bass/[/url]

Two comments from me to add to the above 1. Get a lesson asap - its invaluable to set your posture and technique on the right road. There are a few DB players on BassChat that teach in the London area such as jakenewmanbass (I can recommend him strongly) and chrkelly (not had a lesson but super nice guy) 2. I gig DB in my band and cannot play arco for toffee - I don't feel the need to learn either (although I do have a bow) as the music I play (folk/blues/country/flamenco) simply doesn't require it. Some strings don't work for playing both arco and pizz and an arco setup usually requires higher action than a pizz-only setup, although personal tastes can obviously vary widely about string height (some like it Ray Brown-style high to get more plucking volume, I prefer it low as I have to play a lot of fast lines). In short, learn arco if you want the broadest DB experience but its not necessary for many types of music. Your call here

Less than a mile from my home and I am in the recording studio in NW London all day ... sod's law

The good news is the promoter got fab feedback on the gig and has offered the headline slot on 14th November

Part 2 of our two-night gigathon tonight!

Wow! Great photos. Thanks Silvia I like this one too: [attachment=118860:hm.jpg]

Many thanks to Silvia (Bluejay) and MacDaddy (Simon) for coming along tonight. We had a really good night and very much enjoyed playing our set, including new song Las Vegas Parano (recorded in the studio on Sunday using Nige/silddx's lovely Spanish guitar). Hopefully the Half Moon will bump us up to headline before too long