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Launching Basschat

Yes I’m very happy with how the forum is growing and how it ‘feels’ these last few months. We’ve got some exciting ‘rewards’ coming next week the first of which I’ll announce tomorrow. Here’s to a bright future! 🍻

Maybe they’ve organised a show for the whingers this weekend 😂

Hi there. Please see point 9 here. Thanks https://www.basschat.co.uk/faq/

If you can't do it yourself, don't go to any sort of shop as they'll either farm it out to someone else or have someone in the shop who is always 'really busy' and will take weeks. Look on Facebook for a local guitar tech, go round and chat to them, most will do it whilst you wait. I found three here in York quite easily when I needed electronics doing.

This. They're amazing - you can adjust the inside to fit any bass perfectly. It comes with a massive long divider which you can stick down to conform to your basses every contour, and that includes leaving more space at the top for the headstock.

Lol guest crazy

No probs! Thanks

We'll be promoting the show and publishing more info about it soon so watch this space.

I was given a Vovox cable a while ago. They sell for £90 or something crazy but you actually can hear the difference in the studio. I really didn’t think I would but the Vovox is noticeably warmer and fuller sounding. so it’s nice to have and I expect it to last forever especially as it’s only used at home or studio. For live use though I’d go with the suggestions above like an OBBM.

Maybe the Gestapo really are the only answer

I think they should throw a master circuit breaker

But if the reason why they don't fancy it is because of the whinging then it becomes a vicious circle, so I see where the comment comes from. No substitute for first hand experience.

I think weight has a part to play, just like everything else. I think it's often a by-product created in pursuit of rigidity, which I think is one of the main factors influencing the way a bass vibrates and reacts. Traditionally that can be achieved through lots of laminates (my Alembic had 11!), heavier woods that are stiffer or new materials like carbon necks, which of course are quite light. Nowadays I don't think there's a need for a rigid bass to be heavy and although I generally play in the studio sitting down I still prefer a mid weight bass just because from a technical standpoint I don't think unnecessary weight is acceptable. For me it's all about a rigid neck and a softer body wood to give that 'weight' to the sound, so it feels like you're slapping a suspension bridge cable rather than a piece of twine affixed to a dowel.

Nice to hear some positive feedback, too. I personally recognise many of the negative comments but also like to look at the show through the eyes of a younger self, who was wide eyed and awestruck at the first event I went too. I even remember being blown away by Nigel Clutterbuck slapping the hell out of something. I suppose it's fair to say that many of us here have a pretty in depth knowledge of gear and what's new - and I'd argue that the show isn't designed to cater for you as much as someone newer to the instrument who doesn't spend hours a day on gear forums. So I think it's important that we don't expect the show to have things that our fairly narrow niche tastes might crave, but instead try and support the show as much as possible. I've been to so many now that I know every stand there, and rarely want to play anything - and I get tired of some of the marketing and advertising and the whole thing can feel a bit creepy somehow at times but again I just remember walking in to my first one and thinking 'wow this is awesome' - and now I can appreciate the show for what it is, rather than expect it to blow me, personally, away. That said my experience is generally limited to the stands as I never get a chance to see any workshops etc, so that's a whole section of the show that I think is a big attraction, and it's a shame if they get drowned out. I really liked the format of the Manchester Bass Day where there was an auditorium for talks (a bit like our own SE Bass Bash!) which also lends a more professional feel to the performances and much better sound. Apologies that there was no Basschat stand this year, several reasons why mostly involving new parenthood but also costs and distance this time conspired against us. It also doesn't make much sense us having a stand unless we have something to show and sell, so in the future we might have a 'meet and greet' corner or arrange to meet at a certain stand so we can all say hello to each other. Cheers ped

I’m on my way out for a couple of hours

We need a ‘show Is your graphite’ Bass thread 🥰

Cool!! There's definitely something undeniably amazing about graphite necks. I normally describe them as a 'velvet brick' - even, smooth, warm and with tons of clarity and punch.

Catchy name! TX B778TX-5

We didn't have one this time

If they made them properly maybe!

Also confused

This is on a list of questions I’m going to ask as a follow up. I’d like to know more about how they’re made.