Chownybass

Just had a chat with Tony Butler (of Big Country fame) and he will be joining me at the bass bash to hang out and chat and geek out about gear. Sure he’d be happy to sign stuff etc.

Right. Things I'll be bringing for people to have a play. Chowny NT4 bass Chowny NT5 bass Chowny CHB-1 bass Retrovibe Volante bass Retrovibe Vantage bass Retrovibe EVO bass Chowny SWB-1 bass Chowny SWB-1 fretless bass All three of my current pedals (Fuzzster, Pitchcraft, Bassmosphere) I've got a bunch of Bassmosphere Chorus/Reverb Stock so will be discounting these if you want one on the day. I've also got some CHB stock from 2018 that have been tinkered with and will makes these available super cheap if anybody is looking for a semi-hollow. Maybe a few other bargains. Don't worry though .. I won't get salesy! You can come over and have a play regardless. ..... I'll have my credit card machine though 😜 Unfortunately I've got no SWB Pro stock at the moment. If somebody attending owns one it'd be great if you dragged it along.

If nobody else pipes up - I can sort you out. No need to pay for fuel.

Also good for spotting West Country bassists who could (and want to) potentially do videos for me 😉So my visit down there is not entirely selfless.

I'll bring some Chowny bits for the raffle (not basses I'm afraid). Quite looking forward to this.

I didn't see this at the post at the time. We import from India tariff free under an EU trade agreement. So yeah - Brexit sucks for me.

We'll have a pair of Mark Bass Cabs this year, with in ear monitor amplifiers running to Headphones. So best of both worlds. Hopefully it'll be quieter than where we were at NAMM this year, where the ambient noise in the room was 100-105db.

Nope. All just finish differences.

None of the shops carry the regular EVO. I think Gear4Music has a few of the Davie504 ones. We have our HQ in Bristol if you're passing (or close by)

*SUMMONED* Hi! So. Biased opinion alert! Our goal with these was to create a 24 fret lightweight bass that sounded exactly like a vintage stingray. The stinger pre-amp is based on the original 1977 pre-earnie balls stingray preamp (it's kind of all boost and no cut) and the choice of pickups means this bass sounds pretty damn close! There was a video of the "Old Smoothie" Stingray on Andertons website and it was notable how close it sounded. We're pretty pleased. We have stock of Surf Green, Cream and Black (my favourite) if you were considering one. They still have a jazz width neck. They do however feature the Stinger pre-amp as standard.

Howdoo! Welcome to Basschat. Bristol represent!

Sure. I get that my straps aren't gonna be for everyone. Certainly not at my target price.

No probs. Now get yourself down to Greggs! **** <- topical reference alert

I can get wider ribbon and webbing. But they're not as easy to come by. You can't really trim the ribbons as if you take the edge off it would unravel.

We took that in account with the nuts on our basses (we moved from bone to synthetic bone) but have not managed to find something that works as well for this yet. Basses = Vegan. Straps = Not Vegan. We're working on it though.

Vegan??

Yeah man! Real leather

They're finally here. http://chownybass.com/product-category/chowny/bass-straps/ Thanks for everybody's feedback. Currently they are 5cm/2" wide while I source wider ribbon and webbing. I picked a cotton webbing so that it's less slippy on the back. Thanks again everybody.

Hi In January I am going to be attending NAMM again, and sadly my usual helpers are not available. Ideally if it was somebody who was pretty good at truss rod adjustment 😉 Last time Silvia Bluejay and Happy Jack helped me out and I'm eternally grateful. You guys rock. If anybody is thinking of going, I'd dearly love somebody who could help me cover the stand (otherwise I'm facing 4 days of not being able to go to the toilet or get anything to eat). I can give you entry and you can take one of the basses home with you at the end of the show (unless it's one of the new models as I need those for a few things yet). Is anybody up for this?

I'm up for it if you can spare the space for many fine basses.

Lol. That's me told

It is - you just need an invite. They're pretty easy to come by. I've got some if anybody wants to go. 😉

WHAT? You expect me to share space with those WEAK FINGERED GUITARISTS?! 😉