Frank Blank

Updated Attendance & Gear List: 01. Silverfoxnik - BC Rich Eagle, Ander van der End JB5, RBV5, Ampeg V4BH head and matching cabs. 02. Hamster - Tea, Coffee, Pastries, the Wife - might bring a bass! 03. @Frank Blank's Acoustic Corner - Rob Allen Mouse, Godin A4, Ibanez SRC6, FRFR setup (QSC K12.2, HX Stomp and HX Edit). 04. RodFunnell - '78 Stingray, Assorted Warwicks, Vanderkley Spartan, Mesa Prodigy 4:88, Barefaced Big Twin T and it's still a few months away so maybe more! 05. obbm - Sadowsky Metros, Handbox WB100,Bergantino cabs. 06. Cetera - Spector USA NS2, Spector USA NS2X 'Spectorbird', Spector Euro LT, Hamer Impact, Dingwall DBird Standard, Hagstrom Super Swede, Italia Imola GP, Fender FSR PJ, Fender FSR 70's Ash P, original Gallien Krueger 400RB, GenzBenz Neox 2x12 07. @NancyJohnson Lull JAXT4 & Lull JAX/NRT5, Darkglass A/O Head, 2xAguilar SL112s Barefaced Big One (the #000) 08. Rumblefish - Rumblefish bass,Wal Bass, MB Mpulse 600,Berg CN212 09. Steve Browning - SVL & Fender Precisions, Mesa Walkabout 15 10. @Stingray5 - MM Stingray5, MM Stingray fretless, Tune TWB-6, Tune SWB-4; Trace Elliot GP12SMX or Eden EC15 combos; Boss GT-6B. 11. ChunkyMunky - Builds of mine (P5, J5 etc), SWR SM900, a Greenboy/Fearful build or two and some other assorted goodies.  12. samcrabtree00 - Warwick Streamer Stage II, USA MM Sub, Genzler Magallen 800, Barefaced BB2, Various effects 13. TrevorR - Wal Custom and Pro, Aria SB700, MarkBass LMII & Traveler 2x10 14. @Graemeross 4 Ps, 3 Js, 2 Aria SBs , Darkglass MT900, 2x Barefaced BB2, HX Effects with Line 6 G75 wireless. 15. prowla - Rics, Warwicks, Statii (whatever I chuck in the car!), Markbass EVO 1 & 1x12. Maybe a Minitaur & 12-step (if I've got 'round to figuring out the 12-step by then). 16. OrangeFriday - Third build - J bass - may contain LEDs... 17. Wolverinebass - haven't decided what to bring yet. 18. MacDaddy - custom Shuker/s, Snapdragon Folding Bass, Rob Allen Mouse. 19. G-77 - [Possible attendee] Can bring 2 of the following, D-Bird (purple shift) Anaconda Crusher CXE (green), Status King Bass Prototype #4 (left in photo) or Status Streamline. "If anyone got a preference let me know." 20. bassace - Kolstein travel EUB (ex Clarky, ex Dave Swift). Plus a Genz Benz combo. 21. thestick - Ken Smith, Wal and Markbass ninja head and ninja cab. (new attendee? - just copy and paste this post into a new post and add your BC name and the gear you'll be bringing)

Sweet baby Jesus and the saints, that’s some good clampin’.

Welcome 😁

Yeech...

Certainly with guitars it’s more the humidity I think. I have a thermometer/humidity monitor in the old music room, what, what, but I can’t for the life of me remember the safe humidity zone so to speak that guitars should be kept between...

I think my favourite song title of all time is Fat Lad Exam Failure by Bogshed and my favourite album title is, without doubt, Satan Kidney Pie by Ten Benson, but for consistently excellent song titles you can’t beat HM,HB.

Splendid band, not least because two of them were in a previous band called Attempted Moustache, without doubt the best band name I’ve ever heard.

Just been rummaging through my cupboards (not a euphemism) which reminded me to remind everyone to bring enough plug sockets/extension leads. One doesn’t want to be found wanting in the extension dept when the Earl of Surrey does his annual rounds.

I used Laney amps and cabs exclusively for around ten years in a regularly gigging thrash metal band. I used them because they were rugged and not too costly should I get drunk and urinate/vomit over them and they seemed to deal well with the constant hurling about by a Samoan roadie. I had apnea issue with a head that packed up and it was replaced super fast. I upgraded both basses and amplification when I started playing different music (and, it has to be said, started paying attention to the gear snobbery on here 😁) but the more I think about it the gear was good and reliable and the customer service, the one time I needed it, was superb. Go Laney then.

Welcome @Cjord *waves*

Same here, I think I’m more naturally suited to drums.

This is absolutely right. I have found that the powered PA speaker is the best solution (imho, obv) to EAB amplification, even far surpassing an AER amp specifically for acoustic bass. It is essential (to me and the music we play) that the fundamental tone of the actual instrument itself is reproduced accurately, that being said... My experience with EABs would concur with this up to a point. I have had several EABs and few of them have had a reasonable tone (on their own, without amplification) which could then be faithfully reproduced with an FRFR speaker and so far (with the exception of the Taylor GS mini-e bass which coincidentally I sold to @casapete much to my chagrin) the only EABs with a good enough tone have been 1k + instruments. I was myself considering the P-bass with flats route until I discovered the Godin A4 and Rob Allen’s amazing basses. ...precisely this. Although I may respectfully disagree about the capabilities of the cheaper options but I must stress that this disagreement is based on other people’s experiences and not my own so I may be rehashing tosh. Where are you based @Chrisward? I’ll be at the South East Bass Bash this Sunday (October 20th)... ...with a couple of EABs and an FRFR setup that you can try out, there will also be a plethora of bassheads present, all with gear to try and opinions to consider.

I’m a newcomer to Richard Dawson, his new album 2020 is... well, it just is. Best thing I’ve heard for months. Here’s the opening track.

Jesus, I’ve been working on a ‘Bass Bash Saturday’ calendar too, thank the lord for @NancyJohnson’s tussication. Sunday, Sunday, Sunday.

^^^ this. I would say definitely explore the powered PA speaker route, @jrixn1 is quite right when he says it would be tricky getting a decent one with a £500 budget but then it’s worth spending more (if that’s possible of course) because it could potentially be the last amplification choice you’ll ever need to make. I use my powered speaker with a range of different basses, at smaller gigs I can use it as backline, at bigger events I use it as a monitor and DI out of the back of the speaker to the desk, it’s a brilliant solution both sonically, ergonomically and I’d argue, in the long run, economically.

An old pal of mine, Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer with Three Piece Suit and Sneakers, full-on Chap Hop...

Rig for this years SE Bass Bash, usually live it would be minus the laptop...

Just testing this years SEBB rig...

Lyrics, obviously, are a subjective topic, one man’s I wanna really, really, really Wanna zigazig ah, is the next man’s The piano has been drinking, My neck tie is asleep. Obviously if you want to appeal to the lowest common denominator (the chart/pop buying herd) then you need to use broad brush stroke cliches in order to illicit general emotional responses en masse so to speak, All I Ask by Adele as an example, most people have had similar experiences so it’s easy to trigger an emotional response using such lyrics. However, if you write a verse alluding to one of the minor rings of Saturn and a chorus about a Golem in the shape of an artist’s armature emerging from the sea in order to eat the horizon then expect puzzled faces and no sales, like I do.

I thought it was a delightful venue in a lovely part of the world, as you say, just do it on 25th April or the 9th May.

That’s just too much.

...even if I want to be with every fibre of my being?

Yes, me too but in a very good way indeed.

If you booked it first then who has cancelled your booking and usurped it with theirs? Do you need us to come up there and sort it ahhhhhtttt?

Fanackerpan.