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It’s a wee bit of a trek from Ipswich but the South East Bass Bash is happening on the other side of London this very Sunday, 12th November. Special guests - the inimitable Guy Pratt and session ace Laurence Cottle.

Just spotted that one of our very own, session ace @Kingbassist is the special guest on the latest SBL podcast. He’s talking about life in the business and what it takes to be able to hold your own in the pit or on a session. Sounds like a good listen!

Lol, some years ago my mum and dad got an OAPs’ subscription to their local theatre which gave them free matinee tickets to many shows. One was an adult themed comedy play starring Peter Duncan and “Page 3 stunna”, Linda Lusardi. The play was advertised with the warning “Contains FULL FRONTAL NUDITY!” Dad was not a little disappointed, after seeing the play, that it was PETER who got all his kit off and ran about the stage displaying the family jewels! 🤣🤣🤣

You’d never see that on CBeebies these days!

So did I! Later on in life (much) I spent a rather pleasant evening sharing a beanbag with her while watching a solo bass gig by Steve Lawson. She was quite a lovely person to chat to.

@rumblefish can’t wait to have another tinkle on your namesake bass. I was quite smitten last time you brought it!

There’s more than one way to be an enabler… 🤣

It’s all very relaxed and different folks do different things. No reason not to pop in for a bit - esp, if you can catch a guest talk or two. You’ll enjoy it no matter how long or short you stay for. If you’re coming up from Brighton, maybe you could cadge a lift with Mr Pratt!! 😉🤣

Local lad, his family was from Staines! Just like Ali G!

I know that there’s about 30 big kids listed but we will have access to more than one classroom!! 😜🤣

Looks like we’re racking up a good showing for the Bash. Can’t wait! Just browsing the thread I couldn’t spot @orangefriday… anyone in contact with him? Wonder whether he’ll be able to make it along? His wonderfully crazy builds are always a huge SEBB highlight for me!

Spending some time at Powerhouse, eh? My local rehearsal rooms!

At the risk oh having to dig out my LP collection and hurl Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms at this thread… I thought I’d post an updat as the number of live albums I “appear on” [very large inverted commas there] just ticked up by one. Just got a copy of “This New Noise” by Public Service Broadasting. It’s a recording of the Proms concert they did last year with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. This was a one-off performance so we were chuffed to get tickets. Didn’t spot ourselves in the BBC TV broadcast but it was a fabulous concert. We had earlier in the summer gone to the Earth Prom and we appeared in the interval interviews section so we’d already had our 15 minutes of fame! Anyway, the album is as good as remember it and well worth a look if you like their indie, documentary, archive clips style!

…and I heartily “third” it!

Frank, what you choose to do in the privacy of your own home is up to you, but please don’t bring it to the Bash… again! 🍹🛼

…and the “see if anyone wants to buy this thing I don’t need any more” table…

Someone asked me about whether coming to the Bass Bash means they’ll get stung by the ULEZ charge. I live locally to the High School and reassured them that we are well outside the current ULEZ zone and the proposed expansion. So no worries there!

Do, it’s going to be a great fun day!

Having been ill for last year’s I can’t wait! @cetera - Charvel 3B, ESP Surveyor '87, Fender FSR PJ Precision, Hamer Impact, Italia Imola, Spector NS2, Spector Euro, Spector EuroX (Spectorbird), Spector Pulse II, Gallien Krueger 400RB & Legacy800, GenzBenz Neox 2x12 @TheGreek - All short scale this year - a @Jabba_the_gut short scale 5er, Mini Ray, Short scale P bass @Harlequin74 - Zoot Performer, Status Shark, Spector QV4 , Markbass TTE501 and Matching CAB. Maybe the Lehle Basswitch… @Frank Blank - @Jabba_the_gut short scale fretted and fretless, JMJ Mustang, QSC K12.2, Grace Design Alix @TrevorR - Mk 1 Wal, Wal Pro IIE, Aria SB700, Frankenjazz, pedals and MarkBass LMII & Traveler 2x10

Thursday night went to a drum seminar which, to be honest, was much more a brilliant jazz gig, The line up we’re all Ronnie Scott’s house band stalwarts - Mark Fletcher, Carl Orr and the legendary Lol Cottle on bass. They were joined by Tomasz Buras on keys (he was none too shabby either). Some amazing music from some masters of their craft - and watching Lol playing close up was an absolute treat!

I only use glasses for reading and seeing with. So that would be a “Yes!” from me. Rimless varifocals are an absolute godsend. Next ones will be Reactolight coated too.

Zombie thread resurrection but The School Of Drumming is doing another evening on Thursday July 6th at the same venue in Woking. As noted above, I went to the clinic they did together last November - 🤯 Not to be missed if you are within striking distance of Woking. Main attraction for me was Lol Cottle, of course but both Carl and Mark are also monster players too. As a combination, stunning! info and tickets here: https://www.theschoolofdrumming.com/shop/p/markfletcherdrumclinic-tkhyw More details…

Fascinating! That’s an obscure bass. Yes, it’s a Revellation made by the independent builder from South Wales,Tony Revell. He was better known for building acoustic guitars and mandolins but in 1992 I commissioned him to make me a lovely acoustic bass. A few years later he developed a range of boutique electric basses - of which this is a rare example. Never knew that Mick Karn had one. Not many people did. He was a darned good luthier, though. Given that the date is post 1992 it’s unlikely that it was used on the RTC album. So there are a couple of possibilities given that they don’t give any details on the bass itself in the ad… a) it’s a 1990/91 custom order but more likely since it’s clearly one of the Revellation basses, then b) his wife can’t recall what it is and when it was bought - and memory simply got that particular detail wrong. Still a cool bass for a collector of basses and/or Karn, though!

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