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Lucky enough to play mine!

[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1509382082' post='3398475'] Hey groove-hacker! I will show you two notes that will completely overhaul how you play! Plz send PayPal... [/quote] OK, so it’s 3 in the morning and I just got up to have a wee, that’s why I’m whispering, so I thought I’d just go commando... Commando? Guerilla? Gorilla? Ah, whatever man... And take the chance to tell you about this amazing new course we’re ...

[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1509382082' post='3398475'] Hey groove-hacker! I will show you two notes that will completely overhaul how you play! Plz send PayPal... [/quote] Yeah, show me those bad boys!

...then get a load of this bargain being sold on Reverb by Tony Levin... https://reverb.com/item/6989695-mxr-csp-026-phase-90-used-on-peter-gabriel-king-crimson-tracks-1970s-and-1980s-owned-by-ton I’ll have three!

British Sea Power playing at a corporate function about six years ago. No one’s wardrobe was ever so indie... No gig setting was ever less...

Well I bought this bass in about 1992 and have used it on a weekly basis ever since... does that count?

I’ve got an old Fylde Octavius bouzouki (which is really much more of an octave mandola than a traditional bouzouki). The sound of the double course stringing is lovely and resonant. Beautiful sound. I keep telling myself I should get it out and play it more often. Like others I find mandolins just too fiddly, the string spacing on the mandola/bouzouki is just right!

PS the desk has knobs on too. This just means you can carry those knobs around with you and lots of you can twiddle the knobs from wherever they are at the same time.

The digital desk we have at church also lets you mix remotely via iPad. Great as a muso as it allows all the band to set and tweak their own monitor mixes etc. We’ve got a Soundcraft desk which uses an app called ViSiRemote but I think most digital desks offer this these days. Obviously I’m not linked to the actual desk now but here are some examples of the sort of functionality you get from the remote app... Great invention!

Great to see this post. Dave Bainbridge is an amazing musician whether on keys or guitar or strange multi stringed instrument. First saw him playing with Adrian Snell back in about 1988 and then have been a huge fan of Iona since one of their very first gigs at Greenbelt when I sat on the grass gobsmacked at the sounds they were making. The fact I was sitting right in front of Nick Beggs as he played Chapman Stick didn’t hurt either! Definitely credit where credit’s due. And a top bloke on the occasions I’ve met him face to face. And yes, Lay Down is a fantastic pop/rock/prog tune!

[quote name='JohnFitzgerald' timestamp='1508599045' post='3393220'] (Mayones won't tell me anything. They really don't say much at all about making these). [/quote] [quote name='ZilchWoolham' timestamp='1508604310' post='3393284'] It's definitely a stunner! I wonder how the re-branding came to be. Was it an old Mayones that didn't sell, or was it commissioned directly to be branded Fame? And why are they so reluctant to talk about it? [/quote] [quote name='JohnFitzgerald' timestamp='1508686114' post='3393774'] I wouldn't know ho it came to be, but suspect it's been commissioned to be made as Fame. I don't that they're reluctant to talk about it, as such, however, you really won't find much online other than a comment that they're made in the "M Guitars Manufactory in Danzig". My own suspicions are that if you're making instruments for someone and they're selling for really quite a bit less than your own brand, you'd keep relatively quiet about it. Just my thoughts. Here's a pic from Mayone website from the 2005 NAMM show - looks the same to me, with the exception of the pickups. [attachment=256028:2005-namm-show-first-mayones-namm.jpg] [/quote] There’s a bit of blurb/puff about the Fame Brand and this bass on the DV247 site from a couple of years ago which gives some context... “The Fame brand is relatively new in the UK and its ‘straight from the factory to the retailer’ model results in low prices throughout its extensive catalog, particularly the made in China guitars, basses, amps and PA gear which offer cash-strapped musicians a chance to get on stage for a comparatively small outlay. Not everything the brand retails is sourced in the Far East though; Fame also offers a range of guitars and basses built in the Mayones factory in Gdansk in Poland, where instruments are hand crafted by a small team of experienced builders who specialize in non-automated building methods in their relatively small factory. There is no computer controlled machinery at all; the woodworking, spraying and finishing are all done by hand. These methods result in a certain level of individualisation in the finishes and pickup choice and any instrument can be customized to order.” http://magazine.dv247.com/2015/03/23/fame-baphomet-6-nt-bass-review/

Bubinga and ovankol/shedua are closely related woods - different varieties of the Guibourtia species Guibourtia arnoldiana is Bubinga while Guibourtia ehie is ovangkol/shedua. Don’t often see that sort of flaming used with bubinga in instruments though it is a known pattern. Wal have used that sort of flame as a feature of their shedua tops. One of the wonderful things that a photo doesn’t show is how the flame seems to extend below the surface of the wood and how it shimmers and changes under lights. It is quite stunning and you’re really lucky to have such a beautiful bass. Here’s my shedua topped Wal sitting under some modest stage lighting... More woods info here... http://walbasshistory.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/wal-woods-part-2-bodies.html

My first reaction would probably to put on a white pearl plate but that tort looks great. I had much the same colour one on my natural ash Frankenjazz and loved it.

Well done guys. A fantastic day and a fantastic result. Looking forward to next year already.

Once you've got your software up and running and all your sheets loaded up, consider getting a blu-tooth pedal to "turn the pages". It will seem like a hugely unnecessary luxury but you can't underestimate how useful the ability to page turn with a tap of your foot while keeping both hands on your instrument can be. So much more smooth than trying to swipe quickly before you miss a beat.

[quote name='silverfoxnik' timestamp='1508271908' post='3391074'] Me too. Maybe a West Sussex/Hampshire bash could be in order...? 😊 [/quote] It could be a Basschat South Coast Soirée! But in the daytime...

Sounds to me like a deliberate note choice on the first two measures to add a bit of dissonant tension which he then removes on the third and fourth measures. Or it could be the old trick of when you play a bum note always play it again so people think it's an "arrangement".

[quote name='12stringbassist' timestamp='1507378687' post='3385047'] The Ric was a Kay copy. [/quote] This has only increased my admiration for Mr M!

Location/Venue: St Mary Clements Methodist Church, Truro Your age: 1981 -17 Your bass: Borrowed Fender Musicmaster Your amp: A Carlsboro keyboard amp The set list (some of it): A song the guitarist wrote and some CCM/gospel type type songs

Gah-Ree! Gah-Ree! Gah-Ree! Gah-Ree!

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1506587076' post='3379679'] Just to weigh in here, it was a good day. I have to say, I enjoyed the Steve Lawson event immensely and profess I'd never even heard a note of his before the day; musically it reminded me a lot (and I'm uncertain whether this is a good or bad thin to say!) of David Sylvian's [i]Gone To Earth, Flux and Mutability, Approaching Silence[/i] material. I will be investigating more. Some nice basses on show...I fall a little more in love with Gary's reverse Thunderbird every time I see it. The bass with the Pacman LEDs was a delight. There was a really nice 5-string (an Alpha), I think it was Peds. Reminded me of a design from Bud LeCompte (who used to be on the old alt.bass newsgroup and here, or Bassworld, for a while too). [/quote] Paul, you MUST check out more of Steve's music. Three of his early albums, Not Dancing For Chicken, Grace and Gratitude and Behind Every Word are still probably my favourites. I'm sure that Steve will think that three albums over a decade old a ever so old hat but they still contain some absolutely fabulous tunes. MMFSOG, Jimmy James, The Kindness of Strangers and Blue Planet are some of my favourite pieces of music, full stop. And who couldn't love an ambient album inspired by the 2004 European Elections!

[quote name='orangefriday' timestamp='1506889593' post='3381857'] Yes it was a good first bash for me. Good to meet up and chat to a few people and see how and why they end up with the set up they do. It's interesting that everyone has a slightly different 'holy grail' sound and part of the gear journey is trying to track it down. I don't know where the time went - I need to catch more of the talks next year. Thanks to all who made it happen! [/quote] [quote name='prowla' timestamp='1506891431' post='3381880'] You definitely win the prize for the best custom guitars there (a red squirl and a pretzel is how I would describe them) - you need to post pictures up! (And thanks for letting me use your rack space... ) [/quote] And the heaviest!!!! Let no one ever complain about a Wal bass being far too heavy ever again! Seriously though, I did love that orange swirly bass, though! And the LEDs on the pretzel left a huge smile on my face!

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1506467682' post='3379010'] I think the name brand basses I play today are better than the Fenders & Gibson basses I played back in the 60s & 70s. Blue [/quote] I suspect that in 30 years we'll be talking about how great 2010s basses were... it's funny how perspectives change. Esp with your comments on 70s instruments. You hear so much purple prose about 70s Fenders these days. Classics. Amazing tones. Block necks. The new desirable vintage instruments... I can remember reading the music mags throughout the 80s and 90s when the absolutely agreed position on 70s Fenders was - avoid at all costs, the era where the post CBS bean counting kicked in and quality plummeted, dodgy wobbly three bolt necks with a stupid tilt screw that never worked, ill advised departures from the classic designs, those awful blobby head stocks, poor cheap wood that weighs a ton and doesn't resonate, over wound pickups that sucked your tone... and so on. They were considered the doggiest of dogs to play and listen to. Yet now they're nouveau classics. The joy of rose tinted glasses and marketing pressure I suspect.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1506368932' post='3378316'] Nice to meet you at the SE Bash Cos. Another Greek member - little do they know about our plan involving a wooden horse.... [/quote] I'll keep an eye out for the title of AndyJR's next build thread... "A hollow bodied build... and it's a BIGGIE!"

Great to meet you on Saturday. And thank you for letting me nick your Sire for 10 mins to try out! Welcome to Basschat. Join in the fun!