silverfoxnik

I just bought a looper pedal from Liam which is a really great unit....I'm really am pleased with it. Liam is very easy to deal with, sends stuff out really quickly, but is also helpful to the point of going out of his way this weekend to do a quick mod on the pedal for for me so it now takes batteries - how cool is that? So, fellow Basschatters, you can deal with Liam in complete confidence! Another great example of what the BC community is all about! Thanks again Liam

Love this band; great front man, great players and a cool retro vibe. We used to cover 'Blues Hand Me Down' of theirs in my last band, and though most punters didn't know either the song or the band, it always went down great!

[quote name='madshadows' timestamp='1435501951' post='2809389'] Such a shame, an amazing bass player, bloody cancer!, RIP. John [/quote] + 1 Very unique musician and very influential with it.. RIP

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1434791852' post='2802817'] Listening to "Dub side of the moon"... [/quote] Cool!

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1434307403' post='2798553'] Home now with the England-v-Slovenia game in the background...hope that everybody had a good time. Firstly I must say I am thankful and humbled by the efforts of the team of people who gave their time and energy to make the event a success. I would have liked to have attended more of the seminars but my attention was, unfortunately, required elsewhere. My appreciation and thanks go out, in no particular order, to [b]Lozz196[/b] for his seminar on fretboards - another surprising result which I'm sure you'll read about in the relevant thread and on video when we get this posted on YT. Also to [b]Sibob[/b], whose parents provided the photo booth, taking free photos of attendees and their gear, which was a great addition to the usual format. Lots of positive feedback for this addition to our event. To all those out there thinking about putting on a Bash locally, [u]this is an absolute must have[/u]. To [b]SiBob's parents[/b], (sorry I can't recall your names) many thanks - we will welcome your input again in the future if you are able. I'm sure that Si will post a link to the photos as soon as they've been uploaded. Thanks to [b]Nick Smith(Doctor of the Bass)[/b] who, with only a few hours sleep after getting home at 5am, delivered another fantastic seminar on Modes and chords. I would also like to thank [b]Peter[/b], his very able assistant, who co-hosted that part of the event. Again, don't forget to catch the video here and on YT. Also thanks to [b]Andy Needham from D'Addario[/b] who delivered a well received seminar on string construction and the D'Addario range followed by a Q&A session which lasted a little longer than the 15 minutes he envisaged. Andy and D'Addario were very generous in donating strings for the fretboard challenge and prizes for the raffle. Video of the seminar to follow. On a more personal note, Andy also donated about 20 sets of guitar strings to the centre for the instruments in their music rehearsal room and has agreed to support the venue in the future. Thanks also go out to [b]Chris Manfredi (Bassface2k10)[/b] who ran the catering all afternoon and paid for most of the refreshments. Anybody thinking about buying a new amp could do a lot worse than look at his Markbass Jeff Berlin combo for sale here in the marketplace. Thanks to [b]Tim Healy[/b], drummer, who gave up his time to come along to be available for the seminars and for jamming with. We really could have given him a bit more work to do - bear this in mind for future events. Thanks to EBUK distributors [b]Strings & Things[/b] who provided the much desired EB Sterling Stingray Sub4 and many other prizes for the raffle. Thanks to [b]Stuart Clayton[/b] for the books in the raffle and to [b]Bass Guitar magazine[/b] for their donations and support too. Thanks to [b]Bluejay[/b] and [b]Happy Jack[/b] for the use of their video cameras so that the seminars are recorded for prosterity. Hopefully Bluejay will be posting her photos and blog when she's able to. Looking forward to this. Can't forget the soundman, [b]Harp[/b], who gave up his Sunday morning to get the PA set up for the various seminars. Finally my thanks to everybody who attended - you manage to raise[b] £465[/b], which doesn't include a very generous donation of £50 and a raffle donation of 5 hours at [b]The Farm Factory studios in Welwyn Garden City[/b] from [b]Simon (Hertsbass)[/b] - many thanks Simon, very much appreciated. Also thanks to those who donated prizes to the raffle and the catering. We still have a number of raffle prizes left over which we'll add to those at the next SE Bash in Surrey (dates to be announced). I'll be visiting the venue tomorrow - I'm sure that they will be very appreciative of the money raised. Apologies to anybody else I may have forgotten. [/quote] That's how you do it! Congrats to Mick, Lozz & co - looks like another amazing day in the BC calendar.. Couldn't make this myself as I was rehearsing for a festival gig this coming Sunday, so hopefully I can come and enjoy it next year!

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1434377480' post='2799012'] I do like a double P, especially 'reversed' ones. [/quote] Me too! These are DiMarzios, and (to my ears anyway) they really sound great..

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1434287731' post='2798295'] That's an impressive list (3 RBVs? That's just greedy ) what is it about the Eagle that makes it a keeper? [/quote] Not so much greedy, more an indication of what having had 24 hour access to Basschat for 8+ years has done to me! Good question about the BC Rich? From a technical point of view, I think it's the neck-through design, very resonant body, two-octave neck and the twin P bass pick ups.. But more than that, it's just always a such a joy to play. What's surprising is that it's not even one of the custom-shop models from that era - which were amazing - but it just works for me. These days, I'm playing it exclusively in one band I'm in, and am using my Yamaha BB300 exclusively in the other band I'm in... Both relatively low-fi, low cost basses. My two 5 string basses aren't getting a look in at all! Here's a pic of the BC Rich by the way: [attachment=194358:Full Shot 2.jpg]

My 1984 BC Rich Eagle.. Somehow in the last 12 years, it's managed to outlive my Wal Pro2e, Lakeland DJ5, 3 Roscoe Beck V strings, 2 USA Fender Jazz 5s, a MM Sub 5, 1985 Tokai Jazzsound, a Yamaha TRB 5 and a 1005.. !!

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1434229273' post='2797867'] I think, although he probably didn't realise it at the time, he examined themes that are as relevant today if not more so than they were then; greed, mental health etc. I think he said as much himself in the Dark Side documentary. [/quote] Very true.. I think I saw that documentary too. It was pretty good.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1434221424' post='2797794'] God, I love BassChat! What a community. [/quote] +1

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1434219035' post='2797772'] Mind-expanding drugs? [/quote]

I know that personal taste in music/songs is completely subjective; 'one man's meat, is another man's poison' etc, etc... But I've always been a huge fan of Pink Floyd and especially Roger Water's lyrics, and have been since first hearing Dark Side Of The Moon when I was in my teens back in the early 70s... Lyrics like this from Time for example: [i]"Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day Fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for someone or something to show you the way Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today And then one day you find ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking Racing around to come up behind you again The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older Shorter of breath and one day closer to death Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way The time is gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say"[/i] Looking back, the amazing thing for me is how he could write such insightful and thought-provoking lyrics as a young man in his twenties, which somehow made sense to me and fascinated me as a thirteen year old, yet now I'm in my fifties, they resonate with me on a much deeper level and have even more impact?. Bog Geldof once said that Dark Side Of The Moon is '..a work of towering genius.' and I can only agree with him.

Scary! The six strings that is, not your Halloween mask Good luck with your search...

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1433889283' post='2794946'] Think it's Glenn Gregory? [/quote] Thanks.. I'm ashamed to say that don't know him, so will look him up on that there t'interweb thing...

Brilliant! Who's on vocals?

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1433525506' post='2791905'] Preaching to the converted here... [/quote] +1 But it's good to know that someone has finally worked it out...

I'd add McCartney and Carol Kaye to the Pop genre, though James Jameson's contribution is undoubtedly immense. And as MacDaddy has just said, I think Bootsy Collin's contribution to funk needs to taken into consideration too.