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Certainly is, Cos... ☺

No worries Pete, I think it's fair to say that, if we had been running a Bass Bash loyalty card scheme like Costa Coffee, you'd have been on your 3rd free Latte by now! Enjoy Huddersfield.. ☺

It'll be good to see you Roger ☺

Good thread! Strengths - a musician's brain, good listener, good ear for arrangements, can also play other instruments, diplomatic, sense of humour.. Weaknesses - tend to play the same riffs/modes all the time, have incurable 'bass-face', always late, change gear too often..

^^ The cake is the most important thing of all, by the way.. 😁

Thanks for your support Mick 😊

Thanks Trevor 😊

We'll be able to put a programme for the day together now, so will get that done ASAP.

Brilliant news Gary! 😊

Great idea! ☺ Also, I'd like to run a Class D vs Valve amp test - anyone up for that? Let's see if we can provide a definitive answer to the 'heft' debate once and for all..

Wow ! I was lucky enough to do some shows with them in the very early 80s and always loved their sound, of which the drums were a major part. Happy Birthday Jet ☺

Aretha's place as one of the all time greats is assured, and some certainly think of her as the greatest female vocalist of all time (within popular music of the last 50 or 60 years).. There are other female singers out there who mean more to me, but in the end that's only my personal taste. And in the end, that's what it comes down to - which singer, songwriter, band etc, etc, connects with us the most. Bit out of context and a tad sexist maybe, but that Arsene Wenger quote from a few years ago sums it up... 'Everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home..' We're just lucky to have / had so many to choose from.. ☺

10am - 5pm ☺

Perfect; you'd better start loading up the car now! 😁

You'd be very welcome ☺

BUMP for next month's Bash ! ☺

Hmm... Lots in the OP to ponder? I've had loads of basses, amps and cabs over the years and would say that as far as basses go, I've finally settled on three that just feel and sound right for me in every way; my passive 1984 BC Rich Eagle that I've had for almost 15 years now, a 2004 Gibson Thunderbird that I bought last year which has been an absolute revelation to me (having never owned a Gibson before). And just recently, I bought an almost mint condition 1998 Fender Roscoe Beck V, which is the fourth RBV I've owned but is by far and away the best of the lot. All three basses are passive and that seems to sit best with my rig, which is an Ampeg V4BH head and matching 210 + 115. I love the way it sounds; it just sits in the band's overall sound perfectly. So all in all, I'm pretty happy with my lot! There's a few things that niggle away in the GAS area of my brain though.... A hankering to use the Mesa Boogie Big Block 750 head I have with a Mesa cab (which I don't have) - I think that could be pretty exciting... I'd like a lighter cab set up but still haven't heard any that seem to feel right to me. And I keep trying to get hold of a P Bass that I can fall in love with, but I've still not found one that has been a keeper yet. Mind you, there's still plenty of time, so I'm not worrying about it too much... 😁

+1 RIP Aretha Franklin. Another one of the truly great artists that will probably never be equalled.. She was top of a relatively recent Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Singers of all time poll and this quote about her always sticks in my mind: “No one can copy her,” Jerry Wexler, Franklin’s legacy-defining Atlantic Records producer, memorably argued. “She’s all alone in her greatness.” Read More: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, Has Died | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/aretha-franklin-dead/?trackback=tsmclip

Thanks Silvia, mustn't forget Paul... ☺