Richard R

Really good to read this, and congratulations to all. Please post a link here to the DVD when it's available.

I'm informed that only old people turn their phones sideways 🙂 Great playing - you should be very proud of yourself. Though as you play bass not lead guitar, and you're from the North not London, I expect you to just be well-chuffed 😉

Welcome (back) to the forum. Lots of Midlanders here. And as you're commited to being more involved, I'll push the bass bash in May as well 😁 Doveridge Village Hall, Sand Lane, Doveridge, Ashbourne DE6 5JQ, 9th May

Seconded! 👍🎶

That's a very kind offer, but it is a long way to drive just to subject you to Three Little Birds!

Unlikely! However I think we should all applaud @Chownybass for considering bringing these instruments over. It will take just as much time, and probably more paperwork, to import them as it will take for the fully finished guitars, and for less profit. Just start with the basics, what do you describe them as for export codes? B-stock? Kits? All hassle to think about, compared to just writing them off. And there will be no kudos for the finished guitars as they will have to remain anonymous.

Really enjoying this thread, but not as a musician! I loved the photographs of rehearsal, especially where you could see all the cable runs to the wedges etc. Straight runs, no trip hazards, cables looped. I know it's a bit sad, but I really notice stuff like that. It means the sound guys care about the band and doing a proper job. I have to tell the kids who help out at church that while it makes no difference to the electrics if the cables are a rat's nest and the stage is a mess, it does make a difference to how the musicians feel, and therefore to their performance. If the talent know the crew care about them, it's one less thing they don't think about. More FOH and kit pics please - And concert pics too of course!

That is absolutely beautiful. Just beautiful ... In fact I may have to print that picture out at A2, then enroll as a student again just so I can put it as a poster on my bedroom wall Stunning.

Price depending, I would be interested in a 5.

Thanks, that's ruined "House" for me 😉

I love the look of Ovation Magnums, and somehow want to own one, but I suspect I wouldn't like playing one.

Yes, 12th fret on the high C string

Agreed, shame we have to see his expression at the start!

https://menssheds.org.uk/find-a-shed/ Also Google Men's Sheds

Terrible visions now of you repeatedly farting into the cab to check if it echoes, and after the fourteenth time asphyxiating when you put your head in it it to adjust the felt thickness

I have no idea how any of the "reward" features of this site work. What determines somebody's Watts? Why have some people got a rank and others don't? Where does one post a status update? I don't actually care, everyone here is awesome anyway 🙂

Welcome. I started in 2018 as well, though I'm a few years older than you, and I'm definitely still a beginner as I don't play enough with a band. Where in Belgium are you? I spent a while in Leuven as part of my PhD, and have friends round that way. Still one of my favourite countries, and not just because of the beers.

Welcome! Lots of friendly folk on here to encourage you to play again. Just stay away from the market place, it's full of shiny gear... 😁

Don't rush the man. Trees grow slowly in North Wales.

The white microporous sponge cleaning pads are fabulous for removing gunk gently. I do hope this story has a happy ending, because right now it's completely put me off ever buying a new Warwick bass 😞

Given the weight shouldn't it be called the BackenBreaker? Very Nice Bass though 👍

A friend of mine, fine classical musician, was deriding tribute bands. I pointed out that the Berlin Philharmonic was a arguably a Wagner/ Beethoven Tribute band, that the Huddersfield Choral Society only really records The Messiah, and that the string quartet on the radio were specialists in one composer only. Nothing wrong with playing other people's music if it's what you and the audience like.

BBC Radio 4. ☹

What a birthday present! Did your brother get his drum kit?

+1 and it's a lovely thing to own regardless, so keep it and play it when you feel like it.