Richard R

Gary: I swear it was like biggest storm I have heard, it sounded like the lightning was this close! Chris: Never been to a Thunder gig before then?

Bit of a thread ressurection, but we are restarting the Midlands Bass Bash next year. About 125 miles for you.

https://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/bruce-foxton Tickets and dates above, or direct from the venues.

I have just moved on my EBS Classic Session 60 which I think is a perfect practice amp. Sounds like a proper bass amp, stereo in, headphones and DI out, makes a good stage monitor and can go loud enough to annoy other family members.

Roger Waters never had the nerve to make the Final Cut. Shame, he's missed out on great little cab.

I had a very stressful Rememberance Day service on Sunday, but it was good. The band debuted a song, written by myself and the band leader well over a year ago, which expresses my thoughts and hopes for Ukraine. It wasn't written for church, it's a band song and it builds in a very specific way. We spent a fair chunk of the rehearsal on themat one on getting the phrasing right, changing the arrangement and so on so it was as good as it could be gievn that the band had never heard it. To add to the pressure, the minister, who really liked it when we played it to him months ago and wanted to include it at Rememberance, had scheduled it immediately before the 2 minutes silence. I expected it at the end after the colours had paraded out, not as a critical element. Thankfully it went very well, and we had a lot of positive comments. The band leader's guitar lead was crackly right at the start, but was OK after that. YT sound mangles the arrangement a little and doesn't capture the bass at all (it starts with a heartbeat on the low B) but it's not bad. See what you think.

See what people can make. It's not a competition. Well, maybe just a little. 😉

Seconded! The vid was quite pixilated - at least when I watched it. Great for privacy by not so good for oggling instruments 😀

The Midlands Bash is confirmed and booked for 20th June, partly on the assumption that you would be looking at April / early May and so there would be a reasonable gap between them.

You need Blue Unction! And for those under 70, Blue Unction had only one purpose - to treat crabs, pubic lice. Spike Milligan told a story of when he was in the army and a mate went to the chemist. Mate in Chemist: "Ahem. Excuse me Miss, but do you sell Blue Unction?" Lady assistant answering in strident tones: "Yes! We do sell Blooo Unction!!!" Man turns to people behind in queue: "YES! I'VE GOT F*!KCING CRABS!!"

Well if you ever feel it's too chipper here and you need to be annoyed then head over to our friends at TalkBass. (Just kidding, at least two of them are sane)

So how did it go guys and gals? Was it as much fun as I had at a Rememberance Parade service followed by an afternoon painting walls?

I'm seen her a couple of times, both great gigs. Is that possibly the world's thickest and heaviest guitar lead she's using in the photos above?

Robin at @Manton Customs work is great. I've seen his basses at bashes and shows (and he has a thread here in affiliates) I have no association with him, or any idea of the cost, but someone to talk to.

This little piece of design fiction might be of interest. The author's "janky time machine" lands in the future office of a human who, it appears, needs to prove the work he bills for is done by a human. https://www.designfictiondaily.com/p/prove-youre-not-a-robot-and-pay-for

I listen to Spotify to search out bands and find new artists but their business model stinks. This is quite a good read - it does tend to repeat and rant a bit there is nonetheless some really interesting information. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mood-Machine-Spotify-Perfect-Playlist/dp/1399718843 Bandcamp is the best platform for artists to release music on. I listen to all sorts at work and have bought more than a dozen albums either as physical CD or FLAC now.

But, annoyingly for the rest of us, you seem to have sufficient other talents to more than compensate. Spare a thought for those of use without such balancing abilities in other areas🤪

That absolutely looks the business!

My thoughts exactly!

Grand Master and other rankings only reflect the quantity of posts, not the quality, as anyone who has read any of my drivel will attest. @Bill Fitzmaurice is however a proper expert 👍

The luthier said with annoyance My customer dislikes chatoyance He wants a P-bass in white No real wood in sight But I craft with far more flamboyance!

That's the intent. Can you ask the bride to relocate the wedding to Knowle? Lovely church a couple of miles from the venue, and you could do both then.

Nothing useful to add, just following with interest. 🙂

As I have ranted previously on this forum, the main reason I dislike B&Q is the appalling music they play. Dire cover versions of good songs. I walked out a few years ago because they were playing an easy-listening smooth jazz version of London's Calling. That red port looks the business though. If the cab is black TuffCab and you design and print a red "BC8" logo to go in the opposite corner it would look very cool. Red paint on the screw heads of the speaker too.