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Had been a bit anxious about numbers last night. We started a bit late as had to wsit for the first half of Tonga vs Ireland to end. Felt a bit empty but rapidly filled up, one of the rugby fans who went into the lounge abandoned the match and came to see us instead. In the end we had a really good turnout. Really enthusiastic crowd with lots of dancing - we aren't really a dance band but did a few up tempo songs. Good feedback, including from the singer of the new band I've started up who hadn't seen us before. What was really nice is we are starting to get people coming from further afield to gigs just to see us instead of just a random audience.

Me too. I can't be 100 definite but willing to put up £13 if needed.

Tonights gig.

Ah yes, in my day Bacchus Wine Bar was always a bit posh (=expensive) so I didn’t go often. Hope it was a good night!

Attitudes to change fascinate me. In terms of their impact on how a bass actually sound and feels both hi-mass bridges and laurel fingerboards make only small (or imperceptible to many people) differences. One is cheaper, the other more expensive than the traditional approach. If laurel was rare I'm sure boutique builders would be singing its praises. Equally, if high mass bridges were cheap, they would be derided as a gimmick.

Tarantism are good... Magnus is a leading light in the current incarnation of Hawkwind.

I read that Fender sales nosedived in the last 12 months as the "pandemic boom" in sales ran out of steam. Some smazing deals on these and I'd get a 40th Jazz if I didn't already have two lovely jazz basses.

Which pub? Back in the 80s that title would have fitted the Angel's back bar...

Don't decide. Bring both! Seriously though, someone else is sure to have a BF so bring the Berg?

Who Did You Think I Was by John Mayer. Blues... but the Pino way.

Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons at the Patriot for the 'launch party' for new top 40 album 'Kings of the Asylum'. Only promoted via their Facebook page it sold out in hours. I'm a huge fan... seen them seven times since 2018. Getting the full stadium filling performance on a 200 capacity club run by an MCC, was utterly awesome!

I think that what I put, just from the opposite perspective 😁

Unless you are using an HPF set high so it filters out the fundamentals, then it shouldn't impact the Mutron.

Your tone will vary with your level of hydration. Even pick players will find the pick is held less rigidly when they are well hydrated.

Depped it a couple of weeks ago (keyboard player only joined in on the brief choruses?!) 🙂 now the singer for the new band wants to do the Beck, Bogart, Appice version - good news is that basswise it's pretty much playing the keyboard part like we all do anyway!

Never got invited up to play (other than at Jam sessions or local bands) but this did happen to me last year when I shouted out to one of my bass heroes that I saw him play in 1981!

Perhaps the initial experiments could start with ash, alder and maple...

Lots of people make stunning, beautiful, eminently playable and gorgeous sounding basses. A minority of those people are also excellent salespersons and become rich and famous. That's all I'll say on the matter for now.

Can't resist sharing this pic. Haven't got many pics with me and my rig!

Signed out, saw only Rotosound ads (one very annoying as it keeps cycling). Signed in, got six new message notifications for messages up to a year or more old that I've already read...

Personally, I got fed up with worrying about this stuff years ago. I just ticked OK and got on with life. But all this discussion piqued my interest. I see that despite being a recently renewed supporting member Adblock is blocking 17 items on this page. But turning adblock off doesn't make them visible. So what are these invisibles? Incidentally, I have 'show acceptable ads' enabled in Adblock.

It is if you don't want to sign in afresh every time you visit the site.

So info on this page is no longer correct? @ped https://www.basschat.co.uk/cookies/

When improvising I use: Root-fifth-b7-octave until I know if its major or minor. Pentatonic minor Mixylodian mode Major scale Minor scale Pentatonic major Chromatic But with blues you use loads of accidentals e.g. adding b5 to the major or blurring the lines between major and minor. Most of this just happens automatically, you have to listen wjere the guitar is heading. Should add the big choice with blues is do you play a riff based line in various positions or a walking line (or some sort of hybrid).

Last night my partner was live streaming Hawkwind and a notification popped up "Dai Shell is watching" 😎🤣