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[quote name='ped' post='50887' date='Aug 26 2007, 01:24 PM']Hi all, We have now got an official PO box number. Please send an SAE to it for some Basschat stickers and cards. [b][size=7]Basschat PO BOX 425 Witney OX289ER[/size][/b] If you want a certain amount for any reason just include a note, otherwise there will be about 6 cards and 2 stickers. Cheers! ped[/quote] How big an envelope Ped?

Can't understand why anyone would pay a premium for an instrument that looks like someone has knocked the sh*t out of it. pristine and shiny for me I'm afraid.

I went through this 6 or 7 months ago. after shopping around alot, I ended up ordering a Micheal Kelly Dragonfly fretless 5 from the states. natural quilt maple finish. Less than £500 to my door. The strings it came with were crap so i switched to a set of LaBella deep talkin flats. The bass sounds fantastic now. As near as I can get to an upright sound without getting an upright.

How's about getting it advertised in Bass Guitar magazine and some of the other muso mags this time.

[quote name='bass_in_ya_face' post='50757' date='Aug 26 2007, 12:19 AM']Spoke to my tutor about Flea.....he reckons he's a one trick pony and if he had to play Jazz or something he wouldn't have a scooby.[/quote] Perhaps you should point your tutor towards the Stanley Clarke 'Night school' DVD then. Flea more than holds his own playing with stanley, stewart copeland and other jazzers (who i can't name off the top of my head). From what i saw tonight of the coverage, the chili's were easily the best of a pretty poor line up.

Bollocks!!! by Monday afternoon I'd come down very suddenly with a flu/cold so didn't make it. Still feeling crap and now even worse when I realise I missed a decent show.

[quote name='cockbongo' post='47593' date='Aug 20 2007, 10:23 AM']Off to see Mr Pratt tonight - they've just released a load of extra tickets for tonight's show as well, only £6 a head! <geek> Going to try and get my book signed as well </geek>[/quote] Say hello if you spot me, I'll have a cream suede jacket on and will be with a very tall partially sighted american.

[quote name='Scoop' post='44673' date='Aug 13 2007, 02:46 AM']The only 10 string manufacturers that I know of, although there are bound to be others, are Godlyke & Dean. ...... Scoop[/quote] Alembic will make anything you ask for. Here's a ten string they've just finished.. [url="http://alembic.com/club/messages/631/21834.html?1182300784"]http://alembic.com/club/messages/631/21834.html?1182300784[/url] They're also busy with a 12 string for someone else... [url="http://alembic.com/club/messages/631/14858.html?1181154908"]http://alembic.com/club/messages/631/14858.html?1181154908[/url] John paul Jones played an Alembic 8 string on Achilles last stand.

[quote name='Mickeyboro' post='43837' date='Aug 10 2007, 04:33 PM']Just heard a half hour interview which might be available on Listen Again (4-4.30 Friday). Top stuff, including an amusing call from ex-Yes guitarist Pete Banks asking to be on the 40th anniversary tour! Apparently Fish out of Water has been reissued.[/quote] Fish out of water has just been delivered to my house. It has a couple of extra takes and a dvd of the original promotional videos (featuring bill bruford and patrick moraz) plus an interview. Can't wait to get home to watch/listen.

Alembic. Basses, Strings and amps. They don't make speakers but Ron Wickersham had a hand building the Grateful Dead's Wall of sound.

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Nice pics. The weather looks a bit suspect though. It's been a while since I saw the priory too. Used to sneak down there from school at lunchtimes.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='31105' date='Jul 13 2007, 09:44 AM']Hi folks I'm doing a two-hour set with my 'other' gig, The Billy Mitchell Band, on the big stage at Tynemouth Priory this Sunday (15th) as part of the [url="http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/mouthofthetyne/performers.shtml"]Mouth of the Tyne[/url] festival. It's free entry, and there's stuff in the set for everyone...[/quote] Wish i could have made it down, It looks like a very good line up; Courtney pine and the Blockheads as well as your good selves! unfortunately i'm playing saturday night and my folks are coming up from Blyth Sunday.

Bumpity Bump. SATURDAY 14th july - Brennans, perth. Friday 27th july - Bar Itza - kirkcaldy.

[quote name='Timface' post='28844' date='Jul 8 2007, 10:25 PM']but my ABM500 definatly is not giving me the stuff I need!!!![/quote] That's cos it's an Ashdown. From what I've heard and played through, an SVT and an 8x10 would be the ideal. mind you, I'm ecstatically happy every time I play through my own rig.

[quote name='Cantdosleepy' post='29665' date='Jul 10 2007, 11:45 AM']4) It seems odd that with concert DVDs they don't have an extra feature where you can focus on one player for the show - wouldn't cost much to slap a feature like that on,[/quote] Get the Who's 'The Kids are alright' The extras have a very good section just of the OXcam. Only entwistle (plus a little bleed through from his mike). It's astounding to see just how much he puts into a song.

[quote name='Steve Lawson' post='27257' date='Jul 4 2007, 11:44 PM']I'm not doing the fest this year, guys - really sorry. However, I may well be playing in Glasgow in August, and will try to hook up a show in Edinburgh at the same time, if I can... cheers! Steve www.stevelawson.net[/quote] Drop us a line when you're sorted.

I'm a little late jumping in on this but if you have the money, the best reproduction of a low B string I've ever heard came from an Eden 210XST. Saying that, I'm using EBS neo 212 and 410 cabs - they have the same footprint as each other but the 410 is a couple of inches taller.

At one time I'd have gone straight for Yes and Chris Squire and admit to listening to precious little else. Nowadays I listen to too many different genres to have a favourite 'per se' but the band I listen to most when I want to relax is James taylor's. Bass player either leland sklar or jimmy johnson. Miles comes a close second, my favourite era being the Ron carter years.

Bump. Walkabout tomorrow night. Kicks off around 9.30.

[quote name='bass_in_ya_face' post='22808' date='Jun 24 2007, 11:55 PM']Hmm Haywards Heath To Manchester..err no.[/quote] Why not? I've done Edinburgh to Manchester the last 2 years and it's been well worth it.

I was using DR Marcus Miller fat beams for a while. Sounded superb for slap but I don't slap that often so I'm on their coloured range now.

Mine [attachment=680:amp4.JPG] Korg DTR2000 tuner Eden Navigator pre-amp Vent QSC PLX2402 In the rear i've mounted an ART Isolation Transformer outboard of the DI to avoid any phantom power spikes coming from the desk.

i had a similar issue putting my Eden Navigator through a QSC power amp - gave waaaay less power than an SVP I tried out. The problem turned out to be fried transistors in the output stage of the pre-amp having been caused by a phantom power surge when using the DI from a powered desk. Any way this could have happened to your BSP?

[quote name='Sercet' post='16486' date='Jun 12 2007, 08:37 PM']Paul McCartnet (The Beatles)[/quote] I'd hardly say he's underrated. many of todays greats cite Maca as being a huge influence. he's also a very good player.