Seashell2

Well, I'm glad that all you chaps are giving some thought to this issue.(Seriously, not being facetious). Ironical though that 6 pages of comment include very little input from female bass players. I have to confess to not reading all 6 pages, though I did see Silvia Bluejay's comment. Insightful as usual. Apologies to any other bass sisters I may have missed.

FWIW, I wasn't offended by AC's comments. A bit silly and schoolboyish perhaps, but nothing to really make my hackles rise. I prefer Jah Wobble's description of the bass as 'the predator' of the instruments. Sums it up nicely without resorting to sexism.😎

I've been invited to a NYE jam at a small, local venue. All a bit secret squirrel - shutters will be down and external lights off to discourage whizzed up passers by.

Knock 3 times and ask for Tom.

Could be interesting! 

Popped into this thread to see Kev B's picture feat. my old TC Electronics combo what he bought off of me.

Which reminds me, perhaps I should  write up my own gig which occurred at Jo Jo Jim's in Cotton Hacket on 7 Nov.

I am now playing with a quirky blues/jazz/soul covers and originals band called SAM. We were invited to do a half hour 'showcase' spot at an Open Mic night. The object of the exercise being that if Joe liked us he may book as for an actual  paid gig in future 

We seem to have succeeded, in that he did come up afterwards and say he'd be interested, so that's promising.  I played competently, but didn't really get in the zone and rock out. Some of the bass lines are quite tricky and I was just trying not to make any mistakes. 

Lead guitarist decided his guitar was out of tune right at the beginning of a guitar solo and just nodded to me to keep playing while he changed instruments! So suddenly I had a bass solo. Didn't try to do anything  fancy...just kept the groove going for an eternity until he came back in!!

6 hours ago, casapete said:

Played a small acoustic gig at one of my favourite venues last night - The Lookout on the Pier in Scarborough. The bistro venue was fully booked, and it's one of those gigs where everything is great - audience, staff, small house PA etc etc. Looks like we have a monthly residency there in 2022 so happy days. 

(The second picture below is what I can see behind me when playing!)

How lovely. I used to be frequent visitor to  Scarborough, but have never been to this venue. Alas, my friends who lived there are moving away soon, so I doubt I'll be back:-(

I was thinking of contacting a mod..but then I  thought it might be just as easy to create a new account.  

I may have had a few ales...

White shirt man is a hero 🙂

Thanks guys! Hope to start joining in the general  silliness soon xx

Hello, it's me, seashell. Member since 2011. But I've changed my email address  and the only way I could figure out how to gain access to the site was to create a new account. So here I am.

Apparently I have to do 5 posts before I can contribute to Off Topic. So here's one 

See you  soon bass buddies x