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[quote name='james_guitar' post='1317884' date='Jul 27 2011, 01:52 AM']I'm fortunate enough to make a living out of teaching and gigs, but have recently purchased an AER Compact Mobile (battery powered) amplifier for busking with my classical guitar. I have also purchased a Phil Jones Briefcase (also battery powered) for busking with my double bass, as my partner plays jazz piano and we do a duo. I invested in this gear as I liked the idea of being able to generate income from busking should my students cancel or gigs fall through. Anyway, once I got the amps I contacted my local council who charge you £5 per day to busk on the high street (in Weston-Super-Mare - don't laugh!). Not only that, but they only allow you to do so if you have public liability insurance (I'm not sure how my classical guitar could be a danger to anyone, but I played the game and spent £170 on the insurance). Incidentally, there are no U.K. laws against busking; however, a few councils have introduced busking fees to generate extra income. Here's what happened... Having paid for both public liability insurance and a weeks worth of busking fees, I took my classical guitar and amp on to the high street and tried it out. Financially it was great; I got £60 within an hour and the elderly people that are usually the most likely to complain against this sort of thing really enjoyed the classical and jazz pieces and were very generous with tips. This was great until a local counciller told me that I wasn't allowed to busk with an amplifer and told me to go. I went back to the councillers who had issued my licence and they agreed that I wasn't allowed to busk with an amplifier. They also confirmed that it's okay for bagpipes, brass instruments or even drum kits to busk as they are unamplified, but classical guitars, double basses or other quiet instruments that require it to be heard are not allowed to use amplification. In summary, I've invested a lot of money in to my double bass and classical guitar busking gear and my local council have now made it impossible for me to use this gear for its purpose. I've just had an article printed in the local paper about it, but it probably won't change anything unless there's some public interest... [url="http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/musician_highlights_busking_red_tape_1_970917"]Weston Mercury Busking Article[/url] Have any other members of this forum encountered this problem? I can't work out how anyone benefits from this red tape in any way...[/quote] Heard through a friend the same situation exists in Brighton

[quote name='molan' post='1315092' date='Jul 24 2011, 08:36 PM']How about one of these: Or these: Love this product shot, lol: Sorry - forgot product links: [url="http://www.fretbase.com/blog/2010/06/the-heads-up-strap/"]http://www.fretbase.com/blog/2010/06/the-heads-up-strap/[/url] [url="http://www.neckheavy.com/index.html"]http://www.neckheavy.com/index.html[/url][/quote] Thanks for that B, very handy to know

Try the book; How to Read music by Alan Charlton` ISBN 978-1-84786-305-8 Very helpful and takes it in easy stages RRP £9.99 as stated on the back cover Good luck

Ta for that one

Can't add much to this in the way of "do this, it may help", but I do remember my fretless being set up with individual piezo saddles by a well known luthier. It was a time consuming and painstaking process to get the saddles at the correct angles and heights to give an even output across the strings. To summarise, it may be a case of just spending some time to get things correct across the board, rather than a one - stop solution. Hope it goes well for you

[quote name='Clarky' post='1298668' date='Jul 10 2011, 12:11 AM']Wicked! Congratulations not only on getting the gig but on overcoming what must have been a big mental as well as physical impairment in the RA [/quote] 2nd'd

Can't find any other feedback threads for Paul, so here goes. I didn't buy anything off Paul and he didn't buy anything from me ! However, I've been looking around for an Eden amp ever since meeting Paul and trying out his Eden amp at the Anglia bash earlier this year. Paul was kind enough to get in touch with me recently to flag up an Eden amp on evilbay, which I now own So thanks to Paul, I now own a rather special amp. Credit where it's due Paul. I'm afraid the secret's out - Paul's a good'n folks Thanks Paul, I owe you one Tom

[quote name='Stingray5' post='1297923' date='Jul 9 2011, 01:52 AM']After a bit of a break, figured it's about time I got my sorry a*se back to BC and what better thread to come in on. Depending on gigs (and where they are), I hope to make it along for this. 01. Silverfoxnik: Roscoe Beck V, BC Rich Eagle, Yamaha TRB5 with Norstrand p/ups and Auderre pre, Hughes & Kettner Bassbass 600 head & SWR Triad.. plus old Peavey Head and 1x15 for the Jamming Room (unless anyone has something else we can use that's better?) 02. EssentialTension: Fender Precision 62, Fender TF Fretless P, Lakland Decade, Mesa Walkabout 12. 03. Waynepunkdude : Arsenal shirt, Nick Cave underpants, Sunburst Musicman Sterling H and Ampeg SVT 2pro G&K Neo412 04. Clarky: Currently Ampeg Baby Bass, Acoustic Image/Euphonic Audio rig; By September, who knows (watch the FS forum) 05. Truckstop: MIM Fender Jazz V, pimped Kay 2B; Gem/Ampeg rig; some effects 06. Urb - either Sei Jazz or Singlecut - and maybe some pedals - possible Genz Shuttle 9 07. dc2009 - Warwick CS Corvette $$ 5, Epi TB Vs (Reverse and non-reverse), my Dean if anyone actually wants a go, Trace Head, Marshall cab (heavy and big), various pedals. 08.Shockwave - Pedulla MVP5 Mean Green machine. 09. Sibob - '71 Precision, '73 Jazz, MIA Jazz 5 if there's interest, Barefaced Compact, Orange Terror, Pedal-board if there's interest. 10. MacDaddy - Custom Shuker & Hamer Blitz or Iceni custom. 11. Essexbasscat Roadworn somethingorother + Gs112. Amp - not sure which one yet 12. Plux - Berg HT210 & HT115 Hartke LH500 Ibanez BTB 13. 51m0n - Berg ae410, MB, Focusrite and Roscoe 14.seashell - MIM Fender Precision + some sort of Marshall practice amp (I'll look it up tonight) 15.Barneyg42- Some secondhand tat bought over the years! 16.Happy Jack - Double bass of some description + Status Graphite Streamline 5 17.silddx - Hohner B2ADB Headless Boat Paddle / Home Built Chris Squire Electra Evolution 18.TomKent - Fodera NYC Empire 5, Fender Jazz 4, Vintage Stingray 5, Fender P 4 Fretless, Fender P Fretted, Krampera KVB800 Rig, some pedals too.. 19. obbm - Shuker PJ5, ACG headless 5, Aguilar SL112, Ashdown LB, GK Microstack. 20.ped - Vigier Passion bass, BC T shirts 21. Merton - Stasusey basses of some sort, Eden WT550/GK MB200 and Barefaced Vintage (who's at 19???) 22. Jean-Luc Pickguard - NS-Design CR5M, Ashbory 23. Stingray5 - Musicman, Tune, Trace Elliot, GT-6B, other stuff tba 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.[/quote] Good choice ! See you there

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='1294910' date='Jul 6 2011, 04:22 PM']01. Silverfoxnik: Roscoe Beck V, BC Rich Eagle, Yamaha TRB5 with Norstrand p/ups and Auderre pre, Hughes & Kettner Bassbass 600 head & SWR Triad.. plus old Peavey Head and 1x15 for the Jamming Room (unless anyone has something else we can use that's better?) 02. EssentialTension: Fender Precision 62, Fender TF Fretless P, Lakland Decade, Mesa Walkabout 12. 03. Waynepunkdude : Arsenal shirt, Nick Cave underpants, Sunburst Musicman Sterling H and Ampeg SVT 2pro G&K Neo412 04. Clarky: Currently Ampeg Baby Bass, Acoustic Image/Euphonic Audio rig; By September, who knows (watch the FS forum) 05. Truckstop: MIM Fender Jazz V, pimped Kay 2B; Gem/Ampeg rig; some effects 06. Urb - either Sei Jazz or Singlecut - and maybe some pedals - possible Genz Shuttle 9 07. dc2009 - Warwick CS Corvette $$ 5, Epi TB Vs (Reverse and non-reverse), my Dean if anyone actually wants a go, Trace Head, Marshall cab (heavy and big), various pedals. 08.Shockwave - Pedulla MVP5 Mean Green machine. 09. Sibob - '71 Precision, '73 Jazz, MIA Jazz 5 if there's interest, Barefaced Compact, Orange Terror, Pedal-board if there's interest. 10. MacDaddy - Custom Shuker & Hamer Blitz or Iceni custom. 11. Essexbasscat Roadworn somethingorother + Gs112. Amp - not sure which one yet 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Would anyone be interested in doing a set-up master class like last time, only later in the day 'coz the last one was too early for me And re. the slap ban. Having had a most beneficial and instructive lesson in slap from Urb at the last bash, I may form a resistance movement. FREE THE SLAP [/quote] Did Plux get bumped off the list ?

That was a joy to watch Thanks for posting that one

A huge influence to my playing for a long, long time. I consider him as one of our founding forefathers. If someone ever carves the faces of a handful of bassplayers out of a rockface on a large scale, I hope John would be there. RIP John