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Be energy concious and friendly to the environment. Do it first thing in the morning with your eggs (or at the end of the day with your peas ?) Peas man T

NIce one Ian that may be the best approach to avoid fur flying on the day T

what's an agathis body ? whatever it is, it looks pretty cool from here someday....... T

Liked the idea of the for sale thread at first glance, but considered it a bit. What if two people show up on the day wanting the same thing having seen it advertised on the thread ? to avoid this, it may be best to either; - Arrange the sale in the usual way and exchange on the day or, - Have a for sale sign up on the day. Of course, If everyone wants to have a for sale thread, shout up and I'll do it ! Keep the ideas coming T

Hmmm, thought about this one a bit. When at home, I imagine a certain sound for a given number. The ideal sound can vary between numbers, depending on style. However, on the day I like my sound to work in context to my situation. i.e. - Two guitars. Add bottom end so the bass can be 'felt' more, as some guitarists tend to turn up their amps lower frequencies, which of course, can interfere with the bass' mids. -Three peice. More mids, but not excessively so. - More dance n' disco. Bottom end, but with some highs. Perhaps the biggest influence is the sound of the instruments I'm playing with and the acoustics of the room. Having said all that, if a new bass has materialised in my hands, my sound miraculously changes to reveal the best aspects of that bass. Is this why I seem to keep on collecting basses ? If you have found your sound, do you stop buying other stuff ? T

what's it like acoustically ? is the 'dead spot' there acoustically as well ? could narrow it down a bit ? T

Prog rock. Thank God for something the modern pop media don't understand. Leaves the rest of us free to enjoy it without the BS that surrounds the modern rock scene. T

[quote name='Stingray5' post='850865' date='May 29 2010, 03:26 AM']That's the kiddie. One of the guys (Happy Jack, iirc) had a couple of Dare Straps at last years South East Bass Bash. Well worth checking out.[/quote] The pictures show a guitar with the darestrap. The strap appears to position the guitar's top horn strap button almost centrally to the player's trunk in the picture. As we all know, a more traditional strap postions the same button more towards the player's left shoulder when using a right handed guitar. Is this more central positioning typical of forum user's experience with the darestrap ? cheers T

Heads up time folks Just checked the map for this one. It's close to the A406 North Circular where the roads have been reduced to one lane for the next six months, therefore much traffic annoyance unless you take steps to go around it. Just so's you all know....... T

Is there an issue with the top handles on 400 series amps ? My Mk IV is missing the handle. Anyone else's ? T

HI all The address for this gig is: Holly Park Primary School Bellevue Road Friern Barnet London N11 3HG Many thanks to Molan for this T

Those things have such a good rep. reminded me I like them now. More GAS

Ok, I know it's predictable, but I'm going to say more of the same. I also had a good experience dealing with Gareth, reliable, good communication, quality kit. You get the picture - he's ok. Ok ? Looks like the truth is out there Gareth. cheers mate T

Cheers Gareth and ta for the nice cable. I'll have to play on dark stages now, as your one will show up my other cables ! Any time you have some nice stuff to sell at good prices, I'll be only too happy to hear about it (along with the other 10,000 BC'ers after some nice kit). Thanks Gareth cheers T

I needed something in a hurry and Jack stepped up. Top man. It was all last minute stuff and Jack was very accomadating, setting some time aside in a long day to help me out. A good host, with a very nice six string as well. Jack also gave me some good directions which led me straight there with no hassle at all. Good to meet you Jack, see you at the London Bash Cheers Jack T

Met James today, who bought a Squire Jazz from me. A very straightforward deal with good communication throughout. It was great to meet local fellow BC'ers - nice folks to meet, we had an interesting time discussing music and having a jam with two basses. I hope John enjoys the bass and a long career playing music of all kinds. Thanks James T

All the raffle gifts are most welcome, even if it's just a packet of scratchplate screws ! Seriously, anyone that wants to contribute something to the day, however small, deserves a big thank you from me and everyone that attends on the day. As Rich said somewhere else, B.C. is a wonderful place. Fat Rich- it will be great to have you along on the day, if only just to meet you in person. If anyone is likely to get their skills laughed at, it's probably going to be me !!! Also, I would personally like to see some more Status basses having met OutToPlayJazz and his Status collection a short while ago. You're most welcome Sir. Welcome one and all T

Congrats on the impending new addition to the household Shep !! T

HOT NEWS HOT NEWS!!!! CHUFFED OF ESSEX HERE. [b] [size=4]JUST HAD CONFIRMATION THAT BERNIE GOODFELLOW WILL BE THERE ON THE DAY WITH SOME OF HIS BEAUTIFUL BASS GUITARS !!!!! [/size][/b] OH YES T