Grand Wazoo Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) It was a great show actually, I got to meet Sheldon Dingwall who is a very genuine and down to earth person, Barry Lamb also from Dingwall Guitars, and it was great to hang out with all of them after the show, including Dave Swift, Barry Lamb, John East (the preamp genius) Mark from Bass Direct (top bloke) and a few other I either can't pronounce their name or can't remember. I also saw great performance workshops by T.M. Stevens, Marco Mendoza, Gary Willis and a chap called Mark King who wears electrical tape on his right hand thumb, fancy that!?? Any ol' ways here here is a slideshow of some of pics I took yesterday, enjoy! (there are video links of the performance to come soon after I upload them to youtube) [u][b][size=3][url="http://s144.photobucket.com/albums/r200/xt660/Bass%20Show%2012%20March%202011/?albumview=slideshow"]Click here for slideshow[/url][/size][/b][/u] Edited March 13, 2011 by Grand Wazoo Added link code Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Wow..... words fail. Those Dingwalls = Nice photo's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) Thanks for posting. What's the white bass with the three pickups in the background of the first photo? Edited March 13, 2011 by BigRedX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 [quote name='BigRedX' post='1160183' date='Mar 13 2011, 09:13 AM']Thanks for posting. What's the white bass with the three pickups in the background of the first photo?[/quote] Ibanez JTKB. See here: [url="http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/eb_page11.php?area_id=3&data_id=77&color=CL01&year=2011&cat_id=2&series_id=473"]Ibanez website[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Thanks! It looked vaguely Jet King-ish in shape but I didn't realise that they had 3 pickups. No 5-string version though :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Wazoo Posted March 13, 2011 Author Share Posted March 13, 2011 [quote name='BigRedX' post='1160199' date='Mar 13 2011, 09:40 AM']Thanks! It looked vaguely Jet King-ish in shape but I didn't realise that they had 3 pickups. No 5-string version though :-([/quote] The special show price on that Ibanez bass was £235, not bad, but I found those 3 pickup selector switches to be awfully flimsy and noisy. It needs a more hi quality switching system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBobTTD Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Excellent post - thanks for sharing your photos & doing the legwork so those of us who were not there could have a taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Thanks GW excellent set of pics. Appreciated being able to sit here in the peace and quiet of my lounge, looking at all the kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceBass3901 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 I agree.. It was an amzing show Got to meet John 'Rhino' Edwards and had a chat with Janek Gwizdala after his masterclass XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Wazoo Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 Ok peeps as promised this is the first of the video clinics I "taped" yesterday, and please accept my apologies for the sound, but the auditorium was full and the only place I could sit down was in the proximity of the fugging drummer who's noise is almost covering the bass sound. So you've gotta turn the sound right up, ok? This is T.M. Stevens, what a powerful player! Here we go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Wazoo Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 Hi all! Here is another mind boggling, insanely intense [b]15 minutes[/b] video! this time I have a full 3 songs showcase by Gary Willis. I warn you I was holding the camcorder without a tripod just with my hand, then every once in a while I'd get tired and swap hand, which is why the camera is a bit shaky sometimes, but the sound ain't too bad so what the **** and oh boy just look at this man's technique, it's out of this world. Truly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckedUpFunkies Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Anyone else find Tm stevens tone rattly? I saw him on sunday was really impressed but found it quite of putting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 [quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='1161239' date='Mar 14 2011, 12:18 AM']Ok peeps as promised this is the first of the video clinics I "taped" yesterday, and please accept my apologies for the sound, but the auditorium was full and the only place I could sit down was in the proximity of the fugging drummer who's noise is almost covering the bass sound. So you've gotta turn the sound right up, ok? This is T.M. Stevens, what a powerful player! Here we go! [/quote] Thanks for the reminder. Great stuff. You must have been sitting just in front of me at the left end of the front row. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 tm stevens is a dude! met him a few years back at a guitar show, really nice guy spoke to me for like 15mins about bass etc awesome guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 [quote name='MuckedUpFunkies' post='1162180' date='Mar 14 2011, 07:11 PM']Anyone else find Tm stevens tone rattly? I saw him on sunday was really impressed but found it quite off putting...[/quote] Yeah his EQ was scooped within an inch of it's life, definitely didn't make me want to go and try a Warwick rig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markorbit Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 [quote name='JimBobTTD' post='1160271' date='Mar 13 2011, 10:37 AM']Excellent post - thanks for sharing your photos & doing the legwork so those of us who were not there could have a taste.[/quote] I really enjoyed the photos too, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shemeckfrac Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Overall great, highly entertaining and educational show. The clinics and the live shows really top notch. John East was very helpful and friendly, great, down to earth chap ! Can't say the same about the CEO of Aquilar. At first I thought he was just an unmotivated sales/marketing rep not interested in selling you anything nor knowing mutch about the product (latter I realized I was talking to the CEO after I saw his pic in the brochure) The confusion about whether it was allowed to make noise or not was annoying. Most vendors very allowing people to crank up any time, other said they were not allowed by the landlord (only at the top of the hour or something like that). Stupid thing was then even 1hr before the end of everything they were still paranoid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodster Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 I wonder if Dave from Aguilar maybe had a tough weekend? I had a long talk with him on saturday morning and he was warm, friendly and happy to go through their range in some detail..... Maybe the weekend slap-a-thon got on his t*its too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Wazoo Posted March 16, 2011 Author Share Posted March 16, 2011 [quote name='woodster' post='1164954' date='Mar 16 2011, 08:37 PM']I wonder if Dave from Aguilar maybe had a tough weekend? I had a long talk with him on saturday morning and he was warm, friendly and happy to go through their range in some detail..... Maybe the weekend slap-a-thon got on his t*its too? [/quote] I agree, the man from Aguilar was a gent to me, he explained all his present and future projects and was calm and polite, but then again by the end of the show I was also cursing the sound of slap bass coming from all corners. Imagine being there 2 days in a row from 10am to 6pm and listen to that racket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 I think it was great for Aguilar to come over. I am annoyed I couldn't go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomBassmonkey Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 (edited) [quote name='shemeckfrac' post='1164823' date='Mar 16 2011, 07:15 PM']The confusion about whether it was allowed to make noise or not was annoying. Most vendors very allowing people to crank up any time, other said they were not allowed by the landlord (only at the top of the hour or something like that). Stupid thing was then even 1hr before the end of everything they were still paranoid.[/quote] Apparently initially it was supposed to be from the hour to 15 past that people could play but some people kicked up a fuss so it got knocked up to from the hour to half past. It would've been fine if people had stuck to it, but enough people didn't that the ones who were trying to (including us on the GK stand) gave up. One of the main reasons there was such an absurd amount of slap (other than people trying to show off) was that the percussive sounds were pretty much all you could hear most of the time. I was there as a demonstrator, but I spent more time talking to people than playing the amps because I honestly just couldn't be bothered getting into volume wars. It would've been better IMO if there'd just been a steward with some common sense going around telling people to quieten down where needed all day instead of in intervals. There were some people that felt the need to put their amps on 11 the second they could play even when everyone else was being quiet. The rest of us had to either follow suit or give up and accept that people wouldn't be able to hear products. On the GK stand we even ended up using headphones some of the time which is obviously far from ideal when we're trying to demonstrate amps. It probably would've helped with a little extra planning with where the amp exhibitors were place too. Apparently when we were loud on the GK stand, we were very loud but we had the TC stand directly opposite us (they were one of the ones that decided the second they should play, they should crank it), there was another amp company (I forget the name) next to Bass Direct that had their rigs facing us (though to be fair, he didn't make a lot of noise and did turn down when we hinted at him with a nod) and we had Mr Roto Clank'n'slap right next to us too. With the three of those going we were struggling to hear ourselves think, never mind play. Edited March 16, 2011 by ThomBassmonkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 [quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='1165109' date='Mar 16 2011, 10:50 PM']It would've been better IMO if there'd just been a steward with some common sense going around telling people to quieten down where needed all day instead of in intervals.[/quote] Interesting point. For several years I was involved with the organisation of a major international broadcast exhibition, IBC, and inorder to keep noise levels down there were strict db limits specified in the exhibitor rules and hese were enforced by a man with a sound level meter. Any exhiibitor, and that meant anyone regardless of the company size or profile, who continually exceeded the limits was warned. Two verbals warnings, then a written warning that if they did it again their power would be switched off. We got to the written warning a few times but then they came into line. It was a similar set-up at the AES (Audio Engineering Society) shows and I belive similar rules apply at Music Messe in Frankfurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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