Toronto Ont. GTG......

[Steve Clark]

I might be around. Can bring Sadowskys and Rob Allen.

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[BassGen]

I'm in Whitby too. My availability for a GTG will vary with the date once it is selected. March is a busy month for us. 3 birthdays in this house and 3 more in our immediate family plus kids hockey playoffs.

[TorontoAlex]

I'd come out to one as long as I'm not working the day of, as I work every other weekend. Don't have much in the way of gear to offer up other than a Fender 100t if anyone is interested.

[the_hook]

We need to find a bigger venue to host these GTG.

At this last one I booked at Cherry St there were a good number of people with a lot of nice gear and it was hard to move around the room.

[BassmanPaul]

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Edit: BTW I'm in!

[steve_rolfeca]

I will likely have a Mexi-Jazz V with Duncan quarter-pounders and an Audere preamp by then.

Also a fretted P-bass neck on my passive Jazz.

My newly re-carved and refinished home-made 5-string will be on display as well. Took almost a pound off it, making it feel both sleeker and more resonant in the process...

[Jeff Moote]

Originally Posted by steve_rolfeca

My newly re-carved and refinished home-made 5-string will be on display as well. Took almost a pound off it, making it feel both sleeker and more resonant in the process...

Oh, this sounds good. That bass sounded nice before but was too heavy for my liking.

[JPrinos]

What's the next proposed date for a GTG?

Since we last got together, I picked up an Ibanez SR505.

[steve_rolfeca]

Big day yesterday.

New harness and active blend came in from EMG, got my fiver back together and it came in at 9lb 15oz. Still not a featherweight, but that's down over a pound from before. Best of all, it sounds more resonant and complex than before. No loss of sustain, and the B string is just as tight as ever.

New-to-me Jazz V arrived as well. Still getting it sorted, but it looks good so far. The Duncan's and Audere preamp are definitely something new to me in a Jazz bass- huge, pillowy low end with a spike on top. Sounds like JPJ meets Marcus Miller...

[Jeff Moote]

Just throwing a date out there, what does Saturday March 23 look like for people?

[Bulltrout]

I should visit my grandmother in Toronto - perhaps I can book it around this GTG, if a guy from Edmonton is welcome.

[BassGen]

Originally Posted by Bulltrout

I should visit my grandmother in Toronto - perhaps I can book it around this GTG, if a guy from Edmonton is welcome.

I'm not the host but it seems to be a "more the merrier" type of event so I can't see why not.

As for me I won't know until kids hockey schedule for playoffs is firmed up.

[the_hook]

It's held in Toronto but not exclusive to those that live here. If we can get a bigger venue then we can host even more people comfortably.

[Drunk Heffalump]

Originally Posted by the_hook

We need to find a bigger venue to host these GTG.

At this last one I booked at Cherry St there were a good number of people with a lot of nice gear and it was hard to move around the room.

The Rehearsal Factory has the biggest rooms, but crap parking. Cherry beach has tiny rooms now that they've rebuilt the place, but great parking.
I say devil take the hindmost and go for the bigger room....

[Drunk Heffalump]

Originally Posted by Bulltrout

I should visit my grandmother in Toronto - perhaps I can book it around this GTG, if a guy from Edmonton is welcome.

Absolutely...............

[BassGen]

Originally Posted by Drunk Heffalump

The Rehearsal Factory has the biggest rooms, but crap parking. Cherry beach has tiny rooms now that they've rebuilt the place, but great parking.
I say devil take the hindmost and go for the bigger room....

RH is also considerably harder to drive to before you find out there is no good parking.

CB rooms were small and carrying the gear in is a bit of a pain but parking is easy and driving in is a breeze.

Kind of a wash but dependent on overall cost and number of people confirmed I would still lean towards CB.

Just my 2 cents.

[the_hook]

Poor parking makes it really tough to bring gear in. I met up with some new guys at some other jam spot and the place had zero parking, had to park across the street and make 2 trips, then I find out the room is 3 floors up!! Only thing that made it tolerable was I had minimal gear (not keyboards and such), or I'd have turned around and gone home.

[Drunk Heffalump]

Originally Posted by the_hook

Poor parking makes it really tough to bring gear in. I met up with some new guys at some other jam spot and the place had zero parking, had to park across the street and make 2 trips, then I find out the room is 3 floors up!! Only thing that made it tolerable was I had minimal gear (not keyboards and such), or I'd have turned around and gone home.

That's the Bathurst and Queen location, and the parking isn't just poor, it's redonkulus, and yes there's some 'exercise' involved schlepping your gear up 3 floors.
Since Cherry Beach has begun the much needed rebuild the rooms are claustrophobic to say the least which in turn tends to cause periodic volume issues.....
I'm proposing the Geary ave Location, essentially Dufferin and Dupont. With a noon/1:00 start time we'll get the best parking anyway, that and those coming in via TTC will have a far easier time of it. With nice couches it has the space to relax and think. To be honest I'd rather not be all crammed in cheek by jowl again.

Here's a link if it fails to take you there look under locations tab Toronto then Geary then look to the bottom left corner for Studio #1

http://rehearsalfactory.com/locations/toronto/geary/

[Baird6869]

Folks,

As March seems bad for many due to vacations, hockey, etc., do we want to confirm a date in April? I think early afternoon on a Sunday would be preferred, but lets discuss.

I will definitely bring Monique, Berg AE210 cabs, my Emperor Standard and MTD 535.

[BassGen]

April 14th is the only conflict I can think of right now.