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In a very sad turn of events Juan Alderete announced yesterday that he’ll be selling lots of his gear on Reverb, presumably as he can no longer play. Or at least not the way he wants to. No store link yet but it’s going live some time next week, I believe. Announced on this Instagram post of anyone wants more info.

Singer from my band plays Charvette guitars. He has about 12 of them. All orange, all the same model, all slightly different. Different pickup configurations, different neck profiles etc. Some have fixed bridges but some have tremolo bridges. He doesn’t use the term so he’s found ways of keeping the bridges in place. Some have bits of wood jammed in the back. At least one has a rock that he found in the car park of the studio he was recording in when he was having issues. Most have been in there for 20+ years without issue.

I’m not paying for the replacement so that’s the first choice. But if that doesn’t come off I’ll give this a try. Thanks.

I have a bass with a Mighty Mite Precision neck. I really like the neck but the problem is the neck is bowed and the truss rod is maxed out. I’m in the process of trying to arrange a replacement but I don’t want to get one and have the same problem. Since I know there are a good few people on here who build their own basses I wanted to ask if anyone has used these necks and if you’ve experienced this before? Hopefully it’s not a common thing. Cheers!

Depends what kind of music you’re into. This has always been a thing in the punk scene. It’s very common to be able to meet and hang out with bands at merch, by the van, or just in the venue. Even bigger bands (although maybe not the arena or stadium bands) will still tend to do this.

This is cool. Hope you enjoy it! Although I am a bit sad that they’re no longer the world’s only band where every member is called Andy!

Depends on the situation. With modern metal bands it’s 100% normal to have a fair amount on track. Even the really big bands do it and it’s just accepted. However if your average punk band turned up with tracks it wouldn’t go down well.

Fat Mike is a great bass player. He has a really weird quirk where he plays mostly upstrokes, which he puts down to never being shown or told how to play and working it out for himself. He also does a weird thing where he moves his right hand in a circular motion when picking parts like The Decline intro. Unconventional to say the least! I think he talks about it a bit here

This makes no sense whatsoever! 😂

I hadn’t even considered that. Thanks!

Not sure whether this should be here, Amps and Cabs or Accessories so please move if this isn’t the place. I have a Fender Rumble 500 head (not the combo) but the zip on the case has been bust for years. Today I contacted Fender about a replacement but they said they don’t make them anymore and suggested an aftermarket option. I had a quick search and not much popped up. Just wondered if anyone else had one of these and had ever managed to find a suitable case for it?

Interesting that he had to get some made by Epiphone because Gibson can’t make bolt-on necks anymore. I do love that he’s been playing a Grabber for the Dookie songs on this tour.