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Speaker paint ordered from Penn Elcomm, I should have some Blue Aran rollers knocking around as well as black spray paint.

That's OK. I'd found the Penn Elconn website but the page I found had massive quantities for massive prices. That's a lot more like it, I'll get some black ordered. In order to escape Antiques Roadshow, I did more cab building. Previously I'd got the battens on the side panels so now it was just a case of sticking the side panels onto the bottom, then putting on the top. Then see how well the front and rear panels fit. I tried the rear panel first. It didn't fit in one way up, so I reversed it and it popped straight in. Slight gap but the rear panel is destined to be fixed in place so there will be some filler going in there. Then the front panel - I think I'll be doing as Phil suggests and screwing this in place with 3mm thick neoprene adhesive strip 10mm wide round the joint. The fit was nice and snug. Having done that, I went round the top and bottom panels putting the cross battens in place. To do: cut hole for speaker, fix rear panel, make and fit cross brace, put wadding in, round over edges, fit front panel, paint, add corners, add handle, wire connectors, install speaker.

FTFY

Someone you've never heard of who appears in a TV programme with "Celebrity" in the title.

"Top Tonewoods", "Best basses for metal".

The Keith McMillen Batt-O-Meter works very well, with the proviso that you can't check an 18V preamp by plugging in to the jack socket, you need to take the batteries out and test them individually.

Gig with the Bonnevilles R&B band at the Foley Arms in Sutton Coldfield. Reasonable stage area and an unused area to the side where we could dump bags and cases. A fair few followers came as well. I'd managed to rip a flap of skin up on my right middle fingertip on Thursday which wasn't ideal. Put paid to any alternating finger work, and to the occasional bit of index finger relief. Had to resort to plectrum for quite a few songs, which reminds me that I left my plectrum holder on the mic stand (the singer supplies his and my mic stands). Had several plasters on standby in case the one I was using fell off (it didn't). Obligatory atmospheric shot by Mrs Zero Sei Flamboyant 5 -> Lekato wireless -> Zoom MS-60B+ -> home made jack-jack lead -> Tecamp Puma 900 -> GR Bass AT212, normal Caravelle memory foam trainers

Just found https://en.toutlehautparleur.com/loudspeaker-components/paint/warnex-1kg-professional-paint-pot-black-textured-special-for-enclosures-honeycomb-roller-application.html - 1kg tin of Warnex for 25EU plus whatever getting it across the channel will cost. Black and grey available. Should cover up to 3 cabs.

So Roland are re-inventing the PiPedal.

I'll bring a Sei or two, an Antoniotsai, maybe the Esh Poseidon V, a BC cab or two with amps to match (TC BAM200 and Tecamp Puma 900 should do), maybe the Barcus bass and the Shuker if I've got it back from Jon by then. And if something interesting happens to the OLP Tony Levin, I'll bring that too.

Tuff Cab is Blue Aran's own brand and they're not stocking it, so it looks like one ingredient must be unobtanium. Edit: or Aldcrofts have stopped supplying them. At £72.50 for 5kg and no smaller quantity available, Aldcrofts aren't cheap though. https://www.aldcrofts.com/product-page/c64-31-matt-black-speaker-paint

I want to be sure of a good reaction from the ladies in the audience.

I may try it at the next open mic night.

I see we had the same thought.

Just wondering the same myself. There appear to be Tuff Cab (available in white or yellow only, nothing else out there), Granotone (5kg for £60, 800g for £25), and DuraTex (£100 for 32ml - that's just over six teaspoons, although it seems it's really a pint which would be more like 550ml). https://www.amazon.co.uk/DuraTex®-Furniture-Application-Water-Based-Professional/dp/B0CTS54R8X?th=1 Hammerite?