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SHA is in G. I must admit that for 50 years I've been playing the bit under the solo wrong as I haven't been putting that alternating open A in. Now I can't manage to change to play it correctly - not that anyone notices, they're more likely to notice if I try and play it properly and c0ck it up. And I wouldn't be playing the sodding thing at all if it wasn't that the rest of the band seemed all enthusiastic about it - I'd rather do Wishing Well which, although nearly as hackneyed, is at least more interesting to play.

Too late now, the gig was on Friday.

The absence of truss-rod and the thick neck put me off. If it wasn't for that, I'd have sampled his creations before now.

Looking at the photo of the back of the headstock, the neck laminates appear to be splitting apart. I think £100 is overselling it somewhat although it would probably be a decent fixer-upper.

Not as beautiful as a Sei Flamboyant, but I think they look OK. Well, I bought one, and I wouldn't buy something that I didn't like the look of. In what way are there "so many for sale"? Models? Second-hand?

You said that when you press the strings down at the first fret and also at a higher fret, they touch all the frets in between. That means that there is no relief in the neck. The first step is (as has been said) to increase the relief by slackening off the truss rod. When that is done, you can adjust the bridge saddles. Ignore anyone telling you not to do it. If you can fit the correct sized allen key into a truss rod end and turn it the right way, you can manage this.

TBH it also applies to me, at times I am the superior idiot. Originally I thought of using a switch to isolate the speaker and just having an input socket, but of course that relies on actually switching the switch when required.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134495940694 The usual high Wishbass quality.

A weird rule to seize on.

This might sound like a rather obvious question but do you know what strings were on it when you sold it?

I'm waiting for a power supply that will give 20V - at 12V it would be loud enough to accompany an acoustic instrument. Sound quality seems good before distortion.

Speaker connectors are speakon/jack combos and the input and output of the amp are jack sockets, so the only issue is being wary of attaching an instrument to the output of the amp. I'd leave the jumper in place and only detach it (just one end) if I needed to use the speaker as a speaker. I suppose I could use a flying lead instead of a J-J, that would be almost entirely idiot proof (it would be possible to attach the amp input to the output still).

What's wrong with using the markers on the edge of the fretboard?

Or maybe it has to be up to 157mS. http://www.ganssle.com/debouncing.htm

This isn't a recycling of the white wine with red food colouring thing is it?

You've missed a significant category there, the absent headstock, as seen in many an 80s rock video. The peer reviewing is shockingly bad.

And then squander the rest.

So far, I've been able to remember "Seven Nation Army", "Make me smile", and "Psycho Killer", which are the only ones I really need to.

In the past: Go your own way Badge Purple Rain (my way) Current: Sweet Child O' Mine (my way) She Sells Sanctuary Make me smile (Come up and see me) - extra bonus is I do lead vocals on it Occasional: Fever A couple of my own songs, including this one (with Mrs Zero on vocals):

It was built by a lutheir though. A heir to lut? Their lu? It's a mystery.

Ideally, a Cort or Ibanez but it would mean talking Fair Deal down from their already cut price. There's a rather smaller selection of 5-strings than 4-strings in the bargain prices section. I've had a Squier 5-string and didn't like the neck (I think it was P-based so I would still try a Jazz 5 to see if it was better), but I do like the necks of Ibanezes and Corts.

I think, if it obeys the same sort of numerical system as resistors, that will be .47. I think it means 47 x 10^4, ie 470 000 pF. The best bet is to put it on a component tester.

Hohner B2 - about 3kg, 34" (865mm) scale. Aria Sinsonido - 2kg, 34" scale. There was another one mentioned on BC a while ago which I finally managed to unearth - Snapdragon folding bass, https://snap-dragon-guitars.com/collections/bass-travel-guitars/products/snap-dragon-e-bass - 2.8kg, 29" scale.

Well, Fenders and headstocks are my specialist subjects.