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I had one as it was the only stand that could cope with a Warwick Buzzard 5 height-wise. The grabber mechanism fell apart after not a lot of use. If you don't need the extra height of the Ultimate, a Hercules is (IME) a much better stand. But the Stagg is better than both.

Stagg SGA100BK. Cheap, stable, accommodates headless and asymmetrical basses, with a neck security thingie.

My basses all have names because the manufacturer/luthier was good enough to provide them with them. Oh, except for the 6-string headless made by the chap I bought it from, which I have called "the six-string headless".

My dislikes aren't totally irrational. Headstocks. Ugly heavy things that wreck the balance of a bass. Although that hasn't stopped me owning quite a lot of basses with headstocks. Painted bodies. I just know I'm going to chip it. Chipped painted basses. Deliberately chipped painted basses. Deliberately chipped painted basses with "Fender" on the massive ugly heavy headstock. Scratchplates. Calling scratchplates "pickguards". Calling plectrums "picks". Giving measurements in primitive. We've been a metric country for 60 years, just bloody catch up. Connecting basses with wires, unless it's to connect a 13-pin hex pickup. Wireless is the way.

Shat 69 Sax Pistols The Darned The Jar

Is this one of these basses being played?

What are pickup covers and bridge covers?

Complementary to Guy Pratt's book is Nick Mason's book Inside Out, if you happen to like Pink Floyd.

Dusted Tush Funny

Co-host and house band guitarist James Bartholomew was back from Glastonbury and assorted other places where he'd been gigging with his band Jayler, and house band drummer Luke was back from holidays, so Sunday night at Pitchers was a bit of a reunion. Kept me pretty busy too. I preferred it when it was on Fridays, with an 11pm close rather than 10:30 and with the day after not being a school day - not that that affects me any more, but audiences drift away a bit earlier. And I bravely risked arrest by wearing a "Free Palestine" T-shirt.

That's a bit odd, pages 864 and 865 are displaying identical content. Anyroadup, Saturday was another dep for the Bonnevilles, who are still trying to get an answer from their current bassist about his intentions. Back to the Anker Inn in Nuneaton, which was not exactly rammed but it was a pretty good audience. Usual gear and footwear.

Beep Purple

Could just have used a bolt, washer and nut for added security.

The "AI" generated text omits the most noticeable feature, which the seller doesn't seem to have thought to add to the description.

Considering the bass I was thinking of is about 5m from me, you'd have thought I would remember. Of course, the Variax doesn't have a conventional pickup so a thumbrest is necessary for the non-floating-thumb types (like me).

It's OK, it's already dead.

I can't think which bass, but there's one I've seen recently which had a long thin thumbrest running above the pickups. Something like that, possibly even with a lower edge like a mountain range to fit onto the pickups and ramp (if fitted) would be a solution - 3D printed perhaps.

At last night's open mic night, the guitarist who owns a bass did his slot solo and performed Changes as a tribute to Ozzy. It was f*cking dreadful. Ozzy will be rotating in his grave like a washing machine on spin cycle. I only knew what it was because I knew the lyrics.

11. Find something a hundred times better than the Precision, sell the Precision and never get another one.

Said they'd remeasure. Website still says the same and I notice that the list page says it's tapered neck. The short scale tapered neck is thickness at nut 24mm and at 12th fret 30mm which sounds massive.

Perhaps it's on the basis that it's not exactly rectangular, but does it say in the T&C that all sides must be parallel? It's not exactly wildly away from being a rectangle.

You might be better off with Grindr then.

Don't know how much it is for the Birmingham one but it's inside the CAZ which affects a couple of us. So we rehearse at one which is 200m outside the CAZ.

I have two hands, I save both.

Saturday night was another dep gig. The Bonnevilles were the first band to play at The Beehive in Curdworth since the new manager came in about four months ago, sorted out by the new drummer. We got a spacious raised area to set up in, which was nice. And I got a couple of songs properly sorted that I'd had slight trouble with (not car crash type trouble, just stumbles). The newly acquired Zoom MS-60B+ made its first appearance. Sei Flamboyant 5 -> Lekato WS-90 -> Zoom MS-60B+ -> Tecamp Puma 900 -> GR Bass AT212. As always, Caravelle memory foam trainers.