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It certainly was this difficult 15 years ago, in fact, it was worse. No emails then. No Facebook, no websites only your phone, land line of course and good old Royal Mail who faithfully delivered promo material and demos that were totally ignored. The only way to find gigs was to read the gig pages in the music press or possibly word of mouth then it was off the the library to read the Yellow Pages to try to find addresses. At least now you can easily find venues to be ignored by!

Here you go! It's in german but not a problem. https://www.gitarrebassbau.de/viewtopic.php?t=6

Me, I hate football but Mrs Bert supports Manchester city and her dad supports Manchester United. When her dad comes round ours it's amazing how polite they are to each other when discussing the weeks games.

Newtone make standard gauges as standard but will also make any gauge or length as well.

https://www.pennelcomonline.com/Mobile/en/Penn-Elcom-3-Stage-Removable-Case-Trolley-H4515/m-m-8943.aspx Also available from Amazon but cheaper, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Penn-Elcom-Removable-Case-Trolley/dp/B00AK987VU

It was actually part of the pickup. Horseshoe magnet.

Crossover components in the UK, no problem. https://www.falconacoustics.co.uk

Just tried Newtone strings for the first time. Customer service was excellent as are the strings. I've become a Newtone customer!

Excellent transaction with Kev, Ashdown five fifteen. Brilliant condition and a brilliant chap. Thanks.

I bought the 1st bass you mention, l/h and deco and only cost about £20. I still haven't found why it was a deco except that the pickup screws hadn't been screwed down properly. The bass itself is HEAVY and the neck, for me, is very baseball bat, modern C shape apparently. I tried it live and it didn't seem to project very well so I've put it back in its case and haven't touched it again since. I really ought to get it out again and have a fiddle and see if I can't improve things. All that aside and it well be just me, it is incredible value for money, especially if you can get a deco one. I've also got an l/h HB shorty and a Beat bass that I've converted to left handed. both deco and both incredible value for money! Here's the page for deco if you're interested. https://www.thomann.de/gb/decorative_guitars_and_basses.html?pg=2&ls=25 you need to keep checking it though and maybe set up an alert as they sell very quickly.

Supported Budgie many times, a great band and a great bass player. I don't know about the drummer at the time hitting his bass drum non-stop for an hour because there was allegedly a rattle on his monitor which only disappeared as the doors were opened for the audience and we were then allowed on stage to setup and soundcheck!

You're basically creating an earth loop which is causing the hum. The old method was to disconnect the earth from one of the amps. The amp is still earthed through the input cable. This is however frowned upon in the 21st century. What you need is something like this, Behringer MICROHD Hum Destroyer HD400. That will do the job. https://www.gear4music.com/Recording-and-Computers/Behringer-MICROHD-HD400-Hum-Destroyer/6RR

I'm used to a 6x10 but now use a Barefaced 2 x 10. The 2 x 10 seems to give more of everything compared to the 6 x 10, mind you, I do have to tilt it back to hear the highs properly.

I use one of these and it works great. My amp, Fender Rumble 500, just sits on top of the cab, Barefaced 2x10, with the front feet hanging over the edge and doesn't move. https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Quiklok-BS-313-Single-Brace-Amp-Stand/1Z8

There's quite a few guitars on youtube with aluminium bodies. I remember quite a few years ago that someone made one but had serious problems with tuning stability because of temperature fluctuations on stage and they came up with an ingenious spring arrangement for constant tuning stability. It was featured in the music mags at the time. Just had a quick google and there's a few companies making aluminium guitars already. I don't know about basses though. https://www.drewman.co.uk https://www.electricalguitarcompany.com http://www.alumisonic.com/about.html

I'd say a Hayman or Shergold.

Just done this myself on a Harley Benton PB Shorty using spokeshaves and glass paper. Worked a treat!

I remember them from the Bells catalogue. A few even made it into the local music shops in the 70s.

It was instilled in me at a very early age that it is a wooden ruler and a steel rule. It would be plastic ruler now though. Must be something here that fits the bill. https://www.tilgear.info/hand-tools/measuring-inspection/rules-and-tapes/rules-straight-edges?page={page}

What you want is Polymorph. Brilliant stuff! Here's a video if you don't know what I'm talking about.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-String-Bass-6-String-Electric-2-Sides-Neck-Thru-Busuyi-Guitar-Left-Hand/223305003722?epid=18020797588&hash=item33fe03f2ca:g:WZUAAOSwx9lcKYA8:rk:105:pf:0 Here's another one! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-String-Bass-7-String-Lead-2-sides-Double-Neck-Busuyi-Guitar-Left/223244719669?epid=18020797588&hash=item33fa6c1635:g:vZkAAOSw4xpb9naz:rk:167:pf:0

I've tried and failed. Not an easy job at all.

The White Album should have been a single album with just the good songs on it then It would have a brilliant album!

Limiting the choice to bands I've seen live that left me totally speechless leaves just 2 and they are Golden Earring and Nutz. Both absolutely fantastic! as an aside, Dave Lloyd, the singer with Nutz, recorded this as well.