KingBollock

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1508424044' post='3392109'] That's because the additional metal from your new solder absorbs heat and then that extra heat is transferred to the joint almost instantly through conduction through the larger contact area that is made by the softened metal. [/quote] I know how and why it works, but if you don't know about it, it seems counterintuitive. I have had the same Antex 18W soldering iron for thirty years and I have only ever used either a 3mm bit or a 1mm bit, depending on the job. I have never come across a joint it couldn't work with. I have actually got a 100W soldering iron, somewhere, but I have never even plugged it in.

I've been using an 18W soldering iron for thirty years and never had a problem. As has been said, melting some fresh solder onto the iron bit can help, but what I always find helps with stubborn, old joints, is melting fresh solder right onto the old solder. I know it might seem odd, adding solder to an area where you want to remove it, but it has always worked everytime for me.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1507577642' post='3386519'] Rhythm deaf? Like Adam Clayton? *Now, now, before you go shooting off, I'm being sarcastic. It was in fact Mr Bono who said, 'Adam can't even clap in time,' and I just have a tendency to agree with him. [/quote] Perhaps he's just reluctant because Bono has told him that everytime he does it, a kid in Africa dies?

I have been KingBollock since about 1997. I first used it on a chat program called Palace, and also IRC, and everyone used nicknames. And, to be frank, I hate my real name (which isn't Frank). I once stumbled across a website that had done some sort of competition to find the best nick names on the internet. I had come third. Which was quite cool, though it would have been cooler if they'd told me at the time. I should probably give in to the universe and go by the name David. Everytime I appeared in the local newspaper when I was a kid (for doing good things, like helping to build a soundproof rehearsal studio at the youth club), they always called me David. Once, they printed a photo which had me sitting next to my brother, whose name was David. The blurb under the picture pointed out that we were brothers and also gave our surnames, and still labelled us both as David. And I once got a private message from a BassChatter who didn't know my name but had a guess at... David.

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1504768564' post='3367106'] He's a git, wind him up - get back to him and offer £125 - if he bites make the arrangements but don't turn up play him at his own game [/quote] Instead of just not turning up, actually send a message that says "Sorry, I found one for £55 so I am going to have to go with that. Unless you can match it?".

[quote name='police squad' timestamp='1502780260' post='3353389'] I was hit by a pineapple at the Reading festival 1983. Right in the face, during Big Country [/quote] That must have been a welcome distraction.

It sounds like it could be the theme tune from an eighties BBC tv show about the end of civilisation.

I was in school with an Alister McAllister, which tickled me. And my careers officer's name was Hugh Pugh.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1500477853' post='3338118'] There was always going to be an issue with the timing, they klnew about it ages ago. He's a very slow writer so it was inevitable that the TV series (short of taking an enforced break from filming, never going to happen) was going to catch up with the novels before the book series was finished. It actually puts the writer in a bit of a hole as he could decide to do something totally different at the end compared to how the TV series will end which would be slightly unusual. Hopefully he will give the TV writers a few pointers and the general storylines will be the same but the finer details between books and TV may differ which is quite normal. Never read any of the books but I'm told they arent actually that great a read and borrow a lot off some obscure French novels from a long time ago. [/quote] My wife and I really enjoyed the books, but then we're big fantasy fans anyway. My wife was livid when the latest book came out and it was a bloomin' prequel! Still, he's not as slow as Jeff Long.

I think that this sort of thing is part of its charm. A little lighthearted fun to make the violence all the more horrific. It helps to balance out all the political intrigue and the blood and gore. If it didn't have this lighter side, all that seriousness could get a bit much or, even worse, people might get desensitised to the more shocking elements. I like Ed Sheehan (though I have not bothered to give his music a proper go, he seems like a nice bloke), and he looked the part (he has a slightly inbred look to his face...). He also has a huge fan base. So he probably brings along any of his fans that weren't previously fans of the show. I think there is only one more series after this one, but there are plans for spin-offs, and the more fans the show has, the more time and money will go into those. The more fans the show has, the less likely the producers are to feel the need to compromise on production and the shows plots and heavier elements. I think. Edit: Yeah, what Chris_b said.

[quote name='Skybone' timestamp='1498629815' post='3325927'] I forgot about using the Dremel, good job I've got one too. Great tip, thanks! I don't have a router, just saws, files & a drill (and the forgotten about Dremel). The plan was to use the old scratchplate as the template & cut from the back of the sheet. use the drill to do the corners of the pickup cut out & use a hacksaw to cut the rough hole out, then finish with files. Using the cutting disc on the Dremel will make doing that, and the TRC that bit easier. [/quote] You can get a plunge router attachment for Dremel tools. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dremel-26150335JA-Plunge-Router-Attachment/dp/B0009EQ5QA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1500395331&sr=8-3&keywords=Dremel+router A cheaper version is just a cutting kit. You can still use router bits with it, it just doesn't plunge, so you can still cut around a template, but it's no good for cutting cavities, unless the cavity just happens to be the depth of the bit you're using. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dremel-2615056532-Multipurpose-Cutting-Kit/dp/B0002SMN8M/ref=pd_sbs_328_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=TRT4MZ4JPHQ7B0RGX1DJ

I did indeed have fun. Good stuff! Also: You are Conor McGregor and I claim my £5!

There used to be a place that scared the crap out of me the first time I played there. It was in a notoriously tough area of a city, in the middle of the red light district. We had to take the gear through the bar to a room at the back. It was dark and smoky and looked like something from a gritty pirate movie. Lots of shaved heads and tattoos on big burly men and women and maybe a whole set of teeth between the lot of them when it was packed. There never was actually any trouble, the gigs always went well. The place I really hated was a conservative club (I think, definitely a politically named place, it was a long time ago). I hated it because the room was horrible, with a tiny stage in an odd little corner that you couldn't see from the bar, facing a dance floor that was always empty. But the worst thing was the rickety, seemingly perpetually wet, external metal staircase we had to lug the gear up. If there is a type of gig I'd never want to do again, it's weddings. Though I never did any weddings in a band, only with a disco. It was a rare wedding where there wasn't violence of some sort. Some of them were like battle grounds, with one family huddled in one corner and the other family in the opposite corner. Many a white shirt stained red by the end. Hated them.

[quote name='Barking Spiders' timestamp='1495188900' post='3301952'] Sounds like a right cheeky douchebag. Must have been very tempting to tell him to feck right off and keep his dirty mitts off. I know the score and now never have any of mine on display. I've had other people's kids paw at my guitars with jam covered fingers and when I kindly ask them not to their parents excuse them saying they're only curious and dont know any better. No but the bloody parents should [/quote] I used to have a bunch of wooden percussion instruments kind of on display in our living room. A mate of mine came 'round one day with his two daughters. At one point he asked if he could use my computer to send an email, which meant going upstairs. He said his kids would be fine alone in the living room for a couple of minutes... When we got back down, just a few minutes later, they had taken all of the instruments and put them in a pile in the middle of the room. I was a little annoyed by this because they hadn't even played the, but not nearly as annoyed as I was when I discovered deep teeth marks in every single one of them. Apparently they needed to taste them all before discarding them! Mind you, they're not the brightest kids, if they'd been left any longer they'd have started licking the windows...

I'd spend £40 on a cheap Zoom multi effect pedal. It's just a good way to give you an idea what effects you might like. I might have said the Digitech Bass Synth Wah, but I don't think they make them anymore.

Surely Blue should be at the [i]top[/i] of that list..?

He's quite imaginative. Have you seen his "bass drum stand"? I'm not quite sure why you'd want to stand your bass drum so that it points at the ceiling (but then, I'm not a drummer), but I'm sure there would be something better than a bamboo coffee table (the sort that are only any good for getting in the way in charity shops) with the glass top missing. He does actually admit that it was just a table in the description. I've seen bass drums used with hand beaters, as he suggests, but they're usually either upright and hanging from someones' chest, or at about 45*. The duster looks more like an artists fan brush than a makeup brush. And, to be fair to him, I sometimes use both when dusting my basses (my air compressor is for my airbrushes, so is not quite powerful enough to get the worst out, especially if it's got sweaty, as well).

Some kind of delivery person (I don't know if it was the postie or a parcel delivery bloke) actually barked at our dog today, in lieu of knocking on the door or ringing the bell. Normally parcels just get dropped in through the side door, but with my wife being away, and the fact that when the sun is out like it was today the utility room gets really warm, so the dog was sleeping by the door... I really don't blame him for not knocking, she was making a fierce racket so not much point anyway. I can't even blame him for barking, she can be very loud and annoying. The problem is that he left the parcel leaning against the outside of the door, to cook in the heat. I went down to see if there was anything but saw no parcel and no card so thought nothing of it, until a couple of hours later when I though to check outside. I know the thinking would be that we would see the parcel when we got home (no car in the drive) but as a rule I don't leave the house and my wife is away until Sunday. Fortunately the electronics in the parcel weren't damaged. But I'm [i]really[/i] glad I decided not to order the paints that I had planned to, that would have been expensive and very messy (though not quite as bad as the time a box with £300 of soap in it was left hidden behind our wheelie bin for a fortnight, in the rain!).

I don't have a hugely low action because I hate any fret buzz at all. But I do play very softly, with a pick. I feel like playing softly helps to increase my speed and accuracy because I feel I have more control with less pick travel. If that makes sense? It also gives me somewhere to go if I need a different feel for any reason. Depending on what I am playing, I will also change pick for a different feel and/or sound. Anything from a .69 to a 3mm. Playing softly with a 3mm pick, I can do a pretty convincing digging in with fingers like sound.

Shouldn't this thread be locked??

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1492442333' post='3280265'] Off topic, there's a Morris side in the town in Henley in Arden. For reasons best known to themselves they go full blackface in tophats and multicoloured jackets and waistcoats and prowl round the town every boxing day. Scared the Bejeezus out of me the first time I bumped into them, I thought I'd walked into an episode of 'The League of Gentlemen'. Edit:these are the bastards, in full boxing day get up. http://silhillmorris.weebly.com/who-are-we.html So, in conclusion if you see a Morris troupe coming towards you, run. [/quote] I was trying to remember where I'd seen them before. Then I realised I was thinking of last week when we took the car through a car wash...

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1488289714' post='3247558'] make up brush (courtesy of my wife i might add) Gibson guitar polish and soft polishing cloth on the painted or lacquered basses. Briwax on my Warwick Thumb. Dave [/quote] I bought a cheap set of makeup brushes recently, for adding dust to things (weathering powders for models) and my wife has asked me to get her some because they're actually quite good.

A can of compressed air is brilliant for getting the dust out of bridges, tuners and from under the strings.

[quote name='operative451' timestamp='1487442468' post='3239875'] Ladytron - saw them supporting Goldfrapp at the Eden Project in 2006. Sort of a female petshop boys with kind of Vulcan barely withheld cold rage... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTTwlAT_AwU[/media] [/quote] I love Ladytron! Destroy Everything You Touch and International Dateline are on one of my favourite playlists that I listen to most days.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1487331426' post='3239004'] [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/stock-photo-beautiful-woman-repair-soldering-a-printed-circuit-board-204001492_zpsy46ovk4q.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/stock-photo-beautiful-woman-repair-soldering-a-printed-circuit-board-204001492_zpsy46ovk4q.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/quote] That reminds me of when I was in college doing electronics. They were doing some publicity thing with a local news paper and they chose me for the photos to go in the paper. I can't remember what I was working on, but I was using a soldering iron. The photographer didn't like the iron and had me hold a pair of pliers, as though they were a soldering iron, instead.