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The bar to the left of the R hooks over the piece that's screwed to the bottom with the strap pin, if you loosen the strings you can unhook the tailpiece complete with strings off the bottom bracket. I have seen a few of these break on guitars so am a little concerned, but it's there to be played and without my favourite heavier gauge strings it won't get played. I'm not alleviating your fears, rather confirming I have the same 😁

I use D'Addario half rounds 50-105 on my bass with the classic Rickenbacker 'R' tailpiece, I like high tension strings but I am waiting for the tailpiece to crack at the weak bottom point, it hasn't happened yet though.

Yeah, he's getting a fu©kin' brain next year!

I've just cut one today for a fretless P. Air reciprocating saw a couple of mm bigger than the outline, then a flat and a curved rubbing down block with 80 grit paper, then 120, 180, 320 & 500. I'll scrape the bevel with a single sided razor blade tomorrow and polish the scraped edge with 500 grit. Maybe not conventional but it's the tools I use every day so I'm happiest with.

B/W/B . I actually have a bit of a thing for single ply scratchplates but the white middle of a b/w/b makes the scratchplate stand out nicely against the black lower bout and horn of a sunburst. Unfortunately the options provided in the OP are wrong and not quite so wrong 😁

Although the real answer is 3 ply black.

If it's to get folks out of a spot then strike up a deal with D'Addario, stock a selection of round, flat, half round and tape in their most popular gauges on sale or return and be done with it. Unless you plan on running it as a profit making shop, then stock as many different brands in as many different styles and gauges as possible to cater for the vast preferences of bassists and sell virtually none because they can get their favourites cheaper on the internet, then sell all the stock off cheap because there's just too much money tied up in it for the tiny return and be done with it.

Never ever, under any circumstance should a pearl scratchplate be fitted to anything other than a Hofner. 🙂

I use a Suitcase (older model) with the 4b extension cab for doublebass and I really like it's sound. The suitcase on it's own is only 200 watts (8ohms) and you need to add the 4b to get the full 300 watts (4ohms). All being equal I'd say the Suitcase alone will be better than the Briefcase and worth the extra 'lugging' as I much prefer the sound of the Suitcase plus 4b, it should sound the same tone wise but it's just nicer with the two (and noticeably louder, double the volume of air being moved which is essentially what counts). Soooo if a Suitcase plus 4b (300 watts through 8 drivers) sound nicer than just the Suitcase (200 watts through 4 drivers), the the Suitcase alone should sound better than the Briefcase alone (100 watts through 2 drivers), not to mention louder. The briefcase is not the best to carry, it's not overly heavy, although heavy enough, rather it's just a bit awkward, definitely a two handed job if going more than three feet.

Dirty boy! 😉

Hopefully it'll turn out to be nothing. I really would love an LB30 Drophead, I have absolutely no use for one but would love one all the same.

If you think it would help I'd be happy to give that a go, as long as it was fully funded of course. Maybe the hotel in Antigua where the rehabilitation would take place should have a catchy name like Antigua Support Scheme Inclusive Therapy Care Home, although a bit long it could be abbreviated.

Relicking most definitely exists in lots of other areas, shabby chic furniture, ratlook cars and bikes, ripped and faded clothes, tarnished and dented brass instruments, scratched and faded string instruments, etc. All fair enough, whether you like it or not doesn't matter as it's most definitely a popular style, the one thing that does matter is that Antigua finish exists and only exists in the guitar/bass world and should be stamped out. Even the bizarre world of fashion or the unemployable that declare themselves 'interior designers' wouldn't stoop this low, so what does that say about lovers of Antigua. Wronguns the lot of ya!

An alternative, more visually pleasing approach would be to tie a large, colourful helium balloon to the headstock. The more neck heavy the bass, the bigger the balloon. Thunderbirds generally need a giant rainbow coloured unicorn. 😎

I've just realised I'm still in, nearly a third of the way through the year and not so much as a plectrum. Ah pants, I've just realised I brought a volume knob for my Yammy BB, but it is so I can sell it so does that even count?

Les Claypool with his Whamola, Cuica solo at 3:00. Also put to good use in The Chili Pepper's 'Walkabout', fits perfectly with Dave Navarro's wah pedal.

I know it's a little off topic but if you do speak to Troy then thank him for his slowed down play along of The Who's 'The Real Me', it helped me massively when learning that song a few months ago 👍

We supported The Chords UK last night at The Cavern in Exeter, a great underground venue. This video was posted on fb. You'll have to excuse the rather lifeless movement, it was only soundcheck 🙂 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157297071293408&id=747093407 Oh yeah, the usual 'best with headphones' disclaimer applies.

Just installed ABP on my phone, all ads gone now. To be fair I don't mind the static banners at the top that we used to get but I can't deal with these type that keep flashing up different stuff while I'm trying to read. I realise that hopefully it'll settle down but Ad Block Plus has fixed it quicker than the ad software team could. I'm quite capable of buying immense amounts of unnecessary tat without adverts to lead me astray 😆 Oh yeah, I forgot a Russian pun....... um....... don't be stal(l)in', get Adblock Plus installed

Yes a 'candy' colour is a gold or silver metallic basecoat with a tinted lacquer over the top to give that deep look, the more coats of lacquer the deeper shade of colour achieved. The Renault colour is a three stage pearl with either a coloured ground coat, coloured basecoat and clear lacquer or coloured basecoat, tinted lacquer then clear lacquer, I can't remember off hand which it is. Mazda also do a red which is a good match for CAR. Three stage pearls are not good for touching up, quite often the correct colour when sprayed looks very dark when applied as a touch up because of the pearl pigments in it. I'd find a good matching nail varnish personally as there will be loads of pearl reds that will match. Maybe a touch of clear lacquer over the top to protect it if you wanted, although try it on a spare bit of wood first to check for reactions in case the nail varnish and lacquer aren't compatible.

It's immense fun and always goes down well, along with stuff from Yazoo, Eurythmics, Duran Duran and other bands well known for their use of doublebass . We'll be debuting our version of 'Be The One' by Dua Lipa tonight which is working really well. 😁 In regards to 'bad' songs, a lot of simple to play stuff is the stuff the crowd loves the most. Two hours of fretboard wizardry might be fun to play but maybe not to watch or listen/dance to for pub/club goers, they're probably not muso's after all and just want some easy good fun. I'm off to learn Waterfront 😉

One of my bands does; Britney Spears - Toxic, Beyoncé - Crazy in Love, Girls Aloud - Love Machine, Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl, and I'm on doublebass. No that's correct, I have no shame 😁

I like a lot of mids in our Mod band, a lot of bass guitar led songs and I like to be heard. More honk than an angry goose who's just found out what Christmas is all about.

Yes it was changed a few years back as rather than listing an item for £50 and £5 p&p, they list it for £5 and £50 p&p to avoid paying larger fees, (extreme example but you get the point) Or if an auction, put a high postage price, the bids would be less but the same fee avoidance was achieved.