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Electric craddock was much more surreal So was that bug that helped me post 3 times. Got a notification that someone had replied to the thread and the editor didn't disappear like usual when I posted

Electric craddock was much more surreal

Electric craddock was much more surreal

You might be better to route it all out and forget about the forstener. If you're using a flat bit rather than one with 3 or more cutting edges, it's going to be hard work with a hand drill and more likely to lead to accidents. A lot of people remove the bulk with a forstener to save the cutting edges on the router bit. It's perfectly possible to route it all out, as long as you go steady and take it out gradually. Cut with the direction of spin and only take a few mm of depth at a time. Stay a couple of mm away from the final edge as you work your way down to the final depth. Then tidy to the final shape with a finishing pass or two. Make sure your comfortable and in control. If you feel tired then stop. Routers want to maim you! (Sorry if I'm teaching you to suck eggs btw, but other interested people are watching who may not have handled a router before)

If we're talking about previous band names... The Furious Bicycle. Obviously silly but easy enough to remember Mad Cow. Yep, at the height of the BSE kerfuffle Kerfuffle. This still my favourite name GMT. Actually the initials of the founder members, although I replaced one of them when he left. Possibly the most dull band name I've ever been in The Chase. To be fair that was a fairly cool name in the mid 80s

We're called The Cheeze We play 60s & 70 pop, rock and prog mainly Every Christmas we have a band curry where we discuss what to rename the band. Every year after a load of silly and non-PC suggestions washed down with several pints, we come to the conclusion that we are too well established to change. However it is a name that is remembered. We also get a fair bit of "they can't possibility advertise that they play cheesey music, so they must be good" effect

Yamaha = erm, Yamaha? (Do motorbikes count? )

+1 for inkscape If you download a texture image you can use your vector drawing as a mask. It's very handy for seeing how different woods and materials look together. I mocked up some MOP inlay in an ebony capped headstock the other week. The customer loved it and the inlays arrived today in fact

This is why people buy Fender

One night at Butlins back in the 80s, our drummer disappeared down the gap at the back of the stage mid-song ... sorry, this is meant to be a gig disasters thread

A very posh black tie event in the late eighties. We were a showband with a fairly elderly Irish bandleader (who anyone in Leicester of that vintage will have heard of, or more likely played in his band!) He liked a brandy, and the "nobs" were buying him them in capacious quantity. Last "spot" we're bringing the evening to a climax, the bow ties have been loosened, and the silver shoes are glinting in the spotlights Crash! B-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o In his tipsy state the bandleader has steadied himself against his keyboard, toppling it off the stand, the stage, and into the audience. It is now screaming it's head off in pain in the middle of the dancefloor. A guitar/bass/drums trio finished the evening There again he probably had the last laugh - he used to pay us a pittance. We probably got about £15 each for the evening

A few years ago I was in a Pink Floyd tribute band. We rehearsed for 3 years near enough, but never played a gig in that time. The sound was actually fantastic, trying to get as close to the original as possible and occasionally borrowing live arrangements from the then recent Pulse live dvd/cd. The keyboard player/band leader wanted it to be just right - a perfectionist, and the rest of us were willing to try to achieve that. Damn we got close, but that's probably another thread "The best band that never happened" Anyway, at one point we needed to get a new second guitarist. The existing singer/guitarist was excellent, and would spend ages getting his parts spot on. However to do the arrangements justice we needed another competent guitarist, who could share solo duties too. You lot seem to have extremely good memories, whereas my recollections of the audition process are a little more hazy. However here are three candidates that stuck out from the crowd... Guitarist A. Brilliant guitarist, lovely feel and very expressive playing. Didn't learn the actual recordings as requested, and "interpreted" the solos. Good for a pub band, but not for an "every nuance" tribute. Guitarist B. Turned up with a stack about 8ft high. Fuzz, fuzz, widdley, widdley. Bye. Guitarist C. This is the one that really sticks in my mind. He was slightly older than us, but then we were no spring chickens either. Modest gear, but seemed keen enough. We start with the first song of 4 we'd given them to learn. He gets about a verse into it and kind of drifts out and stops playing. We try the song once or twice again and the same thing happens. Ok, move onto the song he says he knows best and get him to play the solo... hmm. Faltering again. Eventually we realised that he was totally in awe of the sound, especially the other guitarist. So much so that he forgot to play and was happy to stand there listening. He finally admitted that what we wanted was beyond his capabilities. Eventually we found a decent young guitarist, keen to the extent that he had Dave Gilmour signature pickups in his strat. He picked up the parts quickly, and played them accurately. Great - we were getting somewhere. Three months later he announced that he was leaving to go to university. After that we decided to give up and continue with one guitar, putting the essential second parts on the backing track. Eventually we thought we might actually be ready to gig. That's when the drummer announced that he'd been helping us out all this time (because he's a mate), but he's not really into the music, can we find a replacement? Then it finally folded having never played a gig.

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@KiOgon could help you there. He made me a new loom with series/parallel switch for my PJ

+1 for musescore. It might be slightly more quirky than Sibelius but it's free. It has voicing enough for composition, unlimited tracks afaik and then you can output a midi file to use in Reaper if you want to use some decent samples

It's called finesse. Some drummers have it, believe it or not

Sweet looking bass. Well done!

Looks interesting. I'm looking forward to seeing your progress. Take your time, think things through and I'm sure you'll be fine. The best tool in your toolbox is free - it's patience

Bring yours if you fancy @KevB. I wasn't planning to bring mine (early 4003, before the vintage switches were fitted as standard) but can easily do so on request... I have a gig in the evening so am trying to reduce the amount of clearing & packing up I have to do

Wear your bass with the strings facing outwards for improved ergonomics and much better sustain

They are too busy racing up and down the racks in order to fill their beige boxes to give a hoot

You could look for a sanding belt in the bargain bin of your local DIY emporium. Then stick it on with normal wood glue and trim to size with a Stanley knife when dry

I never could get on with picks Great for getting stray pieces of beef out of your teeth though

I started learning acoustic guitar as a kid but never really got on with it and gave it up. Instead, I was fairly proficient on piano and bass trombone (having migrated from trumpet to ever larger and deeper brass instruments). These days I own nearly as many guitars as basses, but regard myself as strictly amateur. I play for my own enjoyment but wouldn't consider inflicting it on an audience Edit: In fact I only discovered fairly recently that guitarists "cheat" - they don't hit the whole chord on the beat a lot of the time, but hit a few key notes while they are still forming the chord. Maybe that's why it can sometimes take a while to transition from a bass player mentality, where you have to hit the beat

These decals are MUCH thinner than the old Airfix ones. Same principle though, just a bit more fragile