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Saves hacking down Ebony trees. As it happens, i'm getting a Richlite fingerboard neck built in the Build forum by Andy https://www.richlite.com/collections/fretboards

If you're building a cab that's for studio or home, why not use veneered ply ? It can be stained to your liking, easily laqcuered if required and nice to look at, depending on the veneer.

Thats him, Simon KIng.

In the photo i posted, i cant remember who the guy in the check shirt is I can name the others. Back row L to R - Nik Turner, Dell Dettmar, ??, Dave Brock, Lemmy Kneeling - Dik Mik ( Michael Davies )

Shame about LL. Great guitarist. RIP

Me too But i severely cut down my gig attendances as the years followed, though i still went to a couple a year, but nothing like the amount of gigs i went to in the 70's

Have a photo from 1972 MrSpace, while you check them out No prizes for spotting Lemmy though

I was quite young at the time too, and I saw Here and Now there. They were fabulous Didnt the drummer have a name like Kif Kif Le Batter ?

I saw them in the at the Edmonton Sundown in north London 1970 something. That place no longer exists, i believe, Saw them at Windsor free festival in '74, and again at Watchfield free festival in '75

Avoid Facebook at all costs. All pages looks a mess even in good light. Navigation is convoluted, it looks cheap, and i despise any business ( not just music ) that only has a Facebook page. It's a cop out. Get a decent website and make it easy to navigate. Keep it simple for dummies, that way everyone can see what you need them too

Only half the posts for me, over the same 15 years. Those posts of mine on the previous 2 BC incarnations have gone, of course. I wonder what my post count would be if all the utter ballocks i've posted in Off Topic would be included ??

Black is this years black, and that looks very black. Great work maestro Soon be time to have the body routed for the MECS.

Similar to what i was using in 2002, but mesh kits were expensive back then, as there weren't many on the market, Roland had a bit of a monopoly. You cant buy them anymore but i had a Roland TD8KV. Bought it new £2200 - ouch

Bought a cab off the man. Excellent

Reminds me of my old school desk in secondary school. Loving that look !

I started as a drummer before taking up bass, and did many gigs as the tubbist in a few bands, before calling it a day, 20 years ago. I find bass an easier instrument to play

Go to a bicycle repairer, cheapskates, and get an old rubber handlebar grip from their bin FOC, slit it down the middle, ease it on, tape it up 10p for the tape used. Job done.

Can you see your face in my neck, yet, Andy ?

Marshall never bought Trace Elliot. First buyers were Kaman in '92, who were in fact the USA distributors for TE at the time. Gibson were the next owners in '98, then Peavey '05

When it's real roadworn, then it has real mojo. As opposed to instruments that are ' reliced ' at the build point, which is just sad

By the way, wild bass player Andy Crawford now works in wood, and very nice too https://www.fine-boxes.com/

Still got some photos of mine - now sold - and the classy boxes that my Armstrongs arrived in. Yes, i chose white covers

Damn good prices Mike. Damn good.

Looking forward to it. With Reiner in the writer/director chair, plus original band members, i think it will be top notch. St Hubbins was the patron saint of quality footwear