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Nitro spray cans - Dartford are the best I have used. make sure the body is well prepped, do max 3 coats in one sitting 15-20 mins apart, leave 24 hours, repeat as required. Its not too bad,

Apologies - I went off on a Covid one on a pub thread!

It not heartless, but I do think overall there is an increase. It’s really important what you say about poor socioeconomic status on this and also being BAME. The financial implication of this will push people further - I don’t mind saying I am BAME and work frontline, with someone in the house who would be considered vulnerable and had to still work, thankfully ok for now, and I am lucky levels are low in the South West. What the intangible here is the number of people who stayed away from treatment Because of it and their poor outcome, also what is a problem are the people with co-morbidities who need an operation if they contract Covid in the perioperative period they have higher mortality and morbidity rates. So despite what you say (and it’s not having a go, your post was fine) it will have a huge knock on effect

When I say broadly speaking in this context it’s without getting into the exact details scientifically of the process, statistical evaluation, research phases from animal through to human trials etc. So here we go (no capitals!) Its an absolute - the Best test will only be 99% specific and 99% sensitive - end of, there will always be error - that figure is acceptable. You can accept less if that’s the best you can do, but that caveats any decision you make in treating people clinically. As it stands Abbot and Roche are leading which is why I stated it incase people felt they wanted a ‘private’ antibody test and bought a crock of poo one and wasted their money. If you had the antibody test which is a blood test where they spin it down and look for the antibodies to the specific C-19 spike proteins, and they can do all kinds of things like PCR, check immune markets etc if they want, but essentially they check to see if your body has mounted some form of response to the infection as it keeps a copy of it for future use, you can be very confident if negative that you haven’t had it. That doesn’t mean that you cannot get it again or carry it, but it means you have had it - that test is reliable. Also you do have to wait a period of time for the antibodies to be made and saved, so potentially you could test too early, or like I said have levels too low to measure hence 99% The swab in some respects is like playing battleships - but it’s currently all we have as you have to wait to produce antibodies. Re false negatives on swabbing and the actual figure - I cannot remember where I read it, but it is up to a third by all accounts and that’s based on what I have read as well as practical experience in the NHS. So to conclude - you have to separate swab testing for current disease from antibody testing for having had it disease.

I completely get that - but you would think in some areas, especially using machinery that can be harmful - they need to not be unwell, believe me I have seen consequences, even tiredness as a delivery/truck driver

If anyone is interested in Vaccines - broadly speaking there are 4 types of vaccine, and depending on the organism the beat is chosen. Live attenuated - MMR, nasal flu spray (Not injection) - small portion of actual virus in a tiny quantity to stimulate to body to immunise itself - Can confer lifelong immunity (small pox, chicken pox etc.) - love vaccines have implications in that you need to keep away from vulnerable for a couple days after having it as you can pass it on. Inactivated - Flu - 1 shot, linked to ‘current’ strain. The vaccine being worked on for C-19 is like this. They take an existing less harmful virus scaffold which is similar, add in the specific markers of C-19 and hopefully it works. Subunit - Hep B - they take a bit of it and give it to you, these need to be topped up. Toxoid - Tetanus - they take the toxin it makes and give that Quick overview for any interested

True - but what I/we hope is that (Job dependent) measures have been put in place to work from home And we now see this as a possibility. Also can we work smarter - if someone had to leave the house and work, can it be done in as safe a way as possible

As a follow on, there of course will be false negatives in the antibody test - you could have had it sub clinically and not produced enough of an immune response to make it detectable on a test. Broadly speaking when we have these test you look for reliability and specificity - you will only ever hit 99 % max - Tests made by Abbot and Roche are about the best out there - I think Oxford May use its own assay (rest) for the vaccine trial to keep results standard across liking how it works

Testing for C-19 via the swab relies on the load of the virus (how much is present in the upper airways tract), and the operator hitting the right spot in the nose/mouth To pick it up, hence as many as a third can be unreliable. Antibody test is a blood test and should be very very reliable, provided it’s not one of the dog plop ones On the market

@chris_b herd immunity requires larger than 60%. @fretmeister is correct in what he says about the vaccine. Immunity is a funny word, it’s not like diplomatic immunity where you can do what the eff you want and not pay the price, it does confer protection To a degree and would cause a mild illness instead of a bad one should re-infection occur with the same strain. Different strain could lead to different problems, I stopped counting when there were at least 21 variants. Will it mutate, inevitably, but does not mean it will mutate and become über dangerous, although it is a possibility. As @fretmeister also said there are some not nice complications of this people didn’t readily appreciate before but are now more so. Back to its lifespan - simply put viruses are opportunistic and want to co-exist with us, if they are too effective and virulent they lose the host (tragically) therefore it needs to settle into its niche to live. This is some of the substance that the Italian professor was talking about when he said it is losing virulence if you caught out on the news. In our lifetime remember how awful Ebola and SARS was. It’s now settled - standard influenza kills. It will no doubt stay here and unfortunately we may have a flu season, a Covid season etc. On the face of it, there is certainly nothing wrong in some of the lifestyle changes such as sanitisation, appropriate cough and sneeze capture technique, not struggling on and coming into work regardless etc. Loads you can write on this. Back To gigs - playing we’ll have to see for us lesser mortals but, proper bands, sing along wearing masks may be the thing - I’ll miss a mosh pit though, that will be ferrol

Re figures - the 5% is probably not far off overall - antibody testing in my hospital has it slightly higher for staff, but as you would expect their risk of exposure is greater. We still need to keep vigilant though

I am in the middle of a build, it’s actually not that much of a hassle, just patience is required. I sourced everything second hand and traded etc (aside from paint) very satisfying and I will get exactly what I want

As you know I am firmly in the dUg camp - I have never been found wanting with my Barefaced Supertwin across subtle time extreme settings. A mate in the same camp as us has a couple Vanderkely’s and again is well happy.

With a shorty

Completely - clarity is immense - it sounds a bit more ‘nasal’ and less rounded because, that’s what a Ray sounds like!

Spot on

Thanks - I hope it works!

It’s also the version I had good bass that

Will do I am not a master craftsman, more a happy hacker!

Started as a slab of ash, carved and routed it, Did my own pick guard from a normal P one- currently like This First 2 are a staining grain filler, sealed, Going to start turning it Candy Tangerine tonight, and allow a gentle relic maybe and more seasoned wood to show. Here is it naked

it’s really important as different bridges have different sized bass plates. You end up with something like this....

Originally when they came out the info said made or constructed in UK. They are also or now wholly made in USA. Happy to be corrected as things may have changed.

This is how to measure a bridge placement copy pasted from my ‘files’ Bridge placement 34” for reference this is for a 34" scale 4-string bass: * if you want to protect the finish from scratches/nicks, not is the time to cover it with something like blue painting tape or similar * insert the neck into the neck pocket and clamp it into place. be careful not to squash your frets with the clamp and clamping fressure * using a long straight edge, draw a line from the neck to the body butt for each side of the neck. accurately measure from the last fret position about 3" on each line. do this again for a reference measurement that is near the butt end of the body * accurately connect each pair of measurements to their counterpart on the other line * accurately measure the center point of each connecting line, and then draw a line thru these two points - extend the line from the end of the neck to the butt end of the body. if you were accurate in all of your steps so far, you now have an accurate reference of where the centerline of the neck passes thru the body. this is critical for your strings to be aligned on the neck properly * measure from the nut back 34" to obtain your theoretical 34" scale reference. accurately draw a line perpendicular to the centerline thru this point. extend the line several inches on each side of centerline * determine the forward most travel of your bridge's saddles, move it back 1/16", and measure the distance from the string witness point on the saddle to the front edge of the bridge. draw a line parallel to the scale reference line (towards the neck side of the line) this same distance. you now have the front edge aligned for the bridge. * measure the width of the bridge and draw a pair of lines parallel to the centerline that each are half the bridge with away. now you have your bridge aligned side-side I know this seems like a lot of work, but it's really not that difficult. it's critical to measure and draw accurately, as any slop will easily be seen every time you look at the bass. it's also important to note that the strings will always intonate longer than the 34" scale, not less, and thicker strings will intonate farther than thinner strings. because of this, only the G string will be relatively close to 34" ... the others may be as much as 34-3/8" from nut to witness point all the best,

Rumour on the streets is that they are OK but not necessarily better than anything out there which is in the upper echelons of Cab manufacturing

Excellent work sir!!