SpondonBassed

Spellbinding mate.

Oh yes it is!

Welcome Jon. I'd rather be a bit nervous than be overconfident. Does it not go away when you've laid down a few bars?

You mean as if Corbyn was bent over in front of Clarkson? That's gross. Take it back immediately.

Are you saying that without trying though? I get a lot of joy out of finding tonal subtleties from using the heavier strings further up the neck. I second the Eflat thing like @NJE said though. Go to Motown on it.

If I haven't mentioned before... I do like a good volute.

Calm down and breath into this brown paper bag. I promise it's not one of the ones that Ringo farted in.

I'd have trouble getting a whole kitten in each ear to be honest. Isn't there a better substitute for earplugs? A couple of small rodents perhaps?

Welcome Dave.

It's a grand feeling when the wind takes you by the whiskers. I can tell you from first hand experience. Mr Sklar also enjoys aerosol whipped cream direct from the can. There's a YT clip of it on his channel. You've got to be brave to get into that sort of extreme beard growth.

You're getting there.

Quote of the month?

Welcome Pseudonym. I'm trying to think of another word for your screen name but I can't...

It won't be me. I'm not allowed near fresh produce. I'm like a banana, fruit and veg goes right off when I'm lurking. But yeah, Mr Sklar is both my bass and my beard hero. I discovered that I was getting treated as a lesser citizen because of it though so it's long since gone. Didn't work without the long hair anyway. PS: Great original photo @Silvia Bluejay and @Happy Jack

I was looking at another Hohner cshop web-page where bridges were priced between 109 and 129 Euro. I've lost the link for now but in any case I was not wanting to spend that much if a cheaper second hand one was available.

Cheers Cuzzie. Thanks for the helpful responses. Enjoy your holidays.

This reminds me of a lesson I learnt having read loads of HiFi magazines in the seventies. Enthusiasts would follow an upgrade path that whilst satisfying the need to improve one aspect of music reproduction at a time would, at each stage of upgrade, identify a new weak link in their systems. There is no end to this upgrade cycle once you are obsessed with the search for perfection in sound. At a certain point though, specs become irrelevant. It's whether you like the sound that counts. Also, there is a danger that you start listening more to the equipment than to the music coming out of it. What's different about this discussion is that the sound systems we use are generally expected to perform well in a variety of different conditions depending on the type of venue. I'd argue that it is futile to expect to find one product that satisfies all conditions absolutely. Good as the quality of equipment is these days, live music is still not HiFi anyway.

Can you see if your mounting holes match-up please?

@Cuzzie Does yours have an XLR OUT in addition to the jack socket?

Mine has a serial number starting with 86 too. It has an XLR out (bypassing the preamp) as well as a jack socket.

Thanks. Wanna swap? Heeheehee. It does look similar. I measured the mounting screw centres at 15mm, 60mm from screw one to screw five. If there is no part of the drop mechanism let into the body, it looks like a straight swap might be possible. I'd love to hear from anyone who's heard of it being done successfully.

Before I put up a wanted ad in the appropriate section I wanted to ask those in the forum with experience of Hohner B2As; Are the standard bridges interchangeable with the drop tuner bridges? I would like to have the option to play in D and not spend time fine tuning on changes between E and D.

To quote the late great Spike Milligan as Eccles in The Last Goon Show of All; "Everybody's got to be somewhere".

Milling and routing have a lot in common but there are differences. The main difference being that milling is performed on metals as a rule. They are usually consistent in their micro-structure. With routing, it's usually timber and there there are many inconsistencies. You have a grain to start with. Other inconsistencies like knots can cause difficulty too. Different cutters behave in different ways. Blunt cutters are dangerous. A good way of getting your hand in, as they say, is trial and error with a scrap pieces of timber the same as your workpiece. Also, rehearse your planned cut in your mind while observing where you may have difficulties getting around your workpiece. You'll avoid making too many scorch marks when you do the cut for real. It is good to have a variety of different clamping methods on hand too. Sometimes a clamping solution will foul your router's path around the template, especially where there are complex curves. In these cases, take care to support the workpiece securely against the forces that your router is going to subject it to and make a series of cuts, re-positioning and clamping where necessary.