SpondonBassed

Would you not expect there to be a difference in the top and bottom of the fretboard that is equal to the thickness of the board? In other words, the arc of the top of the fretboard should share the same centre as the bottom arc. The way you are describing it with 7.25" top and bottom, it wouldn't look obvious across that short segment of the two circles but it would if you extended the arc of the two circles. l They'd intersect eventually. Shouldn't it be 7.25" for the top radius and 7.25" minus the thickness of the board for the bottom radius?

I thought it was from the verb to pet.

Welcome Giulio.

The slogan - "A finger of fudge is just enough..." makes a LOT more sense to me now.

Welcome Psymoon.

You have kept up your rhythm appreciation then. That's more than I did.

I've seen a bassist playing from this position. I can't remember where. I looked a couple of times since for the video clip and I can't find it. He was a big lad and he made the instrument look like a fiddle. No bow, fingerstyle if I recall correctly. Can anyone verify this with a link please? I'll have to put it down to a senior moment otherwise.

"With your Elvis Presley and wasp-waist and swivel-hippy, show you had, and I must say it showed it first self in pictures with the rhythmic contrapole of the wobbling of the hipper, sideways with the head and tilty, gave him that expression both also with a little doggy-lublike in the eyebold which he conveyed to the smaller femailode of the specie, coupled with his music because he did trittly-how fine on the strims, helped him along the roamer [....] I heard it first of all on a record in the early mordy: I was doing the shavit-huff with my razor blade, which of course is a safety one, and suddenly, suddenly he did a little syncopole or a drop-it and how, or something he did and caused a jerkit over a pimplode and I've been suffering ever since!" Stanley Unwin, Comedian 1911 - 2002 A stark warning about the dangers of shaving while listening to that new fangled Rock and Roll. Gird your pimplodes folks. You will know you have broken one if you hear a squarnch.

Does it do TAB?

That's such a simple idea and yet it stands to reason. We already chip our pets and livestock.

Welcome Snape. How long were you away from your bass? Lots of members have had breaks in the middle of their bass life. I've had one that lasted thirty years. Your written English is better than many native speakers. You have nothing to apologise for.

With white primer your "very yellow" will pop, as they say. It may be reminiscent of the electrical banana that Donovan mentioned many years ago. Marvellous.

Very sorry to hear. Your apologies are not necessary. I wish your wife a speedy recovery. You haven't made a binding commitment here so you needn't worry. There are no deadlines other than those you make for yourself. You can relax as far as BC is concerned. We will still be here when you want to pick it up again. Your child is in the formative years of life. You are spending your time wisely. All the best.

I don't.

I don't have a credit card. I don't want a credit card.

Yes there was that. What really bothered me was that the bank at the time (Halifax) passed the enquiry over to the IT people who said that the money had gone to a porn account somewhere. They had found no evidence of a hack. They then had the gall to suggest that I had made the transaction and that I was shy of admitting it. I asked them to put that in writing because I had never done anything of the sort. They came back with the news that they aren't governed by any of the rules that govern banks anyway. In other words - Good luck with that! I was unhappy with the bank for other reasons so that was the nudge I needed to change. My current bank has locked out all Internet access to my accounts at my request. If I want anything off the Internet now I pay a friend to get it for me. Usually I try and keep my business local to support what's left of the local economy.

Welcome A.L.S.

You ARE Jason King and I claim my five pounds.

I don't do money on the 'net any more. That was a no brainer for me after money went missing with the old bank and they more or less said it was my own fault. The culprit was never identified. Your mileage, of course, may vary.

All you early adopters must be feeling proper smug with yourselves.

I don't think you'd lose much at the outer poles. Only a sound test would verify that though. I think it's more of an aesthetic question than anything else. That being said, there are lots of examples of modified basses where the alignment is not perfect. I suppose it depends on your degree of OCD as to whether it's a real problem or not. So, which is it for the scuff plate? Suede or carpet?

If you took an idea from DiMarzio and extended it to the MM cover you could get a little interest from the contrasting effect where the pickup straddles the edge of the scuff plate. Do you know anyone with a 3D printer who could make a bespoke cover?

...but not for the enormous leg? Odd camera angles aside, it's listenable. Good work.

I thought the recent deluxe box set of Sgt P was expensive. I got it for Christmas last year and when I looked up the price I felt embarrassed because I seldom spend that much on gifts for the nearest and dearest as a whole let alone on any individual. I am such a tight git. It's a good thing I only like Rush in passing else my loved ones would go bankrupt this Christmas.

Ha! So I'm not the only one who forgets to clean out the cupboard under the stairs. Thanks chaps.