SpondonBassed

Welcome to Basschat Jack. You will enjoy the Basschat Build Diaries no doubt.

...will work for three square meals a day...

I agree. A highly musical band was required to complement Morrisey's musical limitations. This highlighted the lyrics all the more. Johnny Marr's work with The The suggests that Marr was more adaptable than Mozzer. Johnny Marr Morrisey

Language and how it is used in practical applications is a veneer in itself. I didn't know you were in the sentence abuse division at Hendon.

Good news! Have you fitted light, intermediate or heavy gauge strings?

I am envious of sheds that have a bandsaw within. Jigsaws aren't good at cutting perpendicular to the surface especially with the deeper cuts.

Let me be controversial, for a change. The Smiths always delighted me with their instrumental moments in between Mr Mozzer's outpourings. I would love to have heard them do an extended instrumental set like Mezzo Forte. If* I said I thought that Morrissey was the fifth wheel in The Smiths would you hold it against me? *We all know that the band would not have got a recording deal without the pompous poet. It's just a bit of fun.

Talking of conspicuous consumption and fifth wheels in the music industry; we've not heard of Babyshambles' front man for a bit. The man known more for his consumption than for his musical talent. I forget his name... I sympathise. It must be an awful thing to form a band and become its fifth wheel.

It's your age dear.

I like the curve but I'd have it on a matching black plate extended to cover the truss rod access. The plate could carry an etched graphic to add depth to the design. Laminated plate would allow you to have colour in the logo. I'd cut the hole in the plate to clear the machine head nut else the nut would prevent access to the truss rod. With the mounting screws removed the plate will be loosely retained by the machine head and can be swung around to clear the truss rod adjuster.

If you are using the bearing guide correctly it will prevent the cutter from going inside the line of the template. The bearing must only be in contact with the template not the workpiece for it to work. The bottom edge of the bearing roller must be aligned to the surface of the template that is in contact with the workpiece. If it is not , the cutter will hit the template. A meaty template can take this and as long as the cut is less than a mm or so into the template it is fine to carry on. With practice you will find it easier to set the bit height to avoid template erosion. The first time you rout to a template can be daunting. A bit of practice at using the template on a test piece would help you to understand how the router reacts to changes in grain density and direction. It wont take long for you to get a feel for it. Deep cuts are to be avoided. The larger irregularities in your rough cut can be evened out first with hand tools so that you are left with a light cut for the finishing passes.

It might help if you think of it this way; The hole is not ugly. It is the bit around the hole that makes it look that way. In life you should be the best whole you can be by defining the sort of people you keep around you.

Re: Bez; Now I'm an unbeliever. Does Davy suffer from damp maracas? He must have problems what with keeping them in that locker of his and all.

Cool. I have never felt comfortable playing sat down but the socket position on each of my paddle basses makes it even more awkward for me. You've got a real talent there. Respect.

I know. Yet the nugget of truth therein can not be denied. Contentment does not drive creativity, hardship does. I have no sympathy though when that hardship is self-inflicted through substance abuse when otherwise, life is good. We seem to have a lot more middle-class whingers who might do well to go tee-total at least for one whole year of their adult lives just to see what it's like. Our country and lifestyle is the envy of the rest of the world and yet some highly privileged people behave like victims. Are they not the fifth wheels for the rest of us?

That's the spirit!

I like the inverted output socket. Is it your own design?

The sad thing is, it's true! It's hard to show raw passion these days.

A shining example to our youth. Bravo!

In fairness though, it took a scandal to make one of them more prominent in my memory than the other. Which one was he again?

...and like Ant and Dec, you never know which is which until they're stood on their marks.

Sounds like you are planning to scratch an' etch...

It took less than fifteen seconds for me to bin that link. Thanks anyway.

Continue the two tone thing? Why not make a "mini-me" version of the pickguard but fit it to the cream headstock as a kind of tribute to the late Verne Troyer. If you are fitting a string tree, use it to help fasten the plate down so you have fewer screw heads showing. Think of it as an extension to the truss rod adjustment cover.

Like lesser other fora, we've got a good selection of mongreloid instruments. Many of these have been birthed before our very eyes. I'm sure you've seen the Build Diaries already.