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When I design basses I often wonder about a 5 string neck so that the heel looks like an od T when viewd head on. Then it would slot into a 4 string body with overhangs both sides for the excess areas of neck. I do not have the tools to do this. Or the skillset. But it works in my head.

....... but it is worth a try. My progress on my "build from scratch" seems to have stopped. It is good to know your limits. I have reached mine on that one. However, the itch to mess with stuff will not go away. I have bought a £200 5 string solid body bass uke from China. It has a truss rod and I know it will take metal strings because someone sold the same one on Ebay recently having strung it up with bass guitar strings. The woodwork on it is OK, but the frets ends could be used as an offensive weapon. I have come to the conclusion that solid body uke basses do not provide the air-shifting thud which is what I love about the original Kala acoustics. I have put cut down bass guitar strings on it and discovered that the original machine heads are made of cheese. I have clearly led a sheltered life in regards to machine heads as I have never had experience of rubbish ones before. They got so stiff while turning with no strings on them that I felt I had the option of stopping or breaking them. I have swapped them for some cheap and cheerful Wilkinson ones (£28ish). I had to re-use one of the spacing washers from the originals because the headstock is just too thin for the Wilkinsions to fit properly. The piezo bridge seems to have been crushed by the tension of the new strings but that is OK as well because I have a bass guitar bridge (£25ish) to go on anyway. The straight accross piezo bridge will never do the intonation needed.If that all works, then I will plumb a pickup in. I do fancy one of those oval Delano ones. I played a mini bass in a Bass Bash which had one and I liked the noise it made. I also like the shape and the little thumb indentation. I am so shallow. It would make more sense to put in a standard soapbar size so that I could change it if need be, but I am feeling adventurous. When I use the word "I" in relation to structural work, you can read it as "I will pay someone". I actually did the machine heads (after guidance from the BC Massive on how to) but managed to strip the head of one of the screws. Mr Drill sorted that out but it was a reminder to me that some things are best left to people who can. I screwed some chair legs together yesterday to repair dried glue issues. The drill bit I used was too big so the screws I had went in easily but did not actually bite into any wood. How I laughed as I got into the car to go to B&Q to buy bigger wood screws. I will have to do the screw which anchors the machine head in place later but will kick myself if I missalign them. I can see it but cannot neccesarily do it. But I have to try. 20210129_210359.mp4 20210129_205909.mp4

So, does this box have to be running a Sky system to work? There seems to be a 2nd market in them which makes it an interesting proposition.

I am 55 and I LOVE the sparkly blue.

That will bring the waft.

I went to Finland on an youth orchestra/choir exchange trip in the last millenium. It was ace.

No no no no no. Lower notes are more better. I heart LF.

I must admit that I am VERY familiar with the original and did not notice the change in the Glasto version. Something cracking happened at 2:51 though so that might account for moving swiftly on?

That will do nicely.

I was going to ask Jeff Beck for some lessons but I watched some videos and he is all fingers and thumbs. I would like to thank the You Tube comments section for that joke.

I love you.

I like that kind of trick!

I have stopped giving lessons I am afraid.

I have a new Macbook which will not support 2 x external monitors. I like having 2 monitors becuase it helps me keep a handle on information. I bought a Plugable USB-C 4K Display Link port which does the twin monitor thing really well. I cried a bit when I bought it because it was expense on top of buying a new Macbook which was expensive in itself. Don't cry for me though, the Macbook goes like a stabbed rat. My problem is that after a period of at best a couple of hours I begin to get a static-y scratching or rustling sound when I move the mouse, load new pages or drag pages around . This is there if my volume is up or down on my SSL 2+ interface. Once I reach up to my amp (1981 Mission Currys 1 - these days it would be called vintage, but we all know that vintage is only 1965 and earlier) and toggle between inputs the rustling goes. But it will be back later. I am using a Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse. All the kit is coming from the same dual point wall socket. I actually plugged the amp into the same 6 block as the hub/laptop/monitors and it got worse. This is a genuine first world problem. But does anyone have any ideas?

I have always fancied one of those MM guitars.

You can hear it but need decent amplification. We have some Subs which are not earth shattering but good enough in church and it works nicely there. Well, it would if we were in the building. The last one did before I sulked with it and flogged it. Flicking the D-tuner and adding an extra bottom bottom E to the end of a song is a lot of fun. I cannot guarantee I will keep it but I had to try.

On reflection I have actually bought a 6 string to mess with bottom F# and it makes me feel 30 years younger. As in the "why is my left hand not on the same string as my right hand?" feeling I got when I went 5 string in 1990. This actaully the 2nd time I have tried this. I gave up very easily the first time but I figure I am not yet too old to learn new tricks. I will just have to practice

You cannot spell bass without a B. Band members are so astounded that they spend the first few gigs playing stuff in the wrong key.

I used to keep a full flight case specifically for shifting basses around the country. Shifting an empty case around after delivery is cheap as chips. My reasoning was that a full flight case was better than insurance. They are cheap to buy on ebay as well.

You need some sort of DB which is more waterproof. If only.......