Richard R

Thanks André.

Can you post a link? I think I have seen that, but can't find it. I think it's also more than my experiment is worth .

No, but thanks for the offer.

@woody - Is that a 5 string Rick?

There seem to be two variants A and B and it’s not clear to me what the difference is. Also the eBay link is the bridge only, though the drawing also shows the headstock end. Probaby really hard on a bass. Definitely bookmarked though.

Thank you. I have a bass I want to decapitate at some point 😉

That looks quite decent, do they make a 5 string version?

Too slow ☹️ 🙂

Theresa Scanners? John "x-ray" Scanners eldest daughter? She was legendary at Taunton Aerodrome Security as nothing got past her. Eventually she was sacked because so many passengers complained they had to board the planes without their luggage or clothes.

Hope it all goes well. If you decide not to come, do you want us to save you some crumble?

MMA: Mediocre Musicians' Association I failed the entrance exam 😪

Went down to the hall this morning. Looks good! The sockets aren't in ideal places - they never are! - but there are enough of them and we have extension leads. Stage if we need it, kitchen for tea and the like, plenty of parking, and a ramp for wheelchair/Trace Elliot ingress. I propose Saturday 20th June 2026 as the date. I'll have to put down the deposit in the next couple of days, but unless anyone objects that's the date and venue set.

Andy Fairweatherlow in Solihull this Saturday.

Mike replied before I did. I have some small odds and sods for the raffle. 🤞

I am down with a lurgi, been wiped out and useless since Friday afternoon. I am useful for an hour, useless for an hour, then need to sleep for an hour. Repeat for the day, sleep at night, repeat. If I have to miss this bash I will be very, very, annoyed!

https://www.canford.co.uk/EMO-PASSIVE-DIRECT-INJECTION-BOXES This isn't especially low cost, but I bought three of these second hand 12 years ago after they had finished their touring life and they have been kicked all over church ever since. They will accept instrument input, line input, amp output presenting 8Ohms load or even 100v PA speaker thru-input if you have to tap that. Bomb-proof, passive, and completely neutral.

I don't think they're doing it for the money. Unless they have made some really, really, bad investment decisions they don't need it. I think they're doing it because they're bored, they've missed the buzz of playing live, they like their songs, and they can. No doubt they will be good fun gigs if you take them for what they are.

Assuming I get rid of the Lurgi, I am going to check out the venue on Wednesday first thing. I expect it will be fine, but if it only has a single 5A socket under the stage we would have a problem...

I would love to be able to play by ear. The closest I get is the old joke "Do you play by ear?" "Yes" "Well clear off and play somewhere else then!"

I think I have just worked out what this might be! Only two weeks late 😁

My lad's not coming now, so if you take a sharpie and write on the bottom of one of the strips "Sponsored by David R, who would rather stay in bed", you can keep the door fee I paid for him 😉

It's bad enough shouting for "Panda", "Pandora" would be dreadful!

B - for the same reason that @Reggaebass gives. A nice problem to have though. Could you have a veneer cut from the side you choose for the back, so you can use it on another build later?