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  1. Stub Mandrel
    Ah... that's put me right off 🤣🤣🤣
  2. Stub Mandrel
    Dingleberry Jam of course.
  3. Stub Mandrel
    Their rivals are utterly chaotic. AD/HD.
  4. Stub Mandrel
    Seriously considering....
  5. Stub Mandrel
    It's not just me then!
  6. Stub Mandrel
    Hmm. Seeing as metalworking has been a serious hobby for me for over 25 years, I wonder if I ought to make a bass bridge?
  7. Stub Mandrel
    And me! <TEN!>
  8. Stub Mandrel
    Had a VERY close call today. Went to A-Strings to buy a strap button (essential repair) and a set of strings (consumables). Took my brothers... Played two really nice basses, either of which I would have been happy to bring home, an Epiphone EB3 and a Squier Classic Vibe Bass VI. The latter was set up really well and was actually a delight to play, especially fingerpicked like an acoustic guitar. The EB3 needed some work on the nut and action, and the neck pickup was weak (it could be raised) - but the mudbucker didn't sound muddy, just rich and lots of girth 🙂 So with one brother determined to get me to buy one and the other not exactly trying to dissuade me, I thought hard about this thread and a rather obvious timber join on the Bass VI.
  9. Stub Mandrel
    Cripes... that's about halfway bewteen Glasgow and Cardiff so it could also be a South Wales bash... Might make a weekend of it and see my daughter in Manchester ...
  10. Stub Mandrel
    I dig in hard, and I mever suffer with bridge saddles sliding. I have four or five basses with high mass bridges... have never noticed any difference. Funnily enough my first two basses (mid 80s) would qualify as high mass ... so perhaps I've 'devolved'.
  11. Stub Mandrel
    Late fifties & sixties.
  12. Stub Mandrel
    If you want a genuine solid traditionsl jazz bass sound with excellent articulation and sustain, then I recommend one of these:
  13. Stub Mandrel
    I once had a boss who witnessed it, he knew I was in bands and regularly warned me! I bought an ELCB as a result. In those days you'd sometimes see elcb sockets for the stage/band area and testing your own could trip them! Of course these days venues should be properly protected with rcd at the distribution board.
  14. Stub Mandrel
    I get worked up about people replying to threads they aren't interested in. Oops, that's me...
  15. Stub Mandrel
    I am always surprised how much I enjoy their music. Must see them live.
  16. Stub Mandrel
    You have my sympathies.
  17. Stub Mandrel
    I would assume so.
  18. Stub Mandrel
    These are essentially the same as the fender ones in different packaging - D'addario make Fender's strings for them; so yes that';s my experience of these strings too (in Fender guise). I also have two identical Daphne blue tuners - one branded Fender and one branded D'addario.
  19. Stub Mandrel
    I can only get my head around this by seeing it on a graph. Power (W) vs. output (dBA)
  20. Stub Mandrel
    That's what makes it so bloody great 🙂
  21. Stub Mandrel
    It's a question of balance Roto 66 sound brilliant for a gig or three. Fender nickels sound ok, for six months. Flats avoid the problems by sounding meh from the start, and feel horrid.
  22. Stub Mandrel
    Good luck Dave. I've got 3 January gigs, 7 February and 7 in March 🤯
  23. Stub Mandrel
    I love The Letter.
  24. Stub Mandrel
    Jeff Berk?
  25. Stub Mandrel
    Decided that playing only fivers would be a good idea for the originals band so took the HB MB5 to rehearsal tonight. I need more fiver practice (despite using it on Monday for a couple of songs). But it did put a grin on the lead guitarist's face (he's really a bass player). Also came up with a meme to sum up my evening... Yes, one song's arrangement got to the point where I bemoaned our lack of a flip chart or whiteboard.
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