Stub Mandrel

I went up to half on mine at rehearsal once. Nearly had a brown trouser moment.

This is a classic! We farted around over and again to come up with an ending for Bkack Night. In the end, I saw them in Birmingham and came back and said "they did something like this so that will for us!" But yep, fade out songs always cause issues. For the originals band I'm in, last week we worked out two endings for a song: A crisp one for the planned album and a flexible one that reprises the verse so there's enough time to chainsaw a clown's head off...

I use a 50W head through a small, inefficient but quality cab for home and a 500W head through a very efficient cab for live. The frustration is it's easier to push the little rig into gorgeous overdrive. I play live with a lot if gain so I can dig in and get overdrive, but that means my master settings are down low and fiddly to get right. If I go past 10 o'clock plants die and I get told off... Up to 30 years ago I was gigging with a mere 150W head (the same type Krist Novoselick used).

I'm picking up a hard case for £30 of eBay later. Does this ount as a teir 2 fail? It's utterly essential as (1) it seems sensible to use a case to take my Sire to gigs and (2) if I don't get one for it I would have to take another bass out of its case.

I've been a 'start flat' eq guy for the last four or five years, but I've started boosting my mids a bit. It's brought positive comments.

Should turn the light out but need to chill for a bit with a JD. Just got back from Llandovery, about 1hr 45 minute drive, mercifully the vocalist has a new van and felt guilty as I've been driving him for months. Our gig got switched to another pub because of a wake. Limited space but we were a man down and managed to fit. Just. Staff were great. 45 minute first set went ok. Locals friendly but not very engaged at first. Second set people warmed up, especially after some Manic Street Preachers. Lots of positive reactions, handshaking etc. and I even got bought a beer (nice bring the one who isn't driving). Yes we had a few minor fumbles, but we haven't played without our rhythm guitarist for a long time and we did some long forgotten and ungigged songs. Had to compromise on tone as electrical noise meant I had to keep both pups on full (Flea Jazz). Affected guitarist too when he used his strat instead of LP. I got told to turn up! We have a rehearsal on Monday to polish up with our full lineup. A big gig on Sunday, our first in the big room at the Earl Haig (my favourite place to play - see previous post) proper stage & lights 🙂

Only if it's not pretending to be real. I use AI from time to time for posters. A pretty obvious one:

Yes. The are pretty accurate, not as nice as my Mitutoyo ones.

Long horrible journey to Abertillery, a mining town where the average road gradient is about 45º. The local Blues club. They were a bit disappointed with an attendance of 80 people at £5 a head, which filled the place and we thought was excellent on such a grim nightn although the venue looked welcoming on a dark night. Bluesfire so LOTS of pa, lights etc. Played from 8:30 to 11+ with a raffle break. Nice little stage and great sound as good ceiling, carpet and plenty of bodies to control the sound. My rig has been sounding glorious since I just boosted a mids a bit. Could barely hear my voice in the monitor though. First time they've only used one sub and to my ears the low end sounded much better. We got a rapturous reception and were more free and improvisational than usual which was mostly fun and occasionally hairy. By the end I felt like I'd been beaten up, so the long slow load out and hour's drive in more rain were tedious. In bed at 1:45. Another gig tonight with Bendricks Rock nearly two hours away. Fortunately singer will drive. I see much ibuprofen in my future. I hope my body copes with this two month glut of gigs.

Ours last night was more arranging, including three from the original album.

The ones Ixve used had a cupboard of gear.. you could ring up/message and ask to take stuff.

Tonight I suggested we repeat the delicate ballad with harmonies that shares our band name as a more energetic encore. I demonstrated what it could be like by activating my octaver, brassmaster and mojo mojo simultaneously. Boy I got some swagger, enough to make your average death metal fan cry. I convinced the band it was a good idea.

I find the Joyo XVI excellent, it's polyphonic and very responsive so doesn't have the glitchiness of some of the older pedals... which may be oart oftheir appeal for you.

Choose the one that feels nice and makes you want to pick it up and play it. Ideally, buy from a good shop that will do a set up for you.

That's the programme's schtick. It's about the people not the objects. Sometimes the 'restorations' are risible.

A Patent Foramen Ovale is a small flap-like opening between the heart's upper chambers, typically closing soon after birth.

They look excellent Rob.

The easy answer is to 3D print some sleeves for the pots, they can even have angled ends. OR: You could probably use two of these (audio taper on tone won't do any harm) https://northwestguitars.co.uk/products/cts-500k-long-split-shaft-potentiometer-audio-taper

Recently added to our setlist. Luvvit.

I feel old - my STP was to thicken up oil for ratty engines in old cars.

Which one? I'm guessing the Firebird, because my Embassy which sounds lots like a Firebird is a wall-shaker! D'oh! You mean the other one... I assumed the Godin was a venue in Dorchester... 🤣

That's the biggest 2.5GHz wireless transmitter I've seen.

But he's got to use up 128 rolls of signal red pla!

"NL2 Speakon cables (2-pole) are compatible with both NL2 and NL4 panel jacks, while NL4 cables (4-pole) only fit NL4 jacks, creating a one-way compatibility. A 2-pole plug works in a 4-pole socket because it uses the 1+ and 1- contacts, but a 4-pole plug is physically too large for a 2-pole socket."

Just watched the video. That deer eerily reminds me of Hartley Hare...