Stub Mandrel

You could use it to wrap around that ramp hidden in your bottom drawer...

That would hae me awake until dawn! 🤣

My dep last night went well. Hardest thing was many songs in different keys. Busy, noisy pub with dancing from the start. Plenty of room. A lot of songs I haven't done live before, a couple of older Beatles numbers for example, and Mama Mia. Cold as Ice by Foreigner and No Matter What by Badfinger are great songs I hadn't heard for ages I really enjoyed. Apparently I was a bit loud in the first half but corrected that in the second. Managed a few backing vocals. Had a message from the band saying I was 'brill' so that's nice.

Or even an extended ETLA?

I'm thinking 'lovely bass spoilt by peculiar headstock...' then I realised it's on a grab stand!

Looks close to Pantone 600 to me.

But why isn't PCSO a TLA?

What would be informative is a bass through an hpf into an oscilloscope. It's an eye opener. Without hpf rest your hand on the strings and the trace disappears off the screen for a moment.

Very nice 😎 Are you really going to encapsulate that lovely ebony in plastic?

With Farnell you get the certificates of traceability/quality documentation needed by manufacturers.

The ring finger is Allen Key and the wrist is the neck. You just need to choose the correct diagram based on the phase of them moon.

The sound was so bad I couldn't tell if they werd awful. The supports, Phil Campbell and Michael Monroe were both brilliant.

Happened to me once. The £250 was credited back to me faster than I was ablevto Google what to do about it. In short it should be reversed automatically within a couple of hours. Mine took a few minutes.

Intonation on a fretless. The average joe can hear a difference of 5-10 cents. In a musical piece you don't hear most notes long enough to detect (or correct) small pitch errors. Being within 10 cents is ample. For a 30" short scale that's about 1.5mm at the 19th fret. So a two string saddle splitting the difference between two strings where the ideal positions are 3mm apart should be fine. That's many basses. For playing fretless this would suggest aiming to get your fingers within 2mm of the ideal (or in a 4mm wide band) around the 12th fret. Now think about those kids having violin lessons who have to be twice as accurate!

I think it perfectly encapsulates the discussion 😁

I have three five strings. They have their uses, but why use a Stanley knife for jobs you can do easier with a scalpel?

Some people can get away with it... Didn't know what time it was The lights were low I leaned back on my radio Some cat was layin' down Some rock 'n' roll 'Lotta soul', he said Then the loud sound did seem to fade Came back like a slow voice on a wave of phase That weren't no D.J. that was hazy cosmic jive There's a starman waiting in the sky He'd like to come and meet us But he thinks he'd blow our minds There's a starman waiting in the sky He's told us not to blow it 'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile He told me: Let the children lose it Let the children use it Let all the children boogie

An instrumental can't be a ditty! ditty /ˈdɪti/ noun a short, simple song. "a lovely little music-hall ditty"

I feel it makes a difference, I made my own hpf so it wasn't expensive and has no impact on anything above a low B so it's worth it as an insurance policy. It does reduce cone flap when I put the bass down or put my had across the strings. I don't know if I get the promised extra headroom as my kit is usually just ticking over anyway.

If you can hear it, it's not an hpf solvable issue. It's when you see the cone making big movements without much sound. I've seen big cone excursions from surprisingly gentle handling. Also, I want to be able to play an open E or even a low B without worrying when I have an octaver in circuit. So I just have an hpf on my pedal board and am reasonably sensible when playing without effects.

Finally sanded by Xavier Armenta.

I agree, that makes it worse but it isn't the root cause.

My view of bass teaching is jaundiced by my experience several years ago. "I've been playing for decades but I want to tidy up my technique." "Lets focus on learning the fretboard." 🙄