Stub Mandrel

"Every time you go away, you take a piece of meat with you."

I once tried out a bass through a Crush 50, at any volume could only get overdriven tones whatever I did. Later, when I was older and wiser I discovered the 'blend' control effectively pans from a clean channel to a dirt channel. If it's been left dialled to the dirty side, you'll get exactly the symptoms you describe.

The first photo my brother sent is possibly too disturbing... The second one shows he's already channeling Duck Dunn... He's insistent that if he'd chosen as bass for himself this would be it. Everyone is knocked out by the burgundy mist finish. But he still plays like a guitarist 😁 received_1864114047862136.mp4

I plan to even though I have to be back for a gig that evening!

Well done Stew... that's three years in a row!

Perhaps I should have grabbed the chocolates instead? Ms. Stub's reaction was 'woW..gorg x' which I think was positive... she's never said that about any other basses... 🤣

Sorry for my complete meltdown when I realised that holding your double bass upright and figuring out where the first few notes were was utterly beyond me in a brief try!

He covered all the basses

A Harley Benton MV-4MSB Gotoh 🙂

The first episode I heard was wherecthe Golgafrinchans arrived on Earth. The Captain was in a bath and autumn caused a run on the leaf-currency. I was lying in the endless sun with other scouts listening to it on a portable radio.

Two of them run on about 0.2A, so you could use a usb powerbank.

Wow. What a day. So many incredibly nice people. Tried lots of 'first time basses'. Cracked up with the absurdity of that bass synth that turned me into Eddie Van Halen 🤣 Brilliantly organised, wonderful nosh. And then I won the bass... I think I was in shock for half an hour! On my way back, I stopped to call my guitarist brother and he was 30 minutes before a gig at the Earl Haig. Only 15 minutes away, so I decided to watch the gig and give him the bass. He was absolutely made up and says it's stunning and "It’s the bass I would have chosen!! Colour and spec". He promises a photo soon... Thank you everyone, what a brilliant day. Three requests for next year: 1 a compressor workshop to explain how to set them up properly for different purposes. 2 more vegan lardy cake. 3 can I win a left hander for my other brother? 😁😁😁

Excellent! I used to love lardy cake as a kid and was delighted to find something that tasted like what I remember!

I have a 7 output usb psu.

This is a hideous experience. My SO is concerned about me drinking to much before I drive down tomorrow...

My stuff has changed but will be of interest to @stewblack if no-one else

It's insane that such cheap stuff is so good. Saw them at a club and couldn't believe how effective they are.

There are strategies

I will be 🙂

Only one pole piece per string = more space!

The pairs of pole pieces are only about 5mm apart. There's no way to fit two full precision coils into a 5mm gap.

My reel to reel is in the loft. I wonder if it would work if I cleaned it up. Only been up there about 45 years...

It's more sophisticated than that. Letter and word spacing are increased up to a limit, beyond which longer words are hyphenated.

Alarm set early. Hope to be there a little before 10. Basses - check Amps - check Cab - check FX - check Raffle prizes - check Cable protector - check Custom picks - check :-)