Stub Mandrel

Yes, yes. It's that old straw man again, I'm not saying they are the same, you decided I was. That said the confusion among the laity is useful in terms of public safety as many people who have one allergy have the other, and they are processed in similar ways and often the same places. Those who actually have an allergy usually have the capacity to make the discrimination themselves, it's best that non-experts err on the side of caution (which was my original point about all this labelling taking non-technical broad brush approaches which are most straightforward to implement at the expense of generating amusement rather than ambiguity).

Not my point. I don't want to confuse people with allergies, but most of the allergies to 'nuts' are tree-nut allergies. Yes peanuts are completely different (actually the Fabaceaae these days, Leguminosae has gone the way of Paipillionaceae). Even this isn't very helpful, for example many close relatives of the panut are trees, and peanuts are more closely related to oak trees they oak trees are to ash trees. Vast numbers of plants have nuts, including peanuts, but unless you are a botanist (like me) you wouldn't consider them nuts. Similarly, Almonds and Walnuts aren't nuts, to a botanist they are seeds - they come from inside a fleshy outer fruit. It's just like a tomato is really a fruit, a pineapple is a vegetable and a strawberry is neither.

I just got a lovely backplate from TLC in the Netherlands for my 'Deathburger' that allows me to have my own logo on it in a subtle way. What finishing touches do you use to make your builds your own?

The best thing you can do is learn, and practice, whole songs. Don't be afraid to go well outside your usual musical tastes, variety builds your skills. The song I've just learned (see above) has given me some new ideas .

I must have been imagining it 🙄, although the less tentative 'contains peanuts' is more common. Strictly a nut is any fruit capsule that doesn't split open to release the contained seeds, so a peanut is a nut and a conker isn't.

If you want really portable for hotels etc, consider:

The premise behind the California legislation is that if a substance is particularly harmful, then its presence should be highlighted to the purchaser. How do you do this and have manageable exceptions. Some electrical goods have accessible solder a child could chew, others don't. Do you have complex, expensive rules and tests like those for insulating live components, or just stick a cheap label on everything? It's like 'may contain peanuts' on a bag of peanuts. Do you have a law that says everything that may contain peanuts must be labelled unless it's obvious it contains peanuts? How do you define which products 'obviously' contain peanuts? Yes it generates mirth when warnings seem tautological or over-exaggerated, but in truth this is simply a pragmatic approach that avoids excess expense and litigation.

Caustic soda? Paint stripper? Personally I's rather sand it down. I have a cheap neck heading for me and that's what I will do.

I hate the dunlops on one of my basses - so much overhang! Schallers - why not buy cheap clones. If you are unhappy with the locks, just use the strap buttons to replace 'official' schaller ones. They are all interchangeable.

It's about £110 cheaper than the 60th Anniversary Roadworn Jazz which is £1,199, which is virtually the same spec except it doesn't have '62 pickups -as far as I can tell. I'm happy with mine over an American Performer Jazz. I tried MIA and MIM jazz basses before choosing. The 'Flea' signature doesn't offend me but was far from a reason to buy. I can't see why the original bass appeals to Flea for his music, but it does demonstrate that the musician matters more than the instrument when it comes to the sound. I agree, signature basses are usually unusual or even unique specs. My brother bought an Epiphone 'Gold Glory' which is a signature (Jared Kushmer or some other guy...) because it was outstanding for the price and pretty unique (a Les Paul with a single P90 and that's his favourite configuration).

Fender Performer, but with a transparent blue flame maple top, slightly meatier neck and '62 Jazz pickups.

I love my Orange Crush 25. Totally converted me to Orange, I now have a Bass Terror for gigging.

With of Without You @TimR was right...

Don't be up tight, I dropped a smiley to show it was in jest. I could have quoted you in the 'Basschat Famous Quotes Thread' if I wanted to be cruel. I do wonder what @supernaut decided to do, he's usually around.

Doncha love the interweb 🙂

I think that's all covered by the double stops which aren't too bad once you get your head around the inconsistencies.

The line was just doubled, so it's the same whatever you play it on.

Don't give the Glaswegian's ideas... a six pack of Tennant's, chips and a battered P for supper!

I'm visualising a cab with a single 10" or 12" speaker and an angled section on top with a 5" speaker beaming the mid-range at the player's head.

I love lestning something like this because its full of ideas i could never come up with.

Apparently Harrison wrote it, Paul played it on a jazz, then Harrison doubled it on a Fender VI and a ricky 12-string. Or not.

Just managed my first full play through of WMGGW A couple of minor glitches, but should be OK now 🙂