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  1. Stub Mandrel
    I'm greatly tempted by the CV bass vi.
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    Well last night we had Nearly Steely play at the club and it was totally rammed. It was a decent attendance 45 minutes befor the start, normally it starts filling with 5-10 minutes to go. We expected to lose people to the Six Nations but that didn't happen. Indeed by half time the lounge where the match was on was virtually empty. I wonder why... Our usual band night is Saturday so this was a big bonus for the club, things are so tight these days but we are doing our best - seven live band nights in February, one with fourboriginals bands) plus four open mics and a jam night. It's interesting and a bit demoralising to be on both sides of the local live music challenge. And frustrating to know things the club could do better...
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    My first bash, and the last one before Covid.
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    I thought I had none in January, but had missed one, then two more pop up at short notice, one quiet (well it was 8pm on a Thursday...), two decent but not as busy as normal. Always hit and miss this time of year, although I didn't gig last Saturday, numbers at two local gigs were good. We've got a very good local Steely Dan tribute at the club tonight - fingers crossed, it is free admission. Tomorrow's band cancelled due to illness, but we got a stnad in (miffied I didn't act quick enough to get it!) I've got 14 or 15 gigs booked in over the rest of 2025, a bit clumped. Not particularly impressive given I played seven in six weeks from the start of november. Would like about 2 a month in an ideal world.
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    Started gassing for a Squier Bass VI.
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    I've foolishly accepted the challenge of Muse's Hysteria. The difficulty of the various parts is exaggerated, the tricky bit is remembering when to switch between them and doing so smoothly...
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    Sorry sbout my thjmbs...
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    Go no further, see if it can loosen rightoff and see what happens. I had this gappen on a squier andcthe lwer anchor was pulling into the wood. There is a fortuitous hole at the end ofthe jnserf above the anchor (hidden in neck pocket). Saved me drilling... I loosed right off, flooded with cyanoacrylate and it's been fine for 5 years or so.
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    I can't imagine needing more than 500W I never get anywhere near nax volume with my Bass Terror, I saw one used in the Manchester O2.
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    It's when I get links to pdfs it falls over. I can open saved files ok.
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    I turned up at a couple of open mikes with an electro acoustic bass and ended up playing to a few songs I know and several I don't. I was amazed how many people hadn't seen one before and how excited they got about it.
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    Apparently 60 is the time you ho through a second phase of rapid ageing (the other is early 30s). I feel that's happened to me.
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    Maybe, the Orange and Joyo are the only two valve pre equipped amps I have extended experience of.
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    Foxbook served me up with a post about dog-rugs. That is beautifully hand crafted rugs in the realustic shape of dogs. Unfortunately almost everyone who commented, including me, could only see roadkill...
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    Just in case anyone knows how to do it... this is the absurd list of what my Samsung Galaxy offers to open pdf files... I have Acrobat installed. I can't find any way of assigning apps to file types under 'default apps' as you would on a pc.
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    That's what's great about the Bass Terror, it varies a bit from bass to bass, but somewhere around 2 o'clock on the gain you'll find a sweet spot where you can play loud and pretty clean, then dig in for real dirt without the volume going up too much. Very controllable.
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    Thought I'd posted this from last Thursday, but it seems not...
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    I got four similar ones. Far too noisy in my Sire.
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    There is some logic to overlapping series with budget Fenders being lowet spec than similarly priced Squiers. This is pretty much what Gibson/Epiphone do, with some Epiphones definitely being premium instruments.
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    I have bought basses after asking to use a Rumble, having tried them out on a Mark Bass and feeling they were gutless. MB do clean very well, although one or two people I have heard have coerced some grit of of them.
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    The Bush in Cwmbran with Bluesfire. Tight fit in this old pub, lovely customers and staff. As usual had a blast with some dancing (we aren't very danceable). Used my proper rig this time. Quecha aporoach shoes with custom orthopaedic insert to keep my ankle bearable.
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    Sounded nice, loud enough to get by but I would have liked a bit more oomph. PA wasn't great as eq was way out imho.
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