Stub Mandrel

Dang taht's a good one to learn. I've been playing with The Super Natural by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.. which went on to become Black Magic Woman by Fleetwood Mac and again covered (well) by Santana.

If you've ever struggled to de-lacquer bass components (I have) to clean them, Windsor & Newton do a gloss spray for artworks that dissolves in white spirit. I've used it to protect clean and polished brass on a Westone and it would also be idea as an easily reverisble protection for piole pieces

Our got cancelled, we're in Wales and playing to 30 people is not likely to bring in a lot for the pub. Still, it was nice to be asked.

Great case and a nice strap, nickel strings, lemon oil and a pointy stick to keep those who say don't use it at bay.

Sound pretty evenly balance on my (decent) PC speakers, although the bass is bottom-heavy.

Bass Centre was next to Snow Hill

I have just given my brother (the folky one) my first proper bass amp, a 150W Laney Pro-Bass head together with a 2x12 cab I made containing a pair of 80W Mackenzie PA speakers. Along with a Phoenix/Celestion 2x12 these were my main gigging rig back in the 90s, and I last used them (for a single gig) in 2019. Despite a massive emotional attachment, having acquired a two practice amps, two heads and three cabs this year (as well as other stuff picked up in the intervening quarter-century) it's good to make some space and see them go to someone who won't just enjoy them but has a good chance of gigging them as well.

Can I just say I fully appreciate what this post is about, the only thing I could take issue with is that the Santana album Marathon was released in September 1979, so it technically post-dates the emergence of Level 42, although it's well before they issued any vinyl.

String gauge Action Variations in dimensions of neck, body and bridge Nut height How well the intonation is set up Always amazes me how two basses can have the bridge pieces arrange quite differently, when I set them up for similar action and adjust the intonation in the same way.

My last two houses have had walls with a thick layer of 'vintage' plaster, which greatly benefits from some form of 'binder'.

Parley not surrender.

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Mushroom teapot that would be? Mayhap Aldous Huxley could throw some useful light.

I was being humorous 🙂

I'm protected. I'm wearing an anti-macari.

He was mentored by a bloke known as 'John the Peeler' who went on to some success in radio.

With traditional (123 year old) walls, I use 6mm Rawlplug brand plugs, dipped in Gorilla glue. 1 smooth plugs are useless on walls with friable mortar under plaster. 2 once a hole has opened up its probably too late. 3 don't overtighten, you must not make the fixing twist. 4 Use heavier gauge screws, 4 or 5mm. 6 give several hours for the glue to expand and consolidate.

I had a go last practice. Tried roll over beethoven. Surprisingly easy to play and sing (shout). Main issue pointed out to me was bad mike technique, most of the time they couldn't hear me!

Summat very unusual about that guitar; anyone else spot it?

Panchromatic b&w film tends to render blues and reds lighter than their true luminosity. It renders greens darker. I would say the bass is so dark a red or true blue are unlikely, but a greeny blue is possible.

AI can only guess appropriate colours. Look at the curtain, it's coloured it beige on top and blue under the necks. It might just as easily have been red.

Four cheap basses I have that I'd recommend highly: Hohner B2 (My brother gave it to me about 1987). Huge sound, supremely playable and tiny. Hohner Jack Custom V (£130 🤣). My only fiver, really easy to play but neck like an aircraft carrier when you first pick it up). Westone Thunder (about £100). Sounds like a Precision, but more so... Squier Jaguar Short Scale (bought new for £180, but now they go for about twice that s/h). Ridiculously lovely, fun and comfortable to play with one of the nicest neks ever (I A/B'd it with a Warwick in the shop, despite being several times the price the Jag blew the Warwick out of the water for playability). The J-pickup is a bit weak

My brother had one of those built for hi with custom tweaks for over £800. Sold it and regrets doing so very deeply.