Stub Mandrel

Mental note. Speakers yes. Amp & combos perhaps not.

I will weigh it

Ok, this bass has one drawback, it is well heavy. Did three hours of rehearsal today and found myself sticking it in the stand more often than usual. Got loads of positive feedback from the band, especially on its looks but sound was good. Strings are now losing their zing. They really couldn't believe the cost and wanted to know the 'normal price'. Out of the four songs we were working on, one (dear darlin) was ideal for 5 strings and we tried Sweet Caroline (!) In various keys which it made easy. In general it was little harder to play than a four string, only got lost a couple of times.

Or 'Bont' as we used to call it. But no, the seco d severn crossing.

I have played at the Boat Club, our guitarist photoshopped the sign with a list of bands to include us 😎

So do I. Curiously Google sent me this way today, usually it wants me to go over the Bridge Whose Name Shall Not Be Spoken.

Bt is it actually posdible to do a bad version of hush?

The UFO Club.

Blues band which is covers but very loose and even improvisational in places. Covers band which does the 'compare live versions off YouTube and choose which one to do' thing. I love the contrast. Especially when both bands do the same song very differently.

Mh brother's Scottish partner said Caerphilly last night and it csme out as 'carefully'.

The current 500W version has a clean switch. But why would you want to tame oranfe gnarl? 😆

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I saw the L serial numbers which are 63 to 65.

Just been chatting to the owner of these two 1964 Precisions, he's gigging them in a few minutes. Holding them was a near-religious experience.

I think number 13 is there but trying to hide in the corner...

Intermittent noise, drove me crszy trying to track it down, finally traced to my phone under the head. Luckily rehearsal not gig...

I'm in Barry, so somewhere within easy reach of Cardiff/M4 would be good.

Are you a nesh southerner or something 🤣 you can clean the residue off with Jack Daniel's.

Yes, winding the thick part of the stting was a mistake.

In his 20s, Beethoven had a reputation as a vituoso pianist.

That's identical to the bridge on my Teisco Tulip. <Edit> luckily the neck pocket was so vast it was easy to realign the neck to suit the bridge. 🤔

Just for the record, I bought a set of these for a short scale. OK this meant winding the thick part of the string around a 3/8" post which isn't ideal. They didn't like it and E string broke when putting it on (leaving enough to reattach) and A broke spontaneously a couple of weeks later at the tuner.

Here's some advice on avoiding car crashes. Don't do an open mike playing a song on guitar you haven't played on guitar before, singing words you can't remember from a phone screen you can't read, accompanied by a bassist you've never played with before, when you are half cut. No, no, I would never do this...

I would...

I heard a rumour that LowEndLobster isn't even a lobster. He's a scampi.