Stub Mandrel

Joyo XVI Polyphonic, immaculate tracking, great sound and a 'modulation' knob that provides some nice bonus sounds.

Me too, not being super flash is easily forgiven if you know all the songs!

Be joyous! Playing with musicians who offer sympathetic and constructive advice and ideas in a supportive way are the best bandmates, regardless of who is the best musician (very few people will admit to being the best musician in a band - especially as we all have different ideas of what is good!)

Goatgouger

I shall watch that tomorrow when I can have the volume up, but it seems suitably Spinal Tap 🙂

Surprised no mention of Cro Mags?

On the subject of 'Inspired by' I always thought there's a touch of the Dr Who Theme in that one...

Jet Black looking nervously towards his drumkit...

Much jolly taking of the p1ss

Toss up between Sex on Fire and Dakota, obvs... It's rather depressing looking at the lists of Number Ones. How about Relax? Or These Boots are Made for Walking? (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay and You're So Vain both only made No. 3 in the UK.

I was lucky to see him on his (incompletely documented) universities tour in late 1981. Possibly the first big gig I ever saw, but I didn't need to be a seasoned muso to realise it was phenomenal. I'd never seen anyone playing a rock solo on a mandolin before (or since).

+1

Ditto, but that was part of its appeal, I like different basses to feel different.

Easily, costs more but looks 'professional' you would be able to use a USAnian power cord instead of a blue cable.

Tried out a Vintage Pro this week. To my surprise I was very impressed, including by the balance of it (although it was pretty hefty). Sounded excellent with a good range of tones. Not very well set up, but with half a turn on the truss rod, nut recut and a bridge adjustment would be a good un'. Very Tempty. Only thing... is it worth an extra £183 over an Embassy that has the same pickups and a through neck?

You're just catfishing for puns!

Guitarist has a single coil guitar too 🙂

The obvious solution is to assume we all bring a +1 and adjust the cake supply accordingly. With an extra 50%, just in case.

If not, you can usually pick up second hand building site step down/isolation transformers for relatively cheap prices. This one is £30 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333942668997?hash=item4dc088bec5:g:TbsAAOSwZCVgZead

I can't take Boomers (or many other things) seriously since first hearing this. Full shred. Pre-amp, pro-sound performance Groove tube Killer caps You're a Strat cat Patch in Dangerous distortion Serious sustain Slinky, super slinky Boomers double-ball ends It'll phase, it'll flange, it'll fuzz It's fast, it's flexible Just feel those frets A simulated comb filter For steroizing a mono source It's got a scaled-down Strat-style body With the feel of a Les Paul Deep cutaways, no pickguard And a couple of chromebuckers: Full shred! Stiff neck, brass nut and an ebony fingerboard Ball's deluxe

Because I'm an arsey git.

I won't disagree with that, but I don't think their approach would suit most bands.

Exactly, which renders it less relevant for most of us humbler musicians 🙂

That sort of music require quite a lot of mental concentration to listen to. It would empty most pubs in short order. That's not meant as any criticism of their abilities, but it does show the need to fit the music to the situation.