Stub Mandrel

God that's awful 😞

Just found a photo from our guitarist's other band's last gig... Capital Radio's firework night. I'm not jealous...

That's taught us.

Without making any judgements, someone who is in a musical couple might not give an entirely unbiased view of how well it works? 😁 <ducks>

Of all the basses I've encountered probably the most bass for the money, even including Harley Bentons. A future classic.

Fear not. Black is just a gateway to tort, you'll get there in the end.

Until relatively recently, the mist I had paid for a bass was under £300. I have 18 basses, only four of them cost more than £300. The best one cost me £80. But I love the way they are all different so I play each one differently.

You're wrong about that 😉

Yes that's correct. They have a particularly sneaky way around here ... box junctions on roundabouts under a flyover so you can't be sure some exits are clear in time to stop before you enter unless you approach at a speed that gets you hassled by following vehicles.

Volunteer for the role of Bassfinder General? The most feared GAS Detector in Christendom (and beyond!) That's a big ask!

Therexs an increasing body of research to show they do work. Example: https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/low-emission-zones-improve-air-quality-health-and-peoples-well-being-new-ipr-policy-brief/ Incidentally, back in the bad old days of leaded petrol you could map the inverse correlation between schoolchildren's IQ and distance from the motorways through Birmingham. The wind may blow at times, it's the days with a temperature inversion over the city that cause most harm. The ULEZ is just a logical extension of decades of pollution reduction in cities and towns. Of course, this has no relation to imperfect implementation of sensible legislation, but 'I was caught by a misunderstanding' doesn't invalidate the concept.

(if your exit isn't clear due to stationary vehicles Unless you are turning right. Simples, eh?

I once got sacked for being too 'widdly' and was replaced by the rhythm guitarist playing root notes. So no-one should think their level of technical ability makes them irreplaceable. But if you can get on with people, pull your weight and have the ability to pull a song back together if things go pear-shaped you will probably last. Ideally, if you can achieve a real musical rapport with the other musicians- when you are playing off each other and anticipating where they will go before they do it - then you should be securem

Bass related... I got a luthier's neck support block and a 'soldier' leather strap. I gave two demonfx pedals (tape echo and mini chorus) and to my other brother one of those mini multi-effects/emulator pedals.

My brother gave me a very nice leather strap and one if those 'neck support' blocks for luthiers. Not much later he asked me to tweak the nut on one of his guitars... coincidence?

And that means he would not be intimidating to a distressed and vulnerable young woman? A bouncer can stand silently and be intimidating. A single student stood silently in Tianamen Square. I have different opinions of all three situations but standing silently is not necessarily passive or without consequences.

Two one-legged musicians in the same band! What a coincidence!

I thought that particular battle was won thirty years ago?

It's not making silent prayer illegal; iit's preventing sing silent prayer (or anything else) as a form of protest in an area where protest is banned to protect vulnerable women ftom intimidation.

No-one ever got fired for buying HP... or an SM58.

For me, it's far harder...

How many of the doom-sayers gave actually read this: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/online-safety/information-for-industry/illegal-harms/risk-assessment-guidance-and-risk-profiles.pdf?v=388034 It doesn't seem threatening to Basschat, unless there's a whole lot of illegal stuff going on I hadn't noticed. The only significant risk is low-level fraud in the selling pages IMHO, and the steps taken to mitigate that seem more robust than on most sites.

LFsys spotted!

They are bloody good, aren't they.