Stub Mandrel

Troy's videos are great, always easy to see what he's doing and pretty much straight although sometimes he adds little bits one the end 🙂

IIRC they started being branded Arbor series a year or three after I got that one.

My first bass - Hohner, about 1986? My Brother still has it.

"Oops, we couldn’t find that track. "

Well that's a bit of country I can appreciate, but I do feel sorry for the bass player and dummer...

Was able to pay my tanglewood a few days ago. It's almost as loud as an acoustic 6-string but is a pure acoustic(until i put a pickup in it). It needs a setup though, nut cut deeper, truss rod, possibly drop bridge <1mm.

Ha... the challenge here is to make my freshly minted song a valid entry. So the poster is advertising a Shadow Play, but ripping off Rory Gallagher woudl be cheating. However, in this warped tale an unexpected incident casts a dark shadow over the village green... Actualy as the poster is promoting 'composers' any piece composed by anyone is probably eligible if it meets the dates... 😆

You can improve youe ear with practice just like anything else, When I started out I struggled to tell what key something was in. After a few years I took singing lessons and the tutor said my relative pitch was fantastic (although I don't have perfect pitch). These days I can get in key withon 2 or 3 notes, but I struggle to work fast passages out by ear. Generally i find a tab and then work through fininding any errors..

I came across an exercise which was playing a riff in eighth notes, then every so often speeding up to sxiteenths for a bar, keeping time. It was a really good exercise and helped me step up a notch in my playing.

Funky!

Oh God. You've created an infinite loop. Let's hope this doesn't happen in the DoI thread, the universe could collapse.

The problem with this thread is it's tempting me to suggest the song...

I saw them on the Signals tour, at the NEC. NOtable because in ethr eview I wrote for our Rocsoc mag I called him Lief Ericsson...

Still in Wales. Then when I come back, I'll be fairly stationary for a while...

I was up in Matlock this morning. Going to South Wales early on Weds. Is there any chance it can be in Derby tomorrow?

Blues rock version or Hair Metal version? Which do I prefer... let's just say Whitesnake have a track record for spoiling a good songs, like 'Ere I Go Again Again.

Under all that crap a B2, converted into a lefty by my brother, converted back by me, and resprayed by my mate - believe it or not. Sounds fantastic and plays itself.

The hardest kind where remembering it is a bigger challenge than playing it!

You may worship at my shrine of Hohner Headlessness, Ricky 🙂

Space Ritual Just playing it in the background. The sheer power behind sonic attack is like being hit by a bulldozer.

I emailed my MP who came back with the party line about all the support. I replied explaining the issue in simple, plain detail, others did too, and she said she would take it up with the Chancellor to no more avail than a few small headlines.

My earning music from music days were beyond the 20 year limit. Which is a shame as now I understand the tax system I would have been able to claim a tax rebate as what I spent on gear, practice venues and recording was more than I ever got back. These days many people will come under the £1000 turnover de-minimis rule. A three-piece getting paid £250 a gig could do one a month, for example. And if you do earn more, it's a good reason to make sure you have the finest basses and amps in the land "That 62 Jazz isn't a luxury, think how much tax I've saved!" 🙂

Pine make surprisingly good guitar bodies. I keep looking at the pitch pine doors in the house (which is going to be sold) and thinking the next owner doesn't need those...