Stub Mandrel

I have a sunburst one, they are wonderful. I do find it hard to see the brown side dots on the join between brown fingerboard and deep amber neck. My partner kindly used her Silhouette machine to cut me lots of 3/32" dots in white high stick vinyl. Reversible solution and now it will see more gigs. Like you I'm hoping it ages gracefully and not too slowly!

They both look ok... Possibly I've seen pics of the long scale at an odd angle.

Back to Demonfx. My brother has their Klon Klone. It's lovely inside and scary close to the original. Seems the voltage boost ic has popped though so will fit a new one.

I like the proportions of the Jaguar SS, but it's based on a guitar body. The long scale version looks a bit gangly.

Grumpiness setting in. After 9 gigs in seven weeks (too many), I now have nothing until February as our venue for an Xmas gig changed hands and I passed on a NYE dep. Reasonable number of gigs lined up for Bendricks Rock but only a handful for the blues band as the guitarist/BL's indie band are hoping to issue an EP or album and do a UK tour. Wento a gig with the drummer last night. If things don't perk up he's going to try and start a new band. I may or may not be part of it if a guitarist/vocalist already comes with a bass player. TBH got a lot to handle with work and family issues (my dad passed away recently) for a couple of months but music is my therapy... Perhaps I will put myself out there for more dep work.

Uniquest, I would say.

Back in my first incarnation as a bass player I always used an ELCB at my wall socket. I heard far too many scare stories. Not as fussy now as rules are tighter - some venues even have breaker sockets. But I have started taking a 4-way extension reel with a breaker fitted as a few places have felt less well maintained.

The requirements for small User to User services like Basschat look light touch and I would say thry are pretty much in place.

New nut? - sounds like essential maintenance. Refin? - Shamelessly unnecessary cosmetic job, OUT!

Less impressive that they have to teach to make ends meet!

I had no trouble finding a teacher at a Cardiff music school. WNO too.

I'm lucky, born in 62 I grew up to know both systems. I'm bilingual.

I did and it helped a lot.

I sincerely hope that you don't get handed an elf costume when you arrive...

My brother has one. Dave Brock played a Spectrum guitar for several years.

And bloody good fun song to play, don't care what anyone says!

Who says Goths never smile!

I've got Squier 40th Anniversary P and a Fender AVII 1960 P. The Fender cost five times as much, is "period correct" with all the details. Squoer made in China, Fender made in the USA. As far as sound and feel are concerned each is as good as the other.

The new band seems to have gelled really well. We have a google calendar and all work at getting gigs. Surprisingly we manage to do quite well even with us all being in other bands. Stuff like logo posters is done by me but with cycles of feedback through our anarchic whatsapp thread. We had a discussion of how we care four our instruments... all double entendres which culminated in our new t-shirt... this is our singist:

I gig because I want to not because I need to. Gig funds don't cover transport, gear and rehearsal costs, but I want to gig with gear I enjoy using.

Well played that man.

Last weekend the two guitarists actually remembered to stop playing after the third verse of Socks on Fire(place). I was so surprised they got it right I did that little slide down a bar late!

Addendum: Last night brought home how venues can affect your sound. Started off with a flat setting and moderate volume. Sound was loud and boomy, I ended up cutting bass more than ever before and boosting treble and adding a bit of mid. Gain in the normal spot but master volume lower than I would use in a rehearsal. The floor was stone under thin carpet, I was in front of a stone fireplace in a stone wall and the ceiling was little more than seven feet up. My cab is rear ported and that open fireplace must have acted as a resonant chamber. There must have been huge passive gain on the bottom end. Odd and took a few tries to get a decent sound.

It's actually incredibly easy to make a stonking PZM using a piezo capsule.