Stub Mandrel

I had an ancient tape recording of my first band made rehearsing in a big, empty club room with loads of reverb. I could not kill the reverb but even basic tooks available in the 2000s let me sort of salvage it. So have a try.

EKP Supplies. If they don't stock what you need, they will make it.

It's a nice aid for people whose technique isn't up to playing a conventional bass. 😈

You could rephrase this thread as "is there any point buying a new bass when I could buy a better one for the same price or secondhand one for less?" Me, I'm quite happy to buy a new bass (or secondhand) if it's what I want. But I always buy secondhand cars.

Last night it was the Bendricks Rock gig at the Earl Haig. We had a good one. A venue where people know their music and expect good bands. Not quite rammed (apparentlyfor my brother's band lastweekbthey had to tske allthe rables out!... they arecrhulars though and this was our first time). Even so it was pretty full. Loads of banter, dancing and vocal appreciation. Lead guitarist switched off instead of standby on his valve amp so when he switched on for encores the fuse blew. We only realised after starting superstition so it was a bitof an improvised jam. My Joyo XVI helped thicken up the sound. We'd forgotten a vocal monitor so the rhythm guitarist's spare, a snall peavey, was used. We pressed it into service for our final song. As well as very happy punters and venue, we got some nice comments from a fellow bassist as well as a couple of local guitar legends. We left very happy that the recent sequence of gigs has done a lot to establish a fan base for us.

Lined up for this year: Walter Trout Hawkwind [twice] Alice Cooper Alice Cooper + Judas Priest + Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons Simply Red The Achievers Plus lots of local bands

Have they added a pig? 🤣 Whoops no they haven't!

Well, I'm inspired to wear this t-shirt fr tonight's gig.

GP11 schematic here. Fixed mine using it. trace-elliot_GP11-AH350-AH500-MK-V-BASS.pdf

Possibly one of the transistors early in the preamp has gone noisy/leaky. Some need to be replaced as pairs. A tech should be able to sort it.

So the basic question (asked over and again) is what pickup will give me the authentic early 60s p-bass sound without having to use an accurate reissue of an early 60s p-bass pickup? Sub-topic: ideally with the same tone but more output so I don't have to strain myself by turning up the gain as far. <just joshing 😁>

Now Trumpmonkey Musk gas his aim swuarely on the judiciary while Trump himself uses obvious coercion to bring legal firms onto his agenda. I am stunned that the disintegration of a proud, if hubristic, democracy can be so fast.

Bass does seem to have more appeal to men, but there don't seem to be major barriers to talented women players getting ahead.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Just did an experiment. I get a usable sustain of over 10 seconds from my Harley Benton kit bass with a cheap as chips BBOT bridge, maple Squier neck and a body so light and soft you can almost dent it with your fingernail. Even Boys of Summer needs less than six seconds.

Surely the psu is connected to the case of the synth via a continuous chain through circuit ground to the jack sockets to the case...?

I'm not arguing for the sake of it... I am genuinely trying to help. Having had a few close calls I sympathise. My point is don't assume a low voltage supply is safe and isolated from the mains just because it is supposed to be. They can and do fail from time to time. You can't stop leakage by doubting it (and yes I have had a belt due to things like carbon tracking on a pcb allowing mains to trickle into the low voltage side... as it's "completely isolated" this doesn't trip the board...) The phase issue sometimes occurs in large buildings where a three phase 440V supply is split to power more than one 240V ring main. It's rare, but if happens. If two items are powered from different phases you can get high differential voltages between them in the case of a fault. Very low levels of leakage can build up enough charge to give you a belt without necessarily tripping an rcd. This seems to be what has happened here, suspect everything until the cause is found. Also it may be the combination of different things that combine to make the problem. Final thought... is there anything else that could have charged you up so the jack just provided a route to earth? Were you holding a bass or other instrument? I'll shut up now, after saying "don't assume anything is safe as there's a fault somewhere".

Bendricks Rock have a gig at the Earl Haig on Saturday. I've played there a lot with Bluesfire and on jam nights. It's in the bar, not on the big stage, but a lot of people consider it one of their favourite places to play because of the atmosphere. Lots of regulars in a smaller space. Hopefully we match our last two gigs.

For me, at least, there is something special in a connection with the past through artefacts. If the object can still be used for its original purpose, or even repurposed, all the better.

Tbh I can't tell on my phone.

It's real... put it back! I learned something today!

https://amateurphotographer.com/second-hand/vintage-digital-cameras-you-should-actually-buy/

There's a lot of interest in old tech.

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