Stub Mandrel

Of course it should be. The singist was almost at the point of taking scissors to it and rearranging it all, as I recall (it's hazy) the detail was "take out one of these choruses, repeat the second verse, then put the missing chorus back in and repeat it a couple of times"! I pointed out that if it's too short, we just have to play it out like Quo with an endless ending...

Is it too much to expect a rational reason for this?

You'll have to wait, no point taking a pic now as I've rubbed down a couple of high spots, and awaiting more lacquer. A test showed the HB neck is a perfect fit, though.

I'm assuming this lot know their local audience... they've been playing together in various combinations for 40 years... What works can be surprising. With the other band not only did a rocked up version of Feeling Good do down well, people were actually singing along...

I've always used roundwounds on my slicker.

Well I managed five days... it seems fine, but after five coats yesterday and today I've ordered a second can of lacquer. The grain has risen a little, despite being sanded back twice after staining. I should gave stuck with a single application of stain though, as it's coming out a bit dark. The ash looks as good as the maple though, and the ftont and back are both bookmatched, which is good.

Hopefully Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons in November, if the tickets arrive a year after ordering.

Last night, keyboardist and I were congratulating ourselves at getting the two different progressions in Rockin All Over the World in the right places. Singer decides it's too short and declares we need to add a verse at the end, lose a chorus from the middle and...

Dear Liberace, My advice to those who have had their Finguls burnt in the past is to let sleeping Finguls lie. Aunty.

Its hard not to look at that and wonder how you are going to get the gimp in before you put the back on.

This could become the mollusc-pun-thread.

It might be worth dropping a PM to a friendly mod...

Welcome home

Not really learning, but I'm revising La Grange as penance for playing the bassline to Waiting for the Bus - or trying to...

Sounded great I was genuinely shocked when you told me which speaker I was just humouring you when I 'guessed' the larger speaker to its right. Honest.

I had a carpal tunnel diagnosis nearly 20 years ago. Loss of feeling, extreme coldness (like Reynaud's Syndrome). Cured it using mouse mats with a gel lump - but it never really goes away. I wear a wristband on my picking hand as anything rubbing against the inside of, my wrist brings on symptoms. I have to extend my arm and give it a good shake every half hour when driving too.

I'm playing the Windsor in Penarth on Friday evening if you want to say hi 🙂

By a curious coincidence, I found my t-shirt when loading my speaker last night. I will be wearing it to a rehearsal tomorrow.

The bass does more for my thumbs than any amount of anti-inflammatories.

1 October - Windsor, Penarth. 9:00pm ... 8:30pm ... 8:00pm ... 8:30pm At this rate, it will be happening on the 29th...

As a guitar finger-picker, I just tried picking four-finger chords and it's easy enough. Trying to play 'September' across all four stings strict one finger pwer string (well thumb and 3) needed a lot of concentration and wasn't fluent! Riffs with three fingers are easy enough and can get pretty fast.

Sort of. I'd estimate 1 cent flat on the C, E and G. 2 cents on Bb but pretty much on tune for C#. https://pages.mtu.edu/~suits/scales.html

Watching when in Rome on sky arts. Would have been good to see that lineup playing a set of 'classics'.

That gives you a true temperament fifth, not an equal temperament one. Not that the difference is meaningful - about 1 cent.