Stub Mandrel

One odd bit of inertia on my part. I've had a 70s Epiphone acoustic about 37 years, it was my 21st birthday present from Mum and Dad (I rang up and asked if they would pay for it). It's not outstanding and is a bit 'reliced' now but is loud and very easy to play with an electric-like action. The (bolt on) neck is ever-so-slightly misaligned, it's really annoying me and all it needs is loosening and a slight tweak sideways. The screws are at the bottom of deep holes, and one or more of them has been 'spoiled' and will need to be replaced. I have all the gear to remove such screws, but have an irrational fear of something going wrong on not finding a replacement screw. Even as I write this, I'm increasingly minded to take it to a chap I know who does setups and get him to sort it and do a fret dress.

He has a lengthy wikipedia page.

The irony is that it actually has a fair bit of merit as a song. The lyrics could be polished and producer could get him to redo the bits where the vocals go odd and stomp on things like the whistling at the end. Ten video is beyond cheese... they could have sat him on a rock somewhere borderline photogenic with a guitar on his lap and just done it straight (or cutting in a few bird shots) - but then he'd only have 40 views, not four million!

"Small but perfectly formed"

+1 ^^^^

Agreed, awesome guitarist but that brand of widdlywonk leaves me cold.

So does Buckethead, with a similar level of merit IMHO.

LOL! Just played along to Peter Gunn and discovered that one thing I haven't developed is the stamina for over 4 minutes stretching the same pattern!

That's the cheesiest Dalek voice ever! What did Peter Gunn do to deserve that?

I suspect you are being too critical of yourself.

No, that's begging for a cover.

Certainly more stylish than the new Vox and more imaginative than the Ashdown basses, for example. I think people would buy those. You should enter it for No Treble Bass of the Week.

Be honest, I bet you are comparing yourself to last month - where are you really compared to February 2020?

Very nice Stew, I like the headstock as well as the understated hardware on the body.

You've moved onto a higher plane of existence. Bite your fingernails and embrace the bass 🙂

Yes! Desperate to play with real people again, but I've done masses of practice over the last year, I pick up a bass for 5-10 minutes or more at least a dozen times a day. I have put serious effort into learning stuff that I was convinced was beyond my abilities. I can learn new songs faster and play more fluently. Have also learned a huge amount about how my playing style affects my sound and how changing pickup/playing position/digging in can be more profound than a bank of pedals. Still can't play Portrait of Tracy or Teen Town, and my slap is still crap, but I can live with that...

For your listening pleasure, I present.... myself! Age about 22, solo, one take. Anyone suggesting mind-altering chemicals can speak to my lawyers.

Brokencyde:

Good stuff.

We''ll be round to steal all his HBs 🙂

I've decided the solution is to keep my basses in the freezer. Can anyone make a suggestion for what I should do with the bodies?

Well get hackin' then Stew 🙂

I use Eagle and they know how to put the rout into autorouter.

And don't get him a Line 6 Spider...

I have a Vox Valvestate modelling amp*. You can lose yourself for hours playing with the different tones, the exact model is no longer available but it impressed my brother (who is rabidly anti-modelling amp) perhaps because the real valve stage gives it a more 'authentic' sound? He has a 'proper' Vox valve combo which obviously doesn't do as many sounds but has a great blues-rock sound. *The Vox sounds are obviously spot on (don't forget Tony Iommi used an AC15 / AC30 to start with! I think the Marshall and Fender models are pretty good too, does a great Neil Young fender twin sound. I haven't got the experience to judge the 'boutique sounds'.