Stub Mandrel

To answer the question in the title, it's great for topping workbenches.

That's the one, Little Johnny England - sorry missed the little out. An excellent rocky folk group led by P.J. Wright (ex-Steve Gibbons band and big mate of Dave Pegg). Very like Oysterband to my way of thinking.

To the fair, the stories are so ubiquitous and the truth is so nuanced its hardly surprising sellers repeat what they have read or been told by others.

I used to go to Warwick Folk club before she had released anything!

01 Ever played a gig sitting down? I had a stool handy once, but didn't use it... 02 Ever gigged on a different instrument? Last year for the first time - Mandolin and Guitar! 03 Ever shared a stage with a musical hero of yours? My first band got introduced by Benjamin Zephaniah back in the 80s. 04 Any fan ever had a tatoo of your band's logo? I made a t-shirt with my second band's logo on... does that count? 05 Ever signed an autograph in a dressing room? ! 06 Ever cried on stage? Only with pain or disbelief... 07 Ever worn a hat on stage? Yes, sadly I gave the hat to a mate who suited it better than me (basically he put it on and had to fight off the ladies, so i wasn't going to get it back 😞 ). 08 Ever gigged with a band you hadn't met before the gig? No 09 Ever been in a relationship with a fellow band member? No 10 Ever played in different bands on the same day? No 11 Ever had anything thrown at you while playing? Only be fellow band members. 12 Ever crashed on the way to the gig? Mercifully not. 13 Ever left a band over the choice of set list? Nope. 14 Ever slept in the venue despite it not being a hotel? I don't think so... 15 Ever been supported by a band clearly better than you? Only if you count a 'battle of the bands'. 16 Ever played a gig suffering from some debilitating medical condition? Hangovers... 17 Ever been in a band where the guitarist was your favourite bandmate? Yes 18 Ever played in the grounds of a stately home? I've played in the grounds of a Pub and rugby stadium 19 Ever injured yourself on stage? Not seriously. 20 Ever been told that your bass isn't loud enough? Only made that mistake once 🙂

Thompson - Glasto, then several times since. Tull and Rush both at the NEC - Broadsword and Signals. 🙂

Cropredy 🙂

Tank & Anvil supporting Motorhead Stranglers several times in the early 80s. Swarb & Martin in a tiny pub room - they had a small PA and amps but decided not to use them!

How about: Jethro Tull Richard Thompson Stranglers Dave Swarbrick and Martin Carthy Anvil Show of Hands Tank Anna Ryder Johnny England Rush

Haven't heard that for decades. For some reason if you'd asked me who it was by I would have said the Sweet! I only remembered the 'lazer blazer love' bit.

Nanci Griffith

They might be both neck or both bridge units? Usually a matched pairs have opposite magnet orientations to reverse the signal. Can you test with a magnet to see if they are both the same polarity? If so you will get a decnt signal but won't get a humbucking effect with both dialled up.

Each pickup gives an electric signal that although not identical is very similar. Connected together the right way they add up and make a louder output. Connected the wrong way (out of phase) one signal is subtracted from the other so you only hear the difference, which is mostly extra harmonics from the bridge pickup and more fundamental note from the neck pick up. This means you hear relatively little bass and lots of harmonics.

I've got a Google Hangout meeting for an astroclub tomorrow, but numbers are limited to 25.

Giving this a go, so far the first 20% isn't too bad but not much respect for time or tempo 🙂 Ikeep wanting to play it to a funky rythym :🤡

Stops me feeling guilty about having Fender straps on my Squiers. 🙂

The 'oo.

Let me correct that for you 🙂

Yep. I finally got tickets to see them with my brother for last October. Then Biff had heart surgery so it was postponed to March and we all know what happened next...

I'm not convinced many of the bass players quoted above are... Suzi being a notable exception 🙂

Nope, got dragged along to see Radiohead. Only drealised they were a 'known' band when they played Paranoid Android and I recognised it... Cornershop -I saw them before they became famous supporting Gong(!) They were utterly dire - noise for the sake of noise, basically Zero Tolerance for Silence less the talent and musicality...

There's a difference between being inspired bgy someone and being inspired by a photo of them 😞 Sorry Norman!

Saw them twice. Once as 'local crew' next night on the guest list as a reward 🙂

There must be some 'rogue' TU3s about, because mine is solid as a rock. As for clip ons, a Snark is £15 so it's hardly worth bothering with a cheaper one unless you are seriously skint.