Stub Mandrel

I always wind a cable just as I was told how to hank a rope, giving each loop a satisfying half-twist. Also, my speaker cables are just plain 13A twin flex - but BRIGHT ORANGE with heatshrink over the connector body and strain relief as a precaution against shorts if plugged into anything that isn't ring=earth.

Sorry....

My dad has more... and he's 84!

Definitely not the space! Upper part ahd two jack sockets and a power socket in it, one corner kept for the taller 10uF caps!

Not just the hair...

Fairport Convention - only Simon Nichol from the original lineup, but he hasn't been there the whole time. But it's a band that evolves with people coming and going, I don't see why a and like that shouldn't go on forever as longs as (a) there's some genuine continuity (Viz. some of the Iommi on his own 'Sabbath' albums) and (b) they keep producing new material that builds on the original corpus rather than becoming a 'tribute' to themselves.

I enjoyed it. I saw it as a movie based on Queen's story and a tribute to Freddy, not a documentary. I think it balanced a lot of potentially difficult content with making it a movie for a wide audience well without bowdlerising anything.

A very good point; for an electric instrument quality plywood should be better. Not for soundboards though!

I've got the bits and assembled a power plug and jacks into a tiny case. I need to make the board, it's designed, but I suspect I'm trying to fit it into too tiny a case (50x50).

Funnily enough 'Lights' is on Planet Rock right now. Makes me want to be a record producer - a song that desperately needs a dose of grit to stop it sounding like the Bee Gees with an excellent guitar over the top. Now 'Wheel in the Sky' is an excellent song - but every time I hear it I think it's Heart...

Because the whole thing is a 'show' from a punters point of view. A show that builds to a climax is a more memorable and rewarding experience. Ask anyone headliner who has been upstaged by the previous band. (e.g. UFO/Slade) If you go to see the fireworks, do you want the bangs and flashes to be the same right through or to save the best for last?

That's pretty much the rule isn't it? The headliners may have paid the price of a house to cover the cost of a top-notch lighting rig and it's part of their show. If you were supporting Motorhead, would you have expected to get the bomber for your act? Even if it's the venue's own rig, they probably see it as part of the whole show building to a climax and it's in their interests to make the headliners stand out.

I suspect @cheddatom can guess exactly why the sound improved for the headliners...

But if you use headphones of IEMs other people can't enjoy your playing and admire your prowess? And if you can't be heard over the din, why not just turn it up? Surely that's what everyone else is doing...

But tainted by much of their output being the epitome of MOR AOR.

I love the bassline on anyway you want it. I think Escape Frontiers showed what a good band they could have been if they had embraced a heavier sound.

The problem with sex on the TV, was that we always kept falling off.

Ozzy Osbourne being interviewed on Planet Rock. I need subtitles... and I'm married to a brummie.

That's what trade shows are!

The Stranglers did it first...

Ain't no flies on Blackstar then 🙂

Always take a baseball bat to gigs. Use this to apply corrections to your drummer's timing instead of whipping them with your lead, and they will last much longer*. *the leads that is, not the drummer.

Some my next gig is now... Me! Me and my brother and his partner going unplugged & folky to support our other brother's band who are very definitely going to be plugged in! Then PC&TBS. Then Hawkwind 🙂

It's the creepiness of lurking around 15 yos waiting for their b'days...

I presume these figures are weights in grams? so the 5005 is 11lbs, the 1605 is 3 1/2lbs and the 2605 is 6lbs...