Stub Mandrel

Dishwasher does a better job than the old boiling up with Persil to restore old strings.

The best tab uses 'notes' with numbers instead of heads, so it shows the rhythm in the same way (I can 'read' rhythm, but not pitch, don't ask me why, I don't know). I hear different to what's written for some songs, just like shuffle rhythms are often an 'approximation' of what's notated.

I doubt the cold will affect the structure of all metal strings, even with bronze on steel the differential expansion effect will be negligible compared to coiling and uncoiling a string. If you had aluminium alloy strings, then potentially there could be an effect, especially if recently heat treated. For sensible string metals, no effects happening at those temperatures. HOWEVER... Temperature cycling does 'age' metals causing internal tensions to dissipate, which might accelerate the ageing process. So continually putting your strings in and out of the fridge might be bad. SO MAKE YOU MIND UP!

I don't read music, but I've noticed that a lot of tab (even 'advanced' tab that shows note durations like notation) can't really show syncopation and repeated listening is the only way to get the original 'feel'. I find imitating the rhythm (like some low-grade human beat box) really helps me get an unusual rhythm into my head.

I got one from Aliexpress for slightly more than SFA ($35), got here in about a week from China, arrived today. I thought it was for guitar so I was going to give it to my brother. But it's for bass and ultra cute so 🙂 Still haven't done anything more than watch the pretty lights and scratch my head looking at the instructions...

My (and a whole day's worth of patient's) Flu vaccination has been put back until 19th as the supplier failed to get the delivery to the GP last week.

I hate 99.5% of all Christmas songs. Merry Christmas Every Body and Santa Claus is Coming to Town (by the Boss) both stand up as good time songs on their own. But I do like this as well:

Back in the 90s I always used the pre-EQ FX loop of the three (count 'em) loops on my Laney ProBass. This time round I just use them between bass and amp.

I had the Black Watch and the Scientific Calculator 🙂

I was thinking "I hope that's one song per line..."

Or even produce a tab version for mere mortals like me ... 🙂

Boggle...

Hey, this is a man whose production could make your career...

Not normally a fan of G&L, but I quite like the look of that. It would only work as an SS though 🙂

You clearly don't buy the idea that over-long cables lead to signal degradation 🤣

I love the bass sound on this. Adrian Shaw. Hawkwind sceptics, please set aside your preconceptions and give this bass tone and walking line masterclass a listen.

I found this fantastic interview with Neil Murray: http://dmme.net/interviews/nmurray.html

I'm starting to feel tempted, I think they look nicer than the real MM TBH...

I think Spondz has explained it much better than wot I did.

LOL! Very good and vocals reminded me of something I couldn't place for a bit... Haze! Obviously the accent! Now stop 🙂

If he doesn't take the money, then the likes of Spotify and Apple Music get to keep it and better placed to exploit less successful artists who just want to make a living...

Surely it depends on how he uses the money. Does he wait 10-20 years until he is dead and let some faceless board of trustees decide who profits, or get the money now? I can't help thinking that in his position and attitude he doesn't need any of it to sustain his lifestyle, and being American I wouldn't be remotely surprised if he uses a lot of it for philanthropy, and he probably thinks he'd rather crystallise the asset now so he can have more of a role in deciding how it gets used.

This - basically any headless bass rather than something that looks like a 1950s radiogram... 🙂

The character it gives vocals means many professional vocalists and producers prefer it over much more expensive mikes. At less than £100 they are priced more like a Squier of microphones than a Fender USA... The SM58 is competent or even good in most other roles if not exceptional, and tough, reliable and repairable, so it's a good choice as a general purpose mike that you can swap in and out without worry. That said, I won't argue that there are other mikes that are better for specific roles, like miking up acoustic instruments.