Stub Mandrel

(Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay and One Love. Really enjoying both of them.

I suspect 20 frets was originally chosen because it allows you to play a full major or minor scale in all keys in two different octaves. Neil

Drill music of its day, and one of the best chromatic basslines ever 🙂:

Turns out it was a nicely done wind up (I did smile when the singer wiped away a tear, then gently tapped his elbow and tried to shush him - and the look from the keyboard player. This is what he really sounds like...

I bought a twin valve preamp module, it has LEDs under the valve bases so they glow ... blue 🙂

Don't most basses have 20? I find I run out occasionally looking for that high E. My second bass had 24 frets, I have two more 24 fretters, I like having the extras. Now you've made me count the frets on my guitars. Two with 21, three with 22, and an acoustic with 20. Me (in my yoof) showing off at the dusty end :-)

Are you offering to make covers, or to relic people basses by leaving them out...

If not a nitro finish, meths and if no joy, lighter fluid might do the job "test on an inconspicuous part of the garment"...

Reading the Dave Pegg biography, one year they had a new, young, 'modern' band at Cropredy. They played their set, did their encore and took 40 minutes. When politely asked if they could do a bit longer they sheepishly admitted they didn't know any more songs...

Delectably, it looks better than the slightly corny Music Man logo.

The Prince Andrew signature model. Sadly it's value has plummeted in the last couple of months... largely because he insists he can't recall ever having played one and the finish is wrong because he sweats like Rory Gallagher...

Perhaps they shouldn't be selling guitars with "Sterling By MusicMan' on them? Sorry, Music Man is a company that's a subsidiary of Ernie Ball.

Now if they were STUB Rays then they would be great 🙂

My late mum's best friend ran the (or a) Lonnie Donegan Fan Club.

I suspect you need a minimum number of posts. You are obviously not working hard enough at posting drivel to make up your post count...

If all else fails, even Metal Machine Music, there's always the nuclear option:

You have to have a prime number of pedals...

😞 The Joyo XVI is producing a high pitched whine when running after my compressor and homebrew HPF. I think it's the voltage converter in the HPF making a very high pitched sound, this is boosted by the compressor and then it seem to react with the ovctaver so the Octave up channel makes it into an audible whine. I think some filtering on the power line of the 'Gumpinator' will be a cure, hope so...

Your fault for listening to too much Vulfpeck. 🙂

Just bought a copy of Morris On in Beeston Oxfam. They've also got a copy of Cheap Thrills, claimed to be first pressing, but at £100 I thought I ought to prioritise other folk's prezzies. Mostly.

As in Ken Hensley, Lee Kerslake and John Glascock...

No law about that in the UK. It's not difficult to make anything using mains voltages safely, if you buy a kit it should explain what you need to do. If it doesn't send it back. If you already have some hobby electronic experience you have the basic skills, just follow the instructions carefully and test it properly. Valves are more challenging so you do need to be careful, and as well as following the design, make sure things like fusing, polarity, earthing are all done properly and for the construction make sure all high voltage points are inaccessible.

Thanks for the pointer! It came from the Czech Republic and curiously included a 13A plug to Euro plug adaptor...

Cripes! Mine arrived an hour ago. You weren't joking when you posted that. It's beautifully made with cool 'ambient lights', but the sounds are amazingly flexible. Most impressive is the multi-note tracking, it's lovely on two notes, but seems to hesitate a bit with if you play three or four strings that include an octave. I found the 'modulation' a bit odd, a small amount helps most sounds, but generally higher settings were a bit in your face. Then I put dry at about 1 o'clock and up at 3 o'clock with a tiny bit of sub, and dialled the mod to see what would happen. The note swells in and shimmers sounding like the 'vox humana' setting on an organ, ethereal and potentially very useful. I can see this being really useful for all sorts of organ/synth like effects.