Stub Mandrel

Custom simply means 'made to order' so as it wasn't simply taken off a shelf somewhere but was assembled to meet a customer's order requirement, it's custom.

Refreshingly devoid of heavy metal cliches 🤣😉🙂

Thanks, but I think I've abandoned it now for reaper.

Yes, I asked their advice, but now I wish I had used sanding sealer or grain filler, even though it was already treated. The sides are like a pro job, but the front and back are stippled with tiny grain marks. I would use most of the colour coat and maybe not bother with the lacquer. Any sanding after the initial prep is literally a gently rub over to make it feel smooth. I did get two runs, both of which I was able to sand out after an hour's drying time, then respray.

I found it easier to play in tune with my eyes closed than with in-between dots, because I keep 'correcting' my fingering into the wrong place.

Six Ate - Camel.

Apocalypse in 9/8.

Black Sabbath: Damaged Soul starts off in 12/8 goes to 4/4

I was in a band called Head in a Helix in Leamington from late 89 or early 1990 for a few years... I remember the shop just up from the railway bridge on the left.

Thunderbirds... in principle I love the Explorer/Thunderbird body shape. In practice, when you get up close they look like coffee tables with a neck fitted...

Basswood body, shouldn't be heavy...

And so do eh fender flats I have just fitted, lovely seafoam green silk matching the eyelet on the G.

I always used swiss files and still do if I have to cut a nut from scratch. The best thing for finishing the bottom of thr slot is a scalpel, you can scrape off tiny amounts and change the angle/profile really easily.

.. or 36" scale basses

It's increasingly likely I will be in South Wales when this happens so I will definitely try and get along. Will also do the Midlands bash!

You slappadabass, we slappadabassplayer.

I've never had any other nail issues. Apparently delaminatin of both finger and toenails without external cause can be a sign of iron deficiency, which would quite feasibly have been the issue.

That wee scratch/crack is repairable. http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Luthier/Technique/Finish/Lacquer/CheckRepair/checkfill.html

There was a whole thread on this a while back. I have a dot at fret one, and find dot between the fret ones really horrible to play, but most people like whatever they learnt on. It must be cheaper to make fretless necks by just leaving the frets off without having to set up for dots in different places.

Also included original 4 string nut and tailpiece and a g-string...

After I left uni I didn't eat very well for several months. My fingernails all fell off, followed a few weeks later by my toenails. No other apprent effects but I decided not to scrimp on food after that.

New baby:

None more Black'n'Decker!

Means you have to download a plug-in to simulate mike-cupping...

It's taken 60 years but I think the Jazz has finally knocked the precision off its perch as the 'default bass'. Lots of sounds to discover with those controls. I like either pickup on full with the other just up a touch.