Stub Mandrel

Sshh! It's like the Emperor's New Clothes - you just don't mention it!

Agreed, I can get feedback out of my 30W Vox Valvetronix at far from flat-out. It's more about gain than sheer volume.

E-bow?

I used to enjoy Warwick folk club around 1989 - Ric Sanders was a regular visitor but I didn't see him play there. Open mics ranged from Anna Ryder (then unkown, now has six folk albums under her belt) to a local teenager doing his best at Kiss's Beth. Everyone playing got a friendly reception, I just wish i had had the courage to have a go!

One of my brothers was at an event in Bulgaria with his partner. There was a folk band, the locals were chatting to them and after the band they were invited to play - he pointed out that he was left handed so someone actually went off and found a lefty bass for him!

For £100 might be worth getting this for rehearsal, even if you use something slightly bigger for gigging?

Because it brings them joy. I'm only guessing of course. T-shirts are very much about sending signals. Superdry is buying into the image around the brand (OK I do have two Superdry t-shirts but I was given one and I got the other when very sent me a %0% off voucher...) A Joe Dart t-shirt is signalling you are part of a small group who are 'in the know' (well actually it's signalling you paid over the odds for an otherwise somewhat uninteresting issue of Bass Guitar magazine) I have a lot of t-shirts and tend to chose ones that reflect how I feel, my character and 'signal' the sort of things I'm into or perhaps I was given but make me smile (like my Texas Chainsaw Massacre Mario t-shirt or Muppets t-shirt). Now, aat at home pretending to work I'm wearing a 'Dulux Trade' t-shirt that was free from B&Q and helps reduce the load on the good ones...

Thanks, now in my basket, I had missed those because of the stupid photo showing such a short screw! I'll check out the overnight soak in a minute. Baking soda is just weaker version of washing soda, which is a puny version of caustic, so I suspect resistant to one, resistant to all... I suspect it's a polymer based lacquer (like polyurethane) rather than a traditional lacquer. ... the Nitromors has done it. I've submerged everything in vinegar and salt and teh brass is coming back bright, except the heavy tarnish which is going copper-pink.

I've found one of the Mickey Mouse Tele endorsees...

I thought Arabic basses came with genies, not Indian ones?

The easy test is, with it plugged in, flicking a loop of cable against the back of your hand. If you get a pronounced click out of the amp it's probably not a low-noise cable.

I bought one of those a month or two ago. Can't find the damn thing...

I've used titebond hide glue for instruments. It's a traditional hide glue (so compromises my veggie principles, rats). It won't creep like PVA/aliphatic adhesives. I used it to reattach the neck to a violin and to glue the neck and body of a mini-guitar together. If the wood is split but hasn't separated, I suggest wedging it slightly open (after taking off the tuning head) and filling the gap with Super Phatic (a runny aliphatic adhesive) then clamping it for 12-24 hours. Wipe off any mess with a damp cloth as soon as you have clamped it. I once repaired a plate with super phatic, it survived a year of the dishwasher before being totally smashed.

Mate of Jockey Wilson?

These people who don't specify the nut width and string spacing....

I'm tarting up the Westone Thunder 1. So far most things have gone OK, the tuning heads are fine once tightened up, acetone got the crud off the fingerboard and it's lovely after oiling it. Grip Filth wipes cleaned the body. I even found an unopened set of Elites Standard. Problems are: Screws - the bridge has been swapped out then replaced with a mixed bag of screws and has a short intonation adjustment screw. Anyone know an affordable source of black M3 40mm pan-head pozi screws (the only source I could find was about £13 for six - made to order! - don't suggest the ones on eBay - they are plastic and intonation screws seem to always be American threads and/or not black) Tarnished hardware - the bridge and knobs. I can clean up in ketchup (yes, honestly), polish with brasso and re-lacquer. But how do I get the old laquer off? I've tried soaking in concentrated washing soda. Then caustic soda (as used for stripping pine doors...), then acetone, then I found some nitro-mors. Nothing touches it. I'm leaving in the nitromors overnight. I wonder if its shellac? In which case meths should do the job, but I've lost my bottle 🙂 Has anyone else succeeded in doing this? The net suggests variations on using washing/baking soda or methyl chloride (which is nitromors).

I can't unsee that...

Is it materially different (aside from heraing damage concerns) from those who want to perform old music with serpents and clavichords? That said, my guitarist brother uses a 30W marshall valve amp and a 1x10 cab for even the biggest gigs. I've got a 1x12 marshall cab he's getting for use at smaller gigs, he currently uses and Orange 1x12 with the same amp. You don't need sheer power/volume to get an 'authentic' sound.

Unlike 'White Line Fever' or 'Motorhead' then 🙂

I think Neil Young beat you to it by about 40 years...

Allegedly: Squier VM Jaguar Short Scale Bass 2802 g / 6.18 lbs My scales suggests nearer to 8.2lbs but I'm not convinced of the accuracy of the 'weigh me/weigh me + bass' method.

If I went to a jam I'd be hoping it would be something like starting a riff and then everyone coming in until it ended up sounding like Hawkwind or the Grateful Dead ...

You tube came up with a suggestion of 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' ... I can see the tempo/rhythm connection, even if its a subtle one. Some subliminal messages. Oilfield donkey pumps, lots of cactus. Near the end a glimpse of open water, then wind turbines...

I'm sure there's a Django Reinhardt joke in there too...