Stub Mandrel

My worry is it's essentially another set of patterns, although perhaps with a greater accent of flexibility and portability. Looking at what's offered - a map of various inversions across the fretboard - it's not that different from how I approach the instrument although obviously far more comprehensive and no doubt with lots of good exercises. I know there's no point in me making such a long-tern commitment. I'd like to be able to buy short, relatively inexpensive, courses to address particular issues in my playing. Interesting, I've typed out along reply, but I think I should start a new thread...

After 40 years I still rely on FACE and Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

Thinks so IIRC when I fitted them to a Tele they were a push fit in an accurate 1/4" hole.

I've just gone through a number of Bob Calvert's lyrics looking for non-sequiturs and although his musings on the nature of space are unconventional they have a disturbing tendency to be factually accurate. I mean "Space is neither truth nor lies" isn't going to get you an astrophysics PhD but it's undeniably true...

What's up Blue? You look cheerful in those shots! You must like boats 🙂

THat's what is holding back GuitarChat. It needs StubForums 🙂

Saw them at Reading when they were so full of promise, but the prog-superstardom never came 😞 Discovered the DVD of the performance recently, and that they are still going.

Funnily enough I have looked up a deep blue translucent laquer, often used over figured wood, it is one of my favourite colours in metallic and should work as a 'candy apple blue'.

Now I'm agonising... Candy Apple Red would be an exciting challenge but I've already got a bass that colour \I would always be comparing it to. I'm now leaning towards Daphne Blue.

http://www.lathes.co.uk/progress-drills/

Err that was an attempt at humour...

Sensible handle?

Wearing a PC&TBS tour shirt right now 🙂 Dest advice is choose a band name like Yes or Genesis, that way you are guaranteed loads of google hits...

Truss rod next...

There's a Rory Gallagher tribute called Brute Force and Ignorance, but they are in France...

Somewhat ironic given how the WWF pandas beat the crap out of them in the 90s 🙂

What is it about Europe and tiles!

I was in a band named after a seedy movie no-one has ever seen... although Wikipedia reckons it won a Razzie.

Possible logo...

So... I must admit I'm weighing up Candy Apple Red versus getting some dark blue transparent lacquer... but meanwhile: The fretsawing was hard work, the rasping nerve-wracking and the sanding had sweat literally dripping of my nose. Not sure whether to knock the bit on the tuner side off as well?

Inspired by @Teebs buld of a Harley Benton P-bass after much agonising I invested a huge £77 in one. After restocking delays, it eventially arrived from Thomann yesterday. Everything quadruple packed - bubble wrap, boxes for neck, body and accessories (even a cheesy lead!), outer box and a completely unnecessary huge outer box to make it look like I'd ordered a triple neck quitar... Teebs thought his was a 'pea-bass and painted it the colour of mushy peas. I was thinking if a '51 headstock would look OK, when @wateroftyne posted this pic of Billy Talbot:

I heard him play a couple of songs from it on the OGWT anniversary program, and ordered it before he had finished his set, it's awesome.

Practice room Wine cellar Love nest Dungeon...

Oh great @Teebs of Knowledge... My Hardly-Bent-One Teebinator 2000 pea-green-bass kit has arrived. To my untutored eye it looks like the body is already sealed with some sort of laquer, did you have to use sanding sealer?