Stub Mandrel

Steve, the drummer in the first band I was in, started with a prize winning marching jazz band. He was rock solid,  except when we deliberately played with the tempo. The best musician in the group.

6 minutes ago, Dan Dare said:

There's a difference between "hand wired" and "hard wired". Hand wired can mean built by hand on a PCB. Hard wired would mean point to point/turret board construction. I doubt very much whether one would get true hard wired amp for £200, even if it was made in China by children who are paid a bag of gravel for their labours each week...

Looks like you are right, at least it is all discrete components though.

1 hour ago, skankdelvar said:

It's not handwired (obvs)

You seem to be doing them down!

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Giving a truly vintage tone thanks to the all valve, all hand-wired, class A circuitry,

29 minutes ago, Frank Blank said:

Some of the synth parts, oddly enough, remind me of the Tom Tom Club, she rocks the house two times..!

Great music, AWFUL video 🙂

Twelfth Night live at Reading Rock 1983.

It's a DVD that arrived today. I have ahd an image in my mind of the singer dressed as a WWI offcier in my head for the last 34 years, so confusion when he was dressed perfectly normally...

Then song 2 he has a labcoat on, and goes off stage for song 3.

Last song, Sequences, he comes on in full WWI kit exactly as I remembered.

Amazing that a memory of such a detail can last so long!

Good DVD too!

1 hour ago, DaytonaRik said:

A shame that you've absolutely set on a combo as a single 1x12 cab with a lunchbox head would do the job perfectly - amazing tone at low volumes and extremely versatile 

https://www.victoryamps.com/rd1-rob-chapman

As a generous fool, I gave my brother a Marshal 16-ohm 1x12 cab I bought years ago for using with a head as a practice amp. It's small and light and with a Celestion greenback in it sounds great with his Tiny Terror.

2 hours ago, prowla said:

Damned good singer, Bonnet!

He is actually.

30 minutes ago, Teebs said:

That and my reggae 'interpretation' of The Sound of Music musical.

Staying with the delightful Ms. Andrews, I've always fancied doing Fairport Convention's folk-anthem Matty Groves to the tune of Supercalfragilisticexpialidocius. It's a perfect fit.

16 minutes ago, skankdelvar said:

That, and the fact that his stage-wear made him look like a Poundland Don Johnson out of Miami Vice.

🤣

Wikipedia describes his style as being a cross between Don Johnson and James Dean. Perhaps they meant James Blunt?

A troubled career with some short sojourns in same bands, one exit being down to an unfortunate 'wardrobe malfunction' in the zipper department.

Still his influence spreads far and wide,or at least as far as Joe Bonamassa, every bluesman's favourite accountant.

Hmm... Bonnett, Bonamassa, Watts -  the seeds of a potential sartorial supergroup?

16 hours ago, skankdelvar said:

True story: One time we were on a multi-band bill with an originals outfit whose set was based on their self-recorded concept album about the ghastliness of society in general and capitalism in particular. To emphasise the oppressive uniformity inherent in the system these guys all dressed up in M&S suits and ties and lace-up black shoes. As the band went onstage a wag in the audience cried out 'Have you come here straight from work?' and the landlord sidled up to me and said 'Christ, you'd think they'd put in a effort and make a show. They look like a bunch of f**king accountants'.

h yes, Rainbow. Graham Bonnet era...

23 hours ago, Little Dragon said:

'Need tuning' may have put people off!

I saw a review where some said 'it was even in tune straight out of the box' 😳

And when teh music gets boiring it isn't time to moan - it's time to REBEL!!!

I'd like to play in a Hawkwind tribute...

This is wot K3WL looks like:

27 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

Loving been introduced to Kinga's work by Q, she is such a fresh and fun and very talented bassist:

 

Lots of fun to be had! I'm happy just to be able to do the 'chorus'!

Just played along to Sultans of Swing on Planet Rock. It was in Dm. Played along to it last night and it was in Db m, or very nearly so. Really odd as I've been playing it in Dm for decades!

Think it was a bit off. Songs on the radio are usually pretty consistently in key, but are there two versions out there or was it possibly slowed down a tiny bit to fit broadcast timings?

1 hour ago, EdwardMarlowe said:

I found that 'sticker shadow' thing with a Squier bass of mine, though it quickly faded close to a match after the stickers were off (I have it hanging in my living room, so it gets the Sun). I do like how guitars age with a bit of Sun; my Strat (a 1994 Fender American Standard I've owned from new) has gone a nice ivory shade on the pups and the plate, while the maple has darkened nicely. In that era, the wood Fender was using was incredibly anaemic looking when new - it's one of the reasons I went for a rosewood board at the time rather than maple. (I much prefer maple now in general; it's one of the reasons I want a second Strat now.)

The claim is that modern maple with a poly varnish doesn't age. Clearly nonsense as my 2003 Squier Jazz has a neck that looks like roasted maple, it's gone so dark - makes it look >fifty years old 🙂 . I peeled off the CE logo sticker and it left a noticeably paler patch.

I have this 'orrible feeling that I'll end up making then and not using them...

It's great fun stuffing foam in the bridge cover and playing ploppy jazz-ish lines though.

Should confess the Laney I've had for 30-odd years is  pro Bass head 🙂

40 minutes ago, Bluewine said:

We played an acoustic gig last night, 5:30 - 8:30 at The Harley Davidson Motor Restaurant.

To me this is a great gig, professional staff, great hours, great pay and tips, very high caliber clientele. And the place is beautiful sitting on the Milwaukee River.

We go back on January 25th.

Blue

There's a similar place near me in the UK.

My comments are in jest, although (a) I like the flexibility of playing over a pickup or playing over 'thin air' - I also play over the fratboard quite a lot (not narmally slapping) (b) I also get the feeling that the benefits are sometimes exaggerated.

Aesthetically, some ramps are very pretty, some are very foul. IMHO there are examples of both in this thread,

I find most live music worth listening too. That doesn't mean I can't crack up at some of the antics folks pull. Personally I am unsure what running round in your pants does - if you want to shock, get nekkid! If you want to entertain, put on a circus like Kiss or Madonna...

I think I've only, once, found a band totally unbearable, and that was Cornershop supporting Gong (I think) in the early 90s well before their success. It was just tuneless feedback and howling.

15 hours ago, onehandclapping said:

One only for sale at gbase $10

Plus USA postage, then how likely am I to find 3...