Stub Mandrel

Given the announcement is planned for 15 October and the 2/II vesrions are just upgrades I think/hope something more exciting is on the horizon.

I went to A-Strings in Treforest yesterday. They have the same bass, in Charcoal Frost for £219. If they are 'in range' an extra £20 is reasonable amount for the chance to try before you buy in a much nicer, less intimidating environment than the usual chains, they will probably offer you a mug of tea as well.

There's a possibly identical one here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/798552656880700/permalink/8245873918815166/ Quite a coincidence, but the owner may be able to help you!

6 years to 6 weeks, depending on which bass and how often it's gigged.

I'm no double bass expert, but the checking on the heel is definitely nitrocellulose not poly.

The truth is out there: https://www.fenderinnovations.nl/

The Squier Paranormal series of guitars are some amazing designs created by mixing and matching Fender designs, or twisting them a bit. Tried a troublemaker Tele today, my brother will probably buy it.

I think what nakes him stand out, besides tech ability, are his skills as an arranger. He takes pieces and arranges them to be played polyphonically on bass very successfully in that the end results are pleasing to hear.

Indeed.

Good luck. My brother battled with them over a wrongly wired guitar. They wouldn't accept/understand the issue. So he said 'I've changed my mind, I don't like it' and they took it back. He then orderdd another. This may be an option as b-stock of popular models isn't rare.

Sorry to keep on... maybe a flat plate or disc with a hole for allen key. Support plate on a sheet of fairly stiff foam that you can hold flat and press downto steady the insert until it grabs. Or run the insert through a hole in a wooden batten long enough to force it straight. When it starts to emerge, engage it with the final hole. Or tap a hole in a guide piece, even a plain hole would help.

Or fileor mill a hex on the end of a rod, then turn a spigot on the end (metal lathe required).

Ah I thought you had ones with a screwdriver slot. One option could be a rod with a slot filed to take the short end of an allen key with the long end sticking out to the side.

Splitting hairs 😁 Bass VI 1961, Bass V 1965, still almost sixty years ago...

Use a rod in your pillar drill as a guide, if you have one.

Please God, no. The fugly acoustosonics should have been drowned at birth.

But Sire get so much grief because people find sweepable mids difficult...

Beat me to it. Reissue the one innovative bass Fender have produced since 1959.

They want to deter people who may cause deliberate damage or use other photos to get a discount. Doesn't mean they think you are being dodgy, but that they've been stung before.

Here's dedication... I just got offered a gig on Sunday and turned it down in favour of the bash!

It seems particularly likely to happen if you create a new post but not at the bottom of the last page of a thread.

I should add, Ms. S. not only comes to some of my gigs, she never complains if I do one far away and don't get in until 3am. But she was specially chosen for being as obsessed with live music as me, in the last ten days we have seen five gigs and been to one open mic...

Ms. S. is incredibly supportive. Because I care for my dad in the week we don't live together, but she tolerates me keeping a bass and amp in her very nice lounge. Asxwell as keeping lots of gear there on gig weekends. Mind you thus us my home office (I also have basses hung up in my bedroom butanaged to limit the living room to one on the wall and, ahem, six in cases... But I am sensible, I keep my 2x12 in the hall.

In case anyone is thinking "Brim full of Asha", this was before then when they sounded like this but with more feedback and less music...