Stub Mandrel

Johnny-come-lately. When I was a kid my dad used to let me add a few bits to his Radiospares orders 🙂

I must admit, it's really frustrating when advice is given (or sought) by private message; it defeats one purpose of a forum - allowing those who lack the confidence to join to learn by reading other's thoughts. And I must admit, I'm scratching my head about what the advice - although the choice between electric and acoustic is the most contentious; nylon strung really only suits if our embryo guitarists wants to follow a classical or flamenco path.

Euroboxes are great 🙂 But you can't use them after Halloween

The year I did my A levels I also did an art o-level going the portfolio plus practical exam route. One of my portfolio pieces was q copy of this:

I wish I had been able to get on Blockbuster as a teenager. Just for the opportunity to say: "I need to go for a crap, Bob."

Makes me want to give up 🙂

There, you're now part of the fun 🙂

Led Zeppelin? Electric Light Orchestra?

I think he was playing Master of the Universe - wrong...

I'm tempted by these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mens-Bell-Bottoms-FLARES-Jeans-Trousers-Corduroy-Cords-Hippy-Paisley-60s-70s-NEW/292537426266?hash=item441c96e15a:m:mjXvAPT0hVckGeiQgoDZpHQ Except I just blew a fiver on a new labcoat in anticipation of Hawkwind's 50th birthday tour 🙂

Asia. <ducks>

Commercially, not musically!

But it's roasted....

I gave it to my brother, it's been lent to various people, one of whom added the stickers; he died and it was recovered from his effects and no-one can bring themselves to peel them off. At the time I just accepted the bass as it was. Playing it now, it has a ridiculously low action, teensy frets and wide but shallow neck, P rather than J width. The bridge is very hefty and decidedly superior to a Fender one. Only played it through a little Line 6 practice amp last weekend. It does seem to be the original pickguard as some (not all) the marks seem to match up, it's also a very odd shape as the steel plate is asymmetrical so a jazz plate wouldn't fit. I bought it new in about 85?

Just love that song. But if you have dance skills like that, why waste them on imitating a crazed chicken?

A couple attached to very small 8-string basses.

I think Action Man #5 has overdone his daily rum ration...

Some poor deluded soles don't understand what this forum is about and end up floundering around.

It's like why students feel teh need to get piercings, tattoos and dubious facial hair. They want to look as roadworn as us genuine boomers 🙂

@ped is right, it's marketing guff designed not to help you choose P or J, but to give you some rationale for whatever choice you make, which hasn't quite hit the mark and ends up damning with faint praise.

Steve Chambers - a mate of mine.

Argh! I've been exposed to Stryper!

How's this for an extreme bit of fading, the two pictures are about 32 years apart, I was briefly reunited with the bass over the weekend. In contrast the wood seems to have become a nicer, darker colour.

Is that twerking...?

Just learning that. Get the basics down (dead simple) : the extra bits, little runs, harmonics are fairly random... that's how I'm going to do them anyway!