Stub Mandrel

FTFY

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I searched the British Newspaper Archive last night and found a tiny ad for a gig by my old band Two Moon Junction (named after a spicy movie) at the 'Newt and Cucumber', in 1993. The extraordinary thing is a pub putting on three live bands for a Monday Night. Things were different then.

All started with a gulf of misunderstanding.

I've seen several bassists in established bands using the cheap Lekato straps iff Amazon. I have two.

Never come across that. I'm a member of two and used to rehearse regularly in a third. Perhsps it's a regional thing.

Bought a Spectracomp from Simon,rapidly despatch and well packaged. Many thanks!

Peter Noble now in Whitchurch and closing I got my first bass amp from the Llanishen store about 86.

Quad electrostatic speakers!

Music Exchange and Bass Centre in Birmingham, unused to go there with bandmates in the late 80s/early 90s.

Last Thursday I saw Hawkwind at Chepstow Castle... epic. A local band had a great extended spot in the crowded beer garden of the pub next to the Castle for the 2 ½ hours before the doors opened. Onebof my bands had that spot booked for next Thursday with Terrorvision at the Castle. Our bl got a new job and neither of my other bands could make the afternoon setup time. 😭😭😭😭😭

If Fender would release a Squier strap in the same designs, I would swap the straps on my Squiers.

I took off the battery cover and screwed the four screws int the body recess until flush. Then I glued four neodymium magnets into the sfrew holes in the cover. Simples!

Adam and the Anus

Turdburst... but you know that!

I've found that joining an originals project is opening up some real learning for me. Another dep gig has got me learning several new tunes and transposing a few I know which is interesting! Finally, the odd jam or guest spot where you get thrown in at the deep end and have to come up with something with no prep is great ear training.

Antigua. Edit: Actually, that's not irrational.

New strawberry flavour! The Italians seem to he getting upset over Cheesy Pasta. They should show some respect, it's Crawley's signature dish!

Pickplates.

Don't know about redundant screws, but my bass with such an 'extra bit' has it so the neck can have room for more relief behind the fretted part of the neck and five mounting screws.

If I ever had an Alembic, I'd saw it off.

Pretending that "graphite/carbon fibre" necks aren't actually reinforced plastic. Because yes, they are plastic.

Basses with decorative 'ornate' points like Alembics and G&L.

If I had the courage I'd attack a few of the dents to get a wider range of shapes...

This shows where I used the edge of a knife to scrape some of the marks together and make them look a bit more 'natural'. Also you can see the 'checking' which I highlighted by rubbing in oily dirt from my lathe's chip tray... Obviously this is a very much a matter personal taste.