Stub Mandrel

Aluminium alloys generally age harden on a scale of time from hours to years. With the added stresses of being attached to a voice coil, stress cracking in anything thin enough to be practical is always going yo be a possibility.

That's a cosmetic treatment, unrelated to the real thing except in looks. My point!

I sometimes do this to play to a recording.

This even for me!

Not F#?

Well singles wise for Ringo...

Bendricks Rock played Slipping Jimmy's in Newport last night. It was already busy due to rugby and got busier. Proper stage, which is cool for a pub. Dancing pretty much fom the off. The even danced to What Is and What Should Never Be. A bit of excitement at the end with a punter getting ejected, then mord drama outside while we were loading out. New Quecha hiking shoes with my orthopedic inserts, but my dodgy ankle was angry by the end.

From the diagram, each pickup's hot should short to ground at minimum volume. So if a signal still 'leaks' the pot is dodgy.

Some fun designs nicely finished! Here's two I abused decades ago. Not as well executed. The B2 is now finished in stone effect. The ancient Jay was my first electric, bought just as Running Free hit the charts.

Do you think that would fit a Jaguar SS? They are a bit wider, I think.

When I've been complemented on my tone by other bass players or pro sound people, it's often when I've been playing cheap basses. Festival soundman: "You sounded just like Jack Bruce" - Epiphone Embassy. Fellow bassist: "Your Musicman sounds amazing" - Harley Benton with £40 Wilkinson pickup. Recording engineer: "Use your headless not the Fender, it sounds way better" - Hohner B2.

And isn't that the essence of 'subjective'?

That looks like one of my teenage electronics projects...

I get a surprising amount of grief for settling for an SM58 for my feeble bvs. Used a Proel copy in the 90s. I suspect a 1970s cassette recorder microphone would be ample. As to the question, cardioid is best for live as you are likely to be moving around a bit.

No one's asked... how is it for weight and balance. Normally I don't notice such things but this could be extreme...

Doesn't the fact you think some people's tone is awful when they are quite happy with it, prove it is subjective?

Funny how post-beatles George and Ringo made the best albums...

It's a false comparison to use a mondeo/ferrari as an analogy. If a basic bass is set up well, you can play anything on it. A better analogy would be to compare a Gildan t-shirt to a Gucci one.

Ixm surebproper ones worked. I was just observing that many cheap speakers (e.g. in ghetto blasters and car shelf speakers) got tatty plastic domes. They may even have made a slight difference.

But if the bridge and strings aren't grounded, they too are 'standalone' because they are not connected to anything. Indeed, some of my amps are double insulated so they have no earth connection. The instrument is therefore not grounded either. In fact, if it was a safety requirement for guitars etc. To be grounded then something far more reliable than a 1/4" jack lead would be required.

Please can someone test for continuity with a multimeter?

If that was the case, the strap pins, neck plate and truss rod would need to be grounded.

Chromed plastic dust caps were very popular in crap audio equipment in the 80s.

1. Rich - Trace Elliot TE-1200 amp, Barefaced Super 12T cab, earplugs :D, Shuker custom 5, other stuff TBC. 2. Woody - Rickenbacker 4004-L5, maybe Sei Flamboyant, Same old basschat 12" with some amp, other stuff TBC 3. Stubsy - Joyo BadASS, GRBASS AT212 slim - only 50W but that should give 120dB at one metre 😇. (or I bring my TE 1110 combo). Some fun pedals. Perhaps the AVII 1960 precision, the Sire P10 and maybe the Fender Performer and something unexpected...

Virtually no basses are perfectly balanced, and even if they were, they all rely on strap grip to maintain position as you move to some extent. Two pounds of extra weight is an average meal and a pint. If a strap grips and solves shoulder comfort issues, balance and a heavy bass are irrelevant to most of us, largely just a real issue to people with musculoskeletal issues. But I accept it's as personal as something like scale length, neck profile and width. For some people it has to be just right. Some, like me, adapt readily ... perhaps because I've always played a wide variety of basses and other instruments.