Stub Mandrel

The Elf gain gives progressively greater compression as it is ramped. Very useful if you are pushing it close to it's limits. A quite aggressive overdrive comes in over the last smidge of adjustment, this cannot be accessed simply by digging in. This is very different from older TE amps where the recommendation is to set gain so the peak led flashes when you ay hard. But as with all TE solid state amps, use gain to get the tone/response you want and adjust master for volume.

I think he meant this Nag's Head:

About 40-50 quid all in!

Thee things seem to be silly expensive in the USA, costing more than the instruments that need them! I need one and finally got around to resin printing and painting one. The one with just the K is what I need. If anyone wants an unpainted blank, drop me a pm.

I've had to learn about 33 songs for a dep, I get a rehearsal Sunday and the first two gigs are two weeks tomorrow. So I can relate how I learned them: 1 - got song titles and keys, (and eventually any particular versions - e.g. Gary Clark Jr.'s Come Together, not the Beatles) off the band. 2 - Made sure all songs are in my ever-growing Word document that has my edited down (and often corrected) tab for every song reduced to its bare bones so most fit on one page (I'm not going for note for not accuracy for three performances). Use this process to get familiar with any 'new' songs. 3 - Make a document that lists each song and its key, with a YouTube link underneath. 4 - Learn how to play each song, with the stress on doing it right and avoiding repeating mistakes (give up and come back later rather than reinforce errors). 5 - Make a new list (got this down to two pages) with whatever mnemonic, riff, key etc. I need as a security blanket for each song. 6 - Practice songs, only looking at the mnemonic if I have to and the tab if I REALLY get stuck. Focus on the harder ones, but every so often play the whole list. For what it's worth, I find song structures are often hardest to learn at first, this is overcome by the repetition as you become more familiar with the original. Any tricky riffs/rhythms - try practising, then sleeping on it.

That's not a solder blob. Your bass has manifested the spirit of Phil Lynott. Fit a mirror pickguard immediately!

It's unfair on bar staff who have to wait while you pack up.

I have two gigs as a dep on 26 August, then a big gig for our blues band on the 27. Bank holiday I get to relax in the audience with Son of Man, Phil Campbell and Hawkwind.

Note the straight bridge. The ambition must have been achieving better intonation.

Nearly all our gigs are 9pm start +/- 15 minutes, except sunday gigs and festivals. But we are only doing about 2 1/4 hours.

Bass-lead-amp since last October. Improved my playing no end.

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I take that as a compliment!

Effectively identical to a Teisco EB-100 'Tulip', but a circular pale patch on the headstock means it's a Kay. It oozes Kay quality... or teh lack of it, maybe 🤣 At least it's possible to turn the tuners by hand.

Went to the Earl Haig Jam last night. An excuse to play possibly the most unexpected bass in my armoury. It actually sounded HUGE!

Wooden tug bar!

Not everyone wants a bass that can stand in for a lolly stick 😉

Two gigs this weekend. Saturday was the Exchange, a pub that loves its blues rock, and we had a great night with much uproarishness. The vocalist of a very good local classic rock band was in, and he congratulated us at the end. You can see I was prepared for a boisterous evening. On the subject of bass stands, I have a 'new' car and forgot to put, my stands in it., After encores I rested it on the bach of a wall seat, and it slid over. I thought it had knocked the G. We got hauled back for a final song, so we did Sultans of Sing as we've never played it live, I checked the G, and it needed a tiny tweak and we dived in. Of course, my A string was almost half a semitone flat. I gave up trying to tune it on the fly, muted myself and used a tuner, got back in time to finish the first verse! This afternoon was a small benefit for Alzheimer's in Llanelli. We all underestimated the travel time, and the drummer was quite late. The acts and landlady were very helpful and swapped round, so we could go one about an hour late. It wasn't packed, but was slowly filling up over the day until we left about half six. We were very different from the other bands/performers - swing jazz to the jazzy end of blues, so I was worried how we would go down, but it was great and the landlady said we were bloody amazing and should insure our guitarist's fingers. My partner and I stayed around, so we saw about five other acts. Not a paying gig, but we have been invited back to do a full gig for them.

Strange. My MIJ 80s fretless has a maple board and no shortage of mwah.

Scott's Brief Lessons. The 30-minute videos with the 25 minutes of waffle taken out. Or more likely... Scott's Biographical Lessons. As above, but with an extra five minutes waffle and no bass content.

I may be wrongbin the details, but those are probably 2 and 4 pole versions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speakon_connector

Some of them have different contacts so you can connect speakers with opposite phase using the same plug. Not sure how it works/how it's better than just having swapped wires.

Fairport Convention, no one been there for the whole tide, although Simon Nichol only took a break. But due to gradual replacement and integrity to the band's character they still feel like the same band. Can't see them continuing beyond Peggy and Simon though.

The Stones will be touring with no actual members, they will just all be hired hands like Darryl Jones, and the profits will go to the owners of each member's estate.

Search was quick for me, just over a second to find all used fenders.