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Stub Mandrel

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  1. Stub Mandrel
    A simple wall hanger could just have a keyhole slot or v-notch for the neck strap button.
  2. Stub Mandrel
    The Jaguar Short Scale has been discontinued and replaced by Affinity and Vintage Modern versions with a 32" scale length. I can't help feeling that the Jag SS was a misstep by Fender, being far too good a bass for its price point; there can't be many Squier basses that fetch two to hree times their original asking price three years after purchase!
  3. Stub Mandrel
    Would this suit you?
  4. Stub Mandrel
    I suspect that their emails generate most of their custom. When you have a very specific audience and a distinct business offer, a slick website is less important than communicating with your customers.
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    There are some genuinely confusing errors. One page describes a Fender bass, and continues into a description of a rather different Squier version of the same, with contradictory information. From the price I imagine they were selling the Squier but it was not at clear which or both are on offer. It is very confusing, I bought a speaker cover recently and the website information was all unhelpful. They are very helpful by email, but the website gives the impression of a business that doesn't need a website except to evidence its bona fides (like my business - I don't generate work from it it's just there to reassure customers it's genuine and provide extra information).
  6. Stub Mandrel
    There is a 'Steinberger specific' one out there, plastered with warnings that it won't fit wooden-necked basses (including Steinberger ones). Do they have dooty necks?
  7. Stub Mandrel
    You know what they say about men with big feet... ... small basses. But seriously, I've always just put my B2 down on its feet and leant it back against something. One of those might be worth getting, but I think I'd open up the arms, so it didn't rest on the tuners.
  8. Stub Mandrel
    He hasn't been out since Christmas 2019 😬
  9. Stub Mandrel
    Is that what they call a 'Status Update'?
  10. Stub Mandrel
    Well done, looks good. Back in the 80s someone could have made a fortune selling black ash guitars 🙂 I wrapped my Hohner B2 in 'carbon fibre vinyl'. Shall we say it 'looks good from a distance'? Mind you it wasn't an expensive experiment, and reversible. I found so many tutorials online but noting that really explained how to do 'sharp corners' like those on your explorer. Any tips?
  11. Stub Mandrel
    Know we know what the 'P' in P-Bone stands for. It's even the colour of red leicester.
  12. Stub Mandrel
    No one usurps the DoI...
  13. Stub Mandrel
    This is actually, literally, true 🙂 Almost.
  14. Stub Mandrel
    First gig for my second band postponed from the 17th to '2022'. Good news is at least three additional gigs lined up. Other band has gigs booked for Saturday and New Year's Eve. I'm not holding my breath...
  15. Stub Mandrel
    I've made a start, but (1) my rhythm guitar is appalling from lack of practice and (2) I feel self-conscious trying to sing with my dad around making teh vocals sound weedy as anything... 😞
  16. Stub Mandrel
    I wondered how many roadies were crushed to death by one.
  17. Stub Mandrel
    I bet Peter Griffin doesn't believe in you, either.
  18. Stub Mandrel
    My workshop is in a container. I now have a date for moving it into its new home.
  19. Stub Mandrel
    My bro says, "my what a lovely shape, shame you haven't got one".
  20. Stub Mandrel
    The Bassist's Friend.
  21. Stub Mandrel
    For my Tele I went for pur tung oil, which dries really slowly. In the end I have used 'restoration wax' (clone of renaissance wax) to give a satin finish. Can't put it together properly until I dig out and set up my decent soldering station.
  22. Stub Mandrel
    Just been playing my Jag SS. Oh, it is so sweet 🙂
  23. Stub Mandrel
    He's got the six-string version and is already pushing me... Luckily I'm too far away to try it, although looking at some work in Suffolk in the new year if it doesn't sell...
  24. Stub Mandrel
    If my brother saw this, he'd make me buy it. He 's an LP Junior addict.
  25. Stub Mandrel
    What age defines 'vintage'? I'm guessing '86 doesn't count?
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