Paul S

First slot head copy I have seen, shame it is long scale otherwise I would have been interested. Not in bad nick, bound neck. Shaftsbury not too bad? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185830968997

My band Toredown's monthly residence at the Shamrock in Ipswich last night but this time on a Saturday instead of a Friday - I was away last week and only came back late Friday. Load in was OK but I had to park 5 mins walk away. Ipswich on a Saturday is much busier than a Friday. A few of our regulars turned out but also a lot of unfamiliar faces. A couple of mistakes in the first set - nice jazz ending to badge, despite having played it a few hundred times before. Second set was storming, think we won over a few of the new folks. My first outing with the Eros EB-3. I'll need to make the side dots more visible, I think, as I was struggling to see where I was some of the time. Nice and comfy to play, though, and sat in the mix nicely. My journey home was incident free for a change - no road closures on the bit of the A12 I have to drive along so just 1 hr 10 mins. But of course the clocks going forward meant I got in at 2:30am. Here's a song from last night that's been uploaded onto Facebook, a Lonnie Mack tune called 'Ride The Blinds' which we've only played a couple of times but went down very well. https://fb.watch/jvSlPb7adn/

Pretty much the same all the way through. Played this in one band, always went down well.

Has anyone tried Richter Springbreak straps?

1970 Yamaha SB-35. Sold it when 'I moved to playing 5 strings' and therefore it went, along with all but one of my 4 strings. Moved back to 4 strings about a year later, of course.🤪 I have finally stopped pestering the guy I sold it to for fear of him getting an injunction. I've seen one for sale since, but it was about 0.5kg heavier

This is a new day of the week for you, Stew? Monday Tuesday, Wednesday, Thomannday, Friday etc. Without wanting to speak out of turn, you do seem to have rather a lot of HB gear

Never mind the hat, I'm diggin' the shirt. What is it?

The Maxon neck pickup isn't a mudbucker but it is certainly fat - with a lovely hollow quality up the neck a bit. The bridge pickup is quite a powerful humbucker - much more presence than one I had in an Antoria EB-3 before, which was a weedy thing. On their own, neither is quite right but the combo of the two in the middle position is fabulous - greater than the sum of the parts. It keeps the hollow-fatness from the neck pup but with some bite and break up from the bridge pup when given a clean boost. Plus I just love the whole beaten up 47 years worth of mojo-ness yet solid where it matters. Yes, guitarist uses a strat mainly but for a few songs now uses a Flying V - we've started to do a couple of Lonnie Mack tunes and he likes to get the sound right for those - and I love it. Not as fat as a LP but the neck pup is still really creamy with the tone rolled off a bit. We dusted off 'Sunshine Of Your Love', which we haven't played for a couple of years, and it sounded spot on with the V paired with the bass.

First rehearsal with the band today since then. I do believe this is going to be my new regular bass for gigging. Of my Gibson flavoured basses I prefer the tone of this to both my Gibson LP Jnr DC and my Epi T-Bird Classic Pro; it is certainly easier to play than the latter. Despite my love of all things Precision, this sits with the band mix in a different way and just sounds perfect for the stuff we play. Both pickups combine to give a tone that is rather special. One of the tuners is a bit stiff but I can live with that. The bridge is not very adjustable but good enough and certainly more comfy on my palm than the 3 pointer. Very happy chappy

That white one is a stunnah!

Me too. Best I've tried.

I have an RCF ART-732A for home use or if I need some backline/monitoring. 18kgs.

I'm shocked. A rehearsal space with a cleaner?

If remotely possible the best way forward is to go through the desk and ditch the backline completely. It is most liberating.

Maybe not that one, Mick. it's a bit tasty. There's also a Westone Spectrum for £100 BIN collection from Dartford if you are feeling adventurous.

Be interesting to see what this fetches. Don't see many double split Ps. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234930332004?hash=item36b2f06164%3Ag%3AeLQAAOSwEmlkDhgw&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4ALztnQYzW0kIxkq%2F5CLPhadPXA%2BFDDpqSAqna1y8z%2FJIDo%2FsKZEAL4270VlFscp51oOC%2FH3lmiO5COTvKjXnPw9c38fS49uNcn3q0pbFuk37q6L%2BtE1lQkn1qMdNO6fwgw3gAs1jDg1khLCGnX6PGeYGfktxIwPaG9s%2ByfrV0Jya5QoQC6TAP08jpus6LLivyd2EOMLv0SXg4a2euJWgoNW2zWVQwxJyU2E0HGx48vKooLfZS%2FyOHE2jijZTgXodYk4dNNNdJMOmq%2BExCwZAmDUQU9rnNyApo%2BHyI%2BPKy74|tkp%3ABk9SR4jIx_baYQ&LH_ItemCondition=3000

And now we're back to Liz Hurley and vaseline....

Kelly Band?

My blues/rock trio are called Tore Down, after the Freddy King song of that name. We keep it in the set, of course I think it is fine, although I can think of a couple of names I prefer but it was a done deal when I joined and not up for negotiation.

And who was it mentioned Liz Hurley and vaseline in the same sentence?

Bit of a personal question, fella, and I hardly know you.

My thoughts exactly. I have them on all mine.

Some models of the Westone Concord were medium scale. Damned fine instruments, great aggressive tone from the pickups.

I have one and really like it. Lightweight, no neck dive (lightweight tuners). Compared to the EB-0 is has more bite and brightness because the pickup isn't tucked straight on the neck. You don't get the mudbucker tone but there's plenty else going on to like.

I wonder how you adjust the intonation? It looks a bit.... I'm almost embarrassed to say this... flat.