Paul S

quod erat demonstrandum

https://www.originalscratchplates.com/ Tim is very good for this sort of thing. Do anything you want - they print it then bond it to the underside of a clear guard.

Thanks Bas. Good to see you again and meet Paul. 😊

It still doesn't alter the fact that the way the Americans pronounce it is closer to how it should be pronounced, even if it isn't the way it is usually pronounced in England.

It is actually closer to how it is 'supposed' to be pronounced. It is a Latin American word, should be HAG-waar, with a rasp on the H.

Wouldn't that glue the strings to the nut? Also works with superglue/graphite powder, albeit slightly more slowly, if you need a dark grey finish. I've repaired a few non-bass things with that including the snapped-off arm on a favourite pair of sun glasses.

Movement of jah peupel, I think.

Why doesn't that surprise me Slightly OT but the good folks at RHS Hyde Hall gardens are going to make a border that contains all the 'titter-ye-not' latin names for the entertainment of kids - whatever age they are. Should be fun.

It seems that when we Anglicise most things it is OK but then sometimes it's not - and there doesn't appear to be any kind of uniformity to it. We don't call Paris Pah-REE, don't called Seville 'Seh-BEE-ya' , most people call Puerto Rico 'Portorico' etc etc. Loads of European cities are still spelt and pronounced the 'English' way in everyday English - Rome, Genoa, Naples, The Hague etc. I personally don't feel it is worth making a stand over paella. Even worse when you start looking at how to proniounce Latin/Greek derived plant names. There are certain conventions in place but they are largely ignored because they sound silly

FEN-der. No need to worry about all that other stuff.

Yes, my fave track on the album, too. A rare talent - in his day to be considered one of the best mdern jazz guitar players AND on of the best singers is quite remarkable. And he can roller skate backwards! Respect.

Ah, OK. Can't help with that.

There are several Switchblade models, only the pro Deluxe is comparable with the Boss. Which one do you mean?

I find this, too - the thinner picks don't give me the sound I want. For some years now I've been happy with the Dunlop 1mm nylon ones. I tend not to drop or lose them and, in time, the point get worn to a more rounded profile - at this stage it gives a softer attack than a new point that I find easier to control than using the back shoulder of the pick.

GB used to come over and tour quite frequently - Mrs S and I would go see him at the Royal Albert Hall each time. 10-15 years ago he was the consummate performer but over the years his dexterity on the guitar became less and less, his voice became less able to hit the notes. To be expected, he is nearly 80 now. The most recent performance (2018?) just didn't do it for me - he kind of spoke a lot of the lyrics, spent ages between songs telling stories from his long career, didn't play the guitar so much. We decided not to go see him any more - rather just remember how he was.

A few years back I got in touch with a guitarist who was advertising to populate a start up blues band - old school guitar-based blues. This was at the tail end of a November and we didn't manage to arrange a full rehearsal until the end of January for one reason or another. In the interim we'd been having some lovely discussions about blues in general, song choices for the set list, what kind of venues we'd be looking for etc etc. On the night we all finally got together he had only actually learnt the structure of half the songs we had selected to play, despite it being on the cards for 2 months and obviously on his mind for a lot longer. The others even less. But in a way it was a blessing - he was one of those 'all the gear, no idea' types - no actual guitar playing aptitude but some lovely expensive guitars laid out on a rack, a side table sized effects board - all through a wonderful Fender Twin Reverb. So, yes, delusional. Otherwise I simply can't understand why a guitar player would want to form a guitar-centric blues band without having the necessary ability to carry it off.

We used a click track in the Bon Jovi tribute I used to be in. At first we did some shows with some back projections and used some backing tracks to thicken the bvs and the odd extra guitar/assorted noises. That kept it all under the control of the keys player who was the most talented guy in the band as well as the most tech minded. It was all downgraded a bit later on and we only used the click track for certain songs, whereupon it became the responsibility of the drummer via a programmable pad thingy albeit set up by the keys chap (and assume they still do it like that). The one I needed to listen out for particularly was 'Livin' On A Prayer' where the bass starts in the midst of some nebulous keys and ahead of the drums. In another band I was in for some years for some reason the tempo seemed to always be a bone of contention with some band members feeling various songs were played too fast/too slow/speeding up/slowing down. The drummer decided to programme into his phone a flashing beat for each song, just to keep it steady at the agrreed tempo, which he caught sight of just in his vision. Seemed to work ok but sometimes made the set feel a bit inorganic.

That is possibly the ugliest bass I have ever seen. IMO etc.

I don't really suffer from nerves. Outside of music I give talks and presentations, usually to a room full of people I don't know, and there is nowhere to hide there - playing bass onstage is quite relaxing by comparison.

There's Joe! You nicked my drummer!

That is totally amazing. Is/was it yours? Mid 90s I had one of these when I first started my garden design/landscaping business - a Citroen Acadiane van (not my pic, got one somewhere in the loft), like a (barely) mobile Nissan hut. 602ccs of raw power Top speed was entirely gradient related - for those that know the long stretch on M25 near J8 on the uphill side I would have lorries whizzing past me as I slowed down to around 40mph, going the other way I could actually reach the legal limit. The suspension was interesting, a passenger one asked if it cornered on the door handles. It was left hand drive, gear shift was a strange twist and push/pull out of the dashboard. Used to break down about once a week. Yet I loved it to bits.

Well, chillies are Mexican plants, so if you have a Mexican Fender it might be OK.