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on the 5 string HB ,,it looks like he only used the bottom string for a thumb rest ,,,,,,or did i miss it ?

Mug Push - Bootsy's Rubber Band

I bought my first Fender this year, a MIJ Raw Ash Jazz. If you're anywhere near Worcestershire, you are welcome to give it a whirl.

I’ve used many US, Mexican and Japanese Ps, Js and Stingrays over the years for gigging. I’ve found that if they sound good at home they don’t always work well in the band. I’ve struggled with Js in bands as the scooped sound with both pickups full, which is my favourite setting, often gets a bit lost. I end up going with more neck pickoff which is more of a P bass sound but not quite as the pickup position is nearer the neck than on a P. I’m never fully happy with Stingrays. The three bands can sound a bit honky with too much mid. Two bands are better IMHO as long as bass and treble are only slightly boosted. I have one with a J pickup in the P position as well as the humbucker and I often prefer that. All the Ps I’ve had sound pretty similar. I’ve swapped pickups a couple of times but the difference is subtle. Strings make a bigger difference. I now prefer flats. I like the modern 1.65mm wide 9.5 radius necks. Wider necks are ok but I find them less comfortable. I recently rediscovered my Mexican Player P which has flats and a Lindy Fralin pickup. After many rehearsals with a Stingray the guitarist said “now that sounds like a bass” when I played the P. I was a bit taken aback because I love the Stingrsy but he was right. It filled out the sound in all the right places. The secret is using the tone knob to focus the sound or make it fuller and warmer. I even found it sounded great for slap. With flats! Usually I use a J with steel roundwounds for slap. I love only having two dials to fiddle with. Volume is always on full. Tone ether full, 90% or 50%. Simples! And it just sits well in the band mix effortlessly. I guess this is why so many bassists use a P.

That reminds me, I bought a TE Elf head a while ago to take to gigs as a backup to my Ashdown ABM, but I haven’t seen it for some time. I must try to remember where I put it. Younger me would never have believed that it would be possible to lose a gigable bass head.

Coffee Mug - Descendents

We watch it every year and absolutely love it. Just people in a studio drinking beer from mugs and having a great time whilst listening to top tunes. The funniest bit is when that couple fall over while dancing!

Thanks, matey

Please add a ‘w’ to Newtownards - I’m from Northern Ireland, not Scotland…;-)

Sorry to hear of peoples issues and hope for everyone that next year brings some light. I’ve been a harbinger of doom today. Messaged a mate because tomorrow will be a year since his heart attack. Told him I didn’t want any more dramas this year only to hear his Mrs was rushed to hospital yesterday. Thankfully she’s back home. Sent another friend a happy Xmas message only to hear she’d had to drive 200 miles to Glasgow as her dad had taken ill into hospital More worryingly I haven’t heard back from the daughter of an old friend who is in the late stages of a brain tumour. Can only think matters have taken a turn for the worse. Poor girl lost her mum only a year ago. I’d best not message anyone else. Stay strong if you can. Get help if you can’t. And enjoy doing the things you enjoy with the people you enjoy doing them with.

I've finally got to play with my AH300 today. It's awesome, but there's some strange behaviour. The front panel has lamps for pre-shape, valve, compressor, effects loop, etc. and the pedal board has the same set of lamps. I'm assuming the same lights should be lit on both panel and pedal board. But when pressing various panel switches or foot switches it's easy to get them out of step - e.g. valve lamp is lit on the panel, but out on pedal board. I press either switch and it swaps over. Is this anyone has experienced before? Google AI seems to think it's a common problem, but I can't find any real website with information.

oops, sorry. I’ve already started on it, obviously…..

Excellent Len, but please take that 'e' out of 'whisky' - it's from Skye, not Newtonards.

When the Cort Space 5 came out, they were £50 cheaper than anywhere else.

the wife “suprised” me with a hipshot detuner for my jazz. 🙂

As regards V/B/T, I thought I should post a version of the wiring diagram that I worked from: This may be clearer: In this, the opposite ends of both tracks are cross-connected, rather than leaving one end floating as in the diagram in the OP.

A new folding music stand. For practising, definitely not performing 😂 A nice plaid shirt, which will appear on stage with me some time soon. A bottle of Talisker malt whisky for inspiration.

It looks very much like the bigger rounded 70s style - which I much prefer aesthetically. Obvious it would be preferable not attached to a guitar …

It'll be similar to mine, then. Mine's late 1990's and it's a beast.