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You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore

6 string fretless sounds a bit if a handful. I had a 5 string fretless and that was enough!

Outstanding.

Thanks. Its the perfect size fit so rude not too.

I use a 200W amp both at home and at an open mic night, combined with a @Phil Starr 6" micro cab. I use a bigger amp and cab for pub gigs, with the 200W one as a backup. Can't see any problem with having a 200W amp for a wide range of use. After all, 40 years ago I was gigging with a Laney 150W head, which was all the power you needed.

No I work as a telephone engineer and only soldering iron I have access to is on the frame. Did it on my lunch if any top bosses are looking 👀😂😂

I blame the "keeping up with the drummer" mindset. Even I have fallen into that trap in my post. The drummer should be playing at the appropriate volume. Too many non-musical drummers playing at one volume. But that's another thread.

Bump! 🫣

If people are talking about it then the finish has been worth doing.

I agree with this. The last few times I've been to a pub with a band playing, they've been rocking 1000-watt-per-side PA speakers with bass bins for an audience of maybe 50 people. It doesn't matter how good you are, I'm not going to enjoy a pub gig where I have to lean over the bar and scream my order to the bartender.

Love this. ICAWW, Angine de poitrine is French for Angina.

Spent this morning flattening, cutting back and polishing the walnut and elm body that’s been in nitro for a while now. Always that slightly tense moment when you move from “looks alright” to “don’t mess this up now” 😅 It’s come up really nicely overall. There is a bit of grain sink in places, but nothing dramatic — and honestly on an open-pored wood like this, I think it just adds a bit of character rather than looking like a mistake. It still feels smooth to the touch and the gloss has settled well. This one’s very much in the nitro doing nitro things category: natural, slightly imperfect, and already starting to look like an instrument rather than a project. I’d rather that than bury the wood under half a gallon of plastic. It’ll be paired with a roasted maple neck with a rosewood fretboard, Guyker tuners, Fender Pure Vintage ’66 pickups, and a Hipshot bridge. The neck is already finished and set up, with the tuners installed, so it’s just waiting to be bolted on once the body’s had a bit more time to behave itself. Next job is letting it sit and behave itself before assembly. No rushing, Does this build make you feel “fizzy”?…..it doesn’t have a home yet…… This one is going to be a stunner and if it sounds and plays as well as previous builds, it will be immense. MGCS – made to play, built to last.

Yikes. That looks like I did the fretwork 😅

Electronics is a lot cheaper and easier to mass produce than it was 'in the old days' Manufacturers will do market research and watch sales figures and know what sells. My first Amp in 1987 was 100w. It was just about loud enough to keep up with a drummer in a pub. But everything got louder as it got cheaper. That's not good for anyone imo. Everything is getting lighter now. It'll get to the point where everything becomes 1000W as it'll cost the same and be the same size as a 100W amp.

A bit more from Tim

Do you live in an old telephone exchange?

I played in cover bands for hundreds of years. One of the favourite changes the drummers like to make is increasing the tempo dramatically to suit their excitement for the show. This provides a platform for the other musicians to simplify their parts, and get to the bar at break earlier, and for longer. Time at the bar slows down the second set and provides a more relaxed approach to tempo, timing, and pitch, complemented by an increase of guitar volume aprox. +12db.

Just wondered what you make of it nearly a month on? Build quality? im super tempted by one, and in the pink!