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Here’s the end result - what a stunner!!!

I always liked Howlin' Wilf, although he wasn't really a tribute act.

The basic carve of the body is almost done. Just got to take a bit of thickness off the back of the lower bout and then I'll move to the neck. I'll finish sand it all at the same time. From the view above, it looks pretty conventional. But this gives a hint that it's not quite... :

Punter came up and handed me a slip of paper once, with a request on it. At the end of the song, I announced "We've had a request from one of you lovely people, it's for a song called...", I unfolded the paper and read, "...'youre crap, pack up and fk off'..." Nah, not really. But it's only a matter of time till it does happen.

Further to my last, as they say. Just found a snap of my 7er.

I always thought masonic ladies were known as maisonettes

EBS_freak, great questions. We're at the Summer NAMM show this week, so please give us a bit of time to respond.

Dread Zeppelin are real. And awesome.

I'd suggest you are not driving the existing 4x10 sufficiently. Buying a better cab will not change anything if you are still using an inadequate head (I would imagine a Behringer amp taken from a combo will not have much power). Upgrade the amp and continue to borrow the Hartke for now would be my advice.

We'll do pretty much any request as long as it's from the 20th century. Any requests for Kings of Leon, Arctic Monkeys, etc. receive a good telling off

We do abba, so that is why that doesn't cause a problem for us. One of the heavy songs, I use the full distortion for that one. We get that quite a bit. People get a bit annoyed with me - "Do you do any oasis", "Who?", "Oasis!", "Sorry mate, never heard of them", "Dont be stupid, you know - lateleeeey.. gonna be the one that saves meeeeee...", "Nah sorry, doesn't ring a bell". I really really detest oasis! On the other hand, one guy at the last gig was really insistant we should do Hazel O'Conner 'will you'. Doesn't strike me as a good song for a party / dancy band like us.

Hi All, We've caught wind of this discussion and wanted to chime in a bit more "officially". First off, we're thrilled about the enthusiasm and the discussion here regarding our latest model, the N8. Keep it coming and we'll do our best to chime in as-needed. The response above is accurate. We wanted to provide a bit more context: Often times the recommended minimum impedance is stated for damping factor reasons, frequency response reasons, or as a precaution. Whatever the case may be for why Shure stated 9 ohms in its specs, the results of the tests we conducted show otherwise. We have tested the N8 with both the Shure P9RA and the Sennheiser G3 EK 300. Both body packs drive the iem well with no problems. The output impedance of both packs is on the lower side so they are able to provide MORE than enough juice should you choose. Neither of the packs presented any "cutting-out" or went into any over-current protection modes, etc... We were impressed, so we decided to try an artificial 4 ohm load as well. The results were the same. Both packs remained stable and were able to drive the 4 ohm load with no problem. The THD stayed low at an impressive 0.01% on the Sennheiser and 0.04% on the Shure. The voltage across the load was 1.9 on the Sennheiser and 1.55 on the Shure. Driving the N8 "as is" with either of those two body packs should not be a problem based on our tests. Also, we beta tested the N8s over the last few months with a number of people (including Nathan East himself) and there were no reports of any issues related to driving the iem with any of their amps, phones, body packs, and other devices. We're all ears so please keep the feedback and questions coming!

Seen this a few times in the last couple of days. Fortunately, if you look closely, in the text of the fob-off the word "listing" is actually a link back to the original item. Still a frustrating pain in the ar$e though. I'm guessing there's a rationale behind this, not including an obvious link & making the actual link inconspicuous, but it's anyone's guess what it is. Just another step in the ongoing process of making Ebay hostile, awkward, unintuitive and irritating.

We regularly announce songs as requests , it engages the punters quite well cos although we might not have time to do all the requests , at least they know we are trying , we get away with as long as they don't see the set list 😉

Both types, country and western

I like it.

We only play requests when we’re asked.

Last Saturday we'd just finished playing Don't Stop by Fleetwood Mac when a rather drunk punter asked us if we knew any Fleetwood Mac.

Recording the gigs and playing back afterwards can be a useful tool - sometimes people don't realise quite how fast they are playing.

I'm trying to get our lot to cover Only You - acoustic, fretless, mandolin

Thanks dude, I have tried Ashdown, but they don't produce sleeves for the rack mounted stuff, it's a different size to the sleeved I've made contact with a couple of folks who will build a proper sleeve, just a little pricey so I need to be sure its worth it first. Congrats on the rig though, its a peach! Eude

2ME 2U. Unfortunately not a real tribute act, but should be.

At a uni ball in 2004, so peak Darkness, they had a tribute act called The Dampness 😁

Lovely and barking, Jack; as is the DB. It sort of reminds me of one of those cans of ham you used to see in the supermarket around Christmas time (or in subsequent Harvest Festival collections at school). Im half hoping there’s a giant key on the side of it.... Well done indeed

Er... hummm... ...carry on. as you were.

+1 - I've owned a few different models and they seem to be built (fit and finish etc.) to a higher standard than a lot of the alternatives for similar money. Hardware is nothing fancy... but more importantly, neither is it compromised to the point of useless.

TKS have something similar. Kind of, if you squint a little...

An old Guns N Roses band near us used to go under the name of Pistols N Petunias

Rabbi williams ..The Jewish cheeky chappy Amal Shukup Indian Elvis show

Sometimes at an opportune moment I'll say 'We've had a request.................but we're going to keep playing'.

I agree - it will be the right way round when the basses are being played, which surely is when it it meant to be seen.

What leds are those? not sure what a neopixel is, but a normal red led is 20mA at 1.8V at full brightness, which is pretty bright. But I must admit more what I am after is a fine red (or whatever colour, definitely not blue) dot on the side marker, that wouldn't be just visible under normal lighting conditions. So I am thinking with fibre optics, 10 dots powered by one LED. Or at the very most like the lights on Jimrs2k2 status

That's a bathroom event isn't it?

That's it, you win! Shut the site down, close the accounts, nothing more to see here, it can't be beaten. I'm taking up crochet instead.

Just caught up with this. That is a very fine looking ‘instrument-in-the-making’ Looking forward to performing my test pilot duties if required...

Well I think I redeemed myself after my disasterous gig of last week. Back at the same venue, but with a different band this time. We did a whole (short) set of Everly Brothers covers this time. Great fun to play, but not too technically tricky. All went very well, I really enjoyed myself and I think the punters did too. I had a couple of friends in the audience which was nice, including the estimable BC'er Kev B! So it was all jolly good fun :-)

New toy - these don't seem to be readily available but managed to track one down on a bit of a whim. I 've got some gigs coming up with a band that run a fair bit of a wireless and don't want to be that annoyance that turns up with a load of wireless to complicate matters! Also, they are a bit less clunky than the studiospares headphone amps Ive got... and a bit less risky than taking a P9RHW. So here it is - Behringer PM2. I have to say, having used the Fischer sticks with a band that I also play for, the Behringer *ahem* version of it is equally well built... and dare I say it, I think I prefer the uncluttered look of the Behringer version. It's certainly less busy on the white lettering front than the Fischer. I paid just under £40 for the PM2. The Fischer comes in at just over £120. That's some saving there. So for those that don't know what they are looking at, it's a belt mounted headphone amp - better than trying to drive your headphones directly from an aux.... Plus it has the some basic mono/stereo switching (essentially if you don't want your mono mix just coming out of one ear on your headphones!) So, stereo or mono operation (there's a little switch inside that changes between the two modes) - combo jack on the bottom... so TRS/XLR for UNbalanced stereo, or TRS/XLR for balanced mono... and I'm guessing - not that I've checked... a TS will give you unbalanced mono also... (with switch in mono). So, in my gig bag of goodies, I've got a long XLR, a long TS cable, balanced dual XLR split to single unbalanced XLR, Dual TRS to single XLR and a TRS to XLR adapter... (a bit like this - https://www.kenable.co.uk/en/xlr-plugs-connectors/6096-kenable-xlr-male-plug-3-pins-to-635mm-trs-balanced-jack-plug-audio-adapter-006096-5055383460960.html - useful into plugging into the QSC desks that have stereo TRS auxes especially for inears) - that should cover me for most wired situations, I should think! Good stuff. With gadgets like this and the ZS10 appearing for the price that they are, why wouldn't you be embracing IEMs?! So assuming that you have an aux available on your desk, for under £75 (and maybe add another £15 for cables for your specific mixer - so say for under £100 all in)... there's no excuse to not be ragging your ears anymore. And the upside is that you can hear absolutely everything that is going on. Win, win.

I saw Lozz's band there a while back, liked the atmosphere a lot..must try and get my lot in there!

Built in 1999. Issue number 18. Plays like a dream.

I should also mention that the body size is a fair bit smaller than my 3/4 ply bass (an Anton Zeller). It's certainly not a 1/2 size, and it's more than a 3/8 size if such a thing exists, I think it just is what it is. That reduction in size neatly offsets the greater weight of the aluminium as opposed to ply. Overall, this bass is heavier than my Zeller but not by enough for it to be an issue. For the benefit of those who have met me and have some idea of my size and build:

Recently refinished Spector NS4H2

This bass is responsible for, in my most humble opinion, Flea's career-worst tone. No thanks!

+2 - I haven't tried their basses, but I've had a Vintage VS6 for donkey's years now. I'm sure it's partly down to familiarity, but I've gone into shops and tried out some of the "real deal" Gibson SGs (admittedly the cheaper end of the series) and Epiphones, and come away feeling quite underwhelmed by the difference.

An ex-colleague from the '3 Elephants' festival days was organising a private party (we've already played at mini-festivals he'd put on...), and invited us to play as support for a rock'nroll trio. A couple of rehearsals (we've not played since 2016, as I've been ill, and other stuff...) so a bit rusty, but still... As if conditions weren't precarious enough, our 2nd guitar has taken a contract for four years in the Caribbean, so this was to be his last date with us..! We arrived an hour early, giving plenty of time for setting up in a well-adapted agricultural outbuilding, the size of a small cathedral but open on one side. A decent PA and efficient, friendly sound crew, simple but effective LED lights and spots, so conditions were quite comfortable. One slight but significant bugbear: the tom mics had a longer than usual overhang, and protruded over the batter heads, making it quite delicate when executing stuff like 'Toxicity', for fear of hitting 'em. A bit more than an hour in all, to a mixed audience; we managed to warm 'em up enough for the main attraction, though, so 'mission accomplished'. Got home at about 02h30; we'll unload the truck in a while this afternoon and discuss how we're to continue. We've a new 2nd guitar to talk to, but I'm not in any real state to take on a world tour, so we'll be taking things easy for now. It was great, despite everything, to get out and play again after this enforced hiatus, and well worth the sore arms and calves..! Next outing..? Hmm... Maybe towards end of year; we've a date pencilled-in, but we'll see... I may get some pics later, if Juliette remembers to send 'em. Edit: Photos added ... The 'tour bus' for the occassion (Merci, Monique, for the loan...)... No, I'm not asleep; I'm setting up a drum stand, honest... Our departing 2nd guitar, sound check ... ... and again, chatting with our singster ... Yes, that's my 'relax' session before we kick off ... Our Eldest ... ... and the singster, errrm... singing ... ... and a couple of (very..!) short clips from a 'phone (thanks, Juliette...)...

Hi all, done a few transcriptions over the last couple of years so thought I'd start sharing them with you all here, before I get my own website up and running. I'll be doing some playalongs of some of these tracks in the not too distant future also. Hope they are of some use to you. Countdown to Ecstasy and Pretzel Logic are also done, just proof-reading and layout to do, so expect them soon! Cheers https://drive.google.com/open?id=17WeLSNw4fCnT6vLav75e0Nr0f0iXx6IB

I reshaped the headstock to the more usual early ‘50s shape:

Update, finished

and one more.... Lastly a US Stuart Spector Design NS4 from the crossover period when Stuart was still trying to get his 'name' back....