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Sadly you're right, as it's become clear within the last 24 hours that we're heading towards a second wave. I've already decided to talk to the hall manager on Monday and will then post a selection of available Sundays in May/June next year so we can collectively decide what suits us Bashers best (my feeling is that the usual early April date might be a bit too soon). In the meantime, we can all proceed on the basis that, regrettably: The Big Fat South-West Bass Bash is off until further notice!! ☹️ The good news is that I'll be able to bring my Mesa TT-800 that's due for delivery at the end of October 😎

Okay, so not quite £60. It was up for £110 delivered from cash convertors (a seller I often follow) and I had a £50 voucher. To say it was minging was an understatement. Covid would have been the least dangerous thing lurking on the fretboard of this bad boy. Took the sander to it and hit it with some Danish oil. A new set of tuners and and strings are we are in business. Sounds phenomenal! Check out the before and after pics! Hopefully you'll be able to work out which is which!

I think Adam is great. Very learned. Interesting perspectives..

These in this would be perfect.

I started making a 19.75” scale mini bass. It has built in headphone amp similar to Mayones. Biggest difference mine is 5 string

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Sadly this looks like the case, but what a Bash we’ll have when we get there!

Because I'm very impulsive and have the attention span of a gnat crossed with both a magpie's eye for shiny things and Steptoe's eye for crappy looking relic stuff. Had I been a banker I could have easily caused the global financial crash single-handedly.

I went to see them on that tour and Copeland in particular blew me away. I love the thing he does in Wrapped Around Your Finger, switching between the percussion set up and the drum kit without every missing a beat. Perfection.

Neck lacquered ready for fretting. Body sealed and grain filled. I’ll start spraying that tomorrow.

Although 2020 means you don't get a nice 7" bag and change from Woolworths! We're the only one of my bands that seem to have thrived during 2020 thanks to some good use of the internet and some creative videos. "Echo Road (Radio Edit)" is the new single from our critically acclaimed album "Human Traffic and is backed with a cover of the Lords of the New Church classic "Russian Roulette". Forgive the shameless plug. https://vivelerock.net/dissidents-on-the-road/

All I did this evening was shape the neck end and grind off the screw shanks that were left in the body. As a respected BC member often says; this is not how to do it but this is how I do it. I found that a medium engineer's file worked well with the neck. It felt remarkably like filing brass! I was quickly able to get to this: The gap is negligible now - Then it was time for the Dremel again... That quickly took off the snaggy bits of screw shanks;

Use Firefox in private mode as your browser and install the adblock plus plug-in. Don’t sign into anything google own unless you have to and, if you have to, restart your browser after you are done with them.

Yet, you still don’t know his actual name 😂

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Call it jazz

OK, does anyone here speak Nordstrand, i think I need an interpreter

Played this ‘Album’ this morning for the first time in years. Much derided by the Lydon purists when it came out (1986), but I absolutely loved it. It was the first time I’d heard Steve Vai, so that was a bit of an eye opener. (It was produced by Bill Laswell, who produced the Sly & Robbie album Language Barrier from a year earlier that I also loved at the time) Again, it just felt completely different to anything else around at the time... If you’re not aware of Album then it’s definitely worth a listen, and if you are aware but haven’t visited it in a while, then it’s definitely worth going back to! Take it away, John..!

Much as the bass guitars all look lovely it’s the Scrumpette’s roast potatoes* that I have in my particular tractor beam. *not a euphemism.

I honestly thought it was one of these -

This website is vey impressive https://www.guitar-list.com/logos/M looks most like Marconi Lab - but it isn’t that (if it even is a M)

Did you seek express permission from John Hall (Rickenbacker CEO) before you infringed his copyright in your so called dream? You’d better watch your back!

It’s a chicken and egg situation. People are unlikely to put their hand in with no idea about the spec, and if you decide on a spec first then people will say ‘yes but what if’ The only way forward would be for you to put together some mock-up designs, vote for the fave and see if enough will back it.

I am still gathering parts for my scratch build but in the meantime I have found myself in possession of enough spares to build a bitsa. My request for unwanted bass bits resulted in several members giving me stuff free and in some cases it was free of postage too. I've got some goodies stashed away for the big build but I also have extra bits of hardware that lend themselves to side projects. Most recently, @Shepster8316 kindly brought me some parts as in the photos he sent me below; What Paul had sent me was essentially an Encore P bass minus neck with hardware stripped out and the body and neck of a Yamaha BB1100s with hardware stripped out. The Yamaha body had suffered a whack that damaged the thin wood over the control cavity. Rather than try to make an invisible repair I'd probably put a plate over it and make it a feature at some point. The Yamaha neck fits the Encore neck pocket though. It is a slightly loose fit but not bad. The Encore body is very heavy but I am happy enough about that. I may put a piece of veneer in to tighten it up with a little fitting to make it snug. I am even considering doing the Billy Sheehan thing and putting in two draw bolts to pull the neck into the body as well as the standard fixings. The bridge will be moved inboard by about three quarters of an inch because of the slightly longer neck. Interestingly the two basses have the same bridge design so I picked the better of the two, the Yamaha. Tuners from the Encore will fit the Yamaha neck. The Encore pickup should be okay as is and I have a control loom in the spares I mentioned at the top of this post. I just need a pickguard. The parts are used and have a good patina. The body has some dings and scratches but nowt serious. Some of the screw shanks have stayed behind after the heads were sheared off. I am not one for relicing but I see no reason not to build this without refinishing as the wear is genuine and it is a bitsa. Just a mock-up photo; Should be a laugh...

Area 51??

Sorry, I’m off my mash on ecstasy pipes.

Maybe the various algorithms don’t recognise the letter ‘b’ on your computer?

The only issue I have with his videos is the pointless ‘behind the scene’ waffle, often from his car or on the stairs up to his studio, that takes up the first couple of minutes of every video. Just get on with it Scott!

Hmmm his advertising is pretty intense BUT he's got so much good free content I think we can give him a pass. Currently hacking through interminable Gary Willis lesson promotions but hey, Gary is great too. Love his books. Nice chap too - met him at a Bass show a few years back.

I take your point about the amount of ads, but I still think his content is great, and he’s a very likeable chap. So much great stuff on youtube. Great time to learn an instrument

Also! Mrs Cowboy wanted to contribute to the build so a coat of oil on the back of the bass was done by her... the best coat obviously ... wasn't around to "help" with the sanding though...

Updates! Really excited at this point! Got the final coat of tung oil on the bass this afternoon so got to leave this coat on for a final 24 hours before I put some wax on the bass and polish it up tomorrow. This is the 4th coat pre-excess wipeoff but it looked so tasty I had to take a photo while it was "glossy". This was after the first oil coat which I applied with 1500grit sandpaper dried so nice and matt and created a great surface to wire wool and re oil. Next! Wax and polish on the wood tomorrow and then I'll polish the frets, time depending I might get the hardware on the bass and get it strung up but might call it a day after lining the cavities with copper tape. Not going to lie, measured up some timber ready for my next build too... what have I got myself in to!

Wowzers, was only £20 out - which back then would have been a prawn cocktail, well done steak, Black Forest gateau and a bottle of Blue Nun at a Beefeater.

You folks are just going round in circles

You, Sir, are bang on.

Just letting you all know that I volunteered for the Russian vaccine trials. I received my first shot at 8pm on Wednesday and it’s completely safe with иo side effects whatsoeveя. I feelshκι χoρoshό я чувствую себя немного странно и я думаю, что вытащил ослиные уши.

Great idea. Twice as much food....

I wouldn't recommend 600 watts RMS continuous through a Kappa 15LFA, not if you want a long service life. The "maximum rated power" for most manufacturers (including Eminence) is based on a 2 hour survival rate. My experience through testing of many drivers for calculating warranty exposure purposes suggests that a ~20% reduction minimum is necessary in order to increase this value to 200 hours. I typically use 25% unless testing shows otherwise. Powering with 400-450 Watts (rms) is about ideal for that driver IME.

I found some screws but they are a little oversize and countersunk, oh, and cad plated. Dremel time. Then make pilot holes for screws. All screws fitted and tightened. The fair side (I didn't mention but I've taken the string tree from the Encore as it is a slightly more pleasing piece of metal) - There you go. My challenge now is to make the neck fit snugly in the pocket. The curvature of the neck root is different from that of the pocket. It's a big enough difference to make me want a better fit. Especially as I am going to pull the neck into the pocket with two additional screws a la Billy Sheehan. I shall shape the neck end to achieve this.

You think live music is bad, come and see my lot sometime, it'll confirm it for you