Dad3353

Should be in the 'Marketplace'; Mods, please move. ...

No need to make it so difficult ...

I might drum up enough energy to have a bash on my e-drums, whilst waiting for the F1 racing at 18h00. Other than that, rehearsing is at a quite low ebb. Maybe in a month or two, if the weather warms up a tad...

This ^^^^ looks to be the most likely. It's definitely not a Hayman, despite the similarities.

Well, you know what's coming next...

Many thanks for the link. Indeed, he has a lot of very interesting stock, and is right plumb in the middle of the sort of stuff that gets my attention. Amazingly, even the prices aren't daft..! I'll contact him, certainly, and see what a few midnight incantations and black goat sacrifices to the gods can do. A decade or so ago, I hosted a few French Hofner Bashes, and own several very nice specimens myself, gathered over the years, so it's nice to see the brand still around, commercially. Their current models, of guitars and basses, are worthy of interest. The model I'm hankering after was only a short run at the time, so there aren't all that many in the world, however, which makes the hunt a little more 'interesting'. Thanks again; meanwhile... Have a great day. Douglas

Not a bass, but my very first electric guitar, a Hofner Thin President E2, Florentine cutaway, just like this one... I've been looking for one like it for over half a century, to no avail. The stupidity of youth.

And rightly so. Whatever were you thinking of..? ...

The frets were all parallel. ...

No, it's just daft.

... and sod the abstinence if there's something that gives you a Birthday Buzz.

Yes, I'm just back from a much-needed eye check-up, and I'll be getting new specs soon. Meanwhile, I'll keep on reading things wrongly at first passage.

To be fair, there are, now, many different products and formulae sold under the WD40 (and 3in1...) brand names, including contact cleaners. It's a bit like thinking that a Citroen must be a 2CV (no longer made by them...), when there are dozens of different models these days. Just sayin'.

This is the 3in1 equivalent contact cleaner... Don't use anything but contact cleaner to clean contacts. If i doesn't cure the crackling: change the pot.

Worth a read..? WD40; History ... It was for treating stuff as a water repellent, anti-rust.

Some of their products do... Silicone Lubricant Spray ...

Here is my contribution to the March 2023 Basschat Composition Challenge, illustrated with a picture chosen by NickD. Inspired really after watching the Markus Miller group in concert, playing Miles Davis 'Tutu' stuff. It brought images of this spiv; maybe it's the hat, I don't know. I started off with the brass lines, all played 'live', one take, on my Xaviere guitar through a Sonuus MIDI converter, into Kontakt brass Vst's, to a drum metronome. Once the three horns were done, I played my Verithin bass, again, 'live', one take, with the same drum track. I then took away the drums and added a new cross-stick rhythm, using Superior Drummer 3. Some fiddling around with tracking the volume faders, a spot of Ozone 8 here and there, and it's done, warts and all. Thanks for listening, if you already have; if you're about to, enjoy.

There are dozens of WD40 and '3in1' products; the important part is to use 'Contact cleaner', not chain lubricant or oil for hinges. Contact cleaner may fix the issue; other spray products are capable of ruining the whole caboodle. Contact cleaner, not just random WD40 or the like. For over half a century I've been using KF F2 contact cleaner, both professionally and my own domestic use, Deoxit is a good one, too. I've never used the WD40 equivalents, but they are probably fine, as long as they are contact cleaner, and not any kind of lubricating oil. Accept no substitute, and know what you're using; contact cleaner. Hope this helps.

This ^^ 👆 ^^. If giving them a wiggle (a technical term...) doesn't do the job, then change 'em (or get 'em changed...) for decent ones.

Proper old-school Music; none of this modern EDM stuff, or ('gags'...) 'slap'. The World needs more like it.

An excellent option for use whilst waiting for a set of Dunlop button-type to arrive, and useful as a 'spare, just in case'.

A slight detour, but another vote for Pinegrove. I have an excellent drumstick bag, of superb quality; the fellow there (Rod...) went out of his way to get it to me (in France...) at the best post-B****t price. Top service.