Jakester

Isopropyl alcohol? Assuming it’s poly lacquer on the headstock, that should do it.

When I was starting out playing bass, that was one of the first tunes I had to play And I found it really hard - if only I’d have known all it took was sanding down the back of the neck I’d have been all over it!!

I have Sunbeams and love them, but my absolute fave are Lo-Rider nickels - I keep returning to them time and time again.

Pah, I don’t believe any of you - married, with children, and we’re expected to believe you still have time to knock boots? Calumny and lies, I say...

That last pic looks good enough to eat! (Though it is lunchtime so maybe I’m projecting a tad)

Yarp

And hope you don’t play anywhere with a ceiling higher than about 10ft.. 😂

Whut? Uh? Er... nope.

Thanks - yes, about £500 more! I already have the audio interface which works fine, current issues notwithstanding!

Not sure where to put this, so Accessories and Misc it is... Can anyone recommend a USB hub that works with an audio interface? Owing to the present working conditions I am stuck in the spare room, using my laptop, which for reasons known only to the manufacturer has only two USB-B ports (older Mac so no USB-C here). I already have a fairly shonky USB hub connected to one of the ports for a (qwerty) keyboard and mouse. I also use a USB audio interface, but it simply won't play nice with the shonky hub. The interface is connected to a mic and studio monitors, so I use it for recording, my wife uses it for spoken word recording, and I use it for work video calls etc, as well as just playing music/videos etc through. Some times it will play audio when the interface is plugged into the dodgy hub, but it doesn't work very well for recording or video calls. The interface came with a very short USB cable so I bought a longer one and then it was fine for playback and recording and video calls - but then (without anything being changed) it just stopped. It works fine plugged directly into the laptop for all things, but sometimes I need to add in other things, such as external drives, USB MIDI instruments , phone, iPad etc, but also need the audio interface and the (qwerty) keyboard and mouse etc at the same time, so there's a fair bit of trial and error or hot-swapping. I would ideally have a 5-port hub that works for all of the stuff which needs to be connected long-term (keyboard, mouse, USB drive, interface) leaving the other port for occasional connections. So can anyone recommend a good quality USB hub that they know has worked with their USB audio interface?

I think it's Options/New recording that overlaps existing items/trims existing items behind new recording (Tape mode) I guess the name should have given it away to me earlier....😆

Thanks all - I have actually found the way to do it 'tape-style', which has sped things up massively now I can just drop in and record over the top of all the mistakes without fannying around with takes. The scroll thing still bugs me though...

I should also say that just because it’s insured, it doesn’t mean they’ll pay out. I recently bought some studio speakers which were damaged in transit. The seller refunded me in full, but the courier refused to pay the seller for the damage.

Yes. IME UPS don’t exclude musical instruments.

No progress to report I'm afraid. Unfortunately I may also find fur-ther delays owing to the annexing of the shell by a certain somebody.... Just guarding it now...

FIFY

Buy it, try it, if you don't like it, send it back. Job done.

Success!! And I have my wife to thank - I mentioned that she had quite a good problem-solving type of mind, so could she give some thought to how I might go about getting this undone. "Just use the massive flat-bladed screwdriver we have to stop the inner bit from turning" she said. Bang on, worked first time - job is a good-un. Annoyed I didn't think of that now!!! So, looks like a full refurb is back on! Woohoo! Thinking something like flamed or curly maple veneer with marquetry inlay down the middle now...

I've been working with Reaper recently - getting really good recordings and the plugins are great. However, it's been doing my nut in when it comes to manipulating the recordings, punching in, that sort of thing. I know it uses a non-destructive form of recording - 'takes' - but I find navigating between them really irritating. Just punching in to correct an error is completely counter intuitive. Can anyone explain how best to do a 'tape-style' punch in - i.e. I just play over the bit I want to re-record over? Otherwise it's just left me constantly having to record the whole line over and over again. Also, the actual user interface - it constantly zooms in and out, and flicking up and down, instead of scrolling up and down the tracks like EVERY OTHER DAW OUT THERE zooms the tracks in and out! WHY? WHY? Is there any way to make it 'normal'? Yours, going slightly crazy...