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Might be able to borrow some from work...

This great offer keeps coming back - availed myself of it a few weeks back. Don't be put off by the vague delivery times when you place the order - I don't know if they wait until enough orders come in to be able to buy it at the price they need, but in my experience, it starts off being months away and ends up winging your way in a couple of weeks.

Geez, don't give Moog any ideas...

This'll give you a good woody tone...

Oh great, that's what we need - another southerner Only teasing, welcome from the NE arse end of civilization.

Have you played a 32" scale before?

Highlighted the problem for you there

Last night, played The Railway Club in Keith with Nine Lives. Drove through a one minute monsoon on the way there - rain so hard had to slow down because even with the wipers on full speed I couldn't see very well. Then it was done. What a bizarre, angry, and incredibly small pocket of weather! So we get there and get set up - it's an odd place - L shaped, so we are in the bit round the corner from the bar. It has alcohol, we don't. So, as you can imagine, we had only a trickle of folk getting off their backsides and coming round to see us, and a bunch of folk who were quite content to sit round the corner and merely listen. Are people not curious any more? Anyhoo, I frankly don't know how busy it was. We had some people come round for a dance and a singalong, so at least there's that. Got some nice comments afterwards, compliments on our playing and the sound (which surprises me because the first half was a nightmare - just couldn't get the singer loud enough. At half time we swapped out her wireless gear for a good old wired SM58 and things improved greatly - we'll need to investigate that. We played pretty well for all that, and the Neep One got its first live outing and didn't explode/collapse in half/go silent so yay for my dubious luthiery skills? Gear was G&L L-1000 then the Neep One into the cubes of doom.

He does make a lovely cable. A worthy successor to obbm.

Why downgrade?

Prepaid, hopefully... See you soon!

This Saturday, playing with Nine Lives in a tiny place in NE Scotland called Keith, specifically The Railway Club...

Totally feel your stress with the wet sanding thing - I had a hand painted design underneath my clearcoat - no pressure then! Glad it went well, it's looking boss!

I highly doubt you'll find one ready made off the shelf - I would just get the original copied. Either Brian Pillans (earlpilanz on ebay) or Tinytone will do this for you.

Sax player in the 'Spoons doesn't drive (but bless him, he's learning) - I just give him a lift to rehearsals, I'm going anyway. He gets the biscuits in, it's all good.

Thanks! Anything beyond "intentional" is a bonus

According to my callipers, the hex key I have is 0.061" or 1.55mm across the flats, or 0.0675" or 1.71mm at its widest. In a pinch, a T6 Torx might also get in the corners of that hex and turn it, being that it is 0.066"/1.68.mm point to point. We're talking tiny differences here - might work, might not depending on how well made your T6 is.

Or maybe he got fed up of the earache he was getting.

That is a Hipshot A-style bridge. To adjust the string spacing, loosen the grub screw which sits alone on the right hand side of the saddle underneath the two saddle height adjustment screws, then move the saddle side to side by hand as you require, then tighten the single grub screw back down to lock it in place. The screw will likely be in freedom/imperial units. My A-style came with a key which I guard with my life. I could get the callipers out and measure it when I get home, if that helps?

Slow down, talking in terms of whole turns is making me nervous! What are you trying to do - straighten the neck, or allow more relief? Because that's all the truss rod does - adjust neck relief. It has an effect on it but it is not the primary means of adjusting the string action (ie. height).

I wouldn't like to use tape to make up a 2mm discrepancy, tape for wee wobbles only for me. I'd want something a bit more substantial than layers of tape in there making up that kind of difference.

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You have indeed stumbled upon the correct pronunciation. It is simply "neep" as in swede/turnip/rutabaga and "heid" as in head. A silly person, basically. I came up with it as my internet nom de guerre/plume because I was wanting a Hotmail address (in the pre Microsoft days, so around 1996?) with no numbers in it and I wondered what no American would think of.

Girl, I'm just a Neepster for your love? I'll get my coat. PM incoming.

Ha, Annie Lennox is going to be so annoyed at that.