KingBollock

Westone Raider I in silver/grey… I keep looking on Google but all I ever find is a BassChat page that was posted while I was on a break from internet forums, so I missed it! I believe that there is a chap on BassChat that owns one, that he mentioned he keeps in its case on top of a wardrobe. But I can’t for the life of me remember who it was! I think he may have said that it was his first bass, so I felt it would be too cheeky to ask if he would sell it. Especially with how much I regret selling mine.

Have you tried uv resin? You’d still have to use heat, or a lot of patience, to spread it. But with the use of a uv torch it sets immediately. Meaning less retraction. And if it did retract a little bit, it’s a quick, seamless fix. You’d probably be able to use it to fix the edges of that pedal. I bought the stuff for model making, but I am finding all sorts of uses for it.

Just the one for me. Front. Back. Headstock. Her name is Angelbane.

The individual boxes would be metal. I’m sort of envisioning each side having a couple of small, embedded magnets, to hold the enclosures together and also for positioning, to keep them aligned. The instrument connection, from box to box (apart from the end/terminal boxes, which would have a jack socket, too), which would be a couple of metal pads. It would eliminate the need for patch leads and take up less pedalboard space. Of course, you’d be stuck with only that type of enclosure.

That’d be cool if each pedal was separate and each in its own box. With each box being exactly the same shape and size with perfectly squared off sides, they could be joined together with magnets, so that they would fit snuggly. This would allow for them to be joined, electrically, by metal plates, or more magnets, instead of jack sockets and plugs. (I hope I have described that well enough) You’d end up with something similar but more versatile. Slowly trying to think this through… You’d need “end boxes” that allowed for extra connections. They could be used to allow leads to be plugged into jack sockets, and also power. You would need four of them, I think. One for the end of each row. You’d need a patch lead to go from the end of the bottom row to the start of the top row. I’m sure I am missing something else…

I got it, I’m just rubbish at remembering to react to stuff! Unfortunately, all my Motörhead vinyl got really badly water damaged. It included over 40 albums (including compilations and bootlegs) and I can’t even remember how many singles (12” and 7”). Including several coloured ones, even my beautiful blue Bomber album. So, so gutted! They were kept separate from my other vinyl. The only ones that were saved were the leather sleeved No Remorse (thanks to the leather) and the 10” St Valentines Day Massacre, which was on display elsewhere; lost the 7” and 12”, though.

I am so glad they went with a healthy Lemmy, rather than the very obviously sick and dying one in the Rainbow Bar & Grill. I think he’d have hated that one, but he would have approved of this new one. I will be going to see it as soon as I can get up to the Midlands.

Oh how I wish I could contribute to this thread! It would be cool if people linked to videos or websites of their bands. It’d be great to see you all in action (without me having to leave the house…).

What have you got against people with long legs?

I have a list of words and phrases that I often add to, that I would like to use as band names, effect pedal names or knobs on effect pedals (should I actually get around to building any more…). Some of the pedals I have built have very long and pretentious names. Dank & Fetid Earth Beneath A Doom Coloured Sun, being a favourite. It’s two different kinds of Big Muff in one box (a Musket and a ‘73 Ram’s Head). I always liked the idea of a punk band named KingBollock & The Danglies. Which sounds fun but doesn’t really work if you think about it. I was once in a death metal band called Bum F#ckers From Hell. Which was suggested by a friend of the band, who was actually quite homophobic (not nastily, it was just something he couldn’t cope with. Lovely fella otherwise). Then we had an opportunity to support Bolt Thrower and suddenly everything got serious and our name got changed to Cerberus, which I wasn’t happy about. Especially as the reason we got the opportunity was because of another band supporting called Dirtbox (who were brilliant. I so wish I could find the demo of there’s that I had). Anyway, sadly, it all fell apart and it never happened. Thinking of using paint names… I do a lot of model painting and use a lot of Citadel paints, which often have interesting names. I do my wife’s head in when we’re out and about and I keep pointing out and naming the colours of cars by the Citadel paint name. The trouble is that Games Workshop are extremely litigious, so probably best not used for a band name. There is actually a link between Bolt Thrower and Games Workshop/Warhammer, including their name and the release and artwork of their early albums.

Now if only they had Skaven in 40K!

I had a parcel delivered by Evri recently, and I think it was only due Evri that I got what I had ordered. The box was made of very thin cardboard and was far too big for what was in it (which was some quite delicate, wooden boxes) with absolutely nothing for padding, they were just left to rattle about. Due to the box being closed using only one piece of sellotape, the box was actually open when I got it. It can only be due to careful handling by at least some staff at Evri, that everything was still in the box and was undamaged. I have had some bad experiences with Evri in the past, but we’ve not had any problems with them since moving here. My wife has nothing but praise for our driver.

I wonder how many people would be fine with getting the same make and model, rather than the exact bass that they owned? I’d be ok with any Westone Raider I in silver/grey that was in good nick. It would be nice of it had the hard case, too, especially if it had the same smell. In fact, I probably wouldn’t be able to tell. There was slight buckle rash on the back and I had added a small sticker of a vulture perched on a skull, to the headstock, which I would imagine would have been removed. The biggest giveaway would be the case, since it had my name embossed in huge letters on the front of it… I was 12 years old, I thought it looked cool! I never considered that I’d ever no longer own it. I used to think that if I could, I’d get two of them. One to keep as is and another to add a second P pickup and active circuitry. If I could only get one I would keep as is. Though, I always seem to miss out if/when they do come up for sale. Someone even made a thread on this forum pointing out one for sale on EBay, in 2021 (I think), but I had wondered off from BassChat around then, so I missed it. That’ll teach me!

This isn’t a band story, but WalMan reminded me of it… It was new year and I was working with a mobile disco. It was a very large and impressive setup, and included pyros. For some reason the boss put the button for the pyros under a table behind some light boxes. I spent the last half an hour of the year asking one particular bloke to move back because he was too close to one of the pots. Come midnight, I’m on the floor, under the table with the button and I can’t see a thing… I only went and set the bloke’s jumper on fire!

Some friends of ours, my wife, and I were heading Skegness for a couple of days. My mate said that, as he’d lived there and visited regularly, that he knew the way and would supply directions… We started off in Nuneaton and got as far as Leicester, about 17 miles. Then, somehow, we ended up in Wolvey, which was about 2 miles from where we started. We followed the sat nav a couple years ago while heading home to south-west Wales from north Norfolk. For some reason it sent us via London. The trip took over 8 hours.