Maude

They're my string of choice, medium gauge, 50-105 (4 string) ENR72. No silks, just the D'addario coloured ball ends. I don't noticed that they die particularly quickly but they're not massively bright to begin with. I like higher tension strings and like the smoothness of flats but wanted a little more brightness than Chromes. I don't like new rounds brightness at all. These give me what I'm after, lovely fundamental like a flat, roll the tone back and they could be flats, but with a nice amount of top end, but never that new round bite. It depends what you like as always. What sort of tone are you after?

Surely a 12 string for Jeremy as well

"built during the same famous premium boutique bass era in the UK as Wal!" And a load of less desirable tat in sold the Kays catalogue. Ahh, the excitement when the White Arrow van arrived. BTW I have an Austin Allegro for sale, built during the same famous premium boutique car era in the UK as the Jaguar E Type. £90,000

Weirdly I've always gone from G to E (or B with fivers), no idea why. Unless all the strings have been slackened for any reason in which case I'll do a mixture of low and high to put the neck back under stress evenly and not stress one side before the other.

Thanks Andy, I'm sure that he posts, or used to, on here as 'Coldflows'. I'll message through FB 👍

I have a Yamaha BBG5s (Black with gold hardware) but I've mislaid one of the knobs. I could just buy four new knobs but at the moment the level of tarnish on them matches all the other hardware, it's all lost a bit of its goldness as they all seem to. Does anyone know anywhere where I could buy one aged gold dome top knob? New ones just look too bright and gold. Any ideas are much appreciated.

Mmm lovely

Don't knock it. Off the top of my head New Order & Joy Division, Bauhaus, Gang of Four, Depeche Mode, David Bowie and The Kinks used a Melodica in their songs. If it's good enough for them, it's good for me. Although I prefer them fitted with the tube. 😉

@fleabag A damn good seeing, oh sorry I see what you mean. Bizarrely she's asked if I could dig a hole about 6' by 2' and then book someone to lay a patio a couple of days after I've dug the hole. I don't know what she's got planned, exciting times eh? 🤔

Brilliant, there's a few little DIY jobs that Mrs. Maude's been pestering me about. When should I expect them? I'll put the kettle on. 😁

But you've just given the game away, haven't you 🤔

Okay okay, you Elm 😁

Have you seen my recent New Bass Day thread? You beach 😁

Which is why I didn't do it, until I used it to make my point, which wasn't actually about grammar but misunderstandings. Ahh b0ll0cks, what do I know about anything , I've just bought a banjo 😂

See, now I don't know if you're proving the point of my post and messing with me, or genuinely dyslexic and pee'd off with me, or maybe even into trains of the diesel-electric type and are just plain crap at spelling. 😁 Anyway it was PaulWarning's post I quoted and corrected. 😉

I'd agree with @EBS_freakabout misunderstanding the intention of the post. Using the quoted post above I could reply, "Its 'accept' you fookin' bellend". Meant comically, playing on the "without resorting to insults" part of the post, but with no smilies Paul might take offence, so I add a laughing emoji to show I'm joking with him, but now he thinks I'm laughing at him as well as correcting him. Could get totally out of hand due to misunderstanding how I meant the post. I'm a bit of a joker so take most posts of this sort as said in jest, but some more serious folks would take it straight and be offended.

I won't post a distracting reply to your post. I'll just let you get practicing. P.s. Should it be 'practicing' or 'practising'? Are the two interchangeable, is one an Americanism, or is one 'to rehearse something' and the other 'to carry out a profession or belief? Hmm 🤔.

And yes 'chaps' should've had an apostrophe before the s but I'd run out of them. Obviously I've found some more now for this post. 😊

The two big issues I have with BC is firstly, I joined as a moderately wealthy man and now I'm broke, and secondly, could somebody please increase @Teebs 'like' allowance, the poor chaps always running out 😂

At a guess I'd say the second one is the actual eight string as at the beginning the I think I can hear single strings sometimes rather than both courses, not using headphones though. Either way they're both hell of a close.

I don't comment much in 'Build Diaries' but I have to say we're spoilt with the level of craftsmenship on here. There really are some amazing luthiers showing their work which I love to see, so thank you. Now let's see those wooden machineheads 😀

Will do. I'll make sure it's working properly first but I'll PM you when I know what I'm doing.

Well I've just bought it 😀 I'll post some pictures another time as I'm a bit pushed for time at the mo. It's not a resonator but it does have a closed back (which is removable) so slightly mellower sounding which is good. Nice low easy action, strung for Scottish/Irish so should be even easier on the fingers once strung for Trad Jazz. The big, big bonus is that I might have effectively scored a free banjo and case as it came fitted with a Fishman Rare Earth active pickup, which will never get used. I had a quick Google and these seem to be in the £220-230 price range new, so quite possibly £80 for a second hand one. I don't really know what the value of the pickup is realistically but it's got to half the price of the banjo I'd have thought. As it's strung like a mandolin I'll leave it as it is for a bit and take it to rehearsal and let our mandolinist try it out through the PA to make sure it's all good. Pictures to follow .

Will do 😊

Going to look at the banjo tomorrow now but the owner says there are no scratches or marks on the body or neck so I reckon we'll get it. Good enough to dip his toe in with and test the water. Thanks for all your help 👍