Maude

Pretty much as James said, but I think I'd definitely slacken the strings a bit to be safe. But not so much that the bridge loses it position, you'll have a whole lot of annoying intonation work to do else.

I just can't play with light strings. Well I can if I had to but blah blah blah. My tone is heavy strings plucked hard. I just seem to lose 'my tone' when I play lightly with light strings. As has been mentioned early in this thread, they don't seem to bounce and I find it much harder work to play fast without digging in. I can still dig in and rattle them off the frets if needed, softly for a mellow tone, or just normally (for me). I dare say I could adjust over time but heavy strings played hard give me a real solid tone, and as they say, if it ain't broke.

Brain Stew - Green Day

John Entwistle again. Let's just say the whole of 'The Real Me' is a bass solo. 😉 I know, I know!

Even though I'm not usually a gold hardware lover, I'm considering it for this colour scheme. I'll see when it's painted.

Does anyone know if the Gotoh GB707 tuners are a straight replacement for the Yamaha tuners? I could just find the Gotoh stats and measure the Yams but I'm feeling lazy tonight. 😉 These are the Yam's, These are the Gotohs.

Don't you just hate it when you prime something, and then think 'ooh that's a nice colour'! Red shades have notoriously bad coverage so I went with a red primer I had knocking around rather than the usual grey. It's more of a pastel maroon and I quite like it. It's a bit too much like a poor attempt at the Billy Sheehan Bex though so it'll still be sparkle pink.

Embarrassment - Madness

So would I but they're doing a fine job of making themselves look like idiots all by themselves. It would just be rude of me to intervene. It must nearly be time to watch their promo vid again, I need cheering up. 😄

Animal (F**k Like A Beast) - WASP

Under My Wheels - Alice Cooper

You Need Hands - Max Bygraves

Possibly. I'm probably going to do the back of the neck and headstock in the ink so was thinking a different colour for the front. I was going to do the neck pink but amount of layers that go on for a sparkle finish would mean quite a step to edge of the fretboard, which would feel and look odd. There is a way round that so it might get a sparkle finish but ink would be way way easy. We'll see after I've done the body.

Sunday Easter Bloody Sunday - U2

I Am The Sea - The Whom

I had a little play earlier with colours and this will be the palatte. The sepia ink is just wiped on a scrap of wood and the flake is still in the bag so very dense but this will be it. Shell pink and sparkle for the front front, the bronze and sepia ink for the back and sides. Unsure on headstock yet but the black was too heavy with the chosen colours, and now the top edge is nice and crisp again. Either matching or aged natural. Unless I think of something else mad, like gold or copper leaf. 😁 New waterslide decal on its way.

I Wish - Stevie Wonder

Maybe I didn't word it well but that's what I meant. The rot starting creeping in a long time ago and is now seen as the norm.

Unfortunately, and I'm well aware I have my grumpy old man hat on, I feel that if youngsters have grown up with this sort of lies and BS approach, then they see it as normal and even think they're telling 'the truth' when spouting it. Language evolves but too many just make up their own meaning for the words they use. Could the OP try not paying but claim it's paid for? Given that it will be when he finally chooses to hand some funds over.

AliExpress judging by the poor translations/mistakes on that specs list. A 'sandwitch'? Occultist at the beach?

Head Like A Hole - NIN

I didnt want it to... but yeah. 😂 It's not that wild, in fact it's quite traditional (with a twist). I've just ordered what I need. May as well just go with my gut. I'll mix up the paint at work this week. There'll be a mix of Sepia calligraphy ink, antique bronze paint, shell pink paint and coarse rose gold flake. Possibly gold tuners and knobs. 🙈

I pretty sure the neck pickup on the 182 is fixed. From memory it's surface mounted and the pickguard layed over the top. You could just raise your pole pieces to see if you get a stronger signal.

Feeling Hot Hot Hot - The Merrymen

Erm... well... that's er, nice? Couldn't decide which of Granny's sideboards to use so went for both. 🤭