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I also had a go once with fine wire wool, but that leaves tiny bits of wire everywhere - I masked off the pickups first btw.

Cheers, we have a Screwfix nearby, will try that stuff.

Thanks but I don't think a towel would help, it's not the sweat, it's the soft lacquer getting even softer! I like a proper gloss neck (as found on many Japanese Fenders) but this feels like it never cured properly. I don't really want to get down to bare wood, but it might just happen!

I dearly love my 63 Precision reissue, but it does suffer from sticky lacquer on the back of the neck. I have scraped off shed loads of lacquer by dragging a Stanley blade along it, but every time I gig it my hands get warm and the neck starts to get draggy again. I've just been giving it another go, and the top of my work bench is covered in what looks like the dandruff of Beelzebub. Just how much of that crap is on there? Answers to the nearest kilogram please...

I keep meaning to...

I played a dep gig with a glam covers band, and the vocalist did the effect with his voice.

No that's my '63 RI Precision.

Last night I listened to: Dwight Yoakam - Blame the Vain. This guy keeps the Bakersfield flame alive and does it so well. David Bowie - Low. My joint favourite Bowie album alongside the almost-inevitable Ziggy Stardust. Beauty wrought from emotional bankruptcy.

Hi Chewie, I believe we may have had an online conversation about Precisions at some point. Still, better late than never with the official welcome thread!

I changed over to floating thumb about 6 years ago and never looked back. It works for me. For that reason I would recommend it, but not to the point of becoming evangelistic about it.

For many years I have transcribed the guitar and/or bass parts in standard notation for most of songs I am intending to play live. I find this hugely beneficial because: I have a permanent record to refer to in the future if needed; It is great training for the ear; I have improved at it over the years; I can have confidence in playing the right part; The last 15 years' worth are in Sibelius format, so I can quickly and easily transpose them to other keys if required; If it's a gig where music stands are acceptable, I can read the PDF files from my iPad; and If I need to dep out a gig to another reader, I can send them the PDFs in the right keys. Works for me.

Go smart or go bling, but never go casual. If in doubt, go smarter. It is a most uncomfortable feeling to be under-dressed in a room full of smart people.

I enjoyed it, not least because of the insight into the Bernard Edwards 'chucking' technique - as a flats aficionado and non-slapper/popper, that's a handy way to fake it on those occasions when I have to (e.g. in Car Wash at this evening's gig). Also how Hooky played Love Will Tear Us Apart. Every day is a school day!

I've got arms like a gibbon's, so no problem there. Ooh, ooh, ooh, the funky gibbon...

Not sure that will work with a Grolsch washer...

How bizarre!

Can you play Spongebob Squarepants? You know, 'He lives in a pineapple under the sea...' Oddly, none of us knew that one.

Can any Dingwall owner or expert tell me what that 'thing' is on the back of this Afterburner bass, between the control cavity cover and the rear strap button. Just curious...

Thank for that - there may be a Dingwall 5-er in my future, and I need to know I can use strings that I like!

I use Chromes on all my basses - what set do you use on your Dingwall, and is that a 4- or a 5-string Super P?

Exactly. To generate or reproduce a true square wave, you would need devices with infinite slew rates. A true square wave contains a portion of every odd harmonic, way beyond what is audible to anyone or anything! I do take the point of your test though.

I get what the OP has done, but no audio kit made has ever been made that can reproduce a square wave faithfully!

Keeping them is.

What? Anyone would think this is some kind of internet forum!