Happy Jack

So you'd done three hours of rehearsal, three hours break, a one-hour set at full gig speed, and then your finger started to protest? Can't say as I blame it! If you find yourself under that sort of pressure again, try doing stretches more or less randomly through your breaks ... concentrate on the fingers but also work on the forearms, the upper arms, and the shoulders (in that sequence).

A very Merry Xmas from the Junkyard Dogs:

https://www.laurencedixonbassplace.com/ He's as far from Sussex as you can get whilst falling into your parameters. Parking's a beach. He's not cheap. On the other hand, he's pretty much the best ...

The quality of the repair work is matched only by the quality of the photography ...

Does he show you a Rogan Josh?

Cabin fever setting in early this year, Hooky?

I do understand mate, but my point remains ... in a world filled with surprisingly-good cheap basses, why would you choose to buy a not-very-good one? Reverting to my previous analogy, if I request a quote for - say - a new Will from three cheap, local lawyers, all else being equal I'm going to go with the lawyer whose quote isn't filled with typos and spelling errors. Which would you choose?

What could possibly go wrong? Ooooh, if only smartphones had been invented early enough for me to record some of the gigs & events I went to in the 70s and 80s where the band had clearly adopted that attitude. Mind you, that was also much the same period when people dissed Status Quo for being 3-chord merchants whose stuff could be played by any pub band. And By God did I have to sit through any number of demonstations of just how puzzle-headed those critics really were.

I like that Upton video ...

Baing short-changed by a guitarist is just something we all have to live with.

I always thought that a short 12-bar blues was an 11-bar blues. Sorry.

Lots of change ...

I got a PM that just said of, to, for, with, on Turned out it was Prepositions via PM.

Grimsby ... napalm ... hard to tell, really.

I'm sure you're right about the output being unaffected (I haven't run any tests) but that's not really the point, is it? That level of highly-visible incompetence is an early warning that the same (pah!) attention to detail has been applied elsewhere too. If I get a letter from a lawyer or an accountant that contains spelling mistakes, it doesn't mean that the legal advice or the tax computation are necessarily wrong. But it does mean that I'm dealing with someone who either can't be bothered to, or who cannot, check their work. In a world with so many choices available, why would anyone opt to do business with someone that inept?

Were they smoked in napalm or something?

Not sure I follow ... the Low B means that the step up to the E string is a 4th, the same as all the other steps. That's what makes a 5-er such a doddle to play.

You need something that will fold up small so as to be easily stored at the venue, but also well-protected against accidental damage when not in use and against random button-pressing and knob-twirling. Try one of these: https://www.gear4music.com/PA-DJ-and-Lighting/JBL-EON208P-Mobile-PA-System/1GWG

So where did this all end up? I think we should be told ...

Will this PA be used just once a week? Will it be left at the venue or taken away after each gig? Depending on the answers, then ease of breakdown / transportation / storage becomes a significant factor.

Get rid of the shortscale?

Don't get all this excitement about musicians stopping the show. I've done it loads of times, usually with the comment, "We'll be back in about 15 minutes".

Can someone just talk me through the truss rod adjustment process?

What if he doesn't want to be called 'So'?