Happy Jack

No worries Michael, just use a blowtorch on them and dunk them in cold water. They'll soon come round to your way of thinking. "Feed 'im to the pigs, 'arold."

If it's rusty, won't it already be a pale brown colour?

My my, hey hey ...

Bang on, Blue. I worked for a living for 44 straight years, earned enough to take early retirement, and took it with both hands. The great majority of my tiny annual income now comes from playing pub gigs (well below the threshhold for income tax) so that makes me a professional musician. And boy am I going for it. Not entirely sure what 'it' is but when I find out I'll come back here and tell you.

Let's start with urine. Allegedly.

Yup, play the first two bars, kick in the looper, go and get a beer, maybe watch the band.

Sorted: https://www.gak.co.uk/en/mooer-audio-micro-looper-loop-pedal/91492?gclid=CjwKCAiAy9jyBRA6EiwAeclQhKpvrle_NBFLr-Rm53n_Wv9GELMI_aDVdHEYa7udQOJr0g8SaSyfRBoC1A4QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Call that a plank? I reckon it's a fence post.

Only on Basschat ...

I have a genuine '57 and a genuine '65, neither of which have this problem. Relicing? Pah! Genuine? Your 'avin' a giraffe.

I don't know why, and it's not something I asked John Hall about (), but I noticed a steady drop-off in the Rick Gestapo's activities starting from the moment that John Hall retired. I'm really not sure they bother much these days. What d'ye think, @Bassassin?

And anyway, it's cool, innit?

That is mental as anything and it looks great ... congratulations!

No No No! Simplify the process. Buy a shortish piece of plank of appropriate size (I tend to use a 48" length of 5" x 1" or similar) and take your time positioning screwholes - preferably countersunk to get rid of the heads - in the plank and matching holes in the walls over the wooden studs. Attach your guitar hangers to the plank, working safely and comfortably on a workbench, and finally attach the completed rig to the wall. This last bit is MUCH easier if you have a helpmate. Be aware that the supplied screws that come with most guitar hangers IME are pathetic slot-heads made of cheese. Buy some decent cross-head/Philips/Posidrive screws to replace them, and be sure to use the right type of screwdriver/bit rather than "this is close enough, it'll do".

I have LaBella flats on several basses, FLs rather than Deep Talkin' but I imagine fairly similar overall. The E on a LaBella set does tend to be a bit more 'thuddy' than the A, but I'm not sure to the degree that I think you're describing. "Out of tune", I think not. Have you tried slackening the tension and giving the ball-end a chance to rotate, just in case it got slightly twisted during installation?

Way way back in April 2011 I bought a DB from @Clarky. This was an Andreas Zeller 3/4 fitted with Silver Slaps which were perhaps two years old at the time. I loved those strings, loved them so much that I kept them on until they'd become as supple as rubber bands and were developing little nicks which were inevitably going to break eventually. Knowing that I would be at NAMM in January, and noticing that Gollihur were doing a special on some very nice strings, I ordered a set to be delivered to my sister in Pasadena for collection by me as I passed through. Walking through NAMM with Silvie, we happened to come across the Gamut Music stall and a DB fitted with these wrapped gut strings. Now my view of gut strings is similar to that I used to have of fretless bass before I tried playing one ... I really, really ought to give this a try but I'm worried that it won't end well. I now play fretless basses as freely and casually as fretted, and I have long since lost any nervousness about it, so I couldn't resist these guts. They looked, felt, and sounded very cool indeed. They went on every bit as easily as any other DB strings, in other words they were a right PITA to install, but that's something that only needs to happen (IME) once a decade. Wrapped or not, they're still gut and they take a long time to stabilise. They've now been on for 48 hours and still need to be tuned back up a semi three times a day! Not to worry. I anticipated this and waited to install them until I had a 2-week gap between gigs on DB. Way too early to consider writing a review of them, but once I have a few gigs with them under my belt and maybe some video worth sharing, I'll return to this.

Don't worry 'bout a thing ...

Has anyone considered creating a new country out of the Celtic/Gaelic fringe, and just expelling England? Being half-Scottish myself, I'd apply for one of your new Passports.

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I enjoyed that video. Having always considered myself one of the poorer fretless players on the planet, I am hugely encouraged to see how low the bar has been set.

Well, I recognise the f-holes, so that's something. With the handles removed, the portability of this unit is ... erm ... restricted, neh? Am I right in thinking that this will be a 3-stringer? Unusual choice, that. Most converted wheelbarrows trhat I've seen have had four strings.

I just tried to work out the combined age of all those bands, but my calculator just flashed the word 'Tilt' at me.

Truly excessive amount of Ampeg kit on stage for a TV studio gig ...