NancyJohnson

I have a little project upcoming and need to plug a Jazz bass pickup rout; I'm thinking about either filling it with resin (which is preferred) or a combination of a rough sawn plug glued in and then panel filler, then painting. The rout isn't going to be used for a replacement pickup, so long as it's smooth after painting, it'll be fine. Concerning a resin pour, no idea what resin I need. Guess I only need about 125ml and am loathed to buy a huge amount I'll end up throwing away. Suggestions?

I'm sorry, but your not drilling into end-grain argument is nonsense. A dowel is going to be made from hardwood like beech, oak or maple and from a strength perspective is likely stronger than the wood you're going to be glueing it in to. It's not going to crack or split if you drill out the proper sized hole for the screw you're installing.

Personally, I'd re-drill the holes and plug them with glue/dowels, level these (sharp chisel to rough, then sandpaper), and then redrill new holes.

I'm quite fascinated by these things. Do I, as robust gentleman of 6'4" with gorillaesque hands, need one? No.

Or just order one from Sweetwater and get your brother in law to bring it home from a business trip in Texas. The XB is a definite step up from the dUg pedal, but ultimately once you dial in your desired tone, you're not going to stray far from that. [Edit] My main issue tonally with the Waterstone was that when plugging into any singular amp/stomp, this was shaping everything that the bass was outputting. The lows might be nice, but the octaves were nearly always quite nasty (and vice versa). The XB seemingly resolves this, in wrestling some tonal control out of the instrument, albeit out of one stomp.

The beauty of getting as much out of a 12-string as possible is allowing the instrument to push the signal through a pair of amps. I owned a Waterstone Tom Petersson a few years back, simply pushing things through a single amp/processing wasn't the way to go. For me, I was always chasing a TP/dUg kind of tone, so a crossover was essential at the time (I used a Rolls unit) and pushed two feeds into a stereo poweramp and two cabs. The lows were pushed through something that could deliver a fairly robust phat tone (Sansamp BDDI) and the highs went through something that would deliver dirt (I went with a Sansamp GT2 which is effectively a guitar pedal and way more suited to the octave strings). Moving forward, the XB Driver pretty much emulates the above (and more). It's got a quite beautiful phat-sounding clean stage and a VERY gnarly drive stage; there's low/high filters on each of the channels (which are more suited than a regular crossover) which are engaged when the Crossover button (just below the red 'BASS' knob), which really brings the unit alive. It's a fantastic unit.

Just by way of advice, when you land the 12-string, buy yourself a Sansamp XB driver. It's a bi-amp system in a single unit.

I was considering at one point about asking Rob to manufacture a 12-string neck for my Lull 5-string. Pretty certain the neck pocket would be wide enough to go from 5 to 12 and the two part bridge could be swapped out to accommodate the extra strings. Obviously it would just be something that could be changed back to stock if necessary. I am think the oversized NR Thunderbird body would work brilliantly.

Joe Perry Project

There's always been a sale table - no reason why this can't be the case here.

On the off chance, is there anyone locally who can put @neepheid up on the Saturday and Sunday night?

I honestly have no idea. I saw a video a few days back where a chap was manufacturing nuts out of wooly mammoth bones/tusks, which (apparently) you can buy in Alaska - I thought this was pretty cool (no pun intended). Arguably the nicest nut I've had was on a Warwick Streamer...it was one of those brass adjustable ones that made tweaking a dream:

Much to my delight 'The Mercury Years...' compilation by The Runaways has been fully restored to Spotify.

Revisiting here, I've sanded the finish off the back of the neck. It was just about ok originally, but I'm no fan of high gloss neck finishes; they get a bit fudgy over time. Much better now (well for me). @prowla was over a few days ago and gave it a thumping.

I popped a message to Lee...no response, but feel free!

Once in a while it's quite cathartic to have a clear out. I've got stuff that I I just feel I'm never going to play in anger again, but who has the readies to spend thousands on a Lull?

I'm sure we'll get some nosebag in before then!

I've had an email from Colin Moulding/XTC: Paul It sounds like a worthy cause, and the money is not an issue , but I can't really say right now whether I’ll be available. I prefer to react to stuff when it comes through, so making a date , 4 months hence, would not be right for me. Sorry for the lack of committal Best Colin While it's a great pity he's declined at this point, I've thanked him for taking the time to come back to me.

Yes! More the merrier!

On private function nights, 90 people. We can squeeze a few in.