SpondonBassed

A shining example to our youth. Bravo!

In fairness though, it took a scandal to make one of them more prominent in my memory than the other. Which one was he again?

...and like Ant and Dec, you never know which is which until they're stood on their marks.

Sounds like you are planning to scratch an' etch...

It took less than fifteen seconds for me to bin that link. Thanks anyway.

Continue the two tone thing? Why not make a "mini-me" version of the pickguard but fit it to the cream headstock as a kind of tribute to the late Verne Troyer. If you are fitting a string tree, use it to help fasten the plate down so you have fewer screw heads showing. Think of it as an extension to the truss rod adjustment cover.

Like lesser other fora, we've got a good selection of mongreloid instruments. Many of these have been birthed before our very eyes. I'm sure you've seen the Build Diaries already.

Pace yourself bro'. It gets easier to cack things up the nearer you are to completion. It's looking good and that headstock will be a conversation piece. Softly softly catchee monkey

His Dad, Abe Sr, is a cracking bassist too. In a career break while his wife was away from home Abe Sr stopped playing to stay home and raise Abe Jr for a couple of years. He then went back to gigging when his wife was back home to continue the parenting. I like both of them.

Welcome Smudge. I shouldn't worry about the logo issue. It hardly ever gets mentioned here and is in no way controversial whatsoever at all, your honour.

Hungry now.

Linda McCartney in Wings. Having said that; I am not sure if that recording of Linda singing badly is genuine. It was played on the radio a few years ago with the story that the sound engineer had taped it privately off the sound desk. I think they said that she was allowed to believe that her singing was in the mix but in reality the engineer never let it reach FOH. Anyone got a link to it?

That's heading towards a Wootenesque sort of yin yang theme. I can't really contribute more than that. Sorry. I just don't like pickguards.

Thongs but... no.

I have emphasized one of your criteria. For me personally, the feel of an instrument can be the deciding factor as to whether it gets used or whether it is a trophy. Never mind if it has the best pick-ups with the best electronic wizardry making signals from strings made of gold tape bound unicorn pubes. The material needn't be wood but thin composites feel creepy. Acrylic is cool. The density of it does something for me. It's a bit heavy though. I doubt we'll see @Andyjr1515 do one of his ultralight carves on a slab of acrylic however. Andy, if you have any inclinations towards doing that, please let me have first refusal on a build? What about exotic strings? With piezo, any material can be used to make strings within reason as long as it resonates and is stable. I know there have always been non metallic strings of gut and nylon but recently we've seen neoprene becoming popular on uBasses and the like. How many different materials are strings made from these days?

No-one has voted "against" out of 23 members so far.

Not much has changed despite my 35 year break then. I'm not at a stage where I need one just yet. When I do, I think I'd rather drop twenty quid in the first instance and replace the item if I outgrow it. I am appreciative of the recommendation never the less. The simplicity of the BDI21 is attractive. Would the the lack of choice of attenuation be an issue for my either of my 9V active basses; Ibanez SR605 and Hohner B2A?

I'm guessing that that's the sort of thing that only you can see because you know it is there. I have every confidence in you.

That's detailed and explains in some depth, thank you. I would still enjoy seeing it discussed here however. The terminology may not always be technically correct but it is always entertaining reading how some of the BC parishioners describe the electrickery stuff. Ta. Is a hundred and fifty quid fairly representative of a good quality entry level DI box? Radial Pro D2 I remember the sound man in Dublin had a DI box for me in his toolkit. Even if that is the norm, I'd imagine it is a good investment to make for regular gigging.

In case someone decides to do a Joe Cocker treatment on a respected standard, that's why.

Cool. Thanks.

I'm not sure myself. DI boxes provide an interface between instrument and sound desk, right? The abbreviation stands for Direct Injection, I believe. I assume it's to supply signal level that is not too much for the desk. I only used one twice myself and that was about thirty five years ago! The function of the DI box seems to be available as a feature within bundled fx devices these days. I would like to know who makes the simplest and most reliable stand alone DI boxes for FRFR situations should they ever occur. It might serve this topic well if someone in the know provides a brief technical description of the DI box/function for us all.

I was looking at images found with the search string "eminence speaker U shaped magnet" to see what the U shaped magnet looks like. I found very little to clarify the image in my mind's eye. I am assuming that this is the sort of thing. It was very common to see in valve sets back in the day.

Record Store Day is perhaps not the best day to look for a disc to compliment your music collection. The purpose of having it is to celebrate vinyl. It gives those who have no idea what it is about a chance to see it first hand. There are 364 other days in the year and lots of outlets for the medium even with the loss of the big players on the High Street. Derby still has a good shop where you can browse the second hand bins- BPM Records. They're friendly and will spin a disc for you to sample the goods. They do bulk discounts as well.