Owen

Wow. That is quite the box if you buy it for peanuts and load full fat NAM captures in there!

He is not playing, he is just trying to maintain balance.

I must admit, I am all for an elbow that is up when playing standing. I could show you lots of pictures of me being too lazy to do it, but if I am doing any kind of "proper" playing requiring dexterity, then a dropped elbow (for me) puts all sorts of strain on my wrist and forearm. I know you are experiencing pain elsewhere but bodies are funny things and will telegraph pain from different places while they try and compensate. Keeping things in balance is imperative (maaan!). I would reccomend standing in a room with an experienced teacher. It is entirely possible that you have zero interest in playing the Bach unaccompanied 'cello suites at pitch so do not need to be paying top whack for years to come. One or maybe two lessons will give you the physical pointers you need.

Are you sitting or standing to play?

I cannot believe I am only the second person to buy something from Michael, but here we are. It is all good

BAN THIS SICK FILTH!!!!!!!!

Is the Smith pre a Haz Labs as well?

I have one complete Shuker, one Shuker body with a Firecreek neck and one Shuker body with a Goodfellow neck. They are all sorts of right. I am waiting to find a date that he is doing a set up course that I can go to.

Stripped back to bare wood is very pleasing.

We live in a golden age of lutherie. And I am not talking about the top end.

Thanks Andy. Yes, the truss rod depth is something which I have been considering!

Classic. I got excited and then realised that I already own it.

I have an MTD Kingston I bought for peanuts while playing Ebay roulette many, many years ago. It has been badly abused over the years. I should not have taken the Audere preamp with Low Z switch out of it. I have changed pickups 4 times. It now sports 2 Smith humbuckers and goes through a Smith floor preamp. The floor preamp will eventually be plumbed into the bass. It has the loveliest neck I have ever played and is super light. Nothing not to love.

That's not possi...... yes, yes it is.

What is also a joke is posting while waiting for my pizza in an area with very poor signal.