Richard R

"Best enjoyed in retrospect" is an excellent title.

Cool playlist. Thank you. Karl Clews is great:

That's a really interesting experiment. I think there needs to be safety chains on the "bridge" magnet to stop it crashing into the "tailpiece" magnet in the event of a string break. And it did crack me up that the video is sponsored by injury compensation lawyers!

The black is cool, but I have to admit I liked the red Lego look.

Why? To my mind it's a sensible upgrade that wouldn't change the sound or value of the instrument but would make it more usable. I assume you might have to chisel a bit if the original slot is not flat-bottomed? You have done lots of removal of fingerboard removals, Andy, and one of your threads has a really good step-by-step with photos which I would link to but I can't find it.

Is that a metal insert? Blimey! Hats off to @Jabba_the_gut

I thought this was a duplicate post relating to the new magazine The Bassist.

291g pull force per magnet. That seems like quite a lot to lever open with a pl3ctrum as you would presumably need to lift two completely off the back and then use your finger?

I like FreeCad. Had a quick play with Fusion but FreeCad clicked quicker for me.

@Frank Blank is in Essex if I remember rightly. How long do you reckon the thread title field on the forum software is?

Is that like an IKEA meatball in almost all respects, but a bit cheaper and looked down on by snobs and Swedish purists?

Good man! Well resisted.

Wow! Definitely not for the shy and retiring types.

Welcome aboard! I see you're in Chatteris - I have never been there but it's the subject of one of my favourite Half Man Half Biscuit songs 😁

Thanks all. Sweet cherry or red eucalyptus is close enough for me. Based on the photos it looks like the eucalyptus, but it is light so in the absence of DNA testing I'll leave it as either. Eventually I'll post what I have done with it. Don't hold your breath though...