Stub Mandrel

If I'm not back here by Monday, send a search party...

Back in Bargoed 🙂

You weren't trying to find the Railway Canteen in Treherbert by any chance...

Not a gig, but in tbe same vein? I just spent 45 minutes being interviewed on the ups and downs of being in local bands on Radio Cardiff by Ceri Stennett. Made it very easy for me, just a bunch of gentle anecdotes and he even played a couple of tracks with me on. I finally make the radio and one of the songs was a Carl Perkins number 🤣 His dad Stan was a local legend and was even a regular on Coronation Street!

Only if he has other instruments than basses - he may need to buy an electric guitar to stay in 😈

Thrust bearings should do the job. Back in the 80s I just added thrust washers and a drop of mineral oil to the tuners on my Hohner headless and they still work.

Exactly the point, the video shoots themselves squarely in the foot n that score.

Looking back, the irony of this video is that, taken literally, it would be the death-knell for Epiphone as the 'inauthentic' version of Gibson. In fact, it marked a rapid turnaround with Epiphone stepping up to become a desirable brand delivering quality instruments as people just couldn't afford Gibson.

Maybe think about a duo with someone that can pick up smaller gigs at short notice to fill the gaps?

So far only pa gear - pair of 12" pa extension cabs and some drum mike clips. Making a new grill for a practice amp and plan a couple of pedals... but all from buts already 'in stock' so they don't count as just rearranging existing stuff.

That's shocking for a company whose aim seems to be supplying hr services...

The are glad I reached out and customer care will be in touch. Preparing to put my head in between and go blubble, blubble, blubble.

I'm currently minding a four-string acoustic guitar my brother wants me to buy.

Looks like a clawed toad (xenopus)

My guess is some pubs use it to employ staff and somehow expect it to work for hiring bands - I can't see (or find out) how this works.

neither do i!

Exactly, that tells me absolutely nothing about how it works for band bookings, and it's entirely focused on the employer and there's no information relevant to booking an entity rather than employing an individual.

Having hell of a job finding clear information on what C247 is. There are zillions of sites that claim to be c247.whatever. These seem to includes finance, mobile phone, recruitment and security companies. I am not going to fill in a registration form with sensitive details untilI know who and what I'm signing up for. Is it an entertainment agency or some sort of employment agencyvthat also deals with with bouncers and pizza deliverers? Google is 'not' my friend in this case, this search seems to return no useful info, for example. Do C247 have a proper website? https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+c247+registered&newwindow=1&client=firefox-b-m&sca_esv=a921428cb73996e2&sxsrf=ACQVn0-K-iTD0yBmQfRXkWz0vq2qdr567g:1711448339517&ei=E6ECZuGfH5-shbIPusCXqAg&start=20&sa=N

At the moment I am just using the fiver for the 'classic rock' band. I have some control over the order of the setlist so can group together songs benefiting from the extra range..

If you really need to clean the fingerboard and the strings don't need replacing you can just loosen the strings off a bit. Will admit, I used to take strings off and boil them up with a bit of Persil back in the 1980s when I was a bit skint.

Five strings really are mainstream now! Flicking through the 'latest' activity I counted eight fivers, a four string and a double bass in the first ten istruments up for sale. I was going to mention I have two, but realused I have three. Personally I prefer four strings, but five seems to be the magic number where you can still play with a substantially normal tecnique and benefit from the extra range, especially when combined with 24 frets. Six and seven just start to impose impossible stretches if you want to keep your thumb behind the neck. Of course, my snapshot statistic could mean that everyone is trying to get rid of their fivers...

I have two shorties with no issues and can't remember having any problems with a mustang either. I have a small bodied long scale five string that ought to be a diver, I just fitted a neoprene strap and have never had a problem. That said, I have 17 very varied basses and can't think of any neck dive issues, so maybe my technique avoids it or I am instictively tolerant of neck dive.

1 - 30 seconds. 2 - I find short scales tend not to neck dive.

Not really a gig, but went to an acoustic open mic tonight. Got up and added acoustic bass for the last half hour or so, utterly random and great fun.