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Stub Mandrel

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    Found this blast from my past at the used record/cd store in Cardiff Indoor market on Friday.
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    Steve Howe on slide guitar.
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    This is how it turned out, darker and less contrast than I'd hoped. Pure tung oil probably wasn't the best choice; I hadn't understood how different it is from tru-oil. Also, I think I overdid the stain, I should have sanded it back more. The restoration wax (satin finish), I could have built it up even more, but it was starting to leave white residue in the holes.
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    And... was this the first live appearance of the new BC t-shirt?
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    Played the Exchange in Risca last night. Not a huge crowd but really enthusiastic. We started a Our time management was dire and combined with the extended load out for the pa, I didn't get home until 2am (included a stop for an M.C. Plant). We get excellent FOH sound and lights, but at the cost of complexity. Lots of positive feedback, but I was plagued by sound issues... I had the bass Terror set as low as posiible to stop overwhelming the PA, had a huge resonance on A/Bb and for some reason my Voodoo fuzz made me sound like an angry wasp. On the plus side played my first ever proper solo on fretless.
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    That's because it's not Motorhead. It's Lemmy, Billy Gibbons and Dave Grohl.
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    Rubbish! And Springsteen!
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    AIEEE!!!
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    I've never bothered by neck dive, on any bass... I fitted neodymium magnets to the Jazz pup. 👹
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    So they've headhunted Bass Direct's web developer?
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    A company I do work for retain a company to send eBay and the like takedown notices for copyright theft. No-one seems to get sued, despite being businesses. Claptin is very capable of being a **** as he gas clesrky demonstrated in the past.
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    A simple wall hanger could just have a keyhole slot or v-notch for the neck strap button.
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    The Jaguar Short Scale has been discontinued and replaced by Affinity and Vintage Modern versions with a 32" scale length. I can't help feeling that the Jag SS was a misstep by Fender, being far too good a bass for its price point; there can't be many Squier basses that fetch two to hree times their original asking price three years after purchase!
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    Would this suit you?
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    I suspect that their emails generate most of their custom. When you have a very specific audience and a distinct business offer, a slick website is less important than communicating with your customers.
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    There are some genuinely confusing errors. One page describes a Fender bass, and continues into a description of a rather different Squier version of the same, with contradictory information. From the price I imagine they were selling the Squier but it was not at clear which or both are on offer. It is very confusing, I bought a speaker cover recently and the website information was all unhelpful. They are very helpful by email, but the website gives the impression of a business that doesn't need a website except to evidence its bona fides (like my business - I don't generate work from it it's just there to reassure customers it's genuine and provide extra information).
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    There is a 'Steinberger specific' one out there, plastered with warnings that it won't fit wooden-necked basses (including Steinberger ones). Do they have dooty necks?
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    You know what they say about men with big feet... ... small basses. But seriously, I've always just put my B2 down on its feet and leant it back against something. One of those might be worth getting, but I think I'd open up the arms, so it didn't rest on the tuners.
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    He hasn't been out since Christmas 2019 😬
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    Is that what they call a 'Status Update'?
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    Well done, looks good. Back in the 80s someone could have made a fortune selling black ash guitars 🙂 I wrapped my Hohner B2 in 'carbon fibre vinyl'. Shall we say it 'looks good from a distance'? Mind you it wasn't an expensive experiment, and reversible. I found so many tutorials online but noting that really explained how to do 'sharp corners' like those on your explorer. Any tips?
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    Know we know what the 'P' in P-Bone stands for. It's even the colour of red leicester.
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    No one usurps the DoI...
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    This is actually, literally, true 🙂 Almost.
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