Stub Mandrel

Grief. You need to see it in the context of a Phil Lynott documentary. Phil unashamedly played up to his reputation as a womaniser, albeit usually with his tongue in his cheek (if not someone else's) viz. "Hey you good lookin' female. Come here!" Clayton was no doubt trying to humorously reflect on this, but his choice of words does come across as "I'm going to finish this metaphor, no matter how deep a hole it needs..."

The first band I was in, the guitarist realised this and welded up a leg for his amp, as well as for two small PA speakers we used as monitors.

Interested to know more! The linear array attaches to the top of the woofers by built in sockets., Similarly on the other PA you can stick a rod in the top of the bass bin and balance the other speaker on top, if space is limited.

Dang, I've always resited late 50s P-basses because of the anodised scratchplate, but I think I've seen the light.

Sounds like hymns to me...

I had one that was like two picks spaced part by about 1/8", it did give 12-string like attack, but not the shimmer afterwards. Not something I used much.

The loudspeaker engineering community has known this since the late 1940s. Neither Leo Fender nor Jim Marshall were loudspeaker engineers, so the blame for poor electric instrument speaker designs that persist to this day can be attributed to them. The one band I'm in has just invested in active PA speakers, it's a bass bin each side with a vertical array of eight tiny 3" speakers on top. Sounds great. The other band has an active bass bin each side and an active FRFR speaker on a pole above - similar principle.

I think the word you are looking for may be 'Triple' 🙂

It's more interesting than his basslines 😉

Yes! I've been able to bodge it in the past, but I finally aced Jethro Tull's Bourree 🙂 Only reservation, if the chords are all diads not triads.

Shame they start with 3 'reasons', none of which is relevant.

But I'd use filament made with real tonewood:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232416271230

I thought the Jack came first?

Colour difference will disappear if you do a burst finish. OTOH I think you'e going to fail unless you use a neck shim.

I could 3D print neck shims, with 0.001" steps.

This is the solution for Band Joy. Musicians who learn to communicate what's happening. Good bands are tight. Excellent bands can give the appearance of totally going to pot, then pull it all back together as if they intended it that way. To do this means everyone being sympathetic ton how everyone else plays and LISTENING TO EACH OTHER!!!

Why don't you set up a jam with the rhythm guitarist and the drummer?

The truth about me being ejected for "too widdly" was useful. The rest of the band wanted to play very direct, solid music. I came in from a covers band with no lead guitar and used to fill in on a few songs while the keyboard player did others. I wanted to play a combination of Hawkwind and Neil Young style stuff, when they really wanted straight eight root notes most of the time. I had to learn to 'serve the song'.

I'd forgotten that these were the first basses to combine a conventional body with headless hardware. Seems amazing the likes of Steinberger didn't figure it out.

If that's the going rate for a 4-string, then the £130 I paid for my fiver looks like a good investment. I think £350 is closer to the mark, but they are excellent instruments IMHO. Possible explanation: "Guitar was previously owned by Mick MacNeil who was the singwriter and keyboardist of Simple Minds.." the Aussie one claims to be NOS (new old stock i.e. never actually sold).

Yep, comparing it with my Jack the difference is colour, headstock & bridges (and number of strings...) Body PUPS and switches/knobs/LED all look identical.