Stub Mandrel

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.

My Fender Performer has micro-tilt. I backed it right off and set the bass up conventionally and its great.

Please explain?

I'd have burned it with fire by now!

I have several TDA2030 boards, that might be a solution, with a preamp of some sort (I could dissect a Behringer BDI21) Come to think of it, in the 'container of doom' is my home build combo with four small speakers. I could convert it into a head and use the speakers for another project...

Neither of the bands I'm in rehearses with a missing member. The six piece tried without a drummer when he was ill, and it was just going through the motions.

Are they good for metal.

Absolutely mint, only downside, the timber is a bit bland.

I thought it was: ./~ nobody loves me, everybody hates me, I think I'll go and eat worms ./~

I got kicked out of an originals band for not playing boring basslines.

I heard a rumour the band was beginning to fall apart.

Yes looks very distinctive

I used to use Danish Oil on a table like that, one coat worked miracles and lasted 2 or 3 years.

I disagree, it's the pups being greenish 🙂

Looks like 36 to me... must be the rhythm version.

He gets around a bit! I saw him with Little Stevie and the Disciples of Soul back in 83.

Four thoughts are: 1 Do I really need it? Realistic options: 2 Get a 5/1/0.1W Guitar head like those in my first post and tweak the tone capacitors to get a more bass-gutar focused response. Main drawback, maybe too much distortion, (maybe) weak bass. 3 When my workshop is sorted, build an amp around a twin 6J1 board (cascade the two stages, use plenty of input gain to overdrive the valves) that I already have (somewhere) as preamp driving a conventional back end. https://hackaday.com/2020/09/01/that-elusive-valve-amp-sound-for-not-a-lot-there-has-to-be-a-catch/ 4 Get the Hotone, actually it's quite appealing and not a big price tag.

I suppose I ought to look at the 'Little Stubby' 🤣

Bit pricey and unlike the cabs, it looks awful - like some 80's Amstrad abomination.

Ooh! Add that to my list, along with Another Girl, Another Planet.

The Hotone is very tempting at the price, even though solid state, and the Joyo is VERY tempting as their stuff is always so good, not sure how I missed it, but probably too powerful . It has to be something very small and not powerful, as I already have an Elf as my backup head. At 120W into 8R I only need something with a handful of watts.