Stub Mandrel

Strangely enough, the real neck joint is as good a fit as I've ever seen. It's snug as a bug all round with no slop at all.

Will you tell him about patch cables, or shall I...?

Well.... disaster, IMHO. Gentle sanding with 1500 grit went trough to primer in a couple of strokes, t-cut got through in a few more places. A light grain pattern than was invisible before appears with t-cut. I should have put on more than the three layers of colour coat. I reckon over half the can was left. I've already started and I'm just going to put all the rest of the coloured pain on today. Finish off the laquer tomorrow. Then leave it another six days.

Look red in the video to me. Photoshop agrees.

Probably worth more without the decal bodge-job...

🙂 If he'd made the 'capos' sprung he could have left out all the faff with making it super adjustable...

To put some flesh on the bones (or tofu on the celery...) For me a change is as good as a rest. I find playing different instruments really inspiring. If you have several basses a new one might not make a lot of difference. But if you only have one, get one that's really distinct from what you have. A Talman or Harley Benton shouldn't break the bank and giving it a setup (if needed) is part of making it our own. I've been playing almost daily all through lockdown, sometimes for hours, sometimes just for a bit. Regularly changing bass, but for about six weeks I've just been playing my Flea Jazz. This thread inspired me to swap to my Jag SS, and I played Schools Out right through for the first time aside from a couple of changes at the end (I've been learning it today...)

Me

12 and I guessed Kim Gordon. Somehow got Tina Weymouth wrong even though I knew who it was! Spotted Steve Harris by his West Ham wristband.

For many years there was an ad in Private Eye offering to narrow unfashionably wide ties. I was disappointed they didn't ofeer to reverse the operation when kippers came back into fashion.

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I hate songs that repeat endlessly except for a short bridge with no hint on when it will come...

Schools Out. Lots of nice triplet rhythms. Malc the drummer has sent me a track, luckily it synchs up with the original or I'd be getting very lost very quickly.

New job opportunity - 'covid chaperone'

Surely that's a cravat?

Mine is plywood. Or maybe wood laminated with thin layers of lead.

He once ran back into a burning club to rescue 'Lucille'. Then he relaise what an utterly stupid thing to do that was, from then on he's called every guitar 'Lucille' and doesn't get attached to them.

See my avatar.

Yes it's true, nothing is happening... I'm waiting for some 1200 grit wet and dry to arrive., hopefully not before Friday and ideally Saturday to make sure the paint is at least six days cured. I've filled, primed, painted and lacquered a bit of 1/2" plywood about the size of my hand to practise sanding and t-cutting. If it all goes horribly wrong, I can always relic it....

Ian Curtis would have been 64 today.

Well you've got the same hair too....

You ain't been to Cairo. They all do there.