Stub Mandrel

🙂 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.

professional in British English (prəˈfɛʃənəl ) adjective 1. of, relating to, suitable for, or engaged in as a profession 2. engaging in an activity for gain or as a means of livelihood 3. a. extremely competent in a job, etc b. (of a piece of work or anything performed) produced with competence or skill 4. undertaken or performed for gain or by people who are paid

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.

Actually, the resemblance is uncanny...

I want to know where he got the Lou Ferrigno wig.

I suspect it all kicked off badly because the initial complaint was questioning if it had a nitro finish. That lovely deep gloss probably took a lot of work and seeing it dissed may have been a touch upsetting, and certainly marked the OP out as someone who had ordered without fully understanding what they would get. Also speccing a P-bass pickup with Jazz neck and expecting the poles to line up. Good customer service ought to look past this. I think the biggest issue, though, is that the two parties are communicating in a second language. It's easy to seem in an email unintentionally. Emails from both sides seem to switch between trying to be polite and reasonable and being abrubt, and I'm sure that is is not the intention. I suspect even the Stinky Poo comment may have been an attempt at humour to defuse the situation that went wrong... My advice... use more smilies guys :-)

It depends entirely on the context. I enjoy playing long, rambling, medium pace partly improvised walking basslines but there aren't too many opportunities, what there are, are precious 🙂

Love the way Booker T. Jones uses the key clicks on the Hammond for percussive effect. Slap keyboard 😉

*Nempnett, Thrubwell, Richins Park

I fear a lot of trees disappeared during the lockdown 😞