Stub Mandrel

Parley not surrender.

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Mushroom teapot that would be? Mayhap Aldous Huxley could throw some useful light.

I was being humorous 🙂

I'm protected. I'm wearing an anti-macari.

He was mentored by a bloke known as 'John the Peeler' who went on to some success in radio.

With traditional (123 year old) walls, I use 6mm Rawlplug brand plugs, dipped in Gorilla glue. 1 smooth plugs are useless on walls with friable mortar under plaster. 2 once a hole has opened up its probably too late. 3 don't overtighten, you must not make the fixing twist. 4 Use heavier gauge screws, 4 or 5mm. 6 give several hours for the glue to expand and consolidate.

I had a go last practice. Tried roll over beethoven. Surprisingly easy to play and sing (shout). Main issue pointed out to me was bad mike technique, most of the time they couldn't hear me!

Summat very unusual about that guitar; anyone else spot it?

Panchromatic b&w film tends to render blues and reds lighter than their true luminosity. It renders greens darker. I would say the bass is so dark a red or true blue are unlikely, but a greeny blue is possible.

AI can only guess appropriate colours. Look at the curtain, it's coloured it beige on top and blue under the necks. It might just as easily have been red.

Four cheap basses I have that I'd recommend highly: Hohner B2 (My brother gave it to me about 1987). Huge sound, supremely playable and tiny. Hohner Jack Custom V (£130 🤣). My only fiver, really easy to play but neck like an aircraft carrier when you first pick it up). Westone Thunder (about £100). Sounds like a Precision, but more so... Squier Jaguar Short Scale (bought new for £180, but now they go for about twice that s/h). Ridiculously lovely, fun and comfortable to play with one of the nicest neks ever (I A/B'd it with a Warwick in the shop, despite being several times the price the Jag blew the Warwick out of the water for playability). The J-pickup is a bit weak

My brother had one of those built for hi with custom tweaks for over £800. Sold it and regrets doing so very deeply.

Nahh. Charlie Brown is the GOAT.

That is rational.

Why do people get so upset about other people's choices?

Spruced up for Christmas

If you asked Le Corbussier, he might reply:

Trust your ears. Set everything low and starting from the input dial everything as high as you can get it without having a detrimental effect on the sound. Obvs this will depend on how much distortion or type of tone you want. Some amps behaviour is in other ways e.g. subtle changes in frequency response or compression. If that doesn't work you have the wrong tonewood.

Tobacco sunburst with a tort plate.

Top skills.

We can't not have a Christmas song by a bass player:

Just one of many good purchase this year... a set of Jazz bass mutes off @walshy of this parish. They ended up on my 2002 Squier Jazz which has been 'disguised' as a '62 one. Been playing it today, and I love the gentle, evenly balanced and hollow sounding muting they give.