Stub Mandrel

Cunningly hidden in a spoiler box! I didn't think we have got past the cardboard concept (which still looked better than some eBay offerings...)

Certainly caught my attention.

Sloppy seconds...

I once tried out an acoustic bass, I noticed the bronzewound strings were dead as a dodo, crusty and horrid although the bass itself was immaculate. Surmising it had been in the shop a long time I was offered it at 50% off but something put me off, I think it was dots between the fret positions on a fretless.

Wizard!

🙂 I wonder if it is actually in eeprom - that would be more likely if it's caused by boot up glitches and woudl explain toneprints not being affected. But without ripping one apart and maybe seeing the source code...

Musicman: "Introducing the Bongo!!!" Vox: "Hold my beer!!!"

Yeah, that would reduce weight, but who wants a cab with a big hole on top? It arrived as four 8 ohm speakers in series/parallel for 8 ohms. It had an over-spec power supply (46V-0-46, instead of 40-0-40) but only a single pair of output transistors. The connectors were wired so you only had the choice of the internal speakers OR and external 8 ohm cab. The suggestion is it was a bodge made when there was a shortage of 150W transformers. Effectively they made it 150W at 8R rather than at 4R. I added the extra Mosfets and gate resistors (the boards had the connections) which made the board into the 250W version (I got the schematics) which let me add the extra socket and rewire so, you can use internal speaker + external 8R, two external 8R or just a single external 4R. I should add that the output transistors' heatsink had the cooling fan used on the AH250 but not the AH150. All that is missing is the UV light! Incidentally the original output transistors had been replaced as had the speakers (one of them was wired out of phase!) so perhaps even with the 8 ohm limit the overspec PSU was all too much. It's been running well now for over a year, although rarely with a 4 ohm load - it's loud enough!

This is a nice exercise for one finger per fret. See how fast y0ou can do it, and just play it further up the neck if the first four frets are a bit of a stretch. Can you work out what it is without looking? Q H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q G|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| D|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| A|----------------8\----|--1----3----4----3----|--1-------------------| E|----------------------|----------------------|-------4----3----1----| Q Q Q Q Q H. Q Q Q Q G|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------| D|-----------------1----|--3-----------------|----------------------| A|--3----4----1---------|--------------------|--1----3----4----3----| E|----------------------|-------1------------|----------------------| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W G|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------| D|----------------------|-----------------1----|--3----------------| A|--1-------------------|--3----4----1---------|-------------------| E|-------4----3----1----|----------------------|-------------------| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q G|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| D|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| A|--1----3----1----3----|--4---------4---------|--4---------1---------| E|----------------------|-------4---------4----|-------4---------1----| Q Q Q Q H. Q H. Q G|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------| D|------------1----3----|--------------------|--------------------| A|-------4--------------|--1-----------------|--4-----------------| E|--2-------------------|---------------4----|---------------4----| H. Q H. Q Q Q Q Q G|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------| D|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------| A|--1-----------------|--4-----------------|--1---------4---------| E|---------------4----|---------------4----|-------4---------4----| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q G|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| D|----------------------|-----------------1----|--3----3----3----3----| A|--1---------4---------|--1-------------------|----------------------| E|-------4---------4----|-------4----2---------|----------------------| W W W W G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| A|--1----------------|--L----------------|--L----------------|--L----------------| E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

>Jealous<

I'm trying to convince myself to split my 1110 combo into a 19" head and a 4x10 cab. 63kg is manageable for me though, especially as I've fitted castors, reading this thread makes me feel it's a bit special and more reluctant to start butchering....

I'm lucky to have one of these, it's the dog's chestnuts (£169.99 direct from Antex, up to £299 elsewhere! https://www.antex.co.uk/products/soldering-stations/760rwk/ Best bit is all the other uses for a precision temperature controlled hot air gun - such as heat shrink and bending plastic.

The same reason they named a drum after a bass? <RATS - BEATEN TO IT!> 🙂

It's sort of a black box with two 10" speakers in it, a grille on the front and a logo stuck on ... that's not what you meant, is it?

Some of these files are very thin and the tapered round ones would be good for the base of slots: https://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Diamond-Tools/Diamond-Needle-Files

I'll be sending you a bill for my wasted £1.60 🤬

I see Fender have introduced a silver pick. A bit pricier at $45...

I've offered lessons to several famous bass players, but I was surprised by their lack of enthusiasm, to be honest.

HOUSE!

I was tempte to post a pic of my kitchen scales... But myxilodian. Specifically D Mixy. Because my favourite noodle is using the open D (mostly) as a drone and noodling in D mixy on the G string. So much so I am planning to make a bass drumstick with just D and G strings.

Well it combines beauty and strength...

A phenomenal exercise for building finger per fret dexterity without being constantly fast is Jethro Tull's version of Bouree, there are plenty of rapid passing notes and good stretches across all fingers and strings, while musically it's plenty interesting enough to keep you engaged.

If you don't plan on losing them, it's worth going for reasonable quality Cro-Va ball ended ones: https://www.screwfix.com/p/teng-tools-metric-ball-end-hex-key-set-9-pieces/4935x Great for things like adjusting truss rods with poor access and a godsend for getting into corners of flatpack furniture as they work at an angle.