Stub Mandrel

I think if he had said "you can't buy me that, I will fail the Basschat Gear Abstinence Challenge" and she bought it anyway, it would be ok. Of course, this would make him a liar and she would leave him, after smashing the bass over his head.

20kW would demand an 80 amp+ supply at 240V requiring conductors the size of my little finger... You ain't going to run that off a 13A socket or a standard ring main.

Yes it can make it expand temporarily... but I just needed to free it up.

This isn't the same sort of stickiness. It's a mechanical jamming, not the pladtic degrading - as far as I can tell.

Barry Morris posted some excellent pics of Sunday's gig on Facebook 😎

Neeps... you're a lot more relaxed than previous adjudicators! 🤣

BL carefully working out how many groats he can afford to pay the band?

Some people are like that. I have a 'dual gauge' a bourdon gauge that can measure both pressure and vacuum. Very sensitive and out of Bourdon's own workshop. So rare I haven't been able to find any documentation or other examples. But it has both ink and embossed stamps that check out. My ex-wife bought it at a bootsale for me for £5 along with a bunch of other more modern bits. I got tracked down by a collector and asked to name my price. I won't sell it, I've actually found it useful on occasion and it looks nice.

Only 3 or 4 years old. Not used every gig. Still not right - it keeps jamming then coming free. It feels like something slips free and limits it to 2" of easy travel. I've worked out how to disassemble it so will take a look tomorrow. The clamp is fine it's the guide for the inner shaft. If broken I can perhaps 3D print a replacement or if something is moving maybe it can be glued or pinned in place.

Great fun to groove along to.

I've had the 'prongs' disengage but have been able to sort them. On Sunday, packing up, my Hercules MS533B microphone stand was stiff. Managed to close it but it locked solid. Felt like something was wedged in the shaft as the clutch felt normal. Got it moving with lots of WD40 into the bottom of the shaft, followed by lots of twisting. Will have to see how permanent this is. The problem appears to be with (what appears to be) a white metal guide block at the bottom of the inner telescoping shaft. Perhaps it 'picked' up on the steel? Is their a hiddrn sleeve that came adrift or jammed? Wary of complete disassembly... but how long will it keep working? Annoying as it's streets ahead of other types for utility.

That’s what happens when the 2,000W PMP kicks in 🤣

Fractured Persona. Went to pub after. Fluked a win at pool against guitarist. Thrashed by drummer. Bit more detail - we shared out harmonies for the acapella ending of what we plan as a setpiece encore. Six voices, sounded incredible will be phenomenal if we can hit the spot live.

Venue's lighting, it's always great to play with proper lights.

Audience video (James East) from Facebook, our first encore. A few fluffs but I hope it gets across sound, energy and excitement! 🙂 Baz took over the lights and got a bit over excited! Waer Pigs.mp4

Gear: Sire P10/ Fender AVII 1960 P ---> Lekato WM80 ---> main effects were SpectraComp on Captain East, Joyo XVI (for Uprising), Mojo Mojo, 80s Ibanex Chorus, LPF ---> Orange Bass Terror ---> GR Bass AT121 slim.

Well that was bloody awesome. We got to the Earl Haig early, to find two big projector screens up for the rugby, but didn't affect us setting up. Used their (big) PA with our desk, spent a lot of time with everything miced up (me post-preamp DI'd). Sounded awesome but with the stage volume was comfortable with no earplugs. About 20- people stayed on from rugby and we had at least 120-, maybe 150 people in. It can feel a bit empty on a Sunday sometimes, even with a crowd, but not today. Lots of musicians and music lovers in, including my brother, some of my friends and members of two of my other bands. First half, mostly straight classic rock, so no dancing but rapturous reception. Brief beak, then second half, still rocky but some more danceable stuff, so dancing from about 1/3rd through. You'll get the gist if I say our encores were War Pigs and Alive, and the song that got the most comment was Devil Woman. Afterwards, people were queing up to shake hands and say how much they enjoyed it. We did get (very gently) told off for going 20 minutes past curfew 😁 Baz was taking photos, so I expect some awesome shots in due course. Devil Woman.mp4

Like a curved rubik's snake of cyan and magenta that starts small and expands until it disappears outside my field of vision..

I'm actually nervous about today's gig! Had a freaky lucid dream last night... woke up and remembered it in detail: Parked up in a shabby demolished building type car park off an unusual street I hadn't seen before. Walked to nearby venue. Wandered into my brother's gig (today) as they were settng up. Big empty bar, try were out on the floor instead of in a 'stage area'. Chris (bassist) was playing noodly guitar so I joined in on bass. Worked out they were playing Grapevine, but in C#. Oddly I remember in detail that I was fingering Eb... but I was convinced the key was C#. Then looked at my watch. The face was scrolling images and web pages about tanks - my internet history? Suddenly I remembered I should be at my own gig for 3pm (actually 4) for 6pm start and it was 5pm. Rushed to front bar. Found the bag I keep my swimming stuff in(?) Took a while to find my jacket, hidden under another coat on a hatstand (like my metal one, but wooden) positioned on or through the bench seat in the bay window. Got phone from my jacket pocket. Discovered the stuff on my watch was actually loads of phone notifications. Discovered continuous flow of messages from the band taking the piss out of me being late after telling them to be early. Headed out, rang band said 5pm I will be tere in twenty minutes and set up in ten... In street passed a traffic warden in hi-vis taking notes. In car park (I hadn't bought a ticket) noticed all signs were so old and faded there was no way thry were valid and nowhere to buy a ticket. Panicked and ran back to car, found only very old house keys in my hand (a memory of finding some in a drawer a few days ago?) Got in car but couldn't start it... handcrwaching in passenger window offering me keys. Turned out to be evil woman trying to steal car or the old keys or even kill me. Couldn't understand what she was on about. Fought her off by biting her finger then repeatedly pressing the up button for the electric window to trap her arm. Started reversing backwards, dragging her along as I tried to escape. Traumatised, I woke up and focused on committing everything to memory. I hope the actual gig is not quite as eventful.

The best leopardskin look since Bet Lynch...

I've been having a fair few of late, no headaches (for me), but they really leave me feeling meh in a sort of unspecified way.

OK, it's an aquarium hood, but I've not long cut all the pieces out of 8mm ply. Got fed up with the slowness with the saw dragging and remembered the trick my dad taught me when I was a pre-pubescent teenager. I rubbed candle wax on the saw. I roughly tripled the rate of progress. Kicked myself for not bothering earlier, 'it's only thin ply'. A waxed rip saw is faster than a jigsaw and not too far off a circular saw - and you can see what you are doing well enough to follow a straight line.

Ah, those were the days ... my mate's 4kW PA was capable of levelling buildings.

Duh! I meant that on first reading I thought he sang it at the OM.

I musread that and wondered why, if you insisted on singing songs from Oliver, you didn't choose Food Glorious Food?