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  1. Stub Mandrel
    It's a great way to learn about getting a good finish (mine could be a bit better close up) and it gives you a genuinely nice bass at the end. I won't be getting rid of mine and I bet you keep yours too. It would be great for them to meet up at a bass bash! They might breed and we get a litter of Harley Bentlings.
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    Actually the goat vomit looks closer to mine... cured!
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    I went for daphne blue from northwest guitars. Here's some of my fumbling to give an idea of how it sounds (with fender flatwounds, I either lost or didn't get the original strings )
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    Anyone other than me and @Teebs who has made one of the kits?
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    A QY10 - seriously! 🤣
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    I know a chap who took a couple of months off work to tour as drummer for Dressing for Pleasure* when they supported Adam Ant in 2011. He basically took it up a few months earlier and basically he played a single snare drum standing up - exact opposite of Adam's backing! Sadly he became surplus to requirements but he had some entertaining stories... fortunately I forget most of the details. *Definitely sex people...
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    I made a DDS signal generator using an AVR (the chip in Arduinos). These digital oscilloscopes are brilliant too, and dead cheap:
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    The Ant Music for Sex People logo was a constituent of my O-level art portfolio. I got an A 😎
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    I love this! I've just ordered one as my brother's Christmas prezzie, although it probably won't arrive before January 🙂
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    Hawkwind 50 Live, recorded at a packed out the Royal Albert Hall last year, with Phil Campbell guesting. Absolutely cooking... This is a fan video taken at the event:
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    Better get some strings on it quick before it changes colour again... 🙂
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    Wow that must have set you back several quid! The cost:performance ratio can't be bad 🙂
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    I know he's a misanthrope but I didn't realise he had it in for cetaceans as well.
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    Rick Allen - nuff said?
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    I recall that in the aftermath of the October Hurricane at least one death and several injures were caused by inexperienced people trimming the tops of fallen trees, when they removed enough material the weight of the root balls then pulled the trees upright.
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    I love the dynamics, when he's thrashing away, yet he manages to make the volume swell and fade gently. Glad I watched that.
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    Chea Cheap and startlingly effective way to improve the sound from the Jag SS: http://www.stubmandrel.co.uk/14-music/170-cure-the-squier-jaguar-short-scale-s-wimpy-j-pickup
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    Probably uses germanium diodes for their low Vf. Might be interesting to try Schottky diodes...
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    Hope he recovers fully. It's routers that scare me and I have two including a very big one... One of my nephews is an ambulanceman/paramedic and his worst stories are about 'degloving' accidents. Don't wear gloves near a drill press...
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    That is interesting then. It may be something to do with impedance matching between the bass and the input of the Zoom. Maybe both are floating with no direct path to earth, try a 47K resistor to earth across the bass output jack and see if that makes a difference. Just a hunch...
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    I kind of worry how many people go for a dinner party with Bob and Toyah and are never seen again...
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    In the spirit of the above, Cantlin Stone Free Festival 1983. I don't remember any of the bands (or if there were any) but I'm pretty confident I was utterly blown away... Saw Here & Now supporting Gong in about 1994/1995. As far as I could tell the only visual difference was the Divided Alien when in Gong mode. Musically, Here and Now were in phenomenally tight jazz rock mode. Gong were, well, Gong... 🙂
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    To be fair, it isn't clear if the hum goes away if you power the Zoom with batteries instead of a wall wart.
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