Stub Mandrel

Curiously, £7 ones from China come disturbingly close: Genuine: Fake (in real life it's darker and scarily close to the above):

Barn Doors, you can't do anything without barn doors...

No, just spring metal contacts that the battery contacts press against. One spring is narrower and shrouded so only the smaller contact can press against it. Here's a simple one, but you can get drop in drawer versions as well.

Plenty of nice drop-in holders that can only be loaded with the correct polarity.

Some people might say that's their business model...

I am wrong @Chienmortbb. The principle was invented in 1866 and well-known in the early 20th century due to industrial accidents. A working application was patented in 1960. I suppose that means the Cambridge approach isn't very novel...

It's a classic example of science fiction inspiring a technological development.

It always fascinates me how the smaller the instrument, the more rudimentary the bridge yet the more critical placement becomes for good intonation...

Not that novel...

I know what you mean. I've been to Hawkwind gigs 🙂

They'd better get started if they are going to approve, produce, distribute and dose peoplewith a vaccine and allow a week or two for it to achieve an immune reaction...

His wife comes from Glynneath. His new series is going to be a tie-in with Gavin & Stacey - Jackson's Baywatch.

Didn't you recognise the musicians in the Guardians vid?

And let's face it, the breadth of his musical career is exceptional!

You have to say one thing for the Hoff, his capacity for self-parody is infinite 🙂

I'm a Goofy Goober!

I'd forgotten Tangerine Dream. Just looked up Tangram for old times sake. Doesn't half sound like Tonto.

It's worth considering how the brain rewards problem-solving with a little burst of endorphins. So you get a little boost from things like: Recognising a song. Recognising an artist performing something you haven't heard before. Guessing what a song will do next. Spotting an unexpected pattern (e.g. anticipating a repeated change). Recognising a familiar element in a new piece. And so on. It's why these endless 'Taco Belle' sorry, pachabele medleys are so popular... Quite a lot of such things (but not all) involve recognition, so we tend to prefer new things that have an element of familiarity.

One of my personal favourite basslines is High Rise by Hawkwind. Each verse is something like AC, AD, BC or BD, but then there are some additional variations... I'm getting to the point of just randomising it which is what I suspect Adrian Shaw did...

As supplied fitted to my Flea bass which I realise I have now had for 11 months played nearly every other day on average (I even managed to gig it once before lockdown!) and though not as bright as they were still sound passable. As our birthdays are only 12 days apart I think we should get treated to a new set 🙂

Genderising is weird, you imagine people frotting these things... But I christened my B2 the 'Deathburger' and any bitsa/make since that is a 'Deathburger'.

Recommendation from my brother. Very retro but fresh as a daisy:

There is just one piece of music for the hic et nunc:

My thoughts on this continue to evolve. Learning other people's basslines is a good way to stretch my skills and develop my playing and understanding of music. Trying to come up with my own variations/ideas also helps me improve. In a band situation what matters is that solid foundation for what everyone else is doing, plus yes it does matter to get any signature bits right.