Stub Mandrel

The made in Japan neck plate looks the twin of that on my 70s Maya fretless P.

Might that not make the space to raise the issue...

He has got a tune 'Level Pegging ' presumably with horizontal missionary implications 🙂

NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Self adhesive plectrum holders have been known to reduce me to tears......

Age 11 I failed the audition for the school choir and I didn't last at violin. Bet I've had more fun making music than anyone else in my year group 🙂

I'm a couple of chapters into this incredibly well-presented book. Lovely hardback with well presented dustjacket, endpapers, pics and even a ribbon to keep your page. Peggy is my bass-playing hero, and a nice guy - I remember his genuine astonishment at being asked to sign the insert from my cassette of 'The Cocktail Cowboy Goes it Alone"! 🙂 I had no idea just how many people he's played with. He was even in a band with John Bonham. Brum must have been as exciting a place as London or Liverpool in the sixties, possibly more so if you are into the sort of music I like most. It's an interesting presentation with two typefaces, one for Pegg's recollections and one for his co-writer's comments and clarifications (and corrections!) My criticism would be that a bit of editing could have untangled the timelines and avoided some repetition making it a lot easier to follow, even allowing for the overlaps of some of his bands and experiences. Some of the changes are pretty obvious to me having done a bit of editing, and would not have spoiled anything. That said, there are some really nice anecdotes, one or two of which would suit Motley Crue (but presented without the saliciousness) or Spinal Tap. Maybe I'll add more later, but my view so far is this is a must read if Mr Pegg has influenced your playing.

I played along using an online tab earlier, got lost a few times but my impression is that remembering what to play where is the hardest bit. The start of Willow Farm is the best bit 🙂

I notice it was the transmitter that went flat, which makes sense as its doing more work.

I like that idea.

Funnily enough it went completely dead about ten minutes ago! I left it switched on without using if but not sure for how long... so charging up again. the one worrying thing is it just stopped - there one moment, next moment sound off, light out! Not worried about latency - if I can hear anything it's barely audible. All my digital effects are old-school use the dry signal (chorus, flange, delay) as well as the digitised one so they won't add latency. I understand it's when you use fully digital processing that the latency starts to add up.

Surprisingly easy if you have it in your head rather than trying to count it...

Saw Steel Pulse ~1982 and also, at Reading '83 where sadly they were bottled off.

stinky poo happens... 🤣

That's my thought. I'm going to use for rehearsals (TBH we are unlikely to be gigging before late January).

Angels of Death or Master of the Universe. 🙂

Not necessarily. Some pedals have plastic cases and work fine. Plenty of amps have a steel chassis but large parts open to the air,. The answer is really 'it depends'.

Saw this discussed on a thread somewhere... arrived today, charged up quickly and very easy to use. I can't detect any change in tone on my practice amp. Very nicely presented and ridiculously cheap. It's lovely practising at home without a lead, even if I don't use it in anger! Roughly how long does a charge last and are there any things/situations to avoid?

If you put a used razor blade in the packet, it will be sharp enough to use a week later.

It's something when a pedal demo is better than 95% of the music out there in the charts...

Felt?

How fast does it have to spin before the guitars are all horizontal?

I'm not too far away and will be in the area on Saturday... Unfortunately I took a fender shipping box to the tip last Saturday. Not sure what I would ship it in (I'm not generous enough to send you one of my hard cases 🙂 ) But I sometimes venture further north - how soon do you want your paws on it?

I've got a mini 32-key midi keyboard and discovered that with a little tweaking Ignite's 'scanner pad' it can do a vaguely convincing facsimile of the introduction of Kasabian's 'Club Foot'. Bt Ignite requires a PC. Can anyone recommend a small box that is stuffed with sounds that can be controlled by a usb midi keyboard? Or am I better getting an old PS470? (I used to love my old one back in the 90s)

Hah! I have the 4x10 vented version, but with the 300W power amp in it. Did some digging and found a comment on another forum that '"250 watts won't begin to drive an 8x10 cab, you need more. " Oh yea of little faith...