Stub Mandrel

The wiring of the switch in the diagram makes no sense whatsoever, I imagine it's in error.

The 'cheap as chips' option is an Orange Crush 20, 8" speaker and decent sound. What I use for home now is a Joyo Badass 50W with a PJB C4 cab. Sub in an Elf for the Joyo and it's ok for rehearsal with a drumkit and just loud enough to gig (with pa support). My guess is the GRBASS Cube would be awesome.

Or... Space Cowboy.pdf

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That twisted neck puts me off. Would need serious luthier attention. AFAIK decal on varnish is right for early 60s. Don't know about 64.

https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/air-ambulance-ozzy-osbourne-dead-last-moments-b1239711.html

The story is now going round that Thames Valley Air Ambulance battled to save him.

Most of us are filling in for missing keys.

My brother has a Squier Troublemaker for LP sounds!

If you are OK with proper tab (i.e with note values etc.): https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/jamiroquai/space-cowboy-official-4188526

The singlecut shape. The only exceptions are Squier paranormals and by definition they dont fit the template.

This. I've seen a few gigs where the vocalist seems to think they get points for every different vocal style they can cram into one song.

I have always used 40-95 strings in my Performer as it has a very narrow neck. I use 45-105 or 45-135 on virtually everything else, but different brands (chiefly Roto 66 unless I want a more vintage sound then Fender 7250). It's such a personal choice with lots of subjectivity I suggest trying different brands. Once you find something you like it eliminates uncertainties and you know you can get a sound and feel with an idea of how long the strings will last and how they will age with your style of playing.

I'm unsurprised.

There's no 'right' bassline to it. Follow whst feels right.

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. A riff that's heavy by any standards, plus an even heavier riff, all combined with delicate acoustic guitar. And it all fits together as a coherent whole, creating a musical vision of heaven and hell that's arguably the heaviest song ever recorded. Others have tuned lower, played slower or used more distortion but never achieved the sheer force when that song hits. That ability to cast light as well as shade is what sets Sabbath apart from their imitators.

Prodding a nest of vipers there. Which of the three versions of the riff do YOU think is correct? 🙂 Arte you with Duane Eddy and ELP? The Ventures, Blues Brothers and Henry Mancini? Or Jimi Hendrix and the Art of Noise?

Well it 4:4 breaks down into two simple parts D C G D for the verse. A simple walk on root notes but playing some passing notes such as c-b-g and g-b-d will lift it up. Maybe slide up from a to d at the start of each time round. Use the rhythm of the guitar strumming. For the chorus just go between d and a. Actually, this bassline isn't a bad fit for most of it in terms of not choices! https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/small-faces/all-or-nothing-official-3951920

I will immediately return to 1990 and instruct my past self to amend his ways. TBH, most people who write off piezo never encountered properly designed PA horns rather than the tatty little cheap ones.

In the 90s I used to gig with a 150W Laney Probass and two 2x12 cabs... one a guitar cab the other with two Mackenzie PA twin cone) speakers (the original FRFR cab? 🤣). And a pair of piezo horns on top!

Apparently all BV's go through it (me and guitarist) and he's louder, but noisier, than me. To be fair, as it was my first time singing with them, I was holding back a lot.

Interesting last night with the Fortunate Sons. It was in a very large rehearsal room so we could try out a new PA system. Each of us gets a little 12-way mixer so we can set our own mix for either an onstage monitor or an EIM (Only the keyboard player and vocalist have gone down this route). Guitarist tried being ampless, but wasn't happy with it. I'm, OK to go ampless but only for venues where space is at a premium... bear in mind a 12" monitor takes up as much floor space as my 2x12 vertical cab but doesn't support the PA. They were happy with my backing vocals but want me to be louder as sometimes I wasn't triggering the noise gate. As for my playing, I have most of the songs nailed but there are a couple I know I can do better.

I missed my planned debut with the FS due to illness, so instead it's next Saturday.