Stub Mandrel

I've been using my Blackstar Amplug 2 recently. With headphones on you can still hear a recording and play along. Sounds surprisingly good, (especially for slap so I think it may have some compression built in).

I'll take that as a sideways compliment! 😁

That's the first evidence I've seen that those prototypes actually existed. I've seen both 85 and 86 dates quoted. I suppose I should take the neck off... I only took it off once, long ago. Also, I thought production was nearer 500 than 100; unfortunately most information on these basses is nearer myth than legend. What is rarely mentioned is that with 40-100 strings on it is very nice to play. I rarely gig it, but it was my main bass in the early 1990s alongside a Hohner B2.

Did we agree on the '40-year-rule' for vintage Fenders? If so, I finally have one after waiting about 34 years.

I assume that it's reasonable to assume that Westones with a Matsumoku stamp on the neck plate are legir?

In the 80s a Westone was what you saved for if you had no chance of getting a Fender.

Was seriously considering going ... but I've got a gig booked for that day!

Hope all turns out for the best.

Given the current situation, I might choose MIM for ethical reasons...

Me too And with Dio. Never with Ozzy

You shouldn't have boil washed it.

Err...

Is this the bass equivalent of the Willy Wonka Experience?

You aren't taking the di signal from the headphone socket by any chance?

And a Van Halen album too.

Muse, not Deaf Leotard.

We'll have to disagree on that!

That's been true since 1969, to be fair. His singing seems to bypass his brain's mumble centre.

I used to keep my GP11 1110 combo at a rehearsal space. Gigged it twice. Now it's in the workshop, I would like to gig it for fun but... maybe take it to the Earl Haig later this month as I can roll it onto the stage.

My brother is a killer guitarist. He plays bass like a lead guitar... he can do the notes but not groove or mute well, for example. My lead playing is awful yet my brother thinks I play fingerstyle better than him (I think he's being kind).

Reading in England is pronounced like that too.

Marketing ploy, that's all. You're better off with Maga Trumpbuckers.

Few others coming up- The Rogues this week. Also lined up Hawkwind, Small Fakers and Alice Cooper. Oh and (whispers) Simply Red.

I'm seeing him in Cardiff in the summer.