Stub Mandrel

The Jaguar SS comes close.

Nope 🙂 None of my others sound like that.

Our drummer takes the fosters out of me for always turn up to practice with a different bass (OK I rotate through five, but I like the way each feels and sounds different). I still haven't had the guts to turn up with my 5-string.

Go on then, or I've got a dead easy one...

I bought the Thunder 1 Stew sold. Used in in anger (rehearsal) for the first time this week, it sounds more precision than a precision does - as in that cliche rumble when you hit the e-string, like a touch of distortion even when you are playing quietly. Gratuitous picture, just to make Stew wish he hadn't sold it... It does appear to have the control cavity stuffed with neutron star matter, so no neck dive issues then... I'd forgotten but my brother* had a 1A he converted (tastefullyish) into a lefty so it looked like an SG. Also i hadn't realised his current bass is a Westone Spectrum DX, the top of the range and a proper lefty. *the ukelele/bassy one, not the guitary one.

I'm a sucker for a bargain. My brother gave me my B2 (in all fairness, I later gave him my Hohner Jazz because my Performer does everything it did, better). My performer was abandoned in a corner of the practice room my band used to borrow, so crusted in gunk I got sold it dirt cheap (turns out iot was only about five or six years old, it looked nearer 25 but was mint under the crap). My Jack V was ridiculously cheap s/h. As in absurdly cheap. My Jaguar SS felt so good after trying out a horrible Wal and the guy knocked 10% off (so I spent eh money I saved on a mandolin strap...) Then Stew did one of his dutch auctions on the Thunder 1. Now his bloody Explorer is preying on my mind night and day...

It supposed to be like in the original post, although some nuts are the same height right across so the smaller strings appear to sit deeper in the slots.

May I borrow the time machine when you've finished with it?

Or look down this thread... This guy claimed to own it in 2011 - you could make an offer for the actual shirt! https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/what-band-clothing-do-you-own.250707/

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Walking on the Moon.

Jingo lo ba

Probably a good idea as you have to soften the old glue soaked into the back of the tolex. I'd also peel the tolex back to get a bigger new surface to spread the glue on.

Sounds like hide glue...

+1 for this. I did one and now the 'Grizzly Beers' are presently engaged in expanding our set list up to about 2 hours from the 40 minutes we originally did 🙂 The discipline of learning about 15 songs (e.n. route to whittling down to 9) was incredibly good for getting me back into playing properly.

MNaybe it's a bit niche, but how about a hollow body 24-fret SS bass/mandolin twin neck.

I ended up making my own hard case for my Jaguar SS.

I've yet to find a product that's cheaper on Prime than not. I did the 30 day free trial when I wanted something with expensive shipping, rapidly discovered it was cheaper to buy stuff and pay shipping instead of paying prime prices, so I baled after a week or two. I hate the tricksy checkout procedures that make multiple attempts to get you to click on prime delivery. As bad as Paypal periodically replacing the next button with one that turns on one-click pay.

I know an importer who told me a story he claimed came direct from the seller: This guy sold a product that was only available from overseas from one supplier and knew he was the only person selling it in the UK. His modest stock was kept by you-know-who who also dealt with fuilfillment. He was doing well, but then people were finding people couldn't get his product because it was 'out of stock'. Turned out YKW's algorithms had detected his stock was selling well, so they undercut him - and fulfilled their orders from his stock while waiting for their own to arrive. Of course when his stock was replenished, he couldn't sell it at a profit because YKW were undercutting him...

Seven Nation Army - White Stripes?

Especially Bobby Farrel's interpretive dance...

I thought that was Rasputin, or Ma Baker ...

Used the Westone for a two-hour band practice last night. By gum, it really does sound more like a Precision than a Precision - it growls, it roars... Found it easier to play 'in anger' than sitting down at home. Two potential downsides (1) Don't get one of these if you like lightweight basses! (2) It is a bit quite prone to feedback when used with a fuzz.

Damn, I got that one... too late.

When I was a kid we thought it was hilarious to say "This is oxygum - we put it up our bottoms so we can fat underwater". Ah, the joys of youth...