Stub Mandrel

I love mine. It's so eady to play and dounds so good it does any gig where I want a stress free time. Suits Fender 7250 nickel plated strings really well. I spent a good while tweaking the relicing to look more natural and checked it with freezer spray. Bought as a cheap way to get a great early-60s style bass. Relic/signature were not sought but aren't an issue, in fact I love the relaxed played-in feel.

Tbh the clear guard is spoiling a lovely bass imho. It looks as if the protective film is still on it... peel it off and it could look much better. A pearloid one could look good on that.

I surrender! I think the 150k value makes it particularly difficult, I can find all the elements but not in the same unit. If I was doing this I would probably use a long plastic shaft pot and fit a tube around the shaft to help support it. Sorry I can't help

I'll have a look later, those ones with a long thread are specialist but I think I can find one. The end diameter matters most because it has to fit the knob snugly.

Green Hay.

I thought Kelly Groucutt might be playing one here, but it's very hard to see it properly... it could be the Ovation Magnum. What do you think?

Can you share a photo and dimensions? In the past I once replaced a non-standard pot with a switch (that worked backwards to the normal way) by contacting a specialist company. They made and sent me one as a free sample!

I've found playing drum rudiments helpful in the past. Treat left and right as different notes. https://ae.vicfirth.com/education/40-essential-rudiments/

I've seen a lot of well attended local gigs the last month or so.

I have a Hohner B2. The leg rest works fine. Don't underestimate the passive humbuckers, they are incredible. Better than the Select by EMG pickips on my Jack V.

Photo from yesterday evening's guest spot

Got asked to do a dep in a couple of weeks. I know most of the songs. Not looking forward to sequeing play that funky music into superstition- that always fries my brain! And they have Mama Mia on the list 🤪

To deepen nut slots without using a file, use a scalpel or craft knife with a sideways scraping action to retain the curved base of the slot. Make sure the front of the slot is slightly higher to ensure you don't get rings or buzzes. These can be cured by reducing the back of the slot only. An over-deep slot can be restored with a tiny slip of paper, reinforced with a drop of superglue. After adjusting a truss rod, use the heel off your hand to rap the neck in a few places to ensure it settles. Light mineral oil is good for lubing machine heads. Lemon oil for fretboards is just light machine oil with a small amount of lemon oil as scent and can be used in an 'emergency'. Never use pure lemon oil on instruments. If you use 000 wire wool to take the gloss off a neck, it can usually be restored using t-cut.

Went to see a local band play their third gig of the day(!) Their schtick is playing requests and when in places frequented by local musicians they also have a lot of guests up in the second half. Got asked up to join in for several rock songs, mostly ones I know for a change, but ended up doing American Idiot and Money for Nothing entirely by ear which was fun. This is the band without me!

Find an offcut of old mains wire. Remove some 6" lengths of the thick copper wire. These can be soldered temporarily to the end of pickup etc. wires to aid threading them through awkward holes/spaces.

I'll sell you a set for £38 😈

I do think the full story gives a different perspective. Having used Pirate in the past and only stopped because they closed the local studio it rings true. Bear in mind a remote alarm will include the location so someone anywhere on the planet can review the CCTV and if it shows someone vaping under the alarm before it triggers and there are no other alarms then it's reasonable to assume it's a false alarm.

In its original meaning it meant looking at something at a deeper level, e.g. metaphysics is about the fundamental nature of reality, rather than how the physical world works.

I use hercules on stage. Got two of the foam leg type as the type with the fold down bit is useless on stage. I now use my one the foldy bit with it not folded down for my current home noodle bass. All my other basses/guitars are either cased, on the wall or in a rack. I keep my acoustics on the wall or on these: Excuse the stickers... it was my daughter's, she wanted to sell it as happy with her Tanglewood and I didn't have an electoacoustic.

I bodge an Arbiter stand to work like that nearly 40 years ago!

I felt I was getting a 'ric' tone from my P the other day.

Have you seen the new Hercules that come with extra rings that fit on the grab to make it narrower?

I was aware of the irony

Looks the sort of thing Joe Dart would have on stage.