Stub Mandrel
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Peter Cook Ned Callan Bass - Bit of a Shock
Stub Mandrel replied to Mykesbass's topic in General Discussion
No I said you've got to get with the BEAT not the BLEAT!!! -
Cheap P bass bodies, chances of fitting?
Stub Mandrel replied to landwomble's topic in Repairs and Technical
I bought one of these made out of similar 'barrel material' in 2018. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electric-Guitar-Unfinished-Body-Barrel-Material-for-Strat-ST-Guitar-DIY/283051735079?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 IMHO too soft for a decent guitar, although it looks OK. -
Where have all the ashtrays gone? 🤪
Stub Mandrel replied to oldslapper's topic in General Discussion
Obvious answer is to have enough basses that some have them and some don't. I like them because the increase the differences in how my basses feel and the point of having a small collection is that each one makes you play differently. Plus they do look the dogs on a bass with a sunburst and tort scratchplate. -
Ill see you and raise you 16 years. This was one of the best festivals of the '80s and the BBC recorded it all:
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Oh luke a cuke buke... 🙂
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Lose the stickiness.
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Or is this for something other than a Jazz bass? In case you cant tell, it's angled. I suupose it's ideal for someone who wants to fit an angled Jazz cover to a split P-pickup.
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Scotchbrite looks the same but has aluminium oxide particles in it and can be very aggressive. I would use wire wool or 600 grit wet and dry if I was to do it again, but I would think twice first. Unless you are a speedfreak guitarist most glossy necks will mellow after some use without losing finish.
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I never objected to a bit of punk, but as I've grown older I enjoy it al lot more - I love the ramshackle chaos of some of the old live stuff but appreciate that many of the classic punk recordings demonstrate a lot more craft than I realised, even if they sound simple.
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Scales, some bits IO've been learning recently, and improvise over various scales, usually in a bluesy vein... main objective is to keep the guitarist on his toes 🤣
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Used 600 grit wet and dry on a couple of my guitars and basses. these days I'm not such a thug.
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Sad but true story... When I was about eleven I spent ages trying to find the 'Colgate Ring of Confidence' inside a box of toothpaste...
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Model of the 4x10 in my Trace Elliot combo (Eminence Beta 15s) with an Eminence Beta 15 in a 'well matched' cab at 150 watts. The 4x10 is quite a bit louder, but the 1x15 fills in the bottom end. Like Ice and Cointreau - they complement one another perfectly 🙂 Must open up my 1x15 and find out what the previous owner had fitted when he had it swapped from 4R to 8R. Any guesses?
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But do you find that it still has unwanted overtones because the damping in the bridge cover isn't powerful enough? 🙂 TBH I find that I don't need to tune more often than two or three times a day 🙂
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I have an ancient Ibanez digital stereo chorus, funnily enough I saw another one not long ago. I think it works really well with bass.
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It was clearly a different instrument in those days. Put on a set of brand new roundwounds and everyone would have run a mile. how to play the electric bass carol kaye.pdf
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Carol Kaye.
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Things are difficult in our 'random' band at the moment. It's clear three of us are, shall we say, at a different place - not least in our capacity to learn new material or even jam a song we haven't played before. But the other two would probably like to get there but I can't see it happening. I'd like the five of us to do another one of the weekend warrior events, but to become a real, gigging, band we need a more committed front man.
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My Squier Jazz is a 2001, so the pickups are probably not the same as the new ones. They did sound weedy, after doing the neodymium mod I A/B'd it with my Fender Perfomer, which is only 'average' volume but has an incredible wide range of sounds. I had to turn down by a whole number (8 to 7) when i changed to the modded jazz. The Jaguar presumably has the same pickups as the VM PJ and the P-pickup is fine but I had modded the bridge J pickup and now the bass is really nicely balanced.
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I'm just a big-mouthed attention-seeking gobshite desperate for validation :-0 At least I'm self-aware...
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Even Bruce Dickinson has two day jobs...
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"Adding an identical and mutually coupled speaker driver (much less than a wavelength away from each other) and splitting the electrical power equally between the two drivers increases their combined efficiency by a maximum of 3 dB, similar to increasing the size of a single driver until the diaphragm area doubles. Multiple drivers can be more practical to increase efficiency than larger drivers since frequency response is generally proportional to driver size. " 4x10" speakers have 1.78 times the area of a 15" speaker. That's a ratio of about log 10 1.78 is 0.25, so ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL the 4X10 will be 2.5 decibels louder.
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Ah but who said that, and should we respect their opinion?
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Some advice for beginners... Tuning once a week is adequate, unless the tuning heads get bumped. Action at the 12th fret should be 1/4". Anyone know where that comes from?
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Maya Precision - curious about the pickup
Stub Mandrel replied to Happy Jack's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
Tempting to put clover leaf tuners on mine though - it's an almost perfect clone of an early 70s Precision otherwise.
