Stub Mandrel
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Recycling a piano -short scale tele bass
Stub Mandrel replied to Dom in Dorset's topic in Build Diaries
@Dom in Somerset UR Bob Clampit AICM5UKP -
Always worth popping your head in to see what's there.
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Owners of older Fender basses might be interested in this page: https://support.fender.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005938763-Fender-Bass-Guitar-Owner-s-Manuals It has a good selection of old manuals - I even found the manual for my Fender Performer!
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Anyone here kill a set of strings in one gig?
Stub Mandrel replied to markdavid's topic in General Discussion
I used to do that. Worrying when you see the scum on top of the water... -
Anyone here kill a set of strings in one gig?
Stub Mandrel replied to markdavid's topic in General Discussion
Is that code??? Intermediate Band Thermo-Radiative Cells. Kill strings stone dead in seconds. -
Why not get a rhythm guitarist and an octave divider pedal? That way you can stay at home and avoid interacting with guitar types completely 🤣
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I like some of their songs, but I can't understand the popularity of sex on fire, unless it's just the 'provocative' title...
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I was taking a pop at the KOL not you 🙂
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Looked this up today - I'm not an expert on the so-called 'popular music'. I can't believe such an insipid song is so in demand! You must have been burning the midinight oil honing your chops to learn that one 🙂 They call it a Dyson. It sucks and it's expensive, but it still feels cheap...
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That's your problem: It's not just GLOSS, it's special STICKY GLOSS! But seriously... the finish is obviously prone to this and it's not just you, so I wouldn't lose sleep about matting it down with a fine abrasive - then get on with enjoying it.
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Not sure if know either!
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It's mistitled. That's Atalantis '72. The speakers are full of seawater.
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I tried out a bass the other day, It was almost unplayable. The action was so high I thought the bridge needed dropping (one piece acoustic), the shop assistant spent five minutes on the truss rod and gave it back to me a transformed instrument.
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Semi Hollow Bass (and another two...)
Stub Mandrel replied to Jabba_the_gut's topic in Build Diaries
You don’t have to apologise for anything, the non-bass related things are your life! Don’t build a bloody five string version of this, I’ll have to buy that too... 👍 You need to go into bass building full time. Frank will get a second job and remortgage his home to buy your entire output and keep you in a life of luxury... -
Do you have a tea chest bass in your collection? 😱
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Because £500 is a bit steep for most beginners? Squiers you need to pick teh right one., The VMs appear to be better than the Affinities (as beginner choices).
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Where have all the ashtrays gone? 🤪
Stub Mandrel replied to oldslapper's topic in General Discussion
Whooo! I knew about Tele ones but that Strat one is lovely! -
Birmingham emailed back to say they had run out of slots 😞
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None more black 🙂
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Anything with Talman on it is far more lovely than its price tag suggests. I really hope they don't bring out a bass version of the TCM50 because I would have to buy one straight away:
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Stuck on Apache for me. I was hoping to see Avengers Endgame for free...
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Our drummer wants to do it, he complains most bassists slow down by the end - but he very kindly suggested he thought I could keep up!
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If you ask me, the first post on this thread has been taken over by the spirit of Doris Stokes...
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Most of the time when I was gigging regularly I used to have three basses and generally used at least two on every gig (one was fretless). There's a degree of showmanship to changing instruments, and it adds to the fun, plus different basses make me play differently.
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A bit of digging suggests that in the 70's they used it for budget guitars and basses along Squier lines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Starcaster#Re-use_of_Starcaster_name Wiki says 'the basses were j-shaped' but the only example I've found is a p-bass: no wait! Plot thickens: But at best that one just has the neck plate...
