Stub Mandrel

I've spoken to a few retailers who (at least three) who got out of Gibson/Epiphone because they couldn't afford to carry the stock levels (and mixture of guitar values) required to remain being dealers. Presumably those retailers who did respond to the pressure found themselves carrying large amounts of high-value stock. Gibson then faced with p***d off retailers - those faced with having to discount heavily to sustain their cashflow, and those horrified by the discounting undermining the value of the stock they were forced to take on. This might explain Gibson destroying large amounts of guitars - to keep up the scarcity value of high end instruments, if they are faced with the alternative scenario of the collapse of a dealer network who refuse to restock with expensive guitars they know they won't be able to sell in a timely fashion while making a profit.

Octopus's Garden

Epic. Nice happy crowd too 🙂 Never has such a daunting display of wiggery graced a British stage since Poison won Crufts...

For lapsed gardeners... The Return of the Giant Hogweed. Suggested band: Robert Plant Herbie Flowers Bloomdido Bad de Grasse 🙂 Ron Tree

The Biggest Aspidistra In The World.

Not sure if they are 'authentic' or not! But they will probably be replaced. Actually i meant the bridge screws are in the wrong order - the long ones should be on the D and G. Ha , seems they are only 'authentic' on the Flea bass! I've ordered some proper ones. Now I've got a J-bass ashtray somewhere, and a thumb rest...

If we put them together, do you think they might breed?

I've come up with a new, raw, symbol people can apply to their radical bass designs. Combining a truly system-destroying woinky circle with a 100% rebellious letter 'T', it will leave people in no doubt what sort of musician you are.

"Every Must Get Stone(s) out of the potato patch" "Sweet Leaf" "Up Town Top Rankin'" (Strictly roots...) "If You Go To San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear A Flower In Your Hair)" "Dig It" "Can You Dig It?" "Close to the Hedge"

My first bass was a Hohner Jazz, currently with a mate of my brother's. Had an hour to kill before a band meeting last night and made the mistake of going to a music shop. Got persuaded to have a try (always a bad sign) and sold this by the son of our drummer (I knew he worked there but didn't realise it was him until after I bought it). It's a 2001 Indonesian (made by Cort) Squire Standard Jazz, rosewood fingerboard, 'agatha'(?)neck which has aged to a lovely 'hung up in a smoky bar for 30 years' colour) otherwise very light patina. Just needed a twitch on eth truss rod (probably due to the weather...). Pickups are a bit feeble, but I'll do the neodymium magnet mod I did to my Jaguar SS. 37mm nut like the Jag and quite a slim neck, but feels like it can take more of a thrashing than the Performer. Possibly a bit over the odds at £175, although the sunburst was $409.99 new, so not a super cheapie. (Spot the mistake on it... 🙂 )

LOL! At last another B2 that looks as fubared as mine...

Oops, 7 now. Found a 2001 Squier Jazz with somewhat lifeless pickups but a very nice neck and really great 'genuinely played in' feel.

It seems to have a different bridge from his signature model, for a start. It may well be the prototype and different in details.

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One thing is the 'robot' tuners. My brotehr had an LP junior from new with robots. They were never good, and when they automatically removed his g-string during a performance he was not impressed - I mean if you're a Chippendale it would be OK, but... They became so reliably unreliable he was able to record a video of the guitar removing its own strings just in response to being strummed, which he sent to Gibson. In the end he fitted 'normal' tuners and ended up selling it as a standard guitar to part fund his '62 SG junior. He's a utter Gibson devotee but has few illusions about their QC, although he is very pleased with a new LPJ he bought last year.

Three possibilities: They didn't play authentic enough. Someone fitted the strings in the wrong order. They took advice from John Hall and he said "destroy any guitars that aren't genuine Rickenbackers!"

Oh yes... my brother insisted I reverse wrap the stop tailpiece too when we swapped the tuners, for no good reason 🙂

And nice wine 🙂

Exactly what you say.

Satisfied my unhealthy semi-acoustic urges with an Ibanez, cheap as chips, but souped up with a Gretsch bridge pickup, DiMarzio neck pickup (with covers), genuine ex-Gibson small head Klusons (after this pic) and £3.50 scratchplate of the 'bay 🙂 One day I will end up getting a Gretsch White Falcon...

I think there's a lot of snake oil going on here. If speakers are properly phased and position on on top of the other the only practical differences are going to be thinks like volume and frequency response, which you can choose to suit your preference. Issues like room resonances, combing, dead spots, feedback are just as likely to occur with a 'matched pair', because they are the result of a mismatch between the venue and the rig (or the rest of the signal path), not the parts of the rig. One possible issue is directionality/beaming issues but these will be down to the design of the individual units and using a matched pair of speakers which happen to be more directional than the usual might actually be worse than a mix and match. I am highly sceptical that ANYONE really sells a 15" cab that is carefully designed to be as directional as their 10" units.

One of the best gigs I've been to was over a pub in Brighton. Dave Swarbrick and Marting Carthy looked round and decided not even to bother plugging into their amps and did a genuine 'unplugged'...

Obviously not paying attention to the news or you'd know Wales is entirely populated by chickens now... 😫

Can you show me a definitive proof that 'matched cabs' are superior? I can't think of a single argument that stands up, because any issue, aside from wrongly phased speakers, can apply equally to a pair of identical cabs. (P.S. if unmatched cabs don't work together, someone had better tell the PA professionals....)