Stub Mandrel

Thanks, even deeper on this! 🙂 Especially for Daryl! Saturday Night-1.mp4

Rock and Roll 🙂 Rock and Roll.mp4

I have an unused tele scratchplate and possibly some useful parts (e.g. tuners), will need to check the bits box.

I've found the jack on the P10 is no so much loose as lacking a good solid detent, so it can just slide out if the cable gets tugged.

The gig with dep drummer went ok. Interesting using house pa but Nick used his desk to eq it out with white noise which was impressive. Often the Ex's doesn't start to fill up until 9 (the Alley being a rather sterile box with the lights on), but we had punters arriving from 8 which was a good sign. In the end it was rammed and our second set got much dancing. We used their lights plus ours so although pretty basic stuff it looked good in a Christmas Tree sort of way! Obviously a few Interesting endings etc with a dep, but aside from almost everything being a bit fast to groove well, it went really well. The band WhatsApp is buzzing after two really good gigs 😎 feels like we've caught our stride now. 20240914_204823.mp4

To elucidate further, most of the fan noise on the elf is from high airflow. A quieter fan may not shift enough air for good cooling.

No. They have very good fans.

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I saw the tour 😁

I found my spreadsheet and updated it. I have far too many instruments that are not basses and I haven't even started listing harmonicas, the ocarina or jaw harp.

Those tops are the same as mine! A bit old school but sound good.

Yes, such hardcore punk lyrics... Bonsoir Ton véhicule n'a pas l'air d'avoir de passager Peux-tu, veux-tu me recevoir Sans trop te déranger Mes bottes ne feront pas trop d'échos dans ton couloir Pas de bruit avec mes adieux Pas pour nous les moments perdus En attendant un incertain au revoir Parce que j'ai la folie Oui j'ai la folie Oui c'est la folie Oui c'est la folie Oui c'est la folie Oui c'est la folie Il était une fois un étudiant Qui voulait fort, comme en littérature Sa copine, elle était si douce Qu'il pouvait presque, en la mangeant Rejeter tous les vices Repousser tous les mals Détruire toutes beautés Qui par ailleurs, n'avait jamais été ses complices Parce qu'il avait la folie Il avait la folie Oui c'est la folie Oui c'est la folie Oui c'est la folie Oui c'est la folie Et si parfois l'on fait des confessions À qui les raconter Même le bon Dieu nous a laisse tomber Un autre endroit, une autre vie Eh oui, c'est une autre histoire Mais à qui tout raconter Chez les ombres de la nuit Au petit matin, au petit gris Combien de crimes ont été commis Contre les mensonges et soi disant les lois du cœur Combien sont là à cause de la folie Parce qu'ils ont la folie Ils ont la folie Oui c'est la folie Oui c'est la folie Oui c'est la folie Oui c'est la folie La folie La folie La folie La folie La folie

Last night it was a long trek to Llandovery for a pib gig on the first day of the sheep festival. The singer was picking me up with the pa but due to a local incident we left late on the 1 ½ hour journey, this meant only 30 minutes to set up, but the three other guys were already sorted which meant ok but no soundcheck. It was a half-timbered pub with about an inch of clearance above my head! No pogoing! I bet @Bluewine doesn't play nearly 800 year old venues very often! Pub was full and the audience was mostly older people and our very rock setlist went down well. We even had people singing along to War Pigs! One oddity was What is and What Should Never Be, which fades out gently and was met with stunned silence, very disconcerting. Yet three people came up and said how much they appreciated it! My first three-set gig, we played from eight to 11 with two 20 minute breaks. The last set was more dancy with "those songs" Dakota and Sex on Fire. Superstition went down very well too. A fair few new songs for us, Motorcycle Emptiness didn't get dancing but virtually the whole pub was singing along. Finished with Everlong as encore. We got free drinks on arrival, at the end the bar manager fetched us another free round, paid us more than the agreed fee and asked us to come back. Lots of good feedback from punters (also one said he'd come after seeing our Facebook page). So we were pretty pleased with how it went. Tonight a normal 2-set gig, with the drummer from my other band standing in. 😁

Going to upset the applecart. I am at the point of using pedals again after two years off. My compressor is a TC Electronics Forcefield - basically a Behringer in a bulletproof metal box. The need was chiefly for something that allowed me to slap (very occasionally) without having to turn down my volume and lose quieter passages. What I it was something that mysteriously adds harmonic richness without losing my lows, in a way that just playing with tone controls or pickup balance doesn't. Very odd. I use it on a very neutral setting, and it has a sort of 'better knob' effect. If I turn up the compression past 12 I have to back off the level a fair bit. It's far too good for a cheap and cheerful effect, and has effectively prevented me from investing in a Spectracomp (although I know that's a different animal). The compression built into my Joyo BadASS is great too, such a shame that's only a 50W amp 😞

Damn. @Frank Blank had his fingers crossed for the Dollar reunion.

Doing a three-hour gig in Llandovery tonight with Bendricks Rock - lots of new material, then back on home territory in Penarth Ex's tomorrow. Saturday's gig is with the drummer from my other band depping. Nothing can possibly go wrong, can it?

I have somehow a knack for being at gigs that end up on live albums. My total is massively inflated because the BBC recorded Reading that year, and eight of them have appeared as albums (as far as I can tell): Stevie Ray Vaughan (part of his first UK tour, there was a real sense of expectation about his 'Hendrix' covers). Big Country Thin Lizzy (final UK performance, I saw them in Gloucester at the previous one too, the only times I saw them). Man Ten Years After Twelfth Night (and a DVD) Marillion (who were very good despite being dissed as a Genesis cover band at the time). Strangelrs (apaprently only on You Tube)

Easily.

I still have the programme. For me the highlights were Ten Years After, Twelfth Night, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Sabbath*. *controversial!

Back in the mid-80s Ii wasn't sure which band I had seen live the most. The Stranglers or Hawkwind. I do find it sad that these days most bands have a 'style' so strong all their music sounds the same. You could play Peaches, No More Heroes, Strange Little Girl and Golden Brown and many people would assume they were four different bands.

They are nice on my P10.

I was at the other end of the telescope tonight, meeting of a new entertainments/promotions committee for the club I do all the posters for. Chap I hadn't met before but who is in an originals band and recently promoted a successful four-band night commented that lots of venues are suddenly demanding Oasis tributes. He added that a covers band could quickly learn a load of Oasis songs and charge tribute rates. I replied "That will take them a few hours!"

Come one, what about the Infinity Warp XXX-69++ Super Tune?

I have a spreadsheet, mainly because if I count them in my head I get different numbers...

I just went through my small collection of singles as I thought I had a copy of Ballroom Blitz. Still I found something interesting, can anyone name the song that had 'Teddy the Dink" as a b-side. Googling verboten!