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Stub Mandrel

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  1. Stub Mandrel
    Ah... but that's what I don't agree with. There are plenty of passive low-z pickups out there used in active basses and they aren't associatedwith noise issues.
  2. Stub Mandrel
    Agreed but there's nothing magical about active pickups that you can't do with 6" of shielded cable and the right preamp. But any instrument with an onboard buffer, even without tone boost is active. FWIW I have three actve basses but I don't consider it to offer any huge advantages as much of the tone shaping offered is too extreme to be useful.
  3. Stub Mandrel
    From an electronic perspective having preamps in low-z pickups or having low-z passive pickups with an on-board preamp makes no significant difference.
  4. Stub Mandrel
    Well I nearly had a gig today. Got a dep sorted, unknown band at two hour's notice 40 minutes away, and had to pick up my gear with a detour. Driving across I got a message from a disconsolate BL who'd had his band replaced by another. Possibly dodged a bullet, even though it was a good paying gig, I knew a lot or could busk most of it but in retrospect two or three hours prep rather than an hour would have been needed.
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    Anyone who Googles that on NYE needs examining.
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    While a few people have genuine reasons for needing a short scale, the number of kids playing long scale on 'influencer' videos shows that they are not needed by most small folk. Short scales sound and feel very different though, and to me they are a lot of fun to play.
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    Cpc or eBay
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    Prevert!
  9. Stub Mandrel
    Fear of eggy foot fungus?
  10. Stub Mandrel
    Some songs are inexplicable. I hate playing All Along the Watchtower (as I can't touch Hendrix's random bassline and I feel ours is just a pale imitation) and Simple Man (which repeats three chords forever) - but audiences love them both.
  11. Stub Mandrel
    steady gigging across the covers and blues bands, including new venues and material. see the originals band do some decent support gigs and maybe a headline in a good local venue. see the originals band record an album. maybe a bit of depping to satisfy my urge to learn new stuff. try and do some songwriting and home recording (and strengthen my music theory). finally get Teen Town and a couple of other songs that I would like to be able to play properly to improve my 'chops'.
  12. Stub Mandrel
    Fear of a White Egg. Great name for an album...
  13. Stub Mandrel
    D'oh. First shortscale I ever played was a Musicmaster in a recording studio somewhere in mid-Wales where I had a bit of a jam some 40 years ago. For decades the name 'Musicaster' was in my head. I left my solid gold bodied Sekonda there that was my great-uncle's In 2018 I discovered my Squier Jaguar SS that brought back the memory of it. Would still fancy one, pretty sure it was off-white.
  14. Stub Mandrel
    Looks Mustangy...
  15. Stub Mandrel
    That's excellent Rob... I've sent you a message.
  16. Stub Mandrel
    I tried some in my Sire (as it uses two) but the high frequency noise from them was intolerable.
  17. Stub Mandrel
    Wet Log
  18. Stub Mandrel
    Take a look at Tracey Tools. More woodworking focused. Proops, if still going, sometimes have good stuff. I think I got some Vallorbe files from them (the best )
  19. Stub Mandrel
    Worst thing about nut work is the smell of bone dust... especially as a vegetarian!
  20. Stub Mandrel
    Sunny Afternoon and Saturday Night's All Right for Fighting are both fun to play.
  21. Stub Mandrel
    I have an enormous collection of files. I have diamond ordinary swiss files of various qualities. I always rough slots with a junior hacksaw. I then widen out with files. I finish to depth with a scalpel or other very sharp blade.
  22. Stub Mandrel
    You can get VERY cheap digital oscilloscopes these days. Plenty good enough for detecting hum on power rails.
  23. Stub Mandrel
    No, no, no! Coil over your hand putting a half twist into each loop so they are all completely limp. Thus is how I was taught to hank a rope. Minimises tangles, as used by seamen for generations. Then velcro, rather than securing with a loop round and through.
  24. Stub Mandrel
    We have a winner?
  25. Stub Mandrel
    😁 not an exaggeration! They tend to stick after a few years of inaction ...
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