Stub Mandrel

My first gig, probably 1987. My most recent gig photo: Inspired by @Wombat and his replica pose/playing style, it seems my left hand technique hasn't changed much in nearly four decades! Another shot from the recent gig:

I set my car stereo volume to 11, 17 or 23 just to annoy people like you 🤣

You still think 'I wonder where they came from?'

Well Woody gets the tick, it seems.

Have you tried WinISD as mentioned above? It's a bit non-intuitive if you don't know all the terms but I've managed to get it to work, so if you've used other cab software you should find it easy enough.

For anyone as confused as @tauzero:

I once orded from Farnell, a single microprocessor about 20mm. It arrived in a plastic frame for 100 chips about ten inches square, sandwiched under another one. In an anti-electrostatic bag. In a standard plastic bag. Surrounded by bubble wrap. In a cardboard box. Surrounded by cardboard packing. Inside a cardboard box over two feet square. Someone must have been having a very borjng afternoon. 😁

Whomsoever can answer the question, will get their answer ticked and a credit towards obtaining the rare and only slightly less mysterious Third Badge.

So what's the mysterious fourth badge?

It's possible, but not common, to make your posts a poll question. I wonder if the poster is able to mark an answer as 'best'?

I learned a new word today.

I play fingerstyle quite hard but don't get blisters or callouses. Is it a technique thing?

£7 🤣

Typically, this sort of thing... cheap enough not to worry about being ripped off, but I haven't been (yet). https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008052686848.html?algo_exp_id=f349a06c-7271-443d-8abd-ed25e12716bd-2&pdp_ext_f={"order"%3A"14"%2C"eval"%3A"1"}&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch|query_from%3A|x_object_id%3A1005008052686848|_p_origin_prod%3A

G;ad a mutually OK route was found. I hope you are able to find a positive way to keep gigging.

You nake my point! Sailing may be maudlin and mediocre, but it's like a duck - going like mad under the surface. You won't find many modern pop chart hits with the complex and continually changing phrasing of its bassline. After the slow start there are barely two bars repeating the same rhythmically or melodically.

Has anyone got experience of felt picks? I inagine these sound much more finger-like. (In the early days Fender recommended "the thumb of the right hand or a plectrum of medium to heavy weight felt, if preferred". Using the first and second fingers of the right hand was for a more advanced stage were "speed and agility" were required.)

Sailing was massive, Barbados and Jive Talking are classics and the Smokie song is great IMHO. But the question is basslines and even the totally wet Bay City Rollers song has a reasonably interesting walking line.

Considering the prices are close to the likes of Pizza Excess the food is a big step up. Marc's also opened Palladino's Jazz Bar nearby. I haven't been yet, he's targeting the jazzy end of blues.

Or Sgt. Rock?

I should have mentioned (confessed) my latest bass - a Kay Gremlin. I suppose starting on a Kay guitar, I feel sorry for them- I have a Kay Tulip too.

I still feel 'imposter' syndrome about my bass playing. It feels like I've got away with this huge bluff.

Partly because it isn't that far from the truth.

If you want to save a few quid and have some most excellent nosh, his brother's signature Penne is only £15. There's a pizza too, but personally I recommend the fiorentina.

I have a couple and so does our lead guitarist which is a bit much! Pink Floyd eat yer heart out! It's ridiculous how cheap they can be and that even on usb power they are bright enough for a club.