Stub Mandrel

Combination of apprehension and excitement ahead of the new band's debut on Saturday. It should be fine, but it seems the efforts to drum up an audience have generated a high level of enthusiasm, so I hope we can deliver!

Thing is, anyone who has a jazz bass - it's identical to at least one of Geddy's, if not more...

Only gigged my Fender Performer once (and a jam) since returning to the fold in 2018, it was my main bass in the 90s. Doesn't fit the blues band image, but gojng to use it for the heavy rock covers band'sdebut gig this weekend. With the Marquess 5 And yes, the Performer is a killer bass!

Ouch. Havevto be careful, I've seen too many episodes of Grant Bowler's Border Of Steel to know you can lose Australian residency permits for smugglng a skid mark in your billy y's.

If it's an intermittent fault, and it sounds like it, it could be really hard to track down and could be in something you've already decided is fine. Two strategies - try and replicated the fault with minimal kit in the signal path, then add things until you get an issue. Second, the cable testers @dmccombe7 suggests usually have an ability to detect intermittent faults, even very brief ones, by lighting an LED if there's even a brief interruption to continuity.

I'm 45-105 on all scale lengths. Except my Performer (34") which I use 40-95 on.

Are you sorted @Mickeyboro? I've designed a few logos in my time, wanting to build my musical design portfolio. Drop me a PM.

Absolutely, the example I gave used VA for the input power of an amp with an SMPSU, the power factor for an SMPSU can range from 0.5 to 0.99, so the VA rating has the potential to be significantly misleading. But my beef was solely with the assertion "Volts multiplied by amperes is the very definition of watts." which is demonstrably wrong. You and Bill are experts and sticklers for accuracy; people reading that the two of you consider VA = Watts are likely to assume that this is a fact, regardless of any context.

Whatever, but the readon volt amos exist is because they aren't the same as watts, even if the difference can be nil or negligible in some conditions.

Sorry Bill, for once you are wrong. For a DC load VA = Watts, but for AC if the load is capacitative or inductive the actual wattage is less than the VA figure by the power factor.

No, he's right. I've had that answer before and knowing @agedhorse' backgound it was reluable, but did the research. The 1/8 power is the level written into the standards as an estimate of typical power from an amplifier playing a typical selection of content. It's a very fair way of estimating the power consumption of something like a hifi that plays content with a wide dynamic range and is not normally used flat out. That's reasonable for helping someone work out how much it will cost to run an electrical item. But we are interested in how much power our amps put out when we run them hard for prolonged periods i.e. whole songs. Amp manufacturers are allowed to use more "realistic" ratings but don't have to. Orange rate the power consumption of the 500W bass terror at 690 VA (Volt Amps are close to Watts). That's a sensible consumption value for something that has two valves being heated, a fan and still pumps OUT at least 500Watts allowing for inefficiencies. Legally, the Bass Terror could probably be rated at about 150W power consumption or less, while 690W is probably an accurate figure for someone driving it flat out. Note that NEITHER figure is actually an accurate one for how much power the amp can put into a cabinet. It's just a shame you can't trust most OUTPUT power figures. Orange's 500W rms is amost certainly accurate. But other manufacturers might give figures at high levels of distortion (typically about double rms) or theoretical instantaneous peak values (up to four times RMS). I applaud Thomann for particular clarity... I have two of their powered speakers, manufacturer's output rating is 600W peak, but Thomann clearly state RMS 140W in the specs.i

I wouldn't class glucosamine as an alternative therapy! I found Bosswellia here... it's a list of herbal supplements and treatments with critiques of the research into their effects. I chose boswellia because although its effects are relatively mild, most people see a benefit. https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/treatment/complementary-therapies/supplements-and-vitamins/supplement-and-herb-guide-for-arthritis-symptoms

In a week and a half it's the first gig for a band I started off recruiting people for on Facebook. First singer ended up baling, bug not before changing the direction a bit. New singer is great, two guitarists and four of us singing so should be a big hard rick sound. Really excited to play rock songs in a rock band, rather than just as part of general covers, so we can go for a much more powerful sound. Like the Nottingham band that was killed by covid before we could do a full gig. Only two 'crowd pleasers' the other 23 songs are ones we all want to play. Oddly some songs I haven't played live since about 1988! One is Devil Woman, never thought I'd be playing that again, some Purple, Sabbath and Zep, balanced by Rival Sons and Black Crowes, znd some stuff in the middle like Foos, Soundgarden and RHCP. Quite a few people saying they will come do hope we don't disappoint! Actually I'm really excited!

I wonder if those of us who play guitar, banjo, uke or upright are those who have fewer issues changing scsle length?

Interesting. A quick dig suggests that besides Fuji-Gen, there is only Dyna Gakki, and possibly Atlansia making some parts for Fender. All the others seem to have closed or moved production to Indonesia, Korea or China.

I'm surprised! It's generally accepted that short scale have less harmonic content and more thump.

Both thumbs. Playing is great therapy - activity is best treatment for arthritis! Ibuprofen when a lot of gigs. Boswellia (frankincense) insanely effective if I get a flare up gets rid of pain in a day or two. Been offered steriods, but kot there yet. My brother (guitard, 8 years younger) had tapezium bone removed lots of physio, can still play but started getting pain again after a year

Bendricks Rock have our first gig in the beginning of March.

Only an approximate tab available for this, but some nice triplet feel bits to add in:

But we're not American are we? We are civilised, tea drinking, English spelling, sarcasm using, human beans Yes, but woe betide anyone who ventures through the doors of TalkBass and raises this topic!

Unless you are American, in which case hardening is tempering and drawing is tempering.

Looks like my car is csting me the thick end of £700. With work on the house and wayward offspring I may get through 2024 basso intacto, unless some serious extra work comes my way