PaulThePlug

Remember the ads in Music UK with Jimmy Page and real dodgy worn out trainers! Oh! and Siq Siq Sputnik on TOTP! Think there was a similar post a year or so ago..

@binky_bass... #Harpchat

^ That would be GREAT... and that's Basschat 🙂 Dropped you a message. Thanks

Prolly a bit thin yep... was after a bit 45mm x 150ish x 2 or 3mm ... but that was the best i could come up with. I had put a shout out for a Lightish Rosewood off cut in the Build Diaries, but no reply 😞

Veneer... The Wood Veneer Hub... https://www.thewoodveneerhub.co.uk/products/indian-rosewood-wood-veneer?_pos=1&_sid=8e4bd6437&_ss=r I've an Indian Rosewood £1 'sample' 100mm x 120mm x 0.6mm coming to make a truss rod cover, they can supply bigger bits.

^Twas the 2x DI that threw me... But as explained as... one is an 'always on'... tother is a 'sometimes as well'

I Like It! - Gerry and the Pacemakers...

Cocaine - JJ 'Kurly' Cale...

Not me... But my Eldest is of to see My Chemical Romance @ Milton Keynes Stadium tommorrow. Been 2 Years-ish since the original date, due to COVID Cancel.

2x XLR... Clean and Dirty... So a blend or do you switch between one and tother? If switched, whats the reason for 2, can you not switch on one line? - just want to educate myself...

Really Free - John Otway & Wild Willey Barrett...

Free Fall - Hawklords

Mmmm... Thru Jazz necked P Body... Single Split P... Passive... Rear Route... Now thats go me thinking...

Big Hawkwind fan... And Chronicals was great live @ Hamersmith... but was the start of the end for me... No Nik Turner and a bit too Brock on K'bds... Best thing was Langton and Davey interplay... Choose your Masks of 82, and the precerding real album was quite dark... and such a great Tour... More staid Bainbridge bass but Turners frontmanship.

Great to hear! Mine is 13 and has my Ibby GSR200 and a little amp thanks to @shoulderpet, encouraging him to '...make some noise Orpington!' White Stripes, Black Keys, Royal Blood... Maybe more a ZoomB1 Four thing... Check out Tonelib for patches There ate also some Zoom Patch Threads on here...

I likes a thumbrest, for finger playing, and up by the neck... don't get in the way if ya want yo pick... not comfy with the floating method, after years of palm resting guitar playing. Tend to rest my thumb facing along the neck, rather than in to the body... If not i'll rest my thumb on the end of the fret board rather than rearward on a pickup... Some of my basses have em, some not..

Motorbikes... Killswitch?

None of you Luthier Builder Types have an odd bit?..

Thrush - ZZ Top

Why does it hurt when i pee - FZ (again...)

On the blag... anyone with a light-ish rosewood off cut, maybe from the nut end of a fretboard?... 42mm x 140mm? Couple of mm thick, After making a wood TRC for my AliBacker RickenFaker... This sort of colour... Wot ya got in the scraps corner? Ta Muchly...

AliBacker' Arrived yesterday... well packaged in a polystyrene sarcophagus. No Customs Hassle, No Import Tax, No Vat, No Handling, Nothing extra to pay... Bonus! Starting at the top... Nice headstock... slight chamfer to the top edge to match the neck to headstock transittion. Don't think this is usual on Real Ricks, but i love it, neat styling touch, looks great with the 5 stripe headstock. Machine Heads, budget but smooth in operation, gave the worms and cogs a rub with 0000 wire wool, and then a dab of vaseline, just for good measure. TRC is cheap plain plastic, and smaller, shorter than expected, but stuck my black logo on as i couldnt wait! White one is reserved for when i make the full nut width, and slightly wider and curved wood TRC. Fretboard wood is luverly, colour, grain and texture... gave the frets a bit of a polish with 0000 Wire Wool and the Fretboard (whispers...) a lemon oiling and buff. Body wood looks better than the original pics and the whole thing has a nice Satin finish. Neck relief was set mininal, Action low, although the bridge was set medium high. Could possibly drop a bit when shimming the middle sadles. Havent plugged it in yet, wired VVT rather than VBT as i asked, but i've got a spare blend pot so easy sorted. Knobs were OK, but i've swapped em for my fav Vanson Full Domed knobs. Bridge... I loves the look of the chunky and simple Rick-o-like bridge, but, it overhangs the body by about 8mm! and i dont think i can move it up and still have enough saddle adjust to intonate... so might have to get a chunky high mass type. Now the bad... nut overhangs the neck a touch so needs a sand, and nut slots need a smooth too. No real biggy... Don't think i'll bother replacing, but an option. Worst bit... Binding at the end of the fretboard... bit of a poor cut 'n gap... at the top so notices more... gonna do the super glue and bicarb mix to fill, works for a low nut, and best remedy i can think of. Really is a lovely neck... Mix of P width, J Depth... and F 34" scale length instead of a Real Ricks 33 1/4" hence the bridge overhang... Some mesurments taken from my 'BackAli'... Scale length: 34" - Fender-esque rather than Real Rick. Neck Width @ Nut: 42mm Neck Width @ 12th: 58mm Neck Width @ End of Fretboard: 64mm Neck Depth @ Nut: 19 - 20mm - steel rule edged up and sited Neck Depth @ 12th 21 - 22mm - steel rule edged up and sited Neck Depth @ Neck Heel 16th / 17th fret: 48mm (Above are wood depth, not including the height of the fret wire) Body Thickness: 43mm - Bit thick! Weight: 4kg ish Currently in 'Acceptane Negotiations' in the form of a discount / partial refund... Overall, Happy, Looks really nice! And could of been a lot worse...

Higher or Lower - Bruce Forsyth and Rosemary Ford

Stay down the shallow end, splash about and have fun... My Harley B MBO850 Acoustic, was a little sharp and highish action, after removing the shim under the saddle blade both action and intonation are fairly bang on at the 12th,

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2