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More pics... trial fitting of the machine heads, I've also oiled the poplar wood on the face of the headstock with linseed and it's given it pleasing colour. Headstock from the back, I'll keep the veneer on this bit . In order to test out a few tools , techniques, ideas, etc and use up a few spare parts and end up with an interesting bitsa I'm also working on this: Bitsa body with contours and staining on the carved areas to blend withe the veneer. T800 neck with dots made from ebony from the black keys.

Most people think that's a French horn on "Overture" but we know otherwise...

I like the song even more now I know that the first line of the second verse is "I didn't believe she was devil's sperm "

What is the second lower mic for?

The Suit , the hair, the boots, the voice...(he plays bass too)

I've sold a few bitsas and basses built from parts before, this is my first complete build. I have refretted guitars and basses and build a fretless bass from scratch so I've done all the processes but not all on the same instrument.

That would be a logical assumption ... most pianos seem to be made of poplar which isn't particularly hard which is one of the reasons I'm going for a short scale (lower tension on the neck) I may have to use maple for a neck if I try a 34" scale. The pianos I'm using are generally pre 1930.

It would be impossible to say but I don't think it would make any difference.

That's 31 1/2" in old money 😀

I'm attempting to make a bass from scrap pianos. This is a prototype short scale bass called T800 because it's telecaster shaped and has an 800mm scale length. Wherever possible I'll be using wood from defunct pianos, mostly poplar with mahogany veneer and oak for the fretboard. As far as I can I will attempt to keep the original finish and use whatever screws I can salvage from the donor pianos.

From Wikipedia : Other basses used by Lemmy Hagström H8 Washburn B20 Thunderbird 2 Thunderbird 4 Nick Page Gott 4 Burns Bison Gibson SG Minarik Inferno Minarik “Lemmy signature” Medusa :

I suspect they turned up to the studio without instruments and found these in a broom cupboard at the BBC , but what is that bass?

I can't help thinking there's more to this than meets the eye. The look on the assailant's face, that's real anger not just a drunk getting out of hand.

I'm alright Jack....safely ensconced in an orchestra pit for a sell out panto. Not exactly rock n' roll but it's eight paid gigs and I get to play Mr Bluesky at least once a day until the 3rd Jan.

That's exactly how I explained my tele bass to them.

I think only Rod Clements is an original member but even he left the band for a while. The bass player has been with then 25 years and the others quite a while. Rod was the other really friendly one also interested in Frankenstein instruments.

I had the pleasure of opening for Lindisfarne last night and what a nice bunch they were! The bass player Ian Thompson was particularly chatty and was intrigued by my bitsa tele bass. He was playing an Epiphone EB3 with a £10 chinese soap bar pickup in the bridge. We talked about the various spare parts we had that may turn into something ebay permitting and our mutual love of Entwistle pickups. They aren't a band I've paid too much attention to in the past but we stayed and enjoyed the show and popped back stage after to say goodbye. They seemed genuinely pleased that we'd stayed (despite 400 others in the audience) . I am pleased to report that they are a thoroughly nice bunch, my faith in humanity is in part restored.

I've never seen or heard of this before ...I love it , others may not. https://reverb.com/item/15489682?_fb-dpa-uk&utm_source=fb&utm_medium=ad&utm_campaign=fb-dpa-uk&fbclid=IwAR3Er2_P8c2L6w6YiI2vbm3NDC_o665Gfp56sQH-SQ2oENO5w5xqPe5JClE

"I'm not Cobby" - you had to be there.

It's even worse if you play bellows blown pipes , small pipes etc, people seem to think that if you aren't using your mouth to blow you must be able to hold a conversation while playing.

The music student booking rang a bell...we were once asked by another band to fill in for their regular slot because they had a gig elsewhere and wanted to keep the booking going and were worried that if they didn't do their monthly gig or at least provide an alternative they would lose it. They then told everybody not to come because they weren't going to be there!

Turn up knowing how to play the song and don't be a weirdo (unless you are auditioning for Hawkwind).

Glastonbury festival a few years ago, we were playing in a big top, it was raining so the place was packed. We had just played an absolute stormer of a gig on the band stand stage and shot across the site to our next gig at the Avalon cafe through mud, punters etc. We got on stage and checked all the levels and we were just about to do our first number (this was also the sound check) when ......a guy in a high vis vest comes up to the stage and says "the tent is falling down, everybody out!!!" Three hundred people were herded out by marshals while three men hit tent pegs with sledge hammers. we stood back stage waiting until we were given the all clear to go back on ...in time to play three numbers as the punters trudged back in.