Temporary bodges that just last the course

[Geek99]

1 hour ago, Len_derby said:

Gluing cut-up bits of an old trouser belt on to a standard sized gig bag that allows it to be used for a short scale bass and hence stored in the car boot, out of sight.

 

 

That looks quite familiar ….

[Dood]

I was once asked to dep for a band, and the next thing I know, two years later I was still playing for them.

 

... wait.. *penny drops*

[BillyBass]

16 hours ago, Dood said:

I was once asked to dep for a band, and the next thing I know, two years later I was still playing for them.

 

... wait.. *penny drops*

I was considering posting something about a new band member of some famous band that I thought was crap, but I couldn't think of any.

[bass_dinger]

On 29/06/2025 at 11:28, Marky L said:

Does anybody else have a dodgy temp fix that has become  semi-permanent? 

 

The earth pin somehow snapped off my pedal board power cube PSU whilst in its case. An IKEA pencil in the bottom of my gig bag pocket and a quick reshape with the multitool and voila! It's now fixed to the PSU with a hair tie and after six months is proving is efficacy 😃

 

 

 

 

 

One could instead use an earth pin repair kit.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315722101136?_skw=replacement+plug+pin&var=614139214463&itmmeta=01JZ3AWDX0KBZVACP3MC8BXV3T&hash=item498280f190:g:0HcAAOSwxiBm1tjf&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1eTrMiAGCJNorG0l7hwVVWPKgUQq0m0Wsden2GMNXeci9%2B%2Fdt8F7Yz6zHc0mcLCZwslevuhVCQayf1i1c5PTrfq4nBAXPsmRCsLlhy9nMVT2WsfbI2crLzT2y2Mq%2FMtkMg6MYvmprscq5FlM%2Fo5sc4AyailVWLNHN%2BR8J2lfk6WpJM6DhbDudxDgsXgHua%2FWExvC2yhsJmIjWu4624OriFaFuCeCYgDyDnsFhC8CBj9N%2B9ijt2mzZpelclfsqne56GkDhnXZbGCwkqpF85%2F7pKtmqR%2Bp3FB5wpwdqP2l3jV%2Bw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABFBM3t7x6vhl

 

 

Its purchase preserves both the pencil and @Marky L, for future and alternative use in the band.

 

I have one in my kit case, should the previous superglue-and-dowel repair to my own adapter fail.

 

[BillyBass]

4 hours ago, bass_dinger said:

 

One could instead use an earth pin repair kit.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315722101136?_skw=replacement+plug+pin&var=614139214463&itmmeta=01JZ3AWDX0KBZVACP3MC8BXV3T&hash=item498280f190:g:0HcAAOSwxiBm1tjf&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1eTrMiAGCJNorG0l7hwVVWPKgUQq0m0Wsden2GMNXeci9%2B%2Fdt8F7Yz6zHc0mcLCZwslevuhVCQayf1i1c5PTrfq4nBAXPsmRCsLlhy9nMVT2WsfbI2crLzT2y2Mq%2FMtkMg6MYvmprscq5FlM%2Fo5sc4AyailVWLNHN%2BR8J2lfk6WpJM6DhbDudxDgsXgHua%2FWExvC2yhsJmIjWu4624OriFaFuCeCYgDyDnsFhC8CBj9N%2B9ijt2mzZpelclfsqne56GkDhnXZbGCwkqpF85%2F7pKtmqR%2Bp3FB5wpwdqP2l3jV%2Bw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABFBM3t7x6vhl

 

 

Its purchase preserves both the pencil and @Marky L, for future and alternative use in the band.

 

I have one in my kit case, should the previous superglue-and-dowel repair to my own adapter fail.

 

If the plug in question houses a transformer and isn't easily replaceable, ok, but at £6.99 that is way more expensive than a plug.  Just replace the plug with a new plug, which will cost under £2.

[Stub Mandrel]

1 hour ago, BillyBass said:

If the plug in question houses a transformer and isn't easily replaceable

 

It does... see start of the thread. 

[borntohang]

Festival talk has reminded me we once got a dodgy golf cart with a blown fuse. We bodged it with the foil bit out of a fag packet and it ran like a champ for a week. 

 

The following year, same festival, I got a suspiciously familiar golf cart. Opened up the fuse box out of curiosity and found that ciggy foil is much more durable than expected, or possibly that a series of unlucky crews were inspired by our initial bodge. 

 

At least it wasn't a nail this time. 

[Stub Mandrel]

4 minutes ago, borntohang said:

Festival talk has reminded me we once got a dodgy golf cart with a blown fuse. We bodged it with the foil bit out of a fag packet and it ran like a champ for a week. 

 

The following year, same festival, I got a suspiciously familiar golf cart. Opened up the fuse box out of curiosity and found that ciggy foil is much more durable than expected, or possibly that a series of unlucky crews were inspired by our initial bodge. 

 

At least it wasn't a nail this time. 

 

In the 70s things came with fag packet foil ready fitted 🤣

[Count Bassy]

On 30/06/2025 at 12:59, Rosie C said:

 

Been there! Mid 1990s, me and a friend were renovating a flat I'd bought, on evenings after work. It was winter so we'd left the mains on, confident that a particular wire was not live. 

 

Me too. Working on our house on a genuinely turned off circuit. Touched the erath and neutral together, which tripped the RCD (leaving me in darkness). Shouted down to my daughter to reset it please, and seeing the RCD and this circuits MCB tripped, helpfully reset both for me. In I went with my cutters............