The Bassist and Guitarist thread

[Smokin Joe]

We need pictures - it's the law!

I'll post one later tonight.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Be tomorrow now, fecking Bluetooth won't connect from my phone neither will the cable

 

[Drago]

My gold tuners have arrived. When I get a few minutes I'll get them fitted.

 

[Drago]

All done.

 

[ColinJ]

Another 'win a guitar' competition... Enter HERE by midnight on 31st July, 2020 for your chance to win "a stunning D'Angelico Premier Ludlow Trem in Antique White!"

I actually think it is an odd-looking instrument, but 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' and all that... Anyway, I bet it is an excellent instrument to play, and that is what really counts.

NB Open to UK residents only

 

[Drago]

Cheers. Entered 5 times.

 

[ColinJ]

Cheers. Entered 5 times.

Are you checking to see if I checked the terms and conditions...?

Only the 1st entry per person will be counted.

Of course, if you entered as 5 different people...

 

[Smokin Joe]

The Bluetooth has decided to start working again. Here's the axe, only a cheapo but then I'm only learning to play -

 

[Drago]

That's a clean looking PB. You looking to put some flats on it?

 

[Drago]

Are you checking to see if I checked the terms and conditions...?


Of course, if you entered as 5 different people...

5 different email address, 4 of mine and Mrs D's. They don't ask your name or owt.

 

[ColinJ]

5 different email address, 4 of mine and Mrs D's. They don't ask your name or owt.

Well, as long they aren't obviously all you...

Mighty_Drago@nonesuch.com, Huge_Drago@nonesuch.com, Titanic_Drago@nonesuch.com, Giant_Drago@nonesuch.com, Wife_of_Mighty_Drago@nonesuch.com...

... might be a bit of a giveaway!

 

[Drago]

Tug bar fitted in the finger position, exactly as per fenders positioning template. Also used a trimmed down cotton bud to treat all the threads in the bride and saddles with a tiny dab of graphite grease, and I've turned them all to work it all it. Set approximate intonation using a tape measure, will set it up accurately when I have some strings.

 

[ColinJ]

And the next guitar competition is...

"Win! A Gordon Smith GS Deluxe Semi Solid worth £1,699. (This competition is open to United Kingdom residents only.)"

Enter HERE by 23:59 GMT, 7 August 2020.

PS The answer is 1974!

 

[ColinJ]

Oh, and I just spotted another couple of competitions of interest...

"Win! A pair of Neumann NDH 20 Studio Headphones worth £419. (This competition is open to United Kingdom residents only.)"

Enter HERE by 23:59 GMT, 7 August 2020.

PS The answer is 1928!



And this one from Sound On Sound magazine***...

I'm not sure how useful this podcasting system would be for musical purposes, but you'd get 4 mics and a mini-mixer recorder gadget so I reckon that you could use it for something interesting in your home studio?

"Your chance to win a superb podcasting bundle by RØDE, worth £1511."

Enter HERE by Friday, 07 August, 2020.

I don't need it so I'll pass on this one.


*** If you enter, make the effort to do a good tiebreaker. I won a synthesiser workstation worth £1,800 in an SOS competition in the late 1990s on the strength of my tiebreaker!

 

[Drago]

Thanks Colin, I've entered both.

And I'm pleased to announce that my Precision build is finished, and it sounds like a beast.