Just blasted legs this morning but I rarely incorporate barbell squats in my leg workout. If I do squat it’s back squats. But I predominantly focus on leg press, leg extensions, lunges, stuff leg deadlifts, deadlifts and hamstring curls.
I’m not but last time I had a drink was Feb at our xmas (yeah i know!) bash.
Hangovers now are much worse now and a quick pint just makes me feel tired and thirsty. I do love a beer as well so one never feels enough. So I dont really drink at all now save special occasions.
The secret to it all is squeezing the quad muscles at the right time .
Without telling you how to suck eggs , try positioning your feet inwards and outwards on the pad .
Post how you get on
About 5 years ago I bought this Stratocaster second hand (for £60) to practice building and working on guitars.
Someone bellend had gone at it with a dremmel and carved chinese writing into the body- it was fucking hideous and played like shit. Since then I’ve completely refinished it (back to bare wood- first to look new, then ‘reliced’ to make it look like a 60’s survivor) and spent countless hours rounding the fretboard, levelling frets and generally going over every fine detail I could find a youtube video on.
Some new pickups and tuners later it plays and sounds better than any of my other guitars (even better than my mate’s full fat £1500 Strat).
Not that I’m any kind of expert but I suggest you buy the right tools- at least a fret crowning file. I tried with flat files but without years of experience its fucking tricky- once I bought the crowning file it took about an hour!
FYI- I made my levelling beam by glueing wet and dry paper to a long spirit level- works really well. Just make sure you get the neck straight before working on the frets- I found that out the hard way and ended up taking off far more metal than I needed to.
Which Ibanez btw? I’ve got and Ibanez bass- it’s a great workhorse- so versatile.
Nice bass. You obviously know what you’re doing. I’ll risk butchering a £60 piece of shit but would be worried about going to town on anything £400+!
This is my current project btw- this one was only £30 but the neck is fucking amazing-
Fine from the front, but the neck plate is wonky on the back (I dowelled and re-drilled the neck holes- maybe too adventurous!!) I’m pretty proud of the belly cut though- all done by hand- took fucking ages! I don’t love it …yet.
Would love to see some pictures of how yours progresses
It didn’t cost that much because of the disrepair it was in. Thankfully it didn’t require a body rebuild, just needed to be stripped down and repainted, and all the electronics had to be replaced (which was a nightmare).
I only restrung it last week, and now I’m thinking the bridge and pickups might need replacing because of how it feels and sounds.
I’ve never tackled active pickups- soldering isn’t my strong point! What’s wrong with the sound btw?
It looks like a nice bass. I’ve got a GSR200 but only use it for studio work- it’s decent enough for what I need- it gets that modern sound and great for slap. I do have a sexy purple J bass though. Thinking about it, I do love that- just don’t use it much. Will post a picture at some point.