James May

Speedy

Hello folks
I am new to your fantastic forum. It's all very interesting to me.

Anyhoo, just watching JM reassembling the strat.

Is he doing it in the correct sequence?
How would you rate his performance?

Best SD

Jalapeno

Wow that's old !

I thought he did an ok job.

prowla

As I recall, he played it really well at the end.

RickLucas

prowla said:

As I recall, he played it really well at the end.

Isn't someone else doing a "reach around" on him? 

thermionic

James May, but Ronnie Wood.

WezV

thermionic said:

James May, but Ronnie Wood.

James Woods wouldn't, but Edward Woodward

Roland

For anyone who hasn’t seen it, and ancient cretins like me whose memory is fading:
https://youtu.be/VBeLyCtKpGo?si=R_4A1ZAsIT7z-rt1

FelineGuitars

I loved that he highlighted the use of JIS screw and what they are 

One of my bugbears is people not treating Phillips, posi-drive , and JIS screws with the right tools

Musicwolf

RickLucas said:

prowla said:

As I recall, he played it really well at the end.

Isn't someone else doing a "reach around" on him? 

That's what I recall, although May does have a degree in Music from Lancaster University.

I also recall that it was a Tokai Strat.

Chalky

Musicwolf said:

RickLucas said:

prowla said:

As I recall, he played it really well at the end.

Isn't someone else doing a "reach around" on him? 

That's what I recall, although May does have a degree in Music from Lancaster University.

I also recall that it was a Tokai Strat.

As in George Tokai from Strat Trek?

hollywoodrox

FelineGuitars said:

I loved that he highlighted the use of JIS screw and what they are 

One of my bugbears is people not treating Phillips, posi-drive , and JIS screws with the right tools

I was looking at some cheaper Stanley screwdrivers on Amazon before Xmas but the crosshead ones in the set  were posi & I wanted Phillips as I thought that was the main one , ddnt know about JSI . Did we have any U.K. ones eg  whitworth Rudge like spanners etc 

m_c

FelineGuitars said:

I loved that he highlighted the use of JIS screw and what they are 

One of my bugbears is people not treating Phillips, posi-drive , and JIS screws with the right tools

What's wrong with my 30 year old crosshead screwdriver?
It's perfectly capable of rounding every crossheaded screw I find..

m_c

hollywoodrox said:

FelineGuitars said:

I loved that he highlighted the use of JIS screw and what they are 

One of my bugbears is people not treating Phillips, posi-drive , and JIS screws with the right tools

I was looking at some cheaper Stanley screwdrivers on Amazon before Xmas but the crosshead ones in the set  were posi & I wanted Phillips as I thought that was the main one , ddnt know about JSI . Did we have any U.K. ones eg  whitworth Rudge like spanners etc 

Crossheaded was far too technologically advanced for the UK.
UK was all about the single slot!

prowla

RickLucas said:

prowla said:

As I recall, he played it really well at the end.

Isn't someone else doing a "reach around" on him? 

Yep - I crossed the ball for someone to head in!

TheMarlin

James May is a grumpy old curmudgeon and a bit of a nerd. . 

He’s my spirit animal. 

DavidR

Back to screws. Before this thread I never realised that cross head screws had different names. Who knew that was a thing. Not me. Apart from Phillips that is.

That explains this then in my go-to tool box. I'd often wondered why they were all different, Just thought it's 'cos screws were all different.......


I'm sooo thick.                    Thanks tFB!

:-)

prowla

DavidR said:

Back to screws. Before this thread I never realised that cross head screws had different names. Who knew that was a thing. Not me. Apart from Phillips that is.

That explains this then in my go-to tool box. I'd often wondered why they were all different, Just thought it's 'cos screws were all different.......


I'm sooo thick.                    Thanks tFB!

:-)

As an aside, I picked up a box of rusty screw bits at a car boot sale in the summer and am using aluminium foil to clean them up.