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Is that you in the pic (on El Cap)?

Go and find one then. The night is still young!

1st is from '78 - earliest picture on my i-pad. 19 at that time 2nd is from June this year, making me 66

Definitely makes me feel like a shortarse.

Unfortunately the Barclaycard left some clues. Despite my subconscious GAS denials.

Ah ok so not quite as tall as Pino. Still not short though.

Actually, he's nearly 6ft 3in.

You still think 'I wonder where they came from?'

Monster (What's That Coming over the Hill) - The Automatic

One of the first gigs I played in around 1980 I think, Polesworth Working Mens Club. Last gig I played, charity event for Capital 1 in a big tent in Nottingham somewhere around 2020.

John Mayer? Mahoosive bloke!

Is it the angle or is this guitarist taller than (6ft 7ish) Pino?

John: 🎶"Pino, your dinner's ready!"🎶 Pino: "Ya what..?"

Indivisible volume settings. Whether on amp, stereo or tv, volume should always be on (ideally) an even number, but at least one that can be divided by more than 1. prime numbers are right out…

This was common in the days before 3 wire mains cables were used, which insure that all devices are properly grounded. But it usually presented a problem only if one was holding a guitar and touching the mic. Just holding a mic should never present a problem. Even if the mic body is receiving current she would have to be a path to ground to feel anything. Have you had someone else hold the mic to see if they feel it?

This is odd. There is no reason that the singer should get a shock from a mic unless there is a fault on the mixer and that would be unusual. You need to measure the voltage between the mic grille and earth. It should be very small, millivolts ideally.

Pardon?

Fortress Flashback I think it was called? Warwick build with a retro-esque look. Remember them being available in the late 90’s, but not for long. Nice basses.

Considering that I've been playing in bands for almost 50 years now, I have only been in one acrimonious split. It brought about the end of a band that I had been involved with for 13 years through numerous line-up changes that had seen every member except me replaced at least twice and had left me as the "de facto" band leader, although I had always been one of the main motivating forces behind the band. The falling out occurred between myself and singer, who was a complete diva and simultaneously very insecure musically, unlike me who knew exactly what I wanted musically and if anyone didn't agree with me, then they could f- right off. (I'm a lot more relaxed these days.) I had actually tried to leave the band a few months earlier as I had become completely fed up with having to organise the other band members musical lives, but they had talked me out of it and things were actually looking quite promising as we were on the point of securing a development deal with a studio owner who was also a member of a reasonable successful 90s band. I don't recall what set the agreement off, and therefore it was probably something completely trivial but it ended up with the two of us screaming at each other. This happened at my house where we also rehearsed and recorded and I'm surprised that none of my neighbours called the police thinking there was a domestic going on. Eventually the singer stormed out and the rest of the band made their excuses and left looking very sheepish. Considering how desperate the singer had been to "make it" at the time, as far as I can tell, she's done almost nothing musical since. I've run into her twice in the last 20 years when we have said "hello" to each other and that's been it. Interestingly the demise of the band led to a very interesting musical development which involved being asked to put together a retrospective CD compilation by the very first band I was in for a US indie label and took up the best part of the next two years of my life. When I was ready to join another band I found one where I could just turn up and play bass and not have any involvement beyond that. That kept me occupied for another 4 years until I joined The Terrortones.