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The first one of a two gig weekend today at the Eclipse pub in Loscoe, Derbyshire. We were part of The Losca Festival, a one day event to raise money for local charities. Live music from midday until late in three pubs all within about a hundred metres of each other. We did a forty-five minute set of covers starting at 4.45. Very hot and sweaty, but we went down a storm. I think the audience had imbibed just the right amount of alcohol. Unlimited free food and drinks for performers and we’ve got some paid bookings out of it.

Did the room have a staffed bar ? Daryl

BC collaboration at it's finest.

Legend, mate - cheers!

Got some baby jiffy bags here so I'll get the Colron away to you ASAP 👍

I am, yes. If you're having difficulty finding a suitable receptacle then as a whisky lover I can safely say I can get my hands on something suitable - happy to send it down to you.

Champion. I'll hunt for a slim plastic bottle, whisky miniature/hotel shampoo type. Being bald and teetotal this might take some serious hunting 😆 You still at the address I sent the Herrick to ?

I have a 4 string of this. It's seen a lot of action and shows it, but frets, fingerboard, pickups and bridge look barely used. The pretty lights work as intended. Plays great, not heavy, very useable sounds from the passive EQ.

Exactly what I started with, when I came back to the low end.

That's very kind of you, thanks! I don't need a lot - just refinishing the area you see above, some in the neck pocket and some in the holes for the neck screw ferrules. 50ml maybe? 75? I'm not very good at gauging it.

Hello back to you, also from the High Peak!

The thing is that all of those songs (with the possible exception of Jimmy Buffet's back catalogue) were f***ing great the first time you heard them! Yes, you may be sick to the back teeth of them now, but you shouldn't underestimate how good they were until you got sick of them, because you heard them so many times. Of course, this is because people overplayed these songs because they were such brilliant tracks to begin with. I have to play Stairway regularly at gigs because I'm in A Zep tribute band. Although I roll my eyes every time I have to play it, it is worthwhile because of the reaction from punters who perhaps, haven't been as over-exposed to it as much as I have been. The same thing goes for SOTW, as Dunnery says, the simple chromatic bass run up and then playing straight 8s on the root as the riff and drums build moves people in a way that all the shredders playing unbelievable stuff on social media never will.

6 gigs in last 14 days, all weddings, and all without noise restrictions (absolute miracle to get so many non restricted ones in a row) and 4 were in marquees (so much better for sound) so we we've been able to use my PA for all. Its a super simple setup of 2 x rcf 932a and 2 x rcf 905 subs run via a behringer x-air 18. All on in ears. Acoustic drums and i got to use my amp too. Lovely to have full control over sound with a simple PA that just does the job right. Pull up the band's standard scene, short soundcheck, tweak for room and away we go.

I have had quite a few Markbass cabs and amps ( Markbass 250 / LM11/ LM3 / Momark 250 / Markbass Tube800 ) I have always found the cabs to be “soft “ , and it’s only when I switched to Vanderkley Cabs and suddenly I climbed out of the mud. My small gig rig is Momark 250 pure ( no EQ ) into a EA 12 whizzy . Bigger gigs is Markbass Tube 800 into Vanderkley MNT 210 .

Sorry, I was reading this while listening to this week's Smith & Sniff Podcast - Is 'theatre work' a bit like 'track work', or 'motorway work'?

My favourite cat food is Felix. I'm assuming this is the cat food thread, but I haven't read the title or any of the posts including what the OP wrote.

Bill, many thanks. Much appreciated.

Judging by the pictures, you are very close to the edge of the fingerboard on the G side already, moving the bridge might be risky.

I was also going to recommend Armstrongs. Kent Armstrong was Dan (Danelectro) Armstrong's son so his dad knew a bit about Lipstick pickups.

I love a Sunday afternoon gig, especially when it's outside and doubly so when it's "acoustic". Lots of the usual songs, but played in an unusual way. Perhaps Sir Duke was a little ambitious - I ran out of both strings and fretboard! It was a request/challenge though and much fun was had. There were plenty of requests, and even a bit of dancing. It's great to have a good laugh when playing and there was a decent crowd too enjoying themselves. I even got to drink a pint or two for a change as Mrs Norris drove home. Stagg EUB straight into the Rumble. Converse footwear, O'Neill eye protection