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😞 Sad day... Just look at him play has made me re-start all my right hand technic from A to Z. I discovered him really with Hiromi and the trio project, and had the chance to see them live. What a music lesson... RIP Mr Jackson and thank you for all..

Just out of interest I thought I'd ask DuckDuckGo's AI for recommended wattage for a guitarist in a pub Those poor drinkers! Sadly/Fortunately even as I type this they may well fix it: check for yourself.

Ace photos, thanks!!!

That is the bezel I have - I didn't get the screws from there at the time as I didn't know I needed them until I tried to fit them, and then I didn't go back to get them as it is £17 for two screws!

There are some in the UK. Used to own one and IIRC the person I sold it to was also in the UK.

It has been an absolutely crap period for losing bassists of lately .

Doh! Someone messed that up; there's also supposed to be a Gnd wire to the Treble pickup surround held in place by the screws/springs. RickySounds (and other suppliers) will be able to supply exact parts or they are a stock US bolt. If you do go to RickySounds, I'd suggest getting there bezel too; I have one on one of my Rics and the price is very reasonable. https://www.rickysounds.co.uk/product/4003-4001treble-bezel-cove-chrome/

Oh that's so sad to hear.

I think of the music I listen to and would like to play as Art rather than Entertainment but I am not an artist.

Larkin Poe Friday night at the big Academy, and one of the most accomplished gigs I've ever seen. Wasn't over-familiar with the material, bu it didn't really matter, just a joy to see that level of effortless-looking musicianship. The sound was very good, and I didn't even need my attenuators for most of it (obviously the levels went up towards the last four or five songs, so I slipped them in for that, but I hadn't needed them prior), especially for the half-dozen bluegrass songs done around a single mic with acoustic instruments only...which brings me to a bugbear of mine: people who pay good money for concert tickets and then yak ALL THE TIME. I moved twice, once away from a pair of old farts propping up the bar not even facing the stage who were clearly half-deaf, judging by the volume of their conversation: there's a bar just outside the concert space where they could have had this essential conversation AND still heard the band, but nope, despite a good deal of shushing (especially during the very quiet bluegrass section) from various people they just battered on oblivious. My other half stopped me going over to them to point out (in short sentences) their massive lack of consideration, we just moved, unfortunately by a couple who were clearly on an early date, sadly the bloke couldn't stop himself parping on every ten seconds, to the decreasing delight of his paramour. I was taken by the arm and we moved again, and all was well. TLDR: if you like something very, very polished and accomplished from Nashville, Larkin Poe get a big thumbs-up from me...

Yeh, mine is the older type with the plastic arch. I have a replacement inner bezel liner to fill the gap, which is when I realised I needed the screws. With the size though I have found some at a much more reasonable price

Nooo! 😢

Done that many a time back in my youth

Most of us are self-deprecating by nature, especially Brits... When I changed career paths at age of 25 and went from being a bank clerk to a mainframe assembler programmer, I struggled to call myself a 'computer programmer' for quite a while. Later, when I started singing lessons and started perfroming in concerts regularly, I struggled with calling myself even an 'amateur musician' and definitely not 'musician'. I think the terms musician and artist get tangled up with various layers of meaning. Those terms apply at many different levels and often people use the terms solely for what you might call the 'elite' levels, whereas as they apply to all/most of us at any level. I play or sing then I'm a musician - doesn't mean I get gigs at prestigious venues. I'm a serious amateur photographer and I have had work in exhibitions, so yes in that context I'm definitely an 'artist'. Do I make a living out of music or photography? No. And perhaps that's what people are thinking when they use the terms - they are applying them to professionals who make a living from their activities.

Mr Blue Sky - ELO

The absolute best of the best. So much great music over an incredible career. I got to see him with Petrucciani and Gadd. A memorable experience. Such a talent. He will be sorely missed.