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You can always get another wife...

For such a huge event I don't remember too much. I remember my pal telling we were going as The Who were playing. Mind being broke and selling some golf clubs my old man had in the shed for the ticket. Don't recall the trip down from Falkirk or how it took to get inside Wembley , I do remember we'd been inside 20 minutes and telling my pal to wait "Right here" as I joined a queue to buy smokes; never saw him again until the following week 🤣 I mind it was bloody hot and London prices shocked me, everything was £1.50 ; Can of beer back home was 20p. At some point I ventured off the pitch and found a bar selling draught, again £1.50. It was there I saw the full horror of Bono's ego and Queen steal the show. Never was a fan of the band but the way they controlled the crowd was a wonder to behold 😎 Queues leaving the stadium were a nightmare, queue into tube station was the same. Those queues meant I missed my train but luckily the Glasgow train was an hour late so got that instead. Train was mobbed, parked my arse on the floor in-between carriages for 8 hours; tapping smokes of boy scouts heading to the lavvy for a sly puff 😀

I've been watching the BBC iPlayer. Observations? Lots of mullets. Quite a few performers long dead. US show was a shambles. U2 and Queen were great. Elton John on for too long. We were talking about the bands that didn't play (Geldolf, for instance, believed Big Country had split up).

0 to groove in 6 seconds

Photos or it didn't happen.

And this is why I can't even begin to compete.

I've never understood why some folks see Adam Clayton as an inferior bass player. To anyone who understands the subtleties of the instrument he's a very good bass player. He knows how to create a hook with his bass parts- something that eludes a lot of virtuoso players- and when U2 were at their best his bass lines and gritty tone used to really drive the songs. There's an awful lot to like about how he plays the bass.

You Can Leave Your Hat On = Joe Cocker

Did not break out of the prototype phase for now, but learned a lot. For example, I need to be much better with the drill so the boards can actually align. Need to move some stuff around, add 0.5-1mm here and there... getting there slow 😅 Having a lot of hope for the socketed testing board to try some more stuff!

Year started playing: 1999 Number of basses: 6 Music theory: 2.0 litres Technique: 4x4 Groove: about 5.5 seconds

Very nice, congratulations and a great colour combination too

Not Steve Harris I'm afraid, I've seen his signature before and its much more streamline.

It’s a great looking bass, think you made a great choice @Itamar

Hhhhhh 🤣

That's the Purple Chili stuff if you can find them used, this entire rig sold for £650:

There is no bevel visible, and it appears very thin. I think this is a proper anodized guard.

Down a third from a few years back. Bottle crashed as I neared @cetera heights, there can be only 'One' and I couldn't handle the pressure 😀

I sat now for 3 hours maybe and had so much fun playing. Thank you very much guys for your support. Much love from Israel. No piccolo and no shmiccolo.