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His shop was where MyDentist is now. He sold Akai VHS machines and rented out tapes - remember Jock getting Cannibal Holocaust and I Spit On Your Grave from there, my dad had no idea of the content! He only had the shop for a couple of years before getting sick of it, probably by beginning of '83. And the Private Shop was where the Caspian is now - had a black front. And it moved to Brook Street later. It's probably a barber's now...

Stripped and re-waxed the body… cleaned all the hardware…. The neck has come up lovely…. Ibanez definitely put the money into the neck materials, because the body is a right lump of low grade mahogany. Anyway, it’s taking shape

A fairly long trip to Bridlington in god awful storm weather last night for Glam Viva. A great venue, the Black Lion in the old town, first visit for us. A great venue with a small theatre type arrangement. Unfortunately the weather had put off a fair few punters so it was only about half full, fortunately those that braved the onslaught were up for it and danced the night away. Only negative of the night was the outside door that let water through due the the storm and wet my clothes through in the changing room so had to drive home in 70s glam wear……

You've missed a trick not calling yourselves 'The ileagles'

Private wedding in Llangollen town hall. Big boomy space, but we had a big pa. all fine from that pov…. but….my amp / cab died after just as we were about to start the first set. i was using my Peavey mini max 500 into my BF retro 2x10. the power light on the amp briefly went from blue to red, then i smelt something burning…: I was literally running both gain and master vol at a little over 1/4 with all EQ flat, so nothing loud at all. also using keeley compressor and boss oc 2, but that wasn’t being used at that point so I can’t see that I’ve overdriven the preamp or anything…. the amp still powers up etc but no sound. A bit confused really…. 2 gigs next week so may be looking to buy an amp or cab, depending on what I find later…. i just turned it all off and as i was in the pa via my sans amp, i just used a powered wedge for on stage monitoring to get though the gig…. ive brought it all home so im shortly going to try some fault finding…. I have a TE head and cab here also so can try peavey into TE cab and TE amp into BF cab to try and workout what’s broken. Hassle I don’t need.

Thanks. Already have, I have a Big Sky etc.

I’m still convinced it was Brook st , what was your dads shop, would I remember that on Boughton then ?

the purists are moaning that it isn't the correct neck shape but I love mine and it does sound really good. I love the neck shape too I changed the pickups in 2 of the others and the volume pot (the original is 500k and it should be nearer 250k and they both sound much more May like My forth one is signed by Brian and hangs on the wall

Check mA rating per outlet. Some digital effects are demanding.

Not just bass, sadly. Pushing upper mid frequencies on voices "to make them cut through the mix" and making them sound plastic and harsh, boosting highs on acoustic instruments and drum overheads to the extent that the sound could strip paint, etc, etc. The list is endless.

Getting excited, huh? I've been ordering and collecting parts as the graphite necks are nearing completion, and my walnut body by @Silky999 is also nearing completion. You can see where I'm going here...

So, in fairness to Andertons, they didn't promise to have it there for me, so I can't complain when it wasn't ! "probably in the warehouse behind a pile of deliveries, awaiting unpacking ", was the comment. Hoping to hear about shipping to my home, quite soon. Will report back .

It isn't as extreme, but point taken. Virtue signalling (the desire to demonstrate to the world that one has the "right" views and mindset) is everywhere.

Old Shep — Elvis

Good call and provided you can stack them vertically without the risk of them falling on someone, you'll have a driver at or close to ear level, which will enable you to hear what you're doing more easily.