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Thanks. I'll have to carry on the search then. Everywhere seems to be quoting 1-2 months for stock

Saw a Facebook post at the weekend to say Rick died on Friday. Sad news as The Tubes were such an influence on my band back in the day

Stupid question of the day, but will any latching footswitch work with the M500v2? Just acquired one without a footswitch and they appear not to be in stock anywhere, so unless there is something proprietary in the Darkglass switch I have a spare Boss pedal I could use. (So why don't you just try it Alan!? 🤔) I can see what looks like three different 'lights?' apparently for Power On, Microbes, and Mute so wasn't sure

We did a short (but probably still too many) CD run for my main band's EP. They go in one's & two's at gigs and were probably more us (me) being an old f@rt that wanted to have a physical disk. Also sold for a set price on BandCamp and on streaming services through Distrokid. Had a few sales from d/l's and the princely sum of $8 gross for around 2000 streams in the first few months. Cheesy Christmas single coming later this week By contrast for the prog project one of the guitarists & I just released went to Bandcamp as "name your price" and to streamers. No numbers for the latter but a few sale for the former. I doubt I'll be retiring on either

Francis Dunnery's blues project Tombstone Dunnery @ Trading Boundaries on 19 Nov

Finally finished and released the first album In The Box for a proggy project I've been working on called The Volunteer Club with one of the guitarists from my main band. Please with the way it has come out. https://thevolunteerclub.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-box

Oops overslept 🤦🏼‍♂️ see you eventually

If I bring one it’ll probably be the baby rig…One10 and Aguilar TH350

Doesn’t hurt to bring an amp, but not essential. There’ll be an amp nearby, but if you set up an amp and basses in the big hall then there’s something to try stuff through

Having been told by an audience member in the break that we were the best band that'd played the pub, after a set that had been a motorway pile up (forget car wreck) with a band I sometimes stood in with, I have learned just to say "thanks" and walk on, never believing a word said 🤣

Sadly no Winger anymore as it wasn't economically viable for them to come over In the meantime I have got tickets for Tombstone Dunnery (Frank D's blues project) again @ Trading Boundaries. Also seeing Rich Hall in Bognor in October - last time we saw him it was a set of comedy and a set of improvised songs with his band

Skid Row & Winger @ Chalk in Brighton followed two days later by Tiger Moth Tales + Magenta @ Trading Boundaries. Also just got tickets for Nik Kershaw @ The Factory in Worthing next April

Blimey I didn’t think I’d been doing the buzz cut all those years ago! Fun day as ever, and before the GAS had hit so only my baby there as my then only bass iirc. Plus ca change 🤣

I’d better remember to bring it then 🤣 Found it in the garage recently and moved it to my gear stack in readiness - though that’s still no guarantee that I won’t leave in a rush after a late night at Trading Boundaries the night before and forget it 🤦‍♂️

Next up is Big Big Train in Southampton, well near anyway 😁

Should have posted this before Thursday, but we spent the last two nights at Trading Boundaries to see both nights of Barock Project supported by Aaron & Ethan Emerson. Great venue and a great & very talented young(ish now) prog band from Italy. The venue is not huge (probably 150 max dining with room for a few more with standing tickets) but good sound and lights and puts on a good selection of originals & tributes in a marvellous atmosphere. It's in an old Georgian house, that also houses quirky sales rooms , a Roger Dean Art Gallery, and has recently opened a small boutique hotel that might be nice for future events It's the only venue that Barock Project have played in the UK, mainly because the owners love the band so much they fly them over and put them up for the gig - and I lay some claim to that having lent the drummer in the prog band I play with a couple of their albums years ago, he's mates with the venue owners and said to him "you've got to hear this band..." and so it came to pass. Back in October for Tigermoth Tails & Magenta

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