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I'd pre-ordered and received it on physical media before this was announced 🤷‍♂️. Bit of an unusual move for the ZFT, but I would have bought it anyway.

They are all just freakishly good. I saw them live fairly recently and was not disappointed. I played that first album to death when it was released. Still have the vinyl today.

Really enjoyed that.

That stance does not fly in my part of the world. I'd go as far as to say being in one band and one band only is not the norm at all.

Are these other projects more interesting/lucrative though? If so, I struggle to see why they turn up at the one that apparently isn't? Some people are just bone idle and there's no motivating them. I manage that by not being in the same room with them. If you can see my sig, you'll see that I'm in four bands and dep in two others. Most of the people I work with are the same. The one thing they all have in common is they love playing the music. Without that, you're on the back foot from the start. As @Lozz196 said, dedication + application and turn up with your game face on every time.

A £53 off target type bump.

Amazing work everyone. Over 70% to target. Keep it going.

Well, that’s just fabulous isn’t it. Never heard of them before, but I will be hearing a lot more. Knew I recognised that electric guitar from somewhere. Robert Fripp. Thanks Wikipedia.

Just chipped in. Wishing you all the best @lee650.

I like that song too. I may well suggest that. Cool idea. Thanks 👍

They didn’t take much learning, but the two new ones in the set for one of the bands I’m in are Red Light Spells Danger and You Should Be Dancing. Sounds pretty boring, but the band are a ten piece with brass and percussion and they both sound flippin’ ace. Gigging them tomorrow.

That was meant to be t w a t

Hang on, the band at the outset was you and the drummer? I would be having a significantly memorable conversation with the twit.

I'll be 60 next year, so I guess I almost qualify for this. What keeps me in the game is the guys I play with. Consummate professionals each and every one. I cannot think of one bad word word to say about any of them. They give everything at each and every gig. They are the first to criticise themselves and applaud the effort of others. I really can't ask for more than that. I know the bubble will burst one day when someone hangs up their spurs, but for now, I'm the happiest guy.

I just have to listen to the original theme and it's like going back in time. Troughton and Pertwee were my Doctor's. I had the good fortune to meet Jon and he was just the nicest guy. There was something calming about listening to the way he spoke. Absolutely captivating.

Our EVRI driver is amazing. We usually cross paths with her when we’re out walking the dog in the morning. She will always wave us down and let us know whether she has anything for us and if she has, roughly what time she will make it to our house. A truly lovely human being.

There’s a Spector at a certain UK dealers that I’m hoping someone will buy so I can’t/don’t. I would say only harder to sell in so much as you have to exclude 4 string only players as potential customers.

Ooh nice. what you getting?

Just in from a gig. I dep for this rock band and the gig was at a pub I've never been to before. Parking was ace. Double gates into a spacious yard and a short load in through the back door. These small things make a gig so much nicer. I set up and did a line check. Despite everything being on its usual settings, the bass sound was monstrous. Maybe too loud I thought. It was a raised stage and hollow as far as I could tell. I use a cab isolator anyway, but the sound was HUGE. The opinion from those out front was that it wasn't too loud, so I left things as they were. Truth be told, I'm not a massive fan of most of the songs this band do. If I never play Long Train Running and Play That Funky Music again, it will be day too soon! The said, I did get to play Black Velvet for maybe the second time ever and that sounded great. I take repeated calls of 'one more song' after the encore as a good night. We left it at that. For the most part my signal line was: Shuker JJ Signature Precision > Darkglass Microtubes 900 v2 'Euryale' > Barefaced Big Twin Gen III Some effects were sporadically deployed.

@Beedster I’m with you there. My previous experience with UPS meant I went elsewhere with my latest USA shipping query. Despite DHL’s web site stating they ship The Rolling Stones’ gear all over the world and Joan Jett endorsing them, it seems when you actually speak to them in person, they can’t get their heads around the import code thing and the ramifications of getting that wrong even if it does make it across the pond. Luckily both @Beedster and I were dealing with original manufacturers that you can have a dialogue with (Alembic and Status) otherwise both of the basses in question would probably still be in a customs warehouse.

As @Beedster said, I wouldn’t be in a hurry to sell across the Atlantic again after my most recent experience with UPS. I was contacted just last week by a potential buyer for my Spector and after a lot of homework I concluded that it was far too much hassle. Funny enough, I spent about an hour wading through all the terms on the DHL site and even spoke to them directly. If you are going ahead, the advise I had was to obtain a manufacturers material data safety spec to negate much of the nonsense that US Customs will present you with.