hiram.k.hackenbacker

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.

@Dazm66 +1 for a lot of the reasons given above. There and back the same day (possibly twice) sounds like a small price to pay for the assurances you want. Either that or buy one from Thomann and if you don’t like it, you can send it back.

Snake Oil.

£75 from Thomann

The updated version is this one…. https://www.airturn.com/collections/bluetooth-pedals/products/airturn-bt500s-2-controller

I was going to jump straight in here and say that I’ve only ever had one, because it’s the only one I’ve ever had, it’s bombproof, ultra reliable and still going strong 6 years after I bought it from Thomann. However, it appears the ‘Airturn BT200S-2’ is no longer available. I’ll have a look and see if I can find one somewhere.

‘Solid wood quality, fine workmanship, quality guarantee, free delivery’. Well, I guess the free delivery statement could actually be true 😂.

That’s just too f***in’ cool for school 🤘

Yes, quite. Very tempted by one of those myself, but I have other Darkglass stuff that kind of negates me me buying one. I wouldn’t be as foolish to suggest that I don’t ’need’ one 😂 - it’s just a little harder to justify 😎. I would think Darkglass would be quite keen to resolve the issue as well.

Oh no Mart! That’s not good. Hope you get it sorted.

There was a blurb in Rolling Stone from Zak. Seems like he’s over it. The Who don’t exactly have a hectic touring schedule at the moment. I’m sure he has something else lined up already.

He wouldn’t hear that through his IEM’s.

My drum knowledge is not exactly tip top, but it looks like his kit (at the RAH) was an electric one. Cymbals look like the black ones that you usually see with an electric kit.

There is a massive picture of a reel to reel AEG taking up the whole page.

Do you realise your signature takes up the whole screen on a tablet?