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That was Mitch. He had to sell Hendrix's white Woodstock Strat as he couldn't afford to keep it insured anymore. An article is here: http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/jimi-hendrix-week-i-played-jimis-woodstock-strat-178118 I know Noel had to flog the Jazz bass he'd used in the Experience due to money troubles.

Using Off Topic title threads is a great idea. I'd love to play in a band that was called any of these... The Post-Gig Kebabs Completely Random Stinky Poo The Missed GP Appointments Norwich Hates Christmas (a bit like Johnny Hates Jazz but different) That's just from the first page! An embarrassment of riches.

You can always tell guitars he's worked on. I was playing a mate's Precision the other day and thought, "Hmmm, feels like Kevin."

Plank. Or Arthur.

Wonderful picture. Thank you for sharing it.

Burn the heretic!

I got as far as Toto Coelo and realised they were taking the piss.

If you search the web you'll find a couple of pics of Paul McCartney in the 60's with a capo so it's not a new thing by any means.

Pete Best, anyone? Chad Channing? Bands move on. I think the band have to realise that the music business is just that - a business. If they're going to stand a chance of realising their ambitions then sometimes hard decisions have to be made. The current bassist has had a year to get up to speed and improve as a player and has failed to do this and from what the OP says he seems blind to his faults and so is unlikely to further improve even under threat of a sacking. The band need to stop arsing about and take control of the situation. The only people who should feel sh*tty about this situation is the band themselves. They seem to have hired someone on the basis of being somebody's mate rather than playing ability. That's fine if you just want to have a laugh and play a few tunes down the Red Lion once a month but for a band doing albums and tours, it's daft. If I was in the OP's position, I wouldn't like to rehearse with the band until the issue is fully resolved. It isn't his problem and he shouldn't be put in any awkward situations. If the OP can't learn the material in time because of a tight schedule then they may have to cancel a show or two or get a pro dep in. Hopefully, it will be a lesson learned. I'd just sit it out and wait and see what happens and make no commitment until I'd been assured that the previous guy was out of the picture. I wouldn't feel bad about taking the guy's place either. He had the opportunity but didn't grasp it. Maybe you will.

Public Enemy - Public Enemy No.1 The Pipettes - We Are The Pipettes Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley Minor Threat - Minor Threat

Lukewarm water.

"Is it any good for Metal?"

You will not find a worse album cover than Virgin Killer by The Scorpions. Wrong on so many levels. I won't post an image here. The morbidly curious can do a google image search.

http://viz.co.uk/waiting-in-for-a-f***ing-parcel/

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1460444869' post='3025675'] I did hear that Page said he never heard the song/band until 2014.....even though they toured together in the 70s. Man that was some good $h1£ [/quote] Indeed. Zep have a lot of previous in "borrowing" from other artists. They even have previous of borrowing from Spirit before the whole Stairway thing. From Wikipedia:- Led Zeppelin opened for Spirit on an American tour in 1968, and also borrowed the riff of "Fresh Garbage" during early live performances of the song 'As Long as I Have You'. Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Page?

By far the loudest band I've ever seen was My Bloody Valentine at Manchester Apollo in 2008.

When Bowie did Starman on Top of the Pops he sang the vocal live and slipped in a reference to T.Rex's Get It On.

I remember that from when it went out. I'd just started learning guitar so I think that's why it stuck in my mind.

I can't seem to post a link but if you google "six great extinct Gretsch basses" it will take you a post on the Gretsch blog which has pictures of their first bass model. It was called the Bikini(!) and started production in 1961. Back to the drawing board!

Rider - four pints of flat Carling and a packet of Smokey Bacon crisps.

Despite asking his audience if they liked "good music" in his hit Sweet Soul Music, Arthur Conley was not a fan of good music himself. His favourite song was Mouldy Old Dough by Lieutenant Pigeon.

Albatross?!? - a Fleetwood Mac/Monty Python mash-up.

Is there life on Mars?

What becomes of the broken hearted?