Just done a spur of the moment purchase tonight, just ordered one in Walnut with a Rosewood neck from Andertons, free gig bag thrown in for a delivered price of £320.11.
I’m of the opinion, if you are a covers band, you play songs exact or very near to the original.
If you are covering a really well known song that has a specific riff or solo i.e. Black Dog, Walk This Way etc, it needs to be bang on IMO.
A bit of music trivia regarding Rod Stewart’s guitarists.
I’m pretty sure Robin Le Mesurier (son of John Le Mesurier, Sergeant Wilson Dads Army and Hattie Jacques, Carry on Films) replaced Gary Grainger in the band, the other mainstay guitarist was Jim Cregan.
One of my all time bands, they played at the very first Knebworth Festival in 1973, it was a joy to see them live.
Devon (son of Gregg) Allman and his band with Duane ( son of Dicky) Betts are doing a few dates in the UK in September.
Strider, one of my favourite bands at the time, very underrated.
A very good guitarist in the band called Gary Grainger, went on to play with lots of big names as a session player and tours.