NancyJohnson

When I was doing the Eddie Roxy stuff, there was a degree of urgency in getting everything together reasonably quickly; obviously I knew Is Vic There? but for the rest of the material it was a case of tabbing off songs that were still evolving or had changed significantly from the original format. At some point you just have to decide to leave the crib sheets at home.

Looking at my gear ins/outs this year (so far) and am treating it more as an exercise in trying to keep in the black. Currently at about £75 in the red.

Odd post. Buy crap, do it up. Just buy a serviceable Squier, Harley Benton or EastCoast. And what exactly is a 'Hipshot rip-off tuner'?

Seen loads of bands where members have a pad on a stand next to their mic-stand. It's an absolute turn off for me. Would confidently say that if you need a comfort blanket like this, then you really shouldn't be gigging. Brutal opinion, eh? You learn your material, you rehearse and rehearse until the songs become muscle memory and then you go out and play live. The only prompt you should need is an A4 sheet of paper with your set list on it, beyond this, no safety net.

Mine did have the names. Scott was the white, Virgil the Hamer, the black/white Alan, and so on.

On the bee string. Chortle.

There's so many factors that can result in fret buzz; poor set up, high frets, wonky neck, wrong neck angle, action too low etc. All are pretty much easy to solve. If you're impartial to a bit of sweary media content, fire up You Tube and watch some of Milehouse Studio content from Paul Richards. He's done a series of videos fundamentally about turning around (unloved/bedroom player) guitars into decent playable instruments, using budget tools/gadgets. He makes no bones about the fact that he wants to entertain people 'while they're on the toilet at work' and regardless of the fact that his vernacular and delivery is very amusing, there's a ton of sound content in these videos; it's a lot easier absorbing these than reading how to do stuff.

Jokey aside, the red Cruisebass.

Over seven years on, the board still looks fine and dandy. I may do it again at some point, but don't think it's strictly necessary. I did my Hamer Cruisebass as well.

Gig ink.

Dare I say it, Gig Ink?

An Argosy of Thunderbirds. There were others after this, too. The Lull, the Spector, more Gibsons. Oh, an Epiphone and another Epiphone that was in bits. And another Lull. Damn.