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Aussie pop siren Kylie Minogue refused to marry The Wah Band's Pete Wylie as she didn't want to be known as Kylie Wylie.

Burgundy Mist with parchment white.

I'm with Ancient Mariner on this. One of the best gigs i ever attended was the Manic Street Preachers at the NEC on the Forever Delayed tour. I wasn't a big fan of the band beforehand but walked out after show thoroughly blown away. Yet midway through the set James Dean Bradfield, an artist I now admire greatly, messed up the intro to one of the songs three times. It didn't matter. They eventually nailed and still put on a great show. I suspect Bradfield was embarrassed but nobody minded; The audience loved the fallibility and the spontaneity and I can no longer remember which song they got wrong. Ultimately, the reason for playing live is to please the audience. Otherwise we would all just stick to the rehearsal room. I appreciate the drive for perfection and that certainly has its merits but if you entertain the punters I would say that you've achieved something more important than pure technical excellence. Of course, if you can do both then you're really cooking.

I'm told I stick my tongue out when I'm concentrating. I strongly suspect I do that when I'm playing. Good job I no longer care about image.

Peter Hook of Joy Division and New Order. Very distinctive melodic playing.

Thank you. And all jokes are welcome

Here's my modest rig. Need a proper bass practice amp after blowing the Pathfinder.

Hello, I'm Steve from Droitwich. I'm 44 and been playing guitar for nearly 30 years and bass occasionally. Not played in bands since I was in my early twenties so now just a 'back room hero'! Just recently rediscovered my love of the low end. Bought the wife a no make pink P-bass copy and little Vox Pathfinder amp. She didn't take to it but it rekindled the joy of the four string for me. Today I picked up my shiny new Squier Deluxe Dimension IV in red. I've lurked on these pages for a while and decided to join as the members seem very fair minded and keen to offer advice without any of the one upmanship I've seen on other forums. Sadly, I've blown the Pathfinder up so I'm looking for a new practice amp and my guitar amps can't cope too well. I'll visit another thread for some advice on that. Cheers for now.