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Just as well it wasn't Sunday, then!

Well, I decided not to go; my son was home for the week so we went out on Saturday and on Sunday I did my tax return! (Turns out I owe the tax man £30k...) I expect this may be construed as a whinge, but I didn't see anything there which really made me want to go. The previous one I went to, my head was resonating from the noise and I felt ill; folks do seem to be suggesting that the levels were an issue this time. I suppose there's a trade-off between floor space and costs.

(Sorry, 500W) So, it’s a stereo power amp output stage then.

Does it really have two separate 50W outputs?

Ah - the joy of re-buying that first guitar, which was so awful you couldn't wait to get rid of it and get something playable! (I've been looking at a Satellite bass nearby...)

I think Jimmy Bain was hard done by in Rainbow - he contributed big time to Holy Diver (which Dio said was when everything came together for him). I've still got a piece of Blackmore's guitar from their first tour (Leicester De Montfort).

I wish there was an ignore seller option.

£560 is stupid money.

I always viewed them as Dio's backing band, be it Rainbow, Sabbath, Dio proper. Did you know that Blackmore played most of the bass on Long Live Rock 'n' Roll? (I've seen Dio in Rainbow, Dio, and Sabbath.)

...and dazed.

But TBH the Gillan/Glover incarnation was the definitive one. (Steve Morse has been in the band longer than Blackmore was.)

Mark Farner isn't even allowed to mention the Grand Funk name!

I haven't had a bar for ages...

Thinking about throwing in the towel?

I think that Rossi is probably the most qualified person to use the brand.

Compost Corner!

Well, I'm not going to make it today, as my son is home from uni and I was working all week. I'll have a think about tomorrow, but I've got a load of stuff to do too, so will see if I've got time (travel is 2+ hours each way to go 40 miles and the event closes at 4).

It's been up for years.

Hmmm, I recall one of these being up fairly recently and someone saying the bridge might be worth having. I'm thinking not at that price, though. For me the whole thing is daft - the purpose of a headless is to save space, so just plonking a set of tuners at the other end of the instruments doesn't really cut it.

I'm thinking there's a reason for them being rare... (...ie. they didn't sell many!)

FYI, a U is a unit of height in an 19" rack and is standard across computing, network, AV, and musical kit.

Looks like a Chowny/Retrovibe - a fairly budget Ric "Geddy tribute" (as David Konig called it).

I still call the Post Office the GPO and my gas supplier The Gas Board!