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Beat Surrender - The Jam

Missing You - John Waite

There’s some customer service, right there. Thanks for clarifying the ‘flat’ question @skelf, every day’s a school day.

I’m Walking Backwards For Christmas - The Goons

Tea in the Sahara - The Police

For those of you who liked the Toy Matinee stuff that Guy has done previously, here’s a pretty long video about the band and recording, made by Tim Pierce, the guitarist. It features all the surviving members of that project.

Black Coffee In Bed - Squeeze

Another new one today. It might be my ears, but I’m sure Guy’s timing is a bit wayward in places on this. Perhaps it was intentional on the original.

Speed Your Love To Me - Simple Minds

Welcome to Gear Acquisition Syndrome central. Fab community here.

White Lines (Don’t Do It) - Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel

No, the Reds must’ve passed me by. However, I’ve had some acoustic strings go the green route in the past.

Sowing the Seeds of Love - Tears for Fears

It shouldn’t be hard. As @ped says, if you can’t get a tone you like from a flat eq, you’re probably on a hiding to nothing. Is there a passive option? If there is, how do the pickups sound to you unprocessed (or for a value of unprocessed)? If you don’t like the core tone of the pickups, they may not be for you.

There’s no ‘import tax’ as I understand it. However, you will have to pay 20% VAT if it’s over £135 (otherwise it’s added by the seller at source) and a lot of EU companies seem to be charging an additional admin fee to cover the extra paperwork they are now required to complete. You may also find yourself waiting for it to be delivered for longer than you expect (although some stuff seems to get through quickly).

His playing on 17-11-70 is amazing, as is his tone.

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka - The Gap Band

Tiny Dancer - EJ

Every Woman I Know Is Crazy About An Automobile - Ry Cooder Love that song, the guitar work is stunning.

Hi Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck

Git Along Little Dogies - Roy Rogers

One of my all time favourites.

If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me - The Bellamy Brothers

During my deliberations/investigations into my eventual Fender JMJ Mustang purchase, I came across these two videos. These pretty much sealed the deal for me tonally.

Not Far Enough - Sonnder (nicely covering both title and band. YMMV 😁)