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Ooh, now that looks ace. No relicing for me, the juxtaposition of the shiny chrome against the distressed body works perfectly.

Or used a pick like Carol Kaye, who played all those bass lines anyway. 😂

I fitted a BT1 extender to my Jake which the spec says is 17.5mm, the same as the HB1, and it fitted fine. IIRC the screw holes lined up. Funnily enough, I was looking at the Ultralights myself today and I came to the conclusion that they wouldn’t fit without some fettling of some description.

But criticising The Hootenanny is as traditional as, well NYE itself and frankly there’s normally bugger all else to watch, so perhaps it’s not as bad as we think (no, it is ).

Inverted? Hmm, on second thoughts, maybe not. 🥴🤔

Evening gigs are a pain for that, I seem to spend my day sitting around waiting to pack up and go. My main band is going to try and do more Sunday afternoon work this year, which will cure that; love an afternoon gig.

Non existent - again!

Peter Gabriel - Us. An overlooked album in his canon IMO. If instrumental guitar music floats your boat, Lari Basilio - Far More (featuring Nathan East, Vinnie Collaiuta and Greg Phillanganes as the backing band). Steven Wilson - To The Bone from 2017.

What’s your preferred genre?

If only. Members of my bands are always off playing with function bands they’re also members of, which are booked months in advance (mostly repeat bookings), that leaves me at home moaning about the musical entertainment on TV. For light relief, I watch Hotel Mumbai last night 😱. Dev Patel is talented actor and no mistake. A well made film about something totally awful.

And he can still sing too. There's an ageing portrait of him somewhere, no doubt.

Nice thread cross-over there Silivia.

My bingo card certainly had at least two ‘numbers’ unchecked.

Rien de Rivron 😱

MMXX!

And what was up with that snare sound? Yep, another year, another moan about the mix on Later. When will they learn? It was the same awful mix on Graham Norton too, Mel C’s vocals were lower than the synth backing.

It's just occurred to me that there's a way for us to enjoy the hootenanny (see get sloshed). Hootenanny bingo! Make a bingo card of the acts and/or anything else you expect to see and cross it off when it occurs, whilst taking a drink for every cross. Now that's entertainment! 🥴 Happy New Year, everyone. 🍾🎉

😮 Colour me surprised (not). Nothing against Ms Turner, she's very talented, but you'd think they'd shake it up a bit occasionally.

I'll flick in and out, no doubt. But I'm guessing when I turn it on, I'll get what seems to be a repeat of all the previous years: Ruby Turner, shoe horned in boogie woogie and half cut interviews with the likes of Roland Rivron, etc.

It certainly has that, what I call, Town Like Malice/Pump It Up tone, which says P to me.

Exciting times, looking forward to the review.

Basschat for the win, no surprises there.

All cheeses are the same and smell better the further you get away from them.

If a P is Gloucester and a J is Cheltenham, is a PJ Longlevens or Bamfurlong?

Tell us how they sound at predetermined distances.