PaulWarning

we've been asked on a handful of occasions in about 600 gigs to have equipment PAT'd and once to have personnel liability insurance, not once have we been asked for proof it's been done.

I wouldn't know tbh, what I do know is I really enjoy a pint of Rockin' Robin and Olde Trip, I don't enjoy Greene King's ales like IPA and Abbotts, they have a funny taste to them YMMV

well that's my theory, it's very similar ( the same IMO) to Olde Trip, made for the Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem when it was owned by Kimberly Brewery (Hardy Hansons), more info on this fascinating pub and a photo of the Olde Trip beer pump for bass players not familiar with Nottingham's most famous drinking establishment. https://thirdeyetraveller.com/ye-olde-trip-to-jerusalem-england-oldest-inn/

Rockin' Rudolf is a very pleasant festive offering from Greene King, I don't normally like their beers but this one is Kimberly Ales recipe (I think) a local Nottingham Brewery they took over (closed down) a few years ago

Don't you just hate it when a cack handed player has to use a right handed guitar 😂

I get fret buzz when I put new strings on, they soon bed in, I use DR neon's and it really shows up how the strings wear when they touch the frets, like a little groove

tricky, we've had a few girlfriends turn up for practice sessions in the early days of a relationship, however, they soon get bored and stop coming to rehearsals, if they started expressing an opinion it's a different ball game though

perhaps as well he didn't, they may not have lasted 10 years if he had, many a band has broken up because of too many opinions, or musical differences as it's called

I use a Behringer UM2 plugged into my laptop, I used to use a Behringer BDI21 to spice things up a bit, but since I bought a pair of audio technica WS1100 headphones (rare and not cheap) I don't need to

I'm the only member of the band that could be arsed to join the PRS, so I credit all the songs to me, what little royalties we actually make I share with the rest of the band. I write most of the songs, but everybody usually has some input

I replaced my ageing Sennheiser HD280pro's with audio-technica ATH-WS1100's, bit over budget but the difference in the bass response is breath taking. I use my headphones for practice a lot with the Sennheiser's I always struggled to get decent bass even with effects pedals, but the Audio Technica's sound great plugged straight in to my laptop via a Behringer UM2 interface

sure it's not cola from a dispenser? must be a close run thing

how much a landlord makes drinks is dependant on what deal they're on as regards leasing, those that actually own the building can probably get beer for not much over £1 a pint, that's how the much maligned Mr Wetherspoon does it, those who are tied to a pub company find it very difficult, of course most of them get a bit back with an entertainment allowance. We play regularly at a pub, or did before Covid, that didn't have nearly enough people in it to buy the extra drinks to pay our fee, kept getting asked back because the landlady liked us and she didn't foot the bill

I think he feeds into the narrative that the little bloke can improve a big manufacturers product, who've spent a lot of money on R and D btw. In most cases they can't

I would think so, the Chequers, opposite the Hop Pole

yes, to be fair the landlord was very apologetic

well that was a first, playing a local pub, the place rammed, the band were rocking, everybody singing along, just before the break a fight broke out, nothing really nasty, just half a dozen drunks, PC Plod were called, 4 cars turned up with 8 police, arrested 2 of them and said we couldn't carry n with the gig!

can't think of any that I'd want to do that haven't, there's a few I love playing but we don't anymore because, inexplicable, they didn't go down very well, the Lemonheads version of Mrs Robinson springs to mind, real fun bass line. Another Girl Another Planet, never went down that well, just because we enjoy playing them doesn't mean the crowd will enjoy them

I usually find stuff cheaper on ebay than Amazon, delivery not as good, but if you're not in a hurry it doesn't matter

it was a rhetorical question, according to @paul_5 who does work there, they're not as bad as rumour would have you believe, but that doesn't fit the narrative "large successful company, must be a right bunch of bastards who exploit the workforce"

we've got about 1 million vacancies in the job market, everywhere you look firms are advertising for staff, if Amazon treated their staff anywhere as badly as some would like to think, why would anyone work for them?

I'm with @paul_5 and @Maude I think there's a lot of Social Media and paper talk about about how bad working conditions are, a few disgruntled employees spreading malicious gossip maybe, I don't blame any company for paying as little tax as possible, who pays more tax than they need too? it's our inept politicians fault for not being able to stop it

he certainly is, the was why I posted the picture, apart from it's of Boris, I'm sort of guessing he's not really a guitar player 😂

well I reckon they've just sped it up by a factor of 10 😊

@mlauritsen ought to be thankful he's not in a band with this guy 😂