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Don't worry, he hasn't gone to the great gig in the sky. I saw a message on Bluesky, from Stiff Little Fingers, saying that he has announced his retirement due to health concerns. Best wishes to Bruce and here's hoping that he has a long, happy retirement.

Just be warned that you might get taken for a BMW driver

Saints by The Breeders is currently playing on Spotify.

On a Spockenbacker bass?

I think it may have been "Peggy Sue", with "All Day and All of the Night" also on the setlist.

Not Nick. Charlie.

Vase or vase?

ugh, I used to like you. 😄😋

Are you serious? That jacket looks bloody awful. Oh , you mean the bass... 😁

Imagine outing yourself as a "Friends" fan on here... oh! 🫢

Fantastic. Good luck to them for the performance.

A guy in Belfast had an expensive acoustic guitar stolen from his car, in broad daylight, not too long ago. it's just not worth it.

If, for any reason, you do decide to leave your bass in the car, make sure to leave the engine running and the radio on so that any would-be thief thinks that you are still in the car.

I don't know about next, but Stiff Little Fingers have announced their Belfast gig for next August, supported by PiL and Sham69, so yay for that!

The Wannadies - Yew and Me Song

That reminds me of the days when my mate and I would stagger home from the pub singing Beatles songs at the tops of our voices 😁

I agree about Adam Black. I haven't tried the full size guitars, but my daughter has the travel guitar and it's a cracking wee instrument for the money. Its hard to go wrong with a Yamah F-310

Someone once described my music as "sheet music". At least, I think that's what he said.

I used to work in an office above a large shopping centre in Belfast. At various times of the year there was a guy who played the tin whistle. I say played; in actuality he just played a series of random notes - no tune, no rhythm. He was really a beggar but did this so he could call himself a busker and not get moved on by the police. Then there was the guy who played bagpipes and the guys who played the pan pipes - at least they could all play, bu ti did get on your wick after a while. Lastly, there was a guy who would dress up as Santa in the run up to Christmas and sell wrapped up parcels for a quid from a sack. He would ring a hand bell that went "Klaa-dank, klaa-dank, klaa-dank". A "klaa-dang" would have been ok, but we got "klaa-dank".

Welcome!

You might need to give it a few applicatins.

Spray some WD-40 on a cotton bud and dab that on them?

I'd go with @bloke_zero's suggestion - the way you see museum art restorers doing it on paintings to remove old, yellowing varnish. try it on a small area with a cotton bud first.

If I was the singer in a band I think I would have a wooden lectern and use it as a prop. 😁

How big is that sofa in the first two pics!? 🤯