Shaggy

This dismantling of intact instruments for parts by dealers has been commonplace in the US for a long time, and I'd be sorry if it became the norm here too Having said that, I know that anything vintage is viewed through rose-coloured glasses these days, but I never played / owned anything made by Hondo that wasn't completely cr@p. Crazy pricing

"I'm Mandy..." was the first single I ever bought! Brilliant band, although I think when Godley and Creme left much of the unique creativity went with them - "Deadlock Holiday" in particular was dire IMHO...... Surprised that no one has mentioned source of the band name yet

Saw them live around 1980 - superb Back to the OP, I know Mick Karn and Pino are the obvious contenders, but my favourite has always been Barry Adamson's bass tone and playing with Magazine. Ovation Magnum 1 with aforementioned chorus and compression.

Likewise, I saw Rush at Deeside Leisure Centre around 1979 /80, saw most of the big name rock and New Wave bands around at that time, never paid more than a fiver. These days I occasionally catch older bands playing the smaller venues (OMD most recently), wouldn't contemplate going to the bigger ones. I think tours used to be seen as potentially loss-making promotion for album sales, now like everything else it's just a money-making machine.

Going to the tip soon unless someone wants......

My roommate at Uni (1979) had the entire radio series on cassette - I think we pretty much listened to them back to back whilst indulging in a bit of wacky backy As soon as I saw it mentioned here, I heard the theme music in my head......

A good friend who had emigrated to New Zealand came back to do the custom build course with Crimson guitars - built himself a very nice "Superstrat" guit*r. Really enjoyed himself, and said how fantastic the instruction and support was.

Truly fugly, though I'm sure it sounds amazing . I'd prefer the Les Paul next to it TBH

Flightcase Warehouse full flight-case for bass guitar, really heavy duty touring quality. Some tarnishing of the plated metal parts as it's been sat in my garage for the past decade or so, but otherwise in good nick and latches functioning smoothly. Internally lined with a thin layer of high density foam; you fit foam in cut to fit your bass. External dimensions (including corner protectors) in cm: L - 120, W - 42, D - 17 Internal dimensions (cm): L - 177.5, W - 38.5, D - 12 Free for collection from near Swansea, South Wales Edit : now GONE, thanks

Agreed. If you look at high end violins, on which the flamed maple arched backs are hand carved and (almost invariably) book-matched, you'll see exactly the same

Gentleman's Relish, surely.........

If your band name happens to be "Lady Marmalade" then you definitely need this case..... Rhino cases 4u flightcase, shock-mounted with a 2.5cm layer of high density foam sandwiched between the outer shell and inner rack-mount frame to reduce transmission of vibration to your precious rack gear. Very rugged pro quality, built to take a life on the road. So not light. I bought this (on here I think) a few years ago for £50, but never used it as I sold the valve amp I'd bought it for. Definitely well used, but no cracks or issues; lids fit and remove smoothly. Rack-mounting frame both fitted front and rear. External dimensions (lids on) in cm: L: 57, W: 60, H: 29 Internal aperture dimensions (lids off) in cm: L: 40, W - 48.5 (i.e. standard 19"), H; 19.5 Free for collection only near Swansea, stickers and logos no extra charge I've also got a Castle cases bass guitar flightcase in good nick somewhere that I'll also be listing as free, will take pics when I find it

I must be naïve, as I've only ever known "growler" as slang for a pork pie.....

Really underrated cabs IMO: the Ashdown mini 4x8 and 1x15 cabs became part of my "compact" gigging rig several years ago, but were just so darn convenient to gig with that it inevitably became my main rig. The 1x15 had had its driver upgraded with a 400W Celestion neo when I had it, and I replaced the blueline drivers in the 4x8 with kevlar-coned 200W RMS non-neo units (so now 800W) They do seem to pop up FS now and again

Don't mind an f-hole personally, but I'd have to agree that there are more stylish variants

I bought a Tech 21 pedal off Dave - smooth easy deal, great communications, pedal sent swiftly and well packaged. Thanks mate!

Not as hard as you might think, certainly no harder than classical guitar. It was always an ambition of mine as I love both the instrument and that era of music. When I happened to see an old 7-course tenor lute at a local instrument dealers stall at Pontardawe Festival one summer I had to have it (turned out to be a nice one; a 1966 Harwood & Isaacs), and I just worked through Diana Poulton's "Tutor for the Renaissance lute" which is excellent, and there must be so much more teaching available on the internet these days. Good thing is most lute music is written in tablature form, and many of the loveliest pieces are very simple ones; Renaissance music was in many ways just an evolution of folk dances and songs. You should try again! The Early Music Shop does self-build lute kits. Mandolin is lovely too, mind - I have far too many of those as well.......

I think this thread has now simply morphed into "Daily annoyances" / Off Topic