Cliff Edge

Personal effects don’t attract any duty or taxes. And as a musician they are tools of the trade.

Allegedly the world's rarest album. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cl443d48x3yo I don’t know much about the artists although I did buy the moo moo land CD. For the kids you understand. But this, the only copy in existence, seems highly unlikely given the number of people involved in producing it.

A very uplifting thread.

You’re loading in, or out, of a pub, you’ve got your arms full of obviously unwieldy and heavy amplifier or speaker cabinet, and there’s an ugly lump of humanity in your way. And he shows no sign of moving despite looking at you. A polite excuse me, twice, and it moves just enough to let you pass. He’s just trying to impress his mates, or a woman and cause a confrontation. Small minded prick. (decode that any way you like)

Yes and the kicker is the gig is upstairs and no lift.

I went to a jazz gig outside a bar in Utrecht last year. All the band members turned up on bikes. The drummer was especially inventive stashing everything inside the kick drum and floor tom and using a baby carriage trailer.

And a much better amplifier, that 6 1/2 “ speaker won’t do you any favours.

A local chap in our village has a glorious yellow Edsel convertible. It’s a huge impressive looking boat of a car.

I’m happy to say I don’t have tinnitus but I am slightly deaf in my right ear. I use KZ ZS 10’s at home through a Focusrite for practice and sometimes hear the odd flat sounding note. But the same IEM’s fed through our mixer on a gig present no such issues. The world is weird sometimes.

164 on Freesat apparently. Hopefully they will repeat it sometime.

I was in a band that played all those artists music. We just called it country rock.

Couple of requests for a gig next week so I spent, oh I don’t know, 5 minutes, on Achy Breaky Heart/ Tulsa Time and King of The Road.

Aren’t lists like this compiled from a poll of readers? If so I doubt the editorial staff had anything to do with it.

Always a Dusty fan but there are many versions of son of a preacher man and when I started the car up yesterday Jazz FM played the very excellent Mavis Staples version.

I needed a set of Musicman Stingray bridge saddles and EB won’t supply such stuff to joe public. Andertons is an EB dealer so I approached them. And they ordered them for me. But EB took two and a half months to deliver them to Andertons who immediately forwarded them to me. Full marks to Andertons for keeping me in the picture all that time, and I would certainly use them again, but EB needs a bit of kick up the arse.

For Americana and roots stuff I often go to Kpig.com. It’s internet only and subscription (I discovered it years ago before they introduced the Sub) but it broadcasts a great variety of old and new. Some quirky presenters too.

WSM’s Americana stream is worth a listen.

If you’re of a certain age, 50’s,60’s,70’s and a bit, Boom Radio is good. DAB or via Tunin. Many of the presenters are ex pirate radio ship DJ’s broadcasting from their homes. So it’s like listening to the old Radio London, but better quality audio.

There are a number of pedal supply options that run off a portable usb power brick. That along with a wireless guitar link will isolate you from the mains but you can’t avoid the link from the pedals to a mains powered amp or mixing desk. Unless that is where you put the wireless link.

There were a number of really good local country bands packing out the London pubs in the 70’s and early 80’s. If you were any good you could easily get 7 nights a week. Most I managed in the late 70’s was a regular 4, mainly because I had to get up for work in the morning. The mortgage was grateful for the money though. Some amazing guitarists in those bands, including Albert Lee who I saw often.

Not exactly country, but that bloke in the Eagles sings nicely too.

No problem, pedant away, you are right of course. And I haven’t heard that version of Have You Ever Seen The Rain, I shall look it up, thanks.

I had this very conversation recently with my household insurer. The upshot was everything is covered in the house, and out, for items under £2000. Anything over that figure should be itemised. There was no extra premium involved. But as mentioned above, not covered if left unattended in a vehicle.

I’ve had two of the amp heads and they were very reliable and to my ears anyway a great sound. I suggest you get yourself a spare tube (valve) to carry for the pre amp, just in case. I have no experience of the speakers. I’m loath to recommend instrument cables since there are so many to choose from. Someone will be along shortly with suggestions.

Never made it there, I’ve been through Nelson a couple of times, and of course Auckland and Wellington. I’ve driven all round both Islands three times at different times of the year. Beautiful country.