Twigman

We're driving to that one - 6 seat crew cab transit so we can take our own backline and kit etc for a change

At 53 I'm not quite the youngest in the band but band life is good. We've just released a new single We've got a new album coming out at the end of the month. We're playing the Lexington on halloween Magasin4 in Brussels on Nov10 Melkweg in Amsterdam on Dec15 AN Club Athens March 2 O2 Islington Academy on March 16 50s band life is good

I tire of Americans thinking they can spell

The Squier JV-P fiesta red - pic requested

I own 6:- EBMM USA Sterling4 HH black with green pearl plate Squier JV-P fiesta red Warmoth P with J neck and East pre Yellow Warmoth PJ fretlessJneck -Green Warmoth dinkyP - black with Status J neck Fender 300CE acoustic I have no interest in getting any more I have no desire to sell any

We're in our 50s and managed a 9 date tour of the west coast of USA albeit in our own hotel rooms

what's the point of having kit that you won't use?

Am I bothered if I ding my relic’d bass? It's not 'relic'd' it's just dinged. HTH

In my band everyone understands the words Quiet, Slow, Space, Atmosphere and Tension - all words that seem to draw blank expressions on many.....

I can play quietly and often do so....... I suspect it IS you

If they were covering Eagles songs and the like then it was them

It was

Sounds fun

My mate had a band which has now disbanded I think which had a great name for a bunch of codgers getting together to play: 'Old Country Union' That name always tickled me.

Plectrum generally gives sharper attack. There are some songs in my set that I recorded with a plectrum but, since suffering a neck injury that has caused a permanent numbness in my right hand and arm I find I no longer have the grip strength to hold a plectrum. Many of the ding-diggadigga-ding rhythms that lend themselves so well to pick playing can be tricky to play with fingers, not so much for the speed (although once you get to 140ish bpm ding-diggadigga-ding gets tricky) but the attack. Getting such a short sharp attack with fingers is nigh on impossible.