Rich

32 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

 

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/legendary_guitar_builder_john_diggins_known_for_making_tony_iommis_old_boy_sg_has_died.html

21 hours ago, taunton-hobbit said:

I wish Rod Stewart would stop doing old swing stuff

 

He can do crooner stuff because there aren't too many high notes, and his voice is too shot to do his own back catalogue... a friend of mine saw him live a couple of years back, and said some of the old songs had been transposed down so far they were almost unrecognisable.

Personally I think he should retire and stick to making model buildings -- from what I've seen, he has an astonishing talent for it. 

I haven't seen a single second of the Hootenanny so I can't comment on it specifically. From the sound of it however, I would have watched Rick Astley instead anyway. His voice these days is fantastic. I was dragged to see Take That a couple of years ago, Rick was the support and for me he stole the show completely.

Great night in Bradford on Avon with the ska band. Half judgment half luck, we managed to time it just right with the last song of the set finishing a couple of minutes to midnight... countdown, skanky 'Auld Lang Syne' and then straight into a few more tunes. Crawled into bed at five to three. 

Too old for this sh*t I'm getting. 

Our Lips Are Sealed - Fun Boy Three / the Go-Gos

Land of Confusion- Genesis 

I Touch Myself - Divinyls 

Outstanding. My favourite BJH. I saw that lineup in the 80s, first laser light show I'd ever seen. Mind blown.

Saturday Night Fish Fly - Louis Jordan and his Tympany Hive

I've got a great idea. How about we

(and it's a radical plan, so concentrate)

How about we

(here goes, deep breath)

get back on topic and stop this ridiculous feckin Laurence Logic arguing over pointless, irrelevant, nitpicking minutiae?

Good plan, yes?

My Wal Pro 2E sounds like nothing else. Other than another Pro 2E, perhaps. All my other basses sound a bit generic to a greater or lesser extent, due to their standard pickups, eqs, etc. The Wal, though, is on its own. Idiosyncratic and characterful. It doesn't get a lot of (i.e. any) gig action these days, as its soaring value means I'm wary of taking it out. Maybe this year I'll give it a whirl. 

Skint & Minted - Libertines 

54 minutes ago, nikon F said:

what channel was that? 

More to the point, which BJH? The original lineup, the post-Woolly one, or one of the two acrimonious-split versions?

18 minutes ago, Old Horse Murphy said:

Whatever it is, it's got to be better than Cliff....

Abso fuppin lutely. 

Breaking into uncontrollable laughter at the merest sight of the phrases "best for metal?", "waste of TIM" and "Mark King or Flea?", none of which make any sense to anyone outside these premises. 

It's no worse than the Sadowsky headstock, and a bazillion times better than the Alleva-Coppolo one. IMO anyway. 

Going, Going, Gone - Luke Combs

My only substantial musical purchase this year has been my Spector Q4, and its subsequent upgrade bits (bridge, Gotoh tuners, full-fat EMGs yet to be fitted). To say I am chuffed with it is a maHOOsive understatement. It's now my go-to 4 string, in fact other than my Shuker (go-to 5 string) everything else is gathering dust...  figuratively anyway. 

Diamonds and Pearls -  

I've been using the same set of Sennheiser HD280pro cans for nigh on 30 years. They're on their second headband and third set of padded ear bits, but they still sound the absolute business. I would recommend them highly. 

Another great ska night at my local social club. Everyone else's turn to do the long drive normally I'm the one with the 2 hour round trip. Utterly lovely sound from the SpectorGenzBarefaced trio of doom, as ever. My send/return stomp has developed a fault, so there's a little job for some point before NYE. 

I'm trying not to, but Mrs Rich keeps showing me these houses she's finding at the other end of the bloody country...

I'm lucky enough to be in two completely brilliant bands. My great fear is that if I lose them for any reason (e.g. moving out of the area), I'll never find anything again. My age is against me, for starters. 

@mckendrick. Long time lurker but a supporting member. I understand he'd been very unwell.

Alien abduction.

Just sayin'.

Saturday Night Fish Fry - Louis Jordan