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Sea Cruise - Frankie Ford

Stranger than Fiction - Joe Jackson

From the dreams on the barbed wire at Flanders and Bilston Glen From the Clydeside that rusts from the tears of its broken men From the realisation that all we've been left behind Is to stand like our fathers before us in the firing line (Slàinte Mhath - Marillion) You choose your leaders and place your trust As their lies wash you down and their promises rust You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns And the public wants what the public gets But I don't get what this society wants (Going Underground - The Jam)

54-46 (that's my number) - Toots and the Maytals

Warm Wet Circles - Marillion

This beautiful Sei Flamboyant 5. All I needed to do was replace the very meh Barts and get it properly set up. Instead, I sold it. What was I thinking?

Hold on, just going to check down the back of the sofa...

King For A Day - XTC

The Only Living Boy In New York - Simon & Garfunkel

Wishing on a Star - Rose Royce

Nipple to the Bottle - Grace Jones

Achey Breaky Heart - Billie Ray Cyrus Sorry.

I've seen worse. I can't remember when, but I'm sure I've seen worse.

Church of the Poisoned Mind - Vulture Club

Whine & Grine - The Beat

It's my trusty old Korg DT-7 tuner. Best one I've ever had, accurate and clear without having to squint. The Zoom has a tuner but peering at that tiny window would have done my head in

My stone-age gear the way I see it, I may as well use it if it still works!

"Cool, I like your Mammoth. What do the other 9 pedals do?" "Oh they're just empty boxes. I keep them there to stop me looking pretentious."

Bring Me Some Water - Melissa Etheridge

That's far too handsome to tread on

That sobbing sound you can hear is my new tiny pedalboard distraught at the idea that it might be 'pretentious'. A day old and it's labelled already. No wonder it's upset. But seriously... My tone isn't perfect by a long chalk, but this board gives me everything I need at the moment and I don't give a fffff what anyone thinks it looks like.

(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - Aretha

My new dinky pedalboard - hopefully a replacement for my Line 6 XT Live. I'd thought about it and come to the conclusion that everything I wanted could be done by just these, so I've gone minimal. Overall dimensions are 320mm W x 230mm D. The wee box under the tuner is the power distribution. 9v will come in from the PSU mounted in my rack case and gets distributed out to the pedals from here. I could have used a daisy chain but I think this is more elegant, plus it raises the tuner and makes it more accessible. I also could have mounted the PSU itself here but I didn't want a mains lead in my cable snake. In an ideal world I'd have gone rechargeable and hidden it underneath, but my pockets aren't deep enough. I'm really pleased with how it's turned out... well, mostly. My one regret is that I painted the board with household gloss paint in an attempt to get a nice shiny surface for the velcro to stick to, and it's taking aaaaaages to dry. It's been over a week and I'm still getting wrinkles and fingerprints and it's really peeing me off. It's got another week, and if it's still soft I'll junk the woodwork and re-do it. I have plenty of timber and velcro left. EDIT: sod it, I'm just going to re-do the timber anyway. I can't live with those paint imperfections.