Rich

See? You can check out but you can never leave. Welcome home.

https://reverb.com/item/17839883-collection-elements-water https://reverb.com/item/17839892-collection-elements-fire Now, you might think that these look like a pile of old cack, but hold on. These things have been made using a special "*EZO Energy/Space Method of wood, metal, and ctr. treatment." Yeah. Try asking Fender for that. "Modifications: mass crystallisation (wood), resonating in human emotional range." See? They're not just screwed together, they have a metaphysical birth. Well worth 120 grand, I reckon.

Now if I had said that, people would be saying "what do you mean, 'back then'..?" Now, they're thinking it.

I might bring my JayRay (OLP Ray with Jaydee fretless neck). I'll be spectating only as it's not long after my wrist op.

Another tale of two sets... Many years ago when I lived in Swindon, my blues-rock trio (Hendrix, Gary Moore, ZZ Top etc) had a booking at the Plessey Social Club... when we walked through the door, we lowered the average age in the room by about 40 years. As we set up, I could feel the glares from the light-&-bitter brigade burning holes in the back of my head. We had backline and a vocal PA only, nothing DI'd or miked up -- Steve the drummer was first to get set up, he sat down and picked up a stick and hit his snare drum ONCE... and I heard a croaky old voice from out in the shadows say, "ooh, it's a bit loud..." Predictably the first set was horrendous, every song met with almost total silence apart from a few “turn it down”s from some of the coffin-dodgers and one or two claps. One of them even walked right up to me mid-song, stuck his fingers in his ears and bellowed “It's TOO LOUD”. End of the first set couldn’t have come soon enough for me. When it did, the club MC asked if he could borrow one of our mics to do the bingo. Ye gods. Eventually we couldn’t put the second set off any longer and trudged to the stage. I was just putting my bass on when a woman approached me. I thought, if she tells me to turn it down I’m just going to pack up and sod off home. But she said cheerfully, “OK lads, all the old farts have buggered off, they only come for the bingo... you can turn it back up now”. So we did needless to say, the second set was a lot better and we never set foot in there again 

Very much depends on the size of the egg. I give large eggs 4.5 mins and they generally come out fine. Straight into simmering water. Make sure the eggs are room temp first or they'll crack for sure. Cold water brought to the boil will give you a hard boiled egg. They are horrid in every way.

Well of course. Runny is the ONLY way.

Oh god, don't they just. Every time an ERB appears on FB, they start off. It's why I made the ERB Bingo thing. Thing that always amuses me about them is that they all think they're the first one ever to say "it's a harp" or "can you play Mustang Sally on it".

Oh man. If i was a fretless-ERB kinda guy, I'd be all over that like a rash. The back is exquisite.

Sheesh. I'll take being in the background thanks, if the alternative is looking like that

Well I don't know about you guys, but conseve potato is one of the first things I look for in an instrument.

Nobody in their right mind would want to be me. Trust me. I've done it and it's not fun.

It's not about obsession or analness(??) really. It's just putting a lot of effort into something that I hope to god I will never need to use

Nah, my pics are bigger, that's all. Yours is just as good. Here's what my details pages look like.

There y'go.

Not really. Seven of the pages are photos. They are big pics

Maybe so. But if the worst happens, at least I've got actual details and pics I can take to the rozzers & Crack Converters, to show them exactly what has been pinched.

You hear horror stories about folks getting bits of gear nicked, in some cases entire van-loads. I myself was deprived of everything except my bass and amp many years ago by some lightfingered scumbag. So just in case, I have for some time been keeping a continually-updated Word document list of all my items of musical equipment worth over £50. There's a tabulated list of everything, with full descriptions and serial numbers and distinguishing features etc., plus some pages of photos. An example photo page is below, again with attention drawn to serial numbers and distinguishing marks. It takes a bit of time and care putting it together, but I think it's worth it because you never know. Does anyone else do anything like this, or am I alone in my paranoia?

@scrumpymike, likewise.

When I glanced down the topic list a few seconds ago, I read this as "2019 Gear Absinthe Challenge". I think I need a holiday.

In our secret mountaintop admin/mod headquarters the other evening, the 19th century cognac and Cuban cigars were on the go following our usual 7-course banquet** when one of my colleagues used an altogether different and rather, errm, earthier epithet than 'twerps'. I dare not repeat the word here, but suffice it to say that it was of such vehemence that charic nearly choked on a truffle and Silvia fainted. ** you didn't really think the marketplace subs were being spent on software upgrades, surely?

Band 1: 12-10-0-0 {one is a recent joiner, haven't got to know him yet} Band 2: 8-7-0-0 Band 3: 5-3-0-0 {as per Band 1} Like some of you, I could never be in a band with someone I disliked/hated. Did it once, and was glad to leave. It just makes for a poisonous atmosphere. yes, he'd have been trying to catch his piano

Was it sweary TV personality and alleged chef Gordon Ramsey?