Thor

Was it Jeff that said about your strings? 🤣 Great service from them, but as you say, a bit stuck in a time warp.😁

Is he the guy with the tattoos? If it was then agree - he was really informative and a really nice guy to chat to.

I was at that show, my mate managed to get front row tickets right in front of Geddy - bloody marvellous they were.

I used to be in a band with a guitarist called Rory Lyons & a drummer name of Luke Warmbathe - my name was dull by comparison so I was known as Willy Stroker🙄

I agree that it doesn’t seem like a cash in exercise and, as stated before, it strikes me as two lifelong friends that have shared interests wanting to do what they love doing - putting on a show for their fans. We all know what effect performing in front of a crowd can have on your soul, imagine being denied that feeling that you’ve lived and played for as long as these guys have. I for one am pleased they’re collaborating with other musicians, yes it’ll be a little odd not seeing Neil behind the kit, and it’ll be odd if, as they’ve suggested, they bring in a keyboard player to free up Geddy to concentrate on his bass playing. If I can get a ticket to one of the Toronto dates, I’d be there in a heartbeat.

We, Siren, played at The Constitutional Club in Chippenham Saturday night, crowd was a little on the small side but they responded well and made it a good night. Used my TT800 and BF big twin II, chose to use my surf green MIM P Bass which sat very nicely in the mix - bloody hot in there!

I can't imagine not having a bass out ready to pick up whenever I get the itch to do so. Sorry to read you're feeling that way - let's hope it's just a 'blip'? 😞

That Shaftesbury bass plays really nicely to be fair, and as stated by @Happy Jack the crack in the body hasn't gotten any worse in the 10 years I had it. Good to hear you're pleased with it Jack - and nice to meet n chat over lunch too. Thankfully no Rick related GAS has struck at the moment, I'm sure it's only a matter of time though 🙄

Two gigs for me this weekend, first was with Siren at The Boathouse, Bradford-on-Avon on Friday night - turned out to be a busy night with lots of faces recognised from our previous visits. We played pretty much all of our setlist but were cut short when the new manager turned on all the house lights and stage lights at the end of a medley that we do, we took that as a sign that he'd had enough, and so the crowd that had been up for a party all night, were calling for more to no avail!? A bit of a strange end to what had been a great evening really. Sadly no photos to share, as I was heading there straight from work I used my 'easy' rig, TT800, Big Twin II, Geddy Jazz with 70's P Bass as back up. Saturday night saw Sarum's Lot play at The Devizes Inn in Salisbury. We were asked to setup in the darts room. This was the exact opposite of the previous night where space was somewhat limited, so was a rather intimate set up for the drummer and me, leaving the guitarist to enjoy loads of room on his side of the room - in fairness to him he does tend to boogie and is much more animated than me! The crowd were up for a good time from the off, loads of singing & dancing, even some air guitar! This band plays classic rock covers and we were asked by a young lad whether we could do 'I believe in a thing called love' - we don't do it but duly had a go, and smashed it right out the park (even if I do say myself!). A thoroughly enjoyable gig with a great crowd - we all left buzzing 🙂 Same gear as previous night. Hopefully the links work😊 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16anAdo3PW/?mibextid=wwXIfr https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1F9bZbTbBw/?mibextid=wwXIfr

I really enjoy playing there - great venue!

That’s actually nicely done with the white pick up covers - I’m usually not a fan of the white covers, but in this instance it seems less invasive somehow😎👍🏻

First time I’ve ventured into this area of the forum - that’s a proper bargain, sounds great and very nice playing👍🏻😎