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The lens of a taxman is that something that is legal is fine. In many companies, it is the employees who create the wealth. The owners enjoy it. That's, of course, mildly facetious but a successful business is not necessarily taking many risks. Employees are also risking their livelihood too. I've yet to meet a businessman who wouldn't shaft his employees for his own advantage. That's my taxman experience based on a different business every day for nigh on 10 years. Again, avoidance is fine. It is for governments to address it, if it is perceived to be problematic. My only gripe, and it applies to absolutely everything, is that everyone is treated exactly the same. Ah Utopia!!

No problem at all acoustically, although you'll need to find a way of stopping your amp from falling off the top of the cab.

No problem at all acoustically, although you'll need to find a way of stopping your amp from falling off the top of the cab.

No problem at all acoustically, although you'll need to find a way of stopping your amp from falling off the top of the cab.

No mirth to be detected - for once it is intended to be a serious and hopefully useful suggestion, you old fart

Looks good, have you used it?

Whilst I detect a little mirth in this suggestion, my initial reaction is, “Ooh, good idea, I could sit on it too!” Aging bodies suck 😖.

Fartin’ Turner

And following on from the above: Bark Knopfler.

Take something like this with you? https://www.argos.co.uk/product/2026642

crank up a 300W ampeg SVT against a 300W class D and I assure you there will be a difference.

It’s certainly true that a valve amp of a quoted wattage will sound significantly louder than the equivalent solid state amp of the same quoted wattage.

I have visions of something suitably Spinal Tap if they were available .

As my older brother keeps telling me "i don't eat unhealthy crisps, i eat potato snacks" Dave

A big step up to a high stage is a pain in knees going up and jumping down is likely to cause all sorts of damage. Steps at the side are the way of the future, good planning by the venue. 👍

On stage sockets is a must. I hate gigs that have 2 double sockets in a corner of the stage. If using valve amps it causes no end of buzzing when everything is being fed thru 4 or way extension bars. Dave

with you on that one Daryl. We need more steps or better still elevators onto stage level but that's just a pipe-dream Dave

On the heels of The Tubs a couple of weeks ago, I’m seeing Ex-Voïd at The Victoria in Dalston tomorrow night in Love Again has been one of my favourite albums of 2025, so I’m looking forward to this

Descent - Fear Factory

Join the club!! That's the Savoury Snack Fanciers' Club btw. Maybe I should join the fitness club.

Sinking - The Cure

I have thought about this long and hard and on reflection a GK 15” loaded combo was the worst. I never got to grips with the ass backwards EQ layout could never find the flat setting. It used the internals of the MB200, including tbe ICEPower 50AS2BTL power module. It looked the business but could not keep up with a drummer and guitarist. Needless to say I sold it shortly afterwards.

Sailing - Christopher Cross

Different people draw different perspectives from the posts they read. I took the inference that the risks associated with running a business were being discounted out of hand and distilled down to tax avoidance. I suppose discussing business with someone whose focus is tax is similar to the adage that everything looks like a nail to someone who is holding a hammer. (As @Burns-bass said, "Steve is going to view this through the lens of a taxman.".) Running a Business has many risks over a being PAYE employee and simply focusing on the tax alone is meaningless. (I'm a PAYE employee, FYI; I don't need the hassle of running a business and the risks associated with complying with legislation, running costs, insurance, sickness/unavailability, tax investigations, ROI, etc.)