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That's a lot of classic albums that have been 'trounced' by one live album which has completely different arrangements. I don't dislike David Live as an album, I'm just not sure it trounces the sum of its parts.

It doesn't get anywhere near the slating Alive! does on Wikipedia, although I accept Wikipedia may have some inaccuracies 🤣 >>Frampton said "the album is mostly live except for the first verse of 'Something's Happening', the rhythm electric guitar on 'Show Me the Way' (the talk-box came out but the engineer forgot to move the mic) and the intro piano on 'I Wanna Go to the Sun' were fixed in the studio, but the rest was all live (all the guitar solos, acoustic guitars, electric keyboards, drums, bass guitar and rest of vocals) which was unheard of at the time"<<

I guess you can't have Alive! as it almost qualifies as a studio album 😎 N.B. Peter Criss excepted

Bought an SGT-DI from Mike. Fantastic packing, delivered really quickly and just as described. Thoroughly recommended. Thanks again.

Ah man, that’s sad. What a player. RIP Bernie.

That’s a great idea. I should get a t-shirt with the band name, date, venue and time I need to be there for each gig 😂

I’m curious about the specific basses the OP is referring to. I’m not quite sure why though as the unamplified resonance of an electric bass has never figured on my radar 😎

I tried to rip it yesterday as I feared this would happen. My software said no. Anyone else manage it?

I think we’ve disagreed on this before. For me, a few rounds of steroid injections and some quality physio has steered me from a completely locked finger to a useable hand that aches in the morning after a gig, but hasn’t locked since. I believe the jabs can help some people, but I do accept it will never be a total fix. ’Always decline’ is a bit OTT IMHO. If it was that ineffective, it would never be offered.

Hi @Rich. Yes I've suffered with this for years as has @NancyJohnson. I think there is a thread regarding his exploits somewhere. My right ring finger locked folded some time ago and I ended up having steroid injections. The jabs relieved it almost over night, but you can't keep having them. I then went on to some fairly intense physio which has kind of held it at bay. I still wake up feeling like i've boxed ten rounds during the night and both ring fingers are stiff as hell, but they ease off during the day. By evening (gig times) they're workable, but I sure know about it the day after. The ultimate solution it have the pulleys cut, which I think is what @NancyJohnson had done. I'm on the verge of needing it, but am getting by without taking that step - for now. Hope the injections work for you. They definitely helped for me, but it's not a permanent solution for everyone.

Yes, I know, but I won't ruin it either. The one on the left has elements that are still there on some models.

Well. it's 30" scale and he's quite a big lad, so a bit of both.

Firstly, it irritates me beyond belief people posting links with no context. If you're going to post something at least give us a chance to decide whether we want to click on it by giving a description, even if it is brief. Secondly, I don't think the lady above (aneesastrings) is miming at all. The whole of the audio is out of sync with the video, the vocal and playing.

A little naive of them really. If that’s unprofessional, then there are a lot of major recording artists on tour at this moment that are unprofessional as well. There are a lot of big stages that are littered with prompt machines that look like monitors. The singer in my Bowie band used to have one. Good pieces of kit, but not cheap.

I don't blame you. If I had to sing/remember lyrics as well, I think my brain would melt 🤣. There's a few bands I have not taken this approach with, one being the Bowie band where being tied to any form of notation would not have served the show very well at all. I did have one A4 sheet for a couple of shows when we first put Wild Is The Wind in the set. I think I tried too hard to learn/remember it and it just wouldn't stick for some reason. Bit odd really as it's not the hardest song in the world 🤷‍♂️. The other one is the Queen tribute. No dots for the same reason. The 80's show I've done so many times now there wouldn't be much hope for me if I couldn't remember it after all this time. The rest = iPad/OnSong all the way.

I thought that at first, certainly when I was using in isolation at home, but when you put yourself in a live situation it really doesn’t - to my ears anyway.

I’ve just checked and the updated manual does have quite a few settings in it.

I haven’t got this one, but I have the two smaller ones, the YYZ and the MP40 and they both had settings in the booklets which come very close.

My interpretation of ‘Dakota’ is that it’s songs that are being done to death currently. I see a lot of bands and I don’t know of any that have Mustang Sally in their set. YMMV. I’ll forgo popular for different and done to a high standard. 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago The Bitter End by Placebo Night Boat to Cairo by Madness Behind The Lines/Dukes End/Turn It On Again by Genesis Head Over Heels by Tears For Fears Tom Sawyer by Rush Too Much Too Young by The Specials Is She Really Going Out With Him by Joe Jackson Three Little Birds by Bob Marley

@solo4652 - ah, the old thorny subject of set list content. I note with interest you mention going down the 'Dakota' route. I assume by that you mean the songs that everybody does that are bit samey? Well, of your set, there are a few 'Dakotas' IMHO. Set 1 Valerie Proud Mary Mustang Sally Who knew (Pink) Perfect 10 Don't call me baby (Voice of the beehive) Put your records on (Corinne Bailey Rae) Good luck charm (Mastersons) Jolene I want to break free/Another one bites the dust segue Price tag Purple rain Set 2 Long train runnin' Summer of '69 Hard to handle Runaway baby (Bruno Mars) Mmmbop Brimful af Asha Get this party started Play that funky music One way or another Are you gonna be my girl (Jet) Monkey Man (Specials) Let's dance (Bowie) Walking on sunshine Locked out of heaven (Bruno Mars) In preparation: The Chain Le Freak Rude (Magic!) Levitating (Dua Lipa) That said, it doesn't matter, because it's all about the execution. One of my bands, which is now the busiest of all of them, play whatever we like and it's more diverse than your set. We've recently introduced some reggae and ska into what was a predominantly rock-ish set and people love it. N.B. I'm genuinely confused as to why Long Train Runnin' and Play That Funky Music are still played. Another band I play in have both in the set and I'd ditch them if I could. There are far better and more interesting songs around. At a gig with that band last week a chap came up to us and asked if we did requests. He wanted us to play his wedding song which was Summer of '69! Worry less about the audience. Different is good in my book, but execution is key.

I'm not even remotely interested in selling outside the UK now, which is a bit of a shame as all the interest I've had in my Spector has been from outside the EU. I think the last time I bought anything from a private seller outside the UK was many years ago, probably from @BassTractor. I try not to think about it as it makes me quite annoyed in much the same way inheritance tax does.

I use OnSong on an iPad with a bluetooth foot-switch page turner. It’s attached to a guitar stand for dep gigs and is invisible for the most part. I dep with so many different bands that there are 100’s of songs on it. No way can I remember them all. I use it mainly for song structure rather than dots.