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Really interested to see how they turn out weight wise. I had to give up Stingrays due to my knackered shoulder and not being able to find one I could manage. Anything sub 8lbs could mean I’m in with a chance!

Didn’t watch all of it, but the first method of ‘popping’ the loosened strings definitely works. Tried it on a mate’s old bass and it did improve the tone of a set of dead strings - not a massive amount but certainly enough to notice.

If you look in one of the cheaper stores (like Home Bargains etc) you can pick up the digital ones for around the same price too (assuming you were referring to the ones with a dial?). Probably a bit more accurate.

Another thread reminded me of Mark Knopfler. Didn’t like Dire Straits much, then saw him with The Nottinghill Billies and started to warm to him. He always seems just a great bloke, very grounded and friendly. Made me seek out some of his solo stuff which is so good.

Agreed, top fella although his FF stuff doesn't reach out to me. Maybe I need to try harder?

Bryan Adams springs to mind for me - not a big fan in the early days, but such a decent bloke it seems. Made me warm to his music a lot more.

Get in quick, deal runs out today I think.

Same offer again apparently - comes up as £8 but then 75% discount at checkout makes them £2 delivered. https://reverb.com/item/2381439-reverb-clip-on-tuner-uk-exclusive?utm_campaign=uktuner

I've had Danos with both types, and although not so 'vintage accurate' the all metal versions are a definite improvement. Had them on my Longhorn Pro for 10 years with no bother! Hope you get sorted, all the best.

John Hornby Skewes in Leeds are the UK distributor. They will be able to help you locate some suitable replacements via one of their dealers local to you. https://www.jhs.co.uk/brands/danelectro

Exactly this. My duo did a gig once at a big hotel, and they wanted us to play quiet background stuff during the drinks reception, which we did to polite applause every now and then. For the next set, they asked if we could stay in the reception area but put some of our PA speakers into the dining room for background stuff whilst they were eating! We did this ( fortunately had a monitor for ourselves!) and had lots of positive comments. For our last set we moved the PA back into the reception room where we played some stuff for dancing. At the end of the night we got a healthy tip from the booker, and gave out some business cards which resulted in some more work. Playing to the room (s) is key!

Sorry, missed this post! Thanks for checking for the article. You may well have read it on here as I did a post on it just after the gig. Here's the pic of me with Lee and drummer Donavan Hepburn.

It’s been a bit hard to determine really Trev. Last year saw us take a dip in ticket sales, but whether that was due to Jeff & ELO touring or other factors is debatable. From our dealing with theatres, apparently a lot of shows have had reduced audiences due to terrorist activities like in Manchester, and perhaps Brexit has left some people reluctant to spend on leisure etc. On the other hand, raising the awareness of ELO’s music and back catalogue certainly won’t have done us any harm, and people who aren’t near or can’t afford any of their concerts will hopefully continue to give us their support. Fingers crossed......

Andy Lewis.

Also discreet is selling his TNT 160 on here at the moment. £45 ! Buy it, use the speaker and keep the rest of the combo for spares?

You'll first need to check the ohmage - these Peavey combos usually have 4 ohm speakers onboard to maximise the output. If the replacement speaker that's been fitted is 8 ohms, it will more than likely be affecting the output and possibly the tone. As 8 ohm speakers are often easier to find than 4's, that's probably why someone's bunged one in your combo. Your best bet then is to try and source a Peavey replacement, either a Scorpion or Black Widow 4ohm. Most users of these combos seem to think the stock speakers do a fine job I think. You could even buy a s/h Peavey 1x15 cab and use the speaker from it - again, check its the 4 ohm version though. They often come up for around £70 / £80 . Check ebay / Gumtree or put a wanted ad on here?

Always a bonus. Doing mainly theatre gigs now where this is a lot less of an occurrence

Think you had to re-record the song in the presence of MU reps to prove it was you on the original. Then mime to it on TOTP. Apparently the re-recorded tapes often used to get 'confused' with the original recordings for TOTP transmission quite often though

Nail on head.

Also the thought of Alan Price doing Purple Haze could have been interesting.

Always used to amuse me in the late 70's / early 80's to see all the punk and new wave bands on TOTP. They knew that going on the show was really compromising their ideals, but couldn't resist the opportunity to shift some units, and therefore used to to mess around & mime badly ( or not at all..) in the mistaken belief they were being so anti-establishment for their fans. I worked in music retailing at this time, and the effect of a TOTP appearance ( however bad/good ) was massive on sales, so they obviously knew what they were doing. Lots of those bands would not have had such success without TOTP and the Beeb in general, yet liked to give the impression of biting the hands that fed them. All good for the image I guess.....