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As i said Andertons have been faultless in any dealings i've had with them. Dave

Totally agree its Mesa's fault. Andertons have been excellent any time i've contacted them and is my goto shop now. I'll clarify that on my OP. Dave

Perhaps a Global legal action against them to complete orders as they are placed rather than shutting out every other country to supply US orders possibly not even placed yet. Dave

Disappointed with Mesa. Andertons merely placed the order with Mesa. Dave

Just received this email from Andertons where i had placed a pre-order on a TT800. To say i'm disappointed in Mesa is an understatement. Enough to put me off them. Not very nice at all. Andertons have been first class any time i contact them. I'm writing to you with an update we've just received from our friends at Mesa Boogie. I'm afraid this is not good news for any customers outside of the USA who currently have a Mesa Boogie product on order. Despite having promised a June 2021 delivery on most of our back orders, I have just been informed that Mesa Boogie will not begin exporting amps from the USA until the end of 2021, possibly early 2022. They are blaming overwhelming demand & terrible parts supply problems. I do have some sympathy with that, but I'm extremely disappointed that they've waited until now to inform us of this decision, and I'm also very disappointed that it appears they will still continue to fulfil orders from dealers in the USA, but not to dealers overseas. I've spoken to everyone I know at Boogie (& their new owners at Gibson) but it seems they are set on this decision, and so sadly we will not be able to fulfil your Boogie order for the foreseeable future. I suspect that most customers with a Boogie order will want to cancel, and if there is anything we can do to advise you of a similar product, please do contact one of our experts either by calling 01483 456777 or by replying to this email. If you would like to cancel your order please reply to this email & we'll process the cancellation & refund any monies due within the next few days.

Excellent response. Couldn't have asked for more. Dave

You'll be anxious, nervous and excited so practice what you need to learn for the audition to the point you can play without thinking too much about it. That takes the pressure of the playing part. Then try to focus on your mind. Relax, conciously slow yourself down. Not your playing but your mind. You know you'll be nervous etc so just take a wee step back and look at how and what you need to do to achieve it. Plan it in your head as you go along. You'll know yourself if you feel you are rushing things too fast. That's the point to take a step back and say "lets slow this down to my speed" and go from there. Most of all be yourself, enjoy it and you'll nail it. Its no different from playing in front of any other audience. Wishing you every success and keep us all posted on how things go. Dave

Brilliant list. Just listened to Jean Genie mistake at 3:07. Never really noticed that one before but Trev def makes quite a few "jazz versions" of the songs. Gonna have some fun going thru this list. Cheers Dave

I quite liked it when it came out. Was just a catchy wee tune.

Makes it more real for me. Even better on live albums. Rush never did overwrites on their early live albums. The mistakes were included and stated as such on the album cover. Not sure if they continued to do that. Unlike Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous which i think only had the drums as the only original live part. (i could stand to be corrected on that tho) Dave

Think Trevor Bolder once commented that Bowie almost always used the first take in the studio because he liked the spontanuity of it more. On a lot of the songs they didn't get much chance to rehearse either. Almost like a semi-structured jam session. Have to say its one of the things i like about his earlier albums. Its not all perfect but i never gave it a second thought about there being mistakes. Funny how some of us pick up on these things more than others. Until others point it out i never even noticed. Dave

Bowie Jean Genie on TOTP's where Trevor misses the change and repeats the verse or chorus notes again. (can't remember the exact details. Same song near the intro where the change is too early onto the B. Dave

Having just re-read my post it highlighted the Glam Rocker in me. 😂

It does sound amazing but she makes it all seem so easy. Liked the fact her jacket matched her bass. Black with gold. 😂 @Cuzzie you need to learn diplomacy. Maybe if you had praised her bass she might have given you one for free. (a bass that is) She's always came across as a very nice person which for me makes a difference. I like to know that people i respect and admire are genuine and generally nice people. The more i see that 4 stringer the more i like it. Dave

Is it lighter than the standard model. ?

Is it not quite expensive in comparison to the standard version. Watched a few demo's of her using it. Sounded good but never sure if that's down to her, the bass or the amp she's using. So many variables when you watch a Youtube clip. Dave

I remember seeing that bass and did think about it just for the prestige of owning a Neil Murray bass. Dave

Nice history there @jonsebass. Neil and Jack Bruce were my main influences. Neil mainly from his Whitesnake and Cozy Powell projects but also his Colloseum II work. When Neil left Whitesnake i stopped following them. The bass went from being a feature in the sound to a background bass. The bass became much the same as any other rock bands of that era and style of music. I tend to buy albums where the bass is noticeable in the mix. For me no-one does a rock bass line like Neil and he's such a nice guy. Dave

Both stunning basses. Not seen many of the natural ones. Had i been in the market i would have taken that natural one but alas my Mesa rig has cleared my bass funds 😂 GLWTS Dave

Love playing Kansas songs. Was a big fan back in 70's / 80's.

My curiosity has been answered above. I'm intrigued. Dave

I've been lucky with current band who all share same interest in what we want to do within this band. We have kept in touch on Zoom meets thru the past year, got some rehearsals in when we were allowed, took on a new femle backing singer who sings in drummers other band and we rehearsed last week first time in 8mths. It went really well and a lot better than we expected. Before covid we had gone thru a few changes. The core 4 that started the band have all been constant but we wanted keys to help fill the sound out a bit. We tried 3 or 4 different keys players, all good in their own way but had different outlook to us and either left or were kicked out for being a complete plonker in every other way. (I just didn't like him) Last year we invited Lynn from drummers band into one of our rehearsals just to let her get singing again. She learned lots of the songs just for that days fun. It wasn't a serious rehearsal but a freebie in a friends very large house with function room. We couldn't believe the difference the female backing vocals made to our songs and we all agreed that this was more important than trying to find another keys player. We have adapted to the point oue existing singer now plays guitar in some songs and our guitarist who is very multi-talented now plays the more important keys parts. Covid has helped push us down this route to improve as a band. Not sure we would have taken on the backing singer and others taking on other instrument parts had we not experienced Covid lockdowns. I'm still waiting on my other rock covers band to make their minds up what and when they want to start up again. I'm new to this bands current line up but played with singer and guitarist few yrs ago. Dave

I saw that earlier today on Youtube and left my comments. Had no idea it was from one of our very own BC'ers. Dave

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