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Had a great holiday in Delray Beach some 21 years ago - enjoy!

Tempting, I'm supposed to be out in Leeds on Friday. What time are you likely to be on?

Pretty sure I bought Lozz's MB Fusion. Fantastic tone and very loud through by 2 Barefaced Compacts. I couldn't imagine ever needing the 800 watt version. If you're ever down Harrogate way you're welcome to try it.

I stopped piano lessons as a kid having done grade 3. I never stopped playing though, and in my 40s put myself through grades 4, 5 and 6. Well worth it, in opinion, but I wish I could find the time to get grades 7 and 8 done.

I saw Pere Ubu last year and was very impressed with Michele Temple, very disciplined playing on her lovely G&L Asat. You can see her in action here from just a few nights ago: [url="http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/sons-dhiver-2014-pere-ubu-147937"]http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/sons-dhiver-2014-pere-ubu-147937[/url] You've got to skip through Mr Thomas's stream of consciousness ravings for a minute or two before they start.

The Sonic Research one is excellent, best I've used for speed, tracking and accuracy, but it's not cheap.

Mad legal minutia aside, I hope he can trace it. I've sometimes thought of launching a similar search for my Rickenbacker 360 guitar that was stolen in around 1981. Not to retrive it so much (its probably in a innocent third party's ownership by now) but just to find out what happened to it. The difference is I know who stole it (he admitted it in a published interview apparently) so there might a be a reasonable chance of success.

Someone mentioned Vincent Gill -check out The Time Jumpers featuring him and Dawn Sears and lots of other great players. Their song "Faint of Heart" is one of the best new songs I've heard in years. I also agree with those who say lol to the past - Hank Williams wrote some absolute classics.

Rob Weinbrock in Sowerby Bridge did an excellent job reconditioning my Fender Vibrolux Reverb. He's a valve amp guy really but I'm sure he'd be worth talking to about your GK. His rates were pretty reasonable too. See [url="http://www.wienbrockamps.com/contact.html"]here[/url]

Nothing but a tuner for me.

My son is 15 and turning into a great guitarist. He said to me the other day he'd learnt to play 'Holiday in Cambodia' and lo and behold he could play it perfectly, leading to an afternoon of jamming old and new tunes. Nothing better.

Thanks Pedro, and your team - I'm sure you have everyone's support.

Have a look at the gig list on our website for some venues (link in my sig, below). We're not a pure blues band - my guitarist plays in a more authentic Chicago blues outfit - worth checking the places they play (these are pretty much all Yorkshire based apart from when they play festivals) - their Facebook page is [url="https://www.facebook.com/Poorboyleeds?ref=profile"]here[/url].

I did a Monte Allum mod to a Boss Compressor and was very happy with the results - it's easy to do and seemed to really clean up the sound.

[quote name='BobVbass' timestamp='1387952467' post='2317462'] and Alan Lancaster, but go and get it checked [/quote] And Mike Watt. I've got an old Musicmaster which is a joy to play, albeit a little limited sound-wise. Its the one that gets picked up most often at home though.

My guitarist has started using a Blues Jr in place of his Twin and has never sound better. Lots of good ideas here - I particularly like the acoustic rehearsal one. Hope it works out Neil. If all else fails, I play a little rockabilly guitar...

I've seen them a couple of times at Ripley Blues Club in the last few years, with Derek the Draw. The way they work together as a band is really exceptional, and Derek is a very engaging front man. Well worth making the effort to see them, even if you're not that familiar with their stuff.

Morning all, my little blues/rock/soul combo are playing our last gig of the year at The Albert in Yeadon tonight from 9ish. Come along for some Fender + GK + Barefaced action. Cheers, Martin

Wouldn't say I was a fan, but 'Telephone Line' is a guilty pleasure that still sounds great after all these years.

Close enough to be tempting...do you know what time you'll be on? And do you think my 15 year old would be let in?

I have a 3 unit rack flight case into which my GK MB Fusion is mounted, and in it goes 2 x OBBM speaker leads, tuner, microphone, guitar stand, a couple of cables. Main cable goes in the bass case. Its very efficient, the only extra thing I have to carry (apart from speakers) is a bag containing mic stand, mic leads and power 4-ways. However I often think I'm missing the main benefit of a lightweight head and will probably get a laptop bag at some stage, or backpack designed for laptop like [url="http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/012593.htm?CMPID=GS001&_$ja=cgid:8710495862|tsid:41408|cid:177977222|lid:61104563822|nw:g|crid:32474759462|rnd:1095358869250117264|dvc:c|adp:1o7"]this[/url].

Welcome Ed.