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I have the "Lee Sklar" Warwick (rockbass version). I bought it mainly because I love the look of it, but the association with Leland doesn't bother me, there are worse people to be a fan-boy of.

As a general rule, I like to by UK made wherever possible, however none of my current basses are. I've got a barefaced cab, Ashdown amp (I think it's UK) and a couple of bass effects (DHA and Origin effects) Guitar wise, I've got an Atkin acoustic, A Hiwatt DR103, two self-built 2x12 cabs and a shed-load of Pete Cornish pedals.

One from Friday night. We supported Thea Gilmore at a fairly local event in Northwich, designed to highlight the venue's potential. Hopefully they'll be able to put on more acts, as it could turn out to be a decent place to play, with a possible capacity of 1,000.

Hopefully seeing Turin Breaks in Manchester on Friday.

My reply would probably be deleted under the "no politics" rule. However, let's just say that I disagree with you.

Not forgetting of course, his signature Warwick...

Had a fun afternoon playing at the Manchester Food and Drink festival. Apparently my playing was improved no end by not drinking a copious amount of beer beforehand. Not sure that's a trend to be encouraged 🤣

Nice! We played there last time, it was good fun.

He sounds like an utter tool. There's no excusing that behaviour.

Played at The British Country Music Festival yesterday, in the ballroom of the Winter Gardens, Blackpool. A great venue, but acoustically challenging, with lots of hard, reflective surfaces. I played through the supplied Ampeg SVT and had to turn it down after the first number, as it was a huge on stage sound and it swamped out all of the other monitors. Oops!

I could have sent my OH, the kids and in-laws, as that's just down the road from them. That would have been an experience for you!

Nice! We're on our way back after playing the Little Big Top yesterday (I didn't play, just tech) It was a great festival wasn't it?

From our last "sold out" gig at a tea room 🤣

Cool! No, we were only booked for North, bloomin' drummer only works Saturday and Sunday morning, so it was a bit far for us to go for that one.

We were supposed to play there on Sunday, but one of the band caught covid last week. They're starting to get better, but no smell or taste and a head full of wool, despite being double-vaxx'd Looks like a great crowd and you had good weather for it!

We've had to pull our gig at CarFest North tomorrow, as one of the (double jabbed) band members has caught it. I think there will be a lot of last minute substitutes over the coming months.

If you have the serial number, you can contact Ernie Ball and they'll tell you what bass it belongs to (if it's one of theirs)

We've got an outdoor gig on Saturday at a local cafe, which should be interesting... After that, we've got a slot at Carfest North on July 25th.

It did indeed go ahead. The audience were seated in marked areas on the field and were relatively well behaved (given the audience age and the fact that it was a folky festival, the mosh pit was relatively under utilised). Hopefully, there won't be much of a peak due to this one, fingers crossed. On another note, Kendal calling has announced their cancellation today ☹

Our Saturday spot is still going ahead. https://www.beardyfolkfestival.co.uk/

I didn't check for the specific IEM's you mentioned, but this thread is a wealth of information for all things IEM related.

1:28:40 for me/us

However, those figures don't relate to musical instrument sales, despite the best efforts of the Basschat massive. Thomann already ship into the US, so they'll know what is worth their time and effort. With the ongoing struggles for the likes of Guitar Centre, they may be biding their time. Given that they've not set up anything with the UK yet, it looks like it might not be worth it for them. It's also causing problems the other way, as the recent posts from Andertons show. Pure speculation though.

I would think they'd be looking at setting up US trades before the UK, as we're pretty insignificant in comparison.

Solid core is more suited to a fixed installation, where it's not subjected to constant flexing. Your house is probably wired with it.